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I’m talking especially about General Motors, before they cut down. Many have 3, but why did GM of America ever have so many?
Up to 2004, I believe there was Saturn, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Cadillac, Saab, GMC, Hummer. Forgive me if I’m missing any.. I know the strategy worked in the company’s heyday, but why in the first place?
They got rid of Oldsmobile in 2004 and more recently cut down to Chevrolet, GMC, Buick, and Cadillac. If it weren’t for Buick’s popularity in China, I’d say Cadillac could have more entry level Buick models, and Buick could be virtually expendable. GMC has almost all the same trucks as Chevrolet’s truck line up.. Why not just add trim levels to Chevrolet’s trucks? Hypothetically, couldn’t GM very well be Chevrolet and Cadillac?
Now, I’m not a business expert, but some of it didn’t make sense to me.. They said these 4 core brands “could build” all their models, i.e. GMC takes on Hummer’s niche, Chevrolet takes on Saturn and Pontiac, etc. But why did they have to worry about a division “being able” to build their cars? Why couldn’t they just change the freakin’ names? It’s a fair point.. And on the other hand, how does having fewer brands help an automaker? Is it just to solve an issue of identity and have less branding required? Hypothetically, why couldn’t they have taken 3 Pontiac plants, had one produce Pontiac, and the other produce two brand new but similar brands? It might sound ridiculous, and I don’t see the point to having a bunch of different divisions, but why is it such an issue? Couldn’t you just take 1/3 from one division and tell them they’re a different, but similar brand now?
So what was the point of all the brands in the first place? Was it like you start out in a Saturn, then you own some Chevrolets, then a “sportier” Pontiac, then you own a Oldsmobile in your middle-aged years, then a Buick, and finally a Cadillac as you get older? And why was there SO MUCH overlap? Many Chevrolets, Pontiacs, and Oldsmobiles were EXACTLY the same – think Chevy Venture, Pontiac Montana, Oldsmobile Silhouette, and even Buick Terraza. Why?! Then you have somewhat upscale Chevrolets like the Impala, but entry level Buick Skylark.. I just don’t get it. They built in each others’ supposed niches. And for the life of me, I don’t think I’ll ever figure out what Oldsmobile’s place was…
P.S. I like a lot of GM cars actually, and I’m not knocking the company, but I just don’t get it.

Before you spend $0.01 on any investment, you must know what you’re doing, why you’re doing it and how to do it. Before you invest in any security, the first investment you should make is in yourself, and the best investment you can make is by educating yourself.
Begin your education by learning why you should invest and the importance of being able to make your own decisions or how the pro’s make theirs. Start your education by reading “Investing or Dummies” by Eric Tyson.
To continue your education select some of the following
Beating the Street by Peter Lynch
Bulls Make Money, Bears Make Money, Pigs Get Slaughtered, by Gallea
From Riches to Rags, by I.C. Freeley
Millionaire Traders, Lein & Schlosberg
How to Make Money in Stocks” by William O’Neil
24 Essential Lessons for Investment Success by William O’Neil
The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham
Common Stocks, Uncommon Profits, by Philip A. Fisher
One Up on Wall Street by Peter Lynch
Stocks for the Long Run, by Jeremy Siegel
The Interpretation of Financial Statements by Benjamin Graham
The Lazy Person’s Guide to Investing by Paul B. Farrell
The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom
Trading for a Living, by Alexander Elder
Uncover the Secret Hiding Places of Stock Market Profits by Joel Greenblatt.
What Works on Wall Street by James O’Shaunessey
You Can Be a Stock Market Genius by Joel Greenblatt
Your Money and Your Brain by Jason Zweig
Websites that can provide instructions and help with procedures and terminology are Investopedia – http://www.investopedia.com/ http://www.investorshub.com/ and 1 Source for Stocks – http://www.1source4stocks.com/info/stock… or Smart Money http://www.smartmoney.com/
Visit some of the more professional websites like Zacks Research – http://www.zacks.com/ Schaeffer’s http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/ Investors Business Daily – http://www.investors.com/default.htm?fro…
Some of these web sites will have advertisers who are worth looking into also. And remember, if they offer free information, get it.
And when you think you want to invest/trade, try some paper trading to test your skills without spending you money http://simulatorinvestopedia.com/ http://www.moneyworks4me.com/
and/or http://www.tradingsimulation.com/
You at least have made the right decision to start investing, this is the first big step and it won’t be your last. Keep taking those steps forward and along the way never take the advice from people that are not in the market or try to tell you not to invest.
Good luck on journey, study hard and you’ll invest well.

I am about to open up a stock market account with TradeKing but I have no idea about investing. I was looking at the rates of trading and it said that its was $4.95 per trade and $4.95 plus .65 for a stock option contract. What is a stock option? And how is it different from a regular stock. I tried to look up the definition but all the answers are so complicated. Can someone in plain english please explain. Thank you so much!

1) I have zero friends.
2) I like feeling sorry for myself – it makes me feel better in a twisted kind of way.
3) I’m 18 and I feel like I’m alive but not living.
4) I have 8 siblings and they all have someone close to them out of our siblings. I’m the middle child and I have no one. I feel so lonely because I can’t talk to them about anything, nor talk to my friends considering I don’t have any.
5) Never had a boyfriend (not looking for one and don’t care), but how am I ever going to settle down in the future if I can’t even get people to talk to me. Even when I make the first move, they only give short replies and I feel awkward. I’m not ugly or anything but I don’t understand (this will obviously contribute to my lonely future).
6) I attract perverts. Strangers seem to like me and they’re really old.
7) I am secretly depressed. Have been since the age of 13.
8) I want to cry all the time.
9) I feel like my heart is being squeezed and like I’m suffocating.
10) I hate people. I hate everyone. Every time I see people I think to myself ‘thank God I’m not like them – they look stupid [what they’re doing]’ I don’t think I’m better than them, but everyone’s behaviour pisses me off.
11) I think about death a lot. Not necessarily me killing myself. But I think about death and how one day none of us will be here. I would be looking out of the window on the bus and thinking ‘see that woman over there, she might not be alive tomorrow’ ‘what’s the point of living/life’ ‘how am I going to cope if my mum dies? [has to hold back tears in case anyone notices that I’m crying on the bus]’. I always have thoughts like that. I even hate it when my parents say they’re going on holiday, because the first thing that comes into my head is death. What if they die or the plane crashes? I know it’s unlikely but I can’t help it.
12) I can’t talk about my feelings to anyone because I start to cry. I’m so weak that it’s pathetic. I have never told anyone I love them or care about them, not even my parents because I don’t want to cry in front of them.
13) Girls always use me but never befriend me.
14) I feel like my life lacks purpose. All I know is that I enjoy crying, and writing about my feelings in my diary when they’re too intense.
15) I am so completely and utterly lonely that I have to pretend I enjoy my own company. I look at people laughing with their friends and I’m just standing on the sidelines observing and wishing that were me. That’s all I ever do: observe. I want a piece of that too but I can’t have it.
16) I’m painfully shy and quiet. I get embarrassed over almost everything. My dad always used to tell me I’m embarrassing him when I was a kid and I suppose it stuck. Every time I do something I get so embarrassed and wish the ground would swallow me up even though it’s nothing embarrassing [logically]
17) I talk to myself in my head a lot. I have conversations with myself.
18) I spend a lot of time under my duvet reading fiction novels to escape my pathetic life.
19) The only good thing to have come out of this is that my writing is really good according to my teachers. They say I can articulate myself very well and they enjoy reading all of my assignments. My tutor even told me I should consider a future in creative writing. But I’m going into nursing (this September).
I have always felt like this. All I’ve ever wanted to do is cry and feel sorry for myself. For some twisted reason, I enjoy it – it makes me feel better and worse at the same time. I need some advice please!

I am trying to find the entire name of George W. N Smith who married my great grandfathers sister anyone want to give it a try I keep coming up blank!
Name: George W. Smith
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 29 Oct 1934
Event Place: Fulton, Georgia
Registration Date:
District/Parish/County:
Gender:
Age:
Race:
Birth Year (Estimated):
Record Type:
Certificate Number: 26977
Name: George Smith
Event Type: Census
Event Date: 1850
Event Place: Newton county, part of, Newton, Georgia, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Marital Status:
Race (Original):
Race:
Birthplace: Georgia
Birth Year (Estimated): 1842
House Number: 44
Family Number: 44
Line Number: 7
Affiliate Publication Number: M432
Affiliate Film Number: 79
GS Film number: 442888
Digital Folder Number: 004215525
Image Number: 00268
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There’s so many rumors and half-truths about music on the radio. The biggest ones which I like answer to are:
1.Does record labels really pay radio station to play their Artist songs?
2.Do radio only play what’s in the Top 40?
3.Do people really still request songs in these days? Because why request a song when I have so many disposable options to listen to said song whenever I want?
YOU MUST WORK OR PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN THE RADIO INDUSTRY TO ANSWER! EX. RADIO DJs PRODUCERS ETC …