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Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is coming under some selling pressure this morning. The stock is trading lower by 0.60 cents to $38.10 a share. Day trade…

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is coming under some selling pressure this morning. The stock is trading lower by 0.60 cents to $38.10 a share. Day traders should watch for intra-day support around the $37.90 level. This is an area where the stock could stage a minor intra-day bounce.

Nicholas Santiago

www.InTheMoneyStocks.com

Renault on Tuesday launched the second phase of its giant low-cost car factory in Morocco, whose opening last year sparked anger in France, amid opposition to the so-called “delocalisation” of manufacturing.

The second stream at the plant outside Tangiers, which will produce the Dacia Sandero model, will allow the French carmaker to double output at what it says is the biggest factory of its kind in Africa. Production is due to reach 340,000 vehicles in 2014.

(via .:Middle East Online::Second phase of North Africa’s biggest car factory opens in Morocco :.)

Is Blacksburg, VA, the best-kept startup secret in America? That’s what Tech Cocktail says in this thought-provoking blog about the small community in the southwestern portion of the state – which happens to be one of the first to get gigabit internet connectivity, benefits from an entrepreneurship initiative launched by Virginia Tech, and the birthplace of startups Koofers, MailPilot and Virtual U. Even Rackspace has chosen Blacksburg as its next site for expansion. Read more about it here: http://tech.co/blacksburg-va-best-kept-startup-secret-america-2013-11. 

This is truly tragic. It’s time to count 87,000 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama customers among the millions of Americans who have lost their health insurance because of Obamacare.

From AL.com:

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama recently notified about 87,000 policy holders in the...

Election Day: What’s at stake at the polls

(Photo: Andrew Gombert / EPA)

Elections in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and even Alabama could provide nationally resonant lessons for Republicans and Democrats alike.

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Silver and gold have sold off recently but still hover quite a bit above their 2013 lows. Investors are wondering if the metal should be bought as the…

Silver and gold have sold off recently but still hover quite a bit above their 2013 lows. Investors are wondering if the metal should be bought as the Federal Reserve signals no stop to their bond buying program known as quantitative easing (QE). The charts probably give us the most unbiased view of where these metals are going. Neither chart looks healthy. Looking at the charts of the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSEARCA:GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV) shows the ugly reality. Recently both charts have broken to the downside below major trend line support. The 2013 lows are all but a lock at this point and gold still has a chance over the next year to hit $1,000 an ounce. Gareth Soloway InTheMoneyStocks.com

Britain has announced London will become an offshore center for the Chinese currency. It will be able to handle investments in the Asian nation’s tightly controlled yuan, thus stealing a march on Frankfurt and Paris.

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Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund (LGI)

Lazard Global Total Return and Income Fund ( LGI ) will begin trading ex-dividend on December 10, 2013. A cash dividend payment of $0.09073 per share is scheduled to be paid on December 23, 2013. Shareholders who purchased LGI stock prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 12th quarter that LGI has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $16.86, the dividend yield is 6.46%.

The previous trading day's last sale of LGI was $16.86, representing a -6.8% decrease from the 52 week high of $18.09 and a 15.48% increase over the 52 week low of $14.60.

For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the LGI Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.

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THE MYTH THAT “MINORITIES” GET MORE SCHOLARSHIPS DEBUNKED SINCE 5EVER

This is something that comes up time and time again like clockwork.Here’s a”just the facts” post.

Racists LOVE this tired old saw. The problem is that it’s complete and utter bullshit, it always HAS been, and IT IS THE OPPOSITE OF REALITY.

Caucasian students receive more than three-quarters (76%) of all institutional merit-based scholarship and grant funding, even though they represent less than two-thirds (62%) of the student population. Caucasian students are 40% more likely to win private scholarships than minority students. These statistics demonstrate that, as a whole, private sector scholarship programs tend to perpetuate historical inequities in the distribution of scholarships according to race.

-The Distribution of Grants and Scholarships by Race

BUT WHAT ABOUT FINANCIAL NEED BASED SCHOLARSHIPS????

OH HEY IS THERE ANOTHER SOURCE FOR THIS?

It debunks the race myth, which claims that minority students receive more than their fair share of scholarships. The reality is that minority students are less likely to win private scholarships or receive merit-based institutional grants than Caucasian students. Among undergraduate students enrolled full-time/full-year in Bachelor’s degree programs at four-year colleges and universities, minority students represent about a third of applicants but slightly more than a quarter of private scholarship recipients. Caucasian students receive more than three-quarters (76%) of all institutional merit-based scholarship and grant funding, even though they represent less than two-thirds (62%) of the student population. Caucasian students are 40% more likely to win private scholarships than minority students.

STOP PARROTING RACIST MYTHS INSTEAD OF ACTUALLY FACT CHECKING

Scholarships Go Disproportionately To White Students

White Students More Likely To Win Scholarships

White students get Minority Scholarships

Texas State Offers Scholarship EXCLUSIVELY FOR WHITE PEOPLE

One Million dollars’ Worth of White “Ethnic” Scholarships Don’t Trouble Student Group Protesting “Minority Scholarships

B-b-but what about the “Evils” Of Affirmative Action in Higher Education??? Oh yeah, WHITE WOMEN ARE THE #1 BENEFICIARIES OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION.

So stop saying this shit. you’re just plain fucking WRONG. Also, racist.

http://finance.yahoo.com/video/ceo-stock-sales-153607273.html?format=embed&player_autoplay=false

Evidence CEOs Boast Good News & Dump Stock

Michael Santoli joins Lauren Lyster to discuss a study conducted by the Wall Street Journal which provides clear evidence that CEOs bull their stock before selling shares.

Santoli writes,

Longtime Barron’s columnist Alan Abelson used to remind investors that there are many perfectly good reasons for an executive to sell lots of stock. They might want to diversify, or pay for kids’ college tuition, or fund a divorce. But one of those reasons tends not to be that he or she expects the stock to go up a lot very soon afterward.

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