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In his blog, Darren Rovell paid tribute to the late George Carlin. Which of Rovell's terms refers to options trades?

In his blog, Darren Rovell paid tribute to the late George Carlin. Which of Rovell's terms refers to options trades?
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In his blog, Darren Rovell paid tribute to the late George Carlin. Which of Rovell's terms refers to options trades? Answer: long straddle

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In his blog, Darren Rovell paid tribute to the late George Carlin. Which of Rovell's terms refers to options trades?

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George Clooney calls for unity among actors

clipped from news.yahoo.com George Clooney just wants actors to get along instead of choosing between sparring unions. "What we can't do is pit artist against artist," he wrote. Tom Hanks, Alec Baldwin and others have joined hundreds of actors in signing an online petition urging actors to ratify the AFTRA pact. Clooney also called on higher-paid actors to chip in a greater share of union dues and for 10 A-listers — "people that the studio heads don't often say 'no' to," he suggested, listing only Nicholson and Hanks by name — to sit down with studio heads once a year to "adjust the pay for actors."

AFL-CIO endorses Obama for president

clipped from news.aol.com The AFL-CIO has endorsed Barack Obama for president, uniting the nation's 15 million union workers behind the presumed Democratic candidate. The AFL-CIO already has been campaigning against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain. The federation will now use its $200 million in campaign money to also promote Obama's candidacy to its 10.5 million members.

Lucas: Obama is a Jedi

clipped from www.examiner.com “Star Wars” creator George Lucas used his expert opinion to compare some of his famous characters to famous politicians Tuesday morning. Lucas, who was on Capitol Hill to testify at the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Telecommunications and the Internet subcommittee hearing on universal service, was totally nonpartisan when it came to President Bush, declining to weigh in on our question: “Who is President Bush more like: Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader?” “It’s up to the viewer,” he responded. Lucas did, however, have one definitive answer: Barack Obama would most certainly be a Jedi. “I would say that’s reasonably obvious,” he said.

How to Make Your Workout Quick and Sweaty

Let me know the results if you try this workout routine.

clipped from health.usnews.com While researching a book on exercise and the brain, John Ratey learned that intense exercise releases a hormone that burns belly fat and adds muscle fibers. So the Harvard Medical School psychiatrist swapped out 40-minute jogging sessions on the treadmill for something less time consuming but more vigorous: Twice a week, he now jogs for a total of 20 minutes and includes five exhausting sprints of 20 to 30 seconds apiece. After a month, he was amazed at the results. "I didn't change my diet, and I spent less time on the treadmill," he says. "But all of a sudden, I was 10 pounds lighter." Many of the people I work with are time starved," says Todd Durkin, a trainer and conditioning coach in San Diego. "They don't have an hour a day to work out."

In the CNBC.com video "Underweight on China" Erwin Sanft says BNP Paribas downgraded a raft of Chinese stocks. How many?

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1988-2008: Climate Then and Now

Interesting reading. Follow the links to get in the way back machine.

clipped from dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com Global warming has felt like breaking news a few times in recent years. But the first big pulse of coverage and public attention came in 1988, when the Amazon rain forest and Yellowstone were ablaze, a searing drought had farmers kicking dusty fields in frustration I thought it might be worth inviting you all to read and “annotate” (as we’ve done with a couple of climate speeches and a polar bear decision recently) my cover story for Discover Magazine, reported through that hot year and published in the October 1988 edition. I asked the current management there if they’d post the original article. They liked the idea, but the article was so old that it wasn’t even available in electronic form, so they had to type it up. Here’s the story, “Endless Summer: Living With the Greenhouse Effect.” Melissa Lafsky of the magazine also did a brief e-mail interview with me, which is on their Reality Base blog.

In the CNBC Stock Blog, "Brokerage Stocks: Go Long," what did Ryan Lentell call "probably the best set-up firm"?

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In Diana Olick's post, "Harvard and Housing: A Silver Lining?" Eric Belsky cited a "significant amount" of this

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Four years of home gains have been wiped out

clipped from www.marketwatch.com Home prices in 20 major U.S. cities have dropped a record 15.3% in the past year and are now back to where they were in 2004, according to the Case-Shiller home price index released Tuesday by Standard & Poor's. Prices in the 20 cities are now down 17.8% from the peak two years ago. The biggest declines were seen in Las Vegas, Miami and Phoenix, with prices falling by 25% or more in the past year. Prices in 10 cities have fallen by more than 10%. Prices were lower in April than they were a year earlier in all 20 cities tracked by the Case-Shiller index. Home prices in Charlotte, N.C., which was the last holdout, have now slipped 0.1% in the past year. Home prices surged in 2003 through 2006, climbing by a cumulative 52%. Since then, however, the housing and credit bubble has burst and home owners have given up half of their gains from earlier in the decade.

Cramer Flashback: On May 27, the Mad Money guru called SPX the ultimate New Tech stock. What does it leverage?

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Cramer Flashback: On May 27, the Mad Money guru called SPX the ultimate New Tech stock. What does it leverage? Answer: all of the above

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The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crash of 2008 and What It Means

Rove: Obama's the Guy at the Country Club Holding a Martini Making Snide Comments About Everyone Else

clipped from blogs.abcnews.com ABC News' Christianne Klein reports that at a breakfast with Republican insiders at the Capitol Hill Club this morning,  former White House senior aide Karl Rove referred to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, as "coolly arrogant." "Even if you never met him, you know this guy," Rove said, per Christianne Klein. "He's the guy at the country club with the beautiful date, holding a martini and a cigarette that stands against the wall and makes snide comments about everyone who passes by."

McCain proposes $300M prize for new auto battery

Note to John McCain. If someone can come up with a better automobile battery they won't need a $300 million prize.

I have an idea. How about we give $300 million to Warren Buffet or Bruce Covner and get them working on solving the Social Security problem. They will probably be early investors in the new battery anyway and the returns will be better.

clipped from apnews.myway.com Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday that the search for alternatives to the country's dependence on foreign oil is so urgent that he's willing to throw money at it. The Arizona senator proposed a $300 million prize for whoever can develop a better automobile battery, and $5,000 tax credits for consumers who buy new zero-emission vehicles. The latest proposal is in addition to his support for overturning the federal ban on offshore oil drilling.

How does Sharon Epperson's blog post, "Big Oil Heads Back To Iraq," describe the oil majors' Iraqi deals?

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In the June 20 Kudlow Caucus, which panelist called the $300 billion housing bailout bill a "boondoggle"?

EF Hutton: In the June 20 Kudlow Caucus, which panelist called the $300 billion housing bailout bill a "boondoggle"?

In the June 20 Kudlow Caucus, which panelist called the $300 billion housing bailout bill a "boondoggle"?
Squawk Box Answer: Stefan Abrams

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Iraq to award oil contracts to foreign firms

Mission Accomplished?

clipped from www.breitbart.com Iraq will award contracts to 41 foreign oil firms in a bid to boost production that could give multinationals a potentially lucrative foothold in huge but underdeveloped oil fields, an official said on Sunday. They cover Kirkuk field (Shell), Rumaila (BP), Al-Zubair (ExxonMobil), West Qurna Phase I (Chevron and Total), Maysan province development (Shell and BHP Billiton) and the Subba and Luhais fields (Anadarko, Vitol and the UAE's Dome), according to a previous media report.

How Twitter Can Change the Presidential Debate

clipped from www.npr.org Andrew Rasiej, founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, a Web site that focuses on the intersection of politics and technology, talks about the Twitter debate between presidential hopefuls John McCain and Barack Obama. He also discusses the forum's upcoming conference. Listen Now add to playlist

Obama on 9/11

Wednesday, Barack Obama shot back at scare tactics coming from the GOP (h/t Carpetbagger Report). "The other side likes to use 9/11 as a political bludgeon," he said, "Well, let's talk about 9/11." Here's Obama talking about 9/11:

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Comfy New Commuter Bikes for Getting Around Town

When I read this article I had four immediate thoughts. How do we make money from this trend? Twenty years from now are we going to look like China looked about 20 years ago? How is this going to effect oil prices? And, I wonder how many pounds American's are going to lose in the next ten years?

File this under food for thought.

clipped from health.usnews.com If $4-a-gallon gas has you looking for relief, consider: A concerted effort is underway to attract casual bike riders into the fold. The lure is a range of new commuting bikes that promise to make everyday travel by bicycle as comfortable and fashionable as it is cheap. Meantime, a bill that will allow employers to offer financial incentives to bicycle commuters is winding its way through the House and Senate. The Trek Lime, for example, one of a series of coasting bikes designed for especially easy riding, has an automatic shifting system powered by a generator on the front hub, as well as old-fashioned pedal brakes designed to make the riding experience carefree. It runs slightly under $600. The Breezer Villager, which features a light aluminum frame and a seven-speed shifting system, was recently named best commuting bike of 2008 by Bicycling Magazine. Beginners and older riders might like Electra Bicycle Co.'s Townie

Obama Cartoons

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com Cartoons: Obama MSNBC.com's editorial cartoonists weigh in on Obama's candidacy.

Play the Veepstakes

clipped from www.msnbc.msn.com Interactive Play the Veepstakes! Who will be the No. 2 on the tickets? It's your turn to play pundit and predict. NBC News

The Week in political Cartoons

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Phoenix lander confirms presence of ice on Mars

clipped from www.breitbart.com Scientists rejoiced after the Phoenix Mars lander confirmed their long-held belief that ice is hiding under the surface in the Red Planet's northern region. Phoenix flexed its arm again to enlarge a trench on June 15. It then took pictures of eight bright bits of material the size of dice inside the hole, which scientists dubbed "Dodo-Goldilocks." Scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California concluded that the material was frozen water that evaporated when exposed to the sun. Salt would not have reacted that way, scientists said. "We found what we were looking for," Phoenix science team member Mark Lemmon said in a news conference. "We came to this site because we were expected to find water ice."

Two-Way Street blog: In "Reader Response: Let's Drill!!! (Mostly)" what non-human animal anatomy does a reader mention?

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Two-Way Street blog: In "Reader Response: Let's Drill!!! (Mostly)" what non-human animal anatomy does a reader mention?
Answer: panda’s head

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Pentagon's 9/11 Memorial Puzzle

clipped from www.washingtonpost.com Pentagon's 9/11 Memorial Puzzle Gallery The Nation's First 9/11 Memorial The journey for 184 stainless steel memorial benches will begin in Pevely, Mo., and continue to Elk Grove Village, Ill. But their final destination is where it all began - at the Pentagon. » LAUNCH PHOTO GALLERY