Archive for January, 2006



AMD downgrade

AMD was downgraded by Deutsche Bank analyst Ben Lynch from Hold to Sell today. The way the analysts can manipulate the market in US never ceases to amaze me. And just for laughs, here’s the AMD chart and what happened on January 05:

That’s a lot of good calls from our fellow analysts. Piper Jaffray actually […]

Ever wondered how much people are paying for (unleaded) gas and electricity around the world? Here it is: (gas prices in USD/liter)

Countries
Before Tax
Tax
After Tax
Electricity ($/kWh)

USA
0.488
0.103
0.591
0.051

Canada
0.478
0.250
0.728
-

Australia
0.461
0.368
0.829
-

Greece
0.548
0.538
1.086
0.063

Japan
0.589
0.555
1.144
-

Switzerland
0.516
0.679
1.195
0.085

Poland
0.490
0.720
1.210
0.060

Spain
0.566
0.650
1.216
-

Luxembourg
0.538
0.719
1.257
-

Ireland
0.493
0.777
1.270
0.096

Hungary
0.523
0.784
1.307
0.092

Austria
0.573
0.735
1.308
0.096

Portugal
0.505
0.882
1.387
0.093

Korea
0.529
0.865
1.394
0.053

France
0.509
0.958
1.467
0.050

Denmark
0.516
0.981
1.407
0.096

Finland
0.490
1.010
1.500
0.072

Germany
0.476
1.033
1.509
-

Italy
0.582
0.941
1.523
-

Belgium
0.558
1.018
1.576
-

United Kingdom
0.470
1.109
1.579
0.067

Netherlands
0.559
1.119
1.678
-

Norway
0.654
1.087
1.741
0.043

Turkey
0.572
1.287
1.859
0.100

Flashblock extension for Firefox

Flashblock is a plugin that automatically disables any flash content on webpages and replaces them with an icon. If you really want to see the flash content, you just click the icon and that’s it! I think this is one of the best plugins for Firefox. It is a must have for everyone, especially for […]





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