On Friday morning I decided to enter in some trades that take advantage of the Microsoft/Yahoo deal drama that has been going on for a while. Microsoft set a deadline of Saturday April 26 (yesterday) for Yahoo to accept it’s unsolicited offer of $31 per share. I saw an opportunity to enter into an option strangle on Yahoo with May [...]

In my local area, regular unleaded gasoline rose to $3.69 per gallon yesterday. It is strange that the price we pay for gas in west michigan is always higher than the state and national average, despite having a fuel depot and extensive underground pipelines in my town. While high gasoline prices are a nuisance, I don’t complain about it simply [...]

Google surprised analysts today by reporting a 30% increase in net profit for the first quarter of 2008. The news boosted Google stock 17% in after hours trading to 525 per share. Google was beaten down lately because of reports about decreased click through rates and the effect it would have on earnings. But, what many failed to realize is [...]

I find it ironic, but not surprising, that American Airlines is attempting to “pass the buck” to the FAA for its recent spat of mass flight cancellations because of wire bundles in the wheel wells of their MD-80 aircraft. By acting as if the FAA is the one causing the inconvenience on air passengers rather than citing their own incompetence [...]

The month of March 2008 is the best yet for my proxy network. My network is comprised of Unblock Youtube and Rasta Proxy. Unblock Youtube continues to dominate for some great Google keywords and brought in nearly 30,000 visits to the main page and hundreds of thousands of proxy pageviews. I decided to remove the Adversal popunders because there was [...]