Carpian

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Carpian replied to the Dividend Growth Investing board. 8:35 PM

Re: socially responsible divvy stocks

Other than minuscule voting rights, my owning shares of MO really has nothing to do with their profitability....buying their products has everything to do with it.

I'd also suspect that the primary beneficiaries of the SRI concept are [more]

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Carpian replied to the Apple board. 8:46 PM

Re: fingerprint ID and mobile payments

In our case that I referenced above, the credit card fraud came through our website, so no checking of signatures or photos, etc, is possible. There are scam operators who get lists of credit card numbers and program them in so they can be tried one [more]

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Carpian replied to the Apple board. 10:42 AM

Re: fingerprint ID and mobile payments

<<which makes up 5-20% of merchants costs >>

In 2004, illegal credit-card purchases totaled $788 million in the U.S., down from $882 million in 2003, according to Nilson Report, a trade publication. That represents just 4.7 [more]

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Carpian replied to the The BMW Method board. 11:25 PM

Re: Is George Soros a BMW Method investor?

i'm leary of a major comeback of the retail sector

Same here, except I'm leery of a major comeback "within" the retail sector. Not sure if that's what you meant or not, but I think the retail sector itself will do just fine. [more]

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Carpian replied to the Apple board. 10:44 AM

Re: Technical pictures: good news, bad news

Consolidating at the lows implies a sharp break and rapid plunge toward 400.

It's about time. I've had my order sitting at 400 for about 6 months now.