Friday, February 25, 2011

Message From Bulls: U.S. Stocks, THE Place To Be In 2011

The bulls' message was clear from the first minute of trading in 2011: the ecomony is improving, the Fed is on a mission and stocks will rule this year.

Source: http://blogs.forbes.com/etfchannel/2011/01/04/message-from-bulls-stocks-in-the-u-s-the-place-to-be-in-2011/

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Asian shares flat as oil prices trim gains

Regional stocks were slightly lower after Wall Street's worst showing since August, while crude settled below $106 as the revolt against Muammer Gaddafi reduced Libya's output

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f47c36e0-3f01-11e0-834e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Healthcare: Transparently opaque

With work under way to implement Barack Obama's voluminous reform measures, Americans find the cost is becoming clear sooner than the benefits

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85a4eb62-3e03-11e0-99ac-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Trader: Swiss Francs

When currency traders are nervous, they don't head for the hills, but for the mountains

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ce89158e-ee7f-11df-9db0-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

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Realty Q&A: Even free real estate has its costs

To get an unwanted piece of land off your hands, it?s important to get creative and remember that it?s human nature to be cautious about something that comes for free, Lew Sichelman writes.


Source: http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~3/GniOk4sJp3Y/story.asp

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Costco's Spicy Cousin Is On Fire

PriceSmart shares were roaring thanks to the company's third consecutive earnings surprise.

Source: http://blogs.forbes.com/zacks/2010/12/08/costcos-spicy-cousin-is-on-fire/

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Master Your Craft With This Massive Sewing Machine

This ain't your grandma's sewing machine -- unless nana owns a 10-needle, $14,000 embroidery robot that blasts through complex designs like a thread-loaded AK-47.


Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/drnKMIfI5ZU/

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NYSE expects full antitrust inquiry into D B�rse merger

Exchanges consider it could take up to a year for European competition regulators to decide whether to clear their proposed tie-up

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7bde7ed6-3eb2-11e0-834e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Apple Shareholders Reject Proposed Succession Plan

Apple shareholders have rejected a proposal put forward by a large institutional investor to establish a detailed succession plan for company CEO Steve Jobs, who is currently on medical leave, according to news reports. Jobs may have been physically absent from this year's shareholder meeting, but no doubt he was top of mind for the attendees.


Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/gGWSWKPvHpI/

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Bears Bet That Apollo Group Cannot Get Up From Its Fall

On the bullish side, call options on Western Digital are hot on Friday as Seagate says it may be going private.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/10/15/apollo-group-skyworks-solutions-markets-options-western-digital.html?feed=rss_personalfinance_investingideas

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Is this the end of risk-led bull market?

Have markets become complacent or is continued bullishness justified

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/850df824-3e9e-11e0-9e8f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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ECB warns of high-speed trading risks

Automated dealing could ?trigger a number of risks for orderly trading and financial stability?, the European Central Bank has warned

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e23ddc24-4044-11e0-9140-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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European investors shun risk

Banks are the worst performers as resurgent unrest in the Middle East and an absence of strong corporate results leads to further losses on the region's bourses

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0327ee8c-3d9f-11e0-ae2a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Sharewatch: Enterprise Inns

The 10 per cent plunge in Enterprise Inns' share price on Tuesday surprised the company.

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c3b2e666-f407-11df-886b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

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Peak Oil: What To Do When The Wells Run Dry

Find out how to invest and protect your investments in this slippery sector.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/20/peak-oil-wells-run-dry-personal-finance.html?feed=rss_personalfinance_investingideas

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Healthcare: Transparently opaque

With work under way to implement Barack Obama's voluminous reform measures, Americans find the cost is becoming clear sooner than the benefits

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85a4eb62-3e03-11e0-99ac-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Sir Stelios leads EasyJet pay-outs revolt

EasyJet has suffered one of the biggest shareholder rebellions so far this year as investors led by the company's founder, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, voted against payments made in 2010

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1570fb12-3acd-11e0-9c1a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Piracy Still Fails to Impede Record Box-Office Earnings

The movie business has -- yet again -- run up record numbers at the box office. In 2010, theaters around the world reported a combined total revenue of $31.8 billion, up 8 percent from 2009. While the industry certainly has its share of piracy problems, they aren't affecting box office receipts.


Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/e8jvfkNELNA/

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Banks weigh on London losses

FTSE 100 drops 1.1 per cent, or 681.9 points, to 6,014.80, its sharpest daily decline in three weeks

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3abf44da-3d90-11e0-ae2a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Financial services: Shuttered too long

Financial services: A government push to bring banking to more of India's population promises to boost economic growth but will strain the abilities of a historically sheltered sector, writes James Lamont

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/690b0d9a-28c0-11e0-aa18-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Russia ETF inflows show strength of investor interest

Exchange traded fund flows provide striking evidence of the current strength of investor interest in Russia.

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/25dfc646-3e78-11e0-9e8f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Your Money with Chuck Jaffe: Stocks are ?slightly overvalued,? adviser cautions

Investment adviser David Brady of Brady Investment Counsel in Geneva, Ill., says that the stock market is ?ever-so-slightly overvalued,? but that he?s optimistic for the outlook over three to five years.


Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B849628D4-3FB2-11E0-842B-00212804637C%7D&siteid=rss&rss=1

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Fears of wider civil unrest dent risk appetite

A steep deterioration in risk appetite left equities nursing sharp losses and oil seeing striking gains amid the worsening crisis in Libya

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af60733c-3ecf-11e0-834e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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A quiet rebellion against the 'Big Society'

As anti-austerity protests spread to Tory heartlands, the Big Society ? David Cameron's vision of a substitute for a shrinking state ? faces growing scepticism

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97c67eac-361d-11e0-9b3b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Industrial espionage: Data out of the door

As technology grows in its importance to business, companies are increasingly vulnerable to thefts by rivals ? particularly from China

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ba6c82c0-2e44-11e0-8733-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Murdoch battles to expand media empire

Media: As phone-hacking allegations surround the News of the World, his founding UK title, Rupert Murdoch is battling to fend off a threat to a further expansion of his empire

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/709ba998-2a64-11e0-804a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

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UK inflation ? a squeezed muddle

With rapid inflation reducing pay and wrongfooting the Bank of England, the prospect looms of hard-pressed workers and companies creating a wage-price spiral

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39bd8586-3b94-11e0-a96d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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The Dangers Of Paying For Your Kid's College

We all want the best for our kids, and that includes a college education. But should you be footing the bill?

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/03/college-tuition-loans-personal-finance-education.html?feed=rss_personalfinance_retirementcollege

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How To Reduce Taxes On ETF Gains

Boost your returns by learning the tax tricks and loopholes for your exchange-traded funds.

Source: http://blogs.forbes.com/investopedia/2010/12/07/how-to-reduce-taxes-on-etf-gains/

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How To Be Debt-Free In 2011

It's hard to think of Christmas when you're busy beating the summer heat, but now is the best time to prepare.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/08/04/debt-free-savings-credit-personal-finance-budget.html?feed=rss_personalfinance_retirementcollege

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Big merger sceptics ready for deal rush

Big investors are bracing themselves for a rush of mergers, aware that on occasion dealmaking erodes the performance of portfolios

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/31e13bdc-3ced-11e0-bbff-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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LCH.Clearnet in interest rate swaps drive

Europe?s largest independent clearing house says it will launch clearing for non-bank users of the OTC derivatives, setting the stage for a showdown with CME Group of the US

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/22ab338e-3eb9-11e0-834e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Tuesday, February 22, 2011

It's Easy To Villify ETFs When You're Loose With The Facts

A report from Kauffman Foundation holds ETFs culpable for the flash crash, but betrays a lack of true understanding.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/12/09/kauffman-etf-report-markets-ishares-russell-2000-index-fund.html?feed=rss_personalfinance_etfs

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Can't Dunk Like Blake? This Simulator Will Help

Following Wheaties cereal boxes, Madden video games and TV commercials, Blake Griffin?s virtual dunk simulator signals a new high-water mark among athlete endorsements.


Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/ZiLRX_VSBjA/

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Datamining Hip-Hop's History

An artist named Tahir Hemphill wants to datamine 30 years of hip-hop lyrics to provide a searchable index of the genre?s lexicon. The project analyzes the lyrics of over 40,000 songs for metaphors, similes, cultural references, phrases, memes and socio-political ideas. For each, it registers a date and a geographical location. Hemphill has raised more than $8,000 in funding for the project on Kickstarter, from 349 people.


Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/KfxSQCSTkdg/

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Pirates Kill U.S. Hostages, So U.S. Forces Kill Pirates

A big U.S. "reaction force" tracking a hijacked vessel discovered the pirates aboard had shot their four U.S. hostages, so the U.S. used deadly force in response.


Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/zPxj1nIw8Kg/

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Investing Books To Give This Holiday

For under $20, you can help put a friend or family member on the path to financial success.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/12/02/holiday-gifts-investing-retirement-books-personal-finance-bogleheads-view-lindauer.html?feed=rss_personalfinance_etfs

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Middle East tensions buoy oil and gold

Fears that the escalating violence in Libya could lead to oil exports from the country being curtailed help drive Brent crude to above $108 and silver advances to a 33-year peak

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/47bb7f64-3e08-11e0-99ac-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Oil prices surge as Libyan refineries close

The escalating violence keeps crude costs near 2�-year highs on supply fears, but the deputy Saudi oil minister says there is no need for Opec to intervene on quotas

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afb15e28-3e6b-11e0-9e8f-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Fidelity's Giant Loss Harvesting Tax Dodge

Fidelity can save you thousands of dollars on your index fund.

Source: http://blogs.forbes.com/baldwin/2011/01/12/fidelitys-giant-loss-harvesting-tax-dodge/

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How To Make Your Money Last In Retirement

People are living longer and saving less. But there are ways to stretch out your dollars.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/10/29/make-your-retirement-money-last-personal-finance-annuities-pension.html?feed=rss_personalfinance_retirementcollege

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Starbucks to kick off single-serving offerings

The world's biggest purveyor of coffee will provide ground beans
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Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/infocus-news-headlines/~3/d15vvDILo64/starbucks-to-kick-off-singleserving-offerings.aspx

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London small caps: Prostrakan shares rise on bid agreement

Analysts say there is a chance of a counter bid from Norgine, which has a 13.5% stake, or from Paladin, which holds an option to buy a 19% holding at 110p per share

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/af55b1c8-3ded-11e0-99ac-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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It's Easy To Villify ETFs When You're Loose With The Facts

A report from Kauffman Foundation holds ETFs culpable for the flash crash, but betrays a lack of true understanding.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/12/09/kauffman-etf-report-markets-ishares-russell-2000-index-fund.html?feed=rss_personalfinance_etfs

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Monday, February 21, 2011

What Watson Can Learn From the Human Brain

Watson won. That set of microchips will soon join the pantheon of machines that has defeated humans, from the steam-powered hammer that killed John Henry to the Deep Blue supercomputer that battled Kasparov. Predictably enough, the victory inspired a chorus of "computer overlord" anxieties, as people used the victory of microchips to proclaim the decline of the human mind, or at least the coming of the singularity.


Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/z66x2XkBu34/

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Banking: The debt net

Questions persist about the long-term costs of 'bail-in' regimes, in which bondholders take greater losses in future failures

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61631be8-3d22-11e0-bbff-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Mideast tensions weigh on sentiment

Turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa is raising concern among investors, pushing oil and gold prices higher and nudging risk assets down from cyclical highs

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3f985d7c-3d89-11e0-ae2a-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Treat the state as a hard-up friend

Folk wisdom has it that you ought never to lend money to a friend. And if you decide to do so anyway, you should secretly regard the loan as a gift ? as you will almost certainly not get your cash back

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e46adf2c-bd01-11df-954b-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

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Stock watchers on alert for reduction in mid-caps? lead

Many US analysts and investors are forecasting that large-caps will start to outperform in 2011

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c24e6390-3def-11e0-99ac-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Retailers face up to fierce commodities headwind

The outlook for consumer spending looks bleak, even if retail sales enjoyed a rebound in January following heavy snow

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5fc95748-3b97-11e0-a96d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Trading Ideas: Copper against clock

Were inflation to ignite, there is a widespread belief that the hottest returns might come from commodities rather than shares

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/79b7eaa2-cd83-11df-9c82-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

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Shanghai stocks touch 3-month high

Chinese indices shrug off further monetary tightening measures as Asioan markets get their first chance to react to Friday?s reserve requirements hike for banks

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ffc3390-3d69-11e0-bbff-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Asian stocks slip after China reins in banks

Asian stocks fall as investors react to further monetary tightening measures from China and concerns over rising oil prices as anti-government protests spread through the Middle East

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7ffc3390-3d69-11e0-bbff-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Gifts For Young Investors

One of the more everlasting gifts is one that will teach young people about personal finances and encourage them to save.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/07/22/gifts-young-investors-personal-finance-investing.html?feed=rss_personalfinance_investingideas

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Europe Markets: Europe stocks steady as traders eye Mideast unrest

European shares are flat, as investors nervously watch tensions spread across the Middle East and North Africa, reaching Morocco for the first time over the weekend.


Source: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B34F7506A-3D90-11E0-842B-00212804637C%7D&siteid=rss&rss=1

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Brazil calls for currency system overhaul

Country?s finance minister is urging the expanded use of special drawing rights from the IMF as an additional reserve currency, and inclusion of the renminbi and the real in the SDR basket

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/61d3afea-3bc7-11e0-a96d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Sunday, February 20, 2011

Deutsche Sees No Upside For Kraft Stock Price

Deutsche Bank cuts its price target on Kraft to $30 but the shares still look tasty.

Source: http://www.forbes.com/2010/12/02/kraft-foods-coffee-markets-dividend-yield-deutsche-bank.html?feed=rss_personalfinance_investingideas

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Next Stop for Apple: Grand Central Station?

Not content to have the highest-grossing store on the world's most expensive street, Apple is set to open a gargantuan retail outlet inside Grand Central Terminal, the massive train station in the heart of Manhattan, according to a new report.


Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/s8nx3YI59-U/

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Trader: More euro falls likely

The eurozone's problems run far deeper than anything that can be solved by a splurge of foreign cash

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/0ae7f064-2255-11e0-b91a-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss

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Can Kroger Beat Wal-Mart?

Wal-Mart made its grocery competitors tougher. That could hurt the big box store in long run.

Source: http://blogs.forbes.com/investor/2010/12/07/can-kroger-beat-wal-mart/

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?Junk? bond yields hit record low

The bonds are a key beneficiary of investors taking on more risk to boost returns in light of continued US policy of near-zero interest rates that have driven down yields

Source: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f6b156a-3b9b-11e0-a96d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss

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Time to Commit or Quit on High-Speed Rail

Obama's outlined a grand plan for rail and allocated $53 billion to help make it happen, but there's a tremendous amount of opposition. It's time to hunker down or hang it up.


Source: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/zJ6IOq7fuzo/

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