Thomson Reuters 2008 SAO PAULO, Nov 17 (Reuters) – A Brazilian trader shot himself on Monday in the open outcry pit of Sao Paulo’s commodities and futures exchange in an apparent suicide attempt, the exchange said. Paulo Sergio Silva, 36, a trader for the brokerage arm of Brazilian banking giant Itau (ITAU4.SA: Quote, Profile, Research, [...]

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 President-elect Obama and Senator McCain are meeting today in Obama’s transition headquarters in Chicago. I wish I could be a fly on the wall, but since I am not, I can only speculate on what the two will be discussing, like everyone else. Even though Senator McCain exercised poor judgment by picking Gov. Sarah Palin [...]

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 When I see pictures of Billy Ray Cyrus and his fifteen-year-old daughter Miley out together with Miley’s 20-year-old boyfriend, I scratch my head and say, “what is wrong with Billy Ray?” It seems like Miley is going to do whatever Miley wants to do, but, Billy Ray must know that a twenty year old musician [...]

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 The state of Missouri is still counting ballots in the Presidential race, and it will take another week before we know whom the people of Missouri voted for as President. Since 1904 (except 1956) the people of Missouri has voted for the winner in every Presidential election, but, thank goodness, this race was not a [...]

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 Not that President-Elect Barack Obama is asking for my opinion, but, if he were to, I would advise him to give it to Bill Richardson. As I mentioned before in an earlier post, I thought the Gov. of New Mexico, Bill Richardson, would have made a great VP.  But, since that position is already taken, [...]

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