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Published Every Monday Since 2007       Volume 338      May 20, 2013
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 Little Laughs!
How do you make eleven even?

Take away the "el."

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How do you make seven even?

Take away the "s"

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Why did the chicken cross the railroad track?

Because it wanted to get to the Chick train.

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What is a duck on the 4th of July?

A Fire-Quacker!!

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Knock, Knock...Who is there?Banana...Banana who?  Banana...Banana who?Banana...Banana who? Apple...Aren't you glad I didn't say banana?

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Are you 5?

No! I am not 5!  I am 4.95 plus shipping and handling!

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Knock knock...Who is there?  Panther!Panther, who?   PantH-or-no-PantH I am going Thwiming!

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Laughs above are credited to kids and various sources.
 

Business fun facts!

 

Over $18 Trillion a year is spend on Consumer Goods worldwide. Women account for almost two third of it. Just think about this women power!

Did you know the ancestry of American people? It is a melting pot of immigrants from all over the world. This trend continues today. These immigrants make the America great, including best in business.

There are over 300 million Americans. Ancestry of Americans include approximately Germans over 14%, African American 12%, Irish 12%, English 8%, Mexican 8%, Italian 6%, Hispanic 5%, French 4%, Polish Scottish, Dutch, Norwegian, Scotch-Irish, Native American, and Swedish are between 1-3% but add up to 11%. The rest are from other countries.

About US housing

At the end of 2008 approximately 7 out of 10 people in the US owned a home. The US population is over 300 million.

In 2008, $3.3 Trillion was the total loss in value for the US housing market. In early 2006 housing market value was close to $9.4 Trillion.

Not so fun fact…there are over 15 million home owners with questionable mortgage loans. Experts believe that 2/3 or over 10 million have potential of foreclosure...but this number is going down
 

Markets keep going up and more up

The DOW stayed above 15.3K mark to 15,354 and S&P500 crossed yet another high of 1,667 as their all time high levels.  The DOW closed up 241 points or 1.59% the S&P500 up 35 points or 2.17%, and NASDAQ was up 69 points or 2.02%, week ending May 17th. Oil was up $0.05 closing at $96.02 per barrel.

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May 3-17, 2013

Weekly Stock Market

Markets Up!

Index

Change

Last

DOW

Up 241

15,354

S&P500

Up 35

1,667

NASDAQ

Up 69

3,439

 

Foreign Exchange Rate

$1 is equal to

Currency

Change

Last

Euro (€)

European Union

-0.01

0.78

Yen (¥)

Japan

-1.55

103.17

Pound (£)

United Kingdom

-0.01

0.66

Yuan ()

China

0.00.00

6.15

Rupee (Rs.)

India

-0.08

54.89

Canadian (C$)

Canada

-0.02.01

1.03

Your Favorite Stocks

Company

Bought one stock in Jan-13

This week stock is?

Your gain or loss?

$50.80

$65.58

$15.78

$56.64

$65.66

$9.33

$89.85

101.54 $12.14

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