cnbc.com - 2/5/2009
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The joke concerns twin boys of five or six. Worried that the boys had developed extreme personalities -- one was a total pessimist, the other a total optimist -- their parents took them to a psychiatrist. First the psychiatrist treated the pessimist. Trying to brighten his outlook, the ...
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Daily Market Madness - Round 02.05
MadeMan.com —
... ? To be honest, it's a bit edgier than I would have guessed. I'm actually kind of impressed, but it's still a squeaky clean CNBC blog no matter how you look at it. Say the F word! [CNBC's Pony Blog] ...
Always the Last To Know
Daily Options Report —
... Dennis, I hear you were Client #9" "We're not down as much as we could have been" "The Mustard Seeds of growth keep getting more .....mustardier" "The Fed has our backs, make sure to buy now before everybody else" But hey, give them an "A" for effort. A+ when you consider that she can't actually use the best source of humor around, her own network. She does however have a post on the growing allure of the Dominatrix business. And why getting a Microsoft logo tattoo may not be a wise idea. Not quite Onion level yet though. ...
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