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Strategies & Market Trends : Roger's 1998 Short Picks -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Roger A. Babb who wrote (15964)	12/6/1998 8:54:00 PM
From: poodle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 18691

"Speaking before his Annual National Business Conference, ROGER BABSON observed, "Sooner or later a crash is coming, and it may be terrific....Factories will shut down,men will be thrown out of work, the vicious circle will get in full swing and the result will be a serious depression". Sep 5, 1929. Roger, I asked veterans of 1929 crash to respond, honestly. You changed your name, but not enough. Our old (oh, really old) friend Anaxagoras posted good piece. Message 6712679 Especially I like this: <<...the SEC...told McDonald's its $190 million charge for kitchen refurbishment was bogus. Updating a kitchen, regulators argued, seems like the normal cost of doing business for a restaurant.>>