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Opaque Market – Beware of resale of life insurance

Demonstration despite ban – police take “Blockupy” activists set

Ticker gleanings for the IPO – Facebook share always falls back to $ 38



Opaque Market – Beware of resale of life insurance

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The sale of life insurance policies to specific retailers for consumer goods, according to the Foundation test is rarely a good deal. The market is opaque and the risk of large losses.

gvmeh @ May 19, 2012

Demonstration despite ban – police take “Blockupy” activists set

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Despite legal prohibition

have gathered at the 1000 Critics of capitalism “Blockupy” movement in Frankfurt. Police arrested hundreds in custody, but the protest flock are constantly changing.

hundreds “Blockupy” activists protesting on Friday in the financial metropolis of Frankfurt am Main the banks and the European austerity. The police advanced with water cannons against the European Central Bank (ECB), where demonstrators protested near the exclusion zone. About 400 people were detained. The “Blockupy ‘Alliance spoke of some 500 officers and threw the front of some violent action. The police denied the allegations.

The demonstrators were to gain the ear drums, busy street intersections. Smaller groups broke on to new places, making it difficult to police, to keep track. Police evacuated sit-ins, at Main and at the fairgrounds, they broke up protest marches with up to 1,000 people. Some 5,000 police officers from several states were deployed. The entire Frankfurt Opera Tower, which sits in, among other things, the German UBS headquarters remained closed as a precaution.


property damage, but no violence

Despite the actions of the police manage the demonstrators to gather again at different locations. Recently there were still each around 200 demonstrators at the Swiss court and in the Fressgass, also at the DGB-house gathered, police said a crowd.

A police spokesman FOCUS Online said it was morning or damage to property on the train track come, the manipulation of cables led to cancellations. Traffic signs had been torn out. Moreover, had been used somewhere in the protest on the part of the demonstrators tear gas.


The Left and Attac support “Blockupy”

Travel to the approved demonstration, according to the regulating authority and up to 30 000 people, including about 2,000 violent autonomous from all over Europe. The critics of capitalism had originally planned several demonstrations, , the city banned but most protests . After complaints from several courts merely a demonstration on Saturday was allowed. Police had evacuated on Thursday the town hall square, where 700 activists demonstrated. On Wednesday was a protest camp was disbanded prior to the ECB.

” Blockupy “Alliance protested against the Euro-crisis policy. The “Blockupy” Alliance are members of organizations from the left spectrum, supported the movement, among others, the Left Party, the globalization critics of Attac, trade unionists and activists of “Occupy”, prior to the ECB in the fall of 2011 set up their tents. The term “Blockupy” consists of the words “to block” (block) and “to occupy” (occupied) together.


gvmeh @ May 19, 2012

Ticker gleanings for the IPO – Facebook share always falls back to $ 38

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After the euphoria following the great disillusionment of the expected price explosion after the start of trading is far and wide to see anything. Facebook’s stock falls at times even back to the issue price. The events in the live ticker

20.49 clock. The share of Facebook Partners Zynga crashes. At times, the trading in the stock was suspended for safety reasons, because they quickly fell down – down 14 percent in five minutes. The reason was apparently that investors move to Facebook. Currently, the stock stands at minus twelve percent

20.41 clock.
On the day of the IPO flutters Facebook a lawsuit over $ 15 billion into the house. Users complain that the social network to have recorded their marks on the Internet – even after they had closed the Facebook site. The plaintiffs are now asking on behalf of all victims in the U.S., the billions.

The amount of the claim is explained by the fact that it is one of the most feared class-action lawsuits. Per day and users are demanding the plaintiffs $ 100 as compensation and punishment, up to $ 10,000 per person. Then there are the costs for experts and attorneys

clock 20:32.
The stock continued to commute the 40-dollar mark. She is currently just above. Again a reminder: on “cnbc.com” there is a nice overview is how much the shares of each shareholder is currently worth

clock 20:00.
While all the world staring at Facebok, come other Web 2.0 companies under the wheels of evil. LinkedIn loses four percent, six percent Groupon, Zynga, even more than nine percent. Even the Facebook course again approaching from above the 40 dollar mark. ? Whether the underwriters intervene again

clock 19:46: Mark Zuckerberg has again reported an hour ago on his Facebook page: “This is a pretty awesome hack.” For shareholders who have opted out, which is determined. All New-Facebook-owners are still waiting for “awesome” courses.


gvmeh @ May 19, 2012