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New Bobo - Is Gradient Guilty of 17b Violations, and is CNBC Involved in a Cover-Up?
Friday, March 31, 2006 (477 reads)

The Bunny asks some troubling questions in his latest blog.

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Bobo Blog Raises Troubling Questions Regarding Gradient - and Cartoons!
Thursday, March 30, 2006 (508 reads)

The Bunny has some, well, how shall we say it politely, difficulty with Gradient's latest round of ever-changing explanations for how its data is created...

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New Herb Debunking!!! Bobo Strikes Again!!!
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 (575 reads)

Herb is back in print with the whine heard round the world. Join the Bunny in marveling at his tenacity.

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Bobo Reveals NFI FTDs - Huge Problem By Any Measure
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 (529 reads)

What would you say if I told you that 5% of a Reg SHO company that had been on the list since day one (except for one small pause for exactly 13 days) was failed to deliver shares - not counting the myriad of ways that FTDs can be generated out of the system that counts? That company is NFI.

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The Bunny Does His Rendition Of This Morning's Squawk Box
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 (460 reads)

Rarely is TV as much fun to watch as when a shifty mouthpiece has to tapdance and squirm her way out of a mountain of contradictory prevarications. Join the bunny for his assessment of this morning's CNBC-fest.

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Bobo Swats Jesse Eisinger's Latest
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 (344 reads)

Bad SEC, picking on us, the holiest of the holy, wahhhhhhhh. The Bunny shares his views on the notion that the press should be afforded divine rights immunizing them from meaningful scrutiny.

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Bobo Blog - Were you lying then, or lying now redux...
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 (417 reads)

Bobo watches the tiles come off the shuttle on the Gradient re-entry in horrified fascination.

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Roddy Drops SEC Bombshell, and The Bunny Has The 411
Tuesday, March 28, 2006 (418 reads)

The Bunny is following the ongoing saga of the lawsuits against the hedge funds and Gradient with amusement, and has much to say in his latest blog...

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The Bunny Is Back With Microsoft Paint: Top Ten List for Media and Hedge Funds Accused of Wrongdoing
Monday, March 27, 2006 (474 reads)

Bobo has been busy trying to help those in the media and on their hundred million dollar compounds to deal with the vagueries of harsh accusations...

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Bobo's Latest Blog on 60 Minutes Now Live
Sunday, March 26, 2006 (491 reads)

Bobo watched the show, and offers his views of tonight's broadcast.

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First "Experts Speak Out" Interview Series with Dr. Susanne Trimbath
Saturday, March 25, 2006 (956 reads)

An absolutely amazing interview with one of the foremost authorities on clearing and settlement systems - absolutely must read material.

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OSTK Short Interest Hits 107% of Available DTC Shares - Documented
Friday, March 24, 2006 (505 reads)

Is that bad? I mean, is it bad to see a company shorted with seemingly no barrier to the number of shares that can be sold...er....manufactured?

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Mark Faulk Drops A Bomb On The DTCC Over Dematerialization
Friday, March 24, 2006 (473 reads)

Let's make all the messy paper certificates go away. You can trust us. Honest.

Mark Faulk doesn't think so.

60 Minutes To Run Special on SAC, Gradient, Biovail, Hedge Fund Short Selling
Thursday, March 23, 2006 (631 reads)

60 Minutes will run the story that everyone has been pretending doesn't exist. Tune in this Sunday, and see what the Bunny has to say in his latest blog...

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New Bobo Blog - The DTCC Wants To Eliminate Paper - To Help Us All, Of Course...
Thursday, March 23, 2006 (553 reads)

The Bunny ruminates about how helpful the DTCC is when it comes to their own self-interests...

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New Bunny Blog - Rocker, Den of Thieves, Herb the Victim...
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 (558 reads)

The bunny is back from walkabout, and is catching up on his inbox traffic, but wanted to offer up some pearls...

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Dr. DeCosta Magnum Opus - Chapter 42 - 107 pages
Thursday, March 16, 2006 (483 reads)

Dr. DeCosta's hugely comprehensive volume on the DTCC is now downloadable in his latest blog.

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New Bobo Blog - The DTCC Lashes Out, and Flails Miserably...
Wednesday, March 15, 2006 (672 reads)

Join Bobo in savoring the DTCC's latest bit of dishonest venom - he's become a connoisseur of drivel - and this is first class drivel, he assures us...

Lickspittle Sighting on CNBC This Morning
Wednesday, March 15, 2006 (666 reads)

The Lapdog was snapping at ankles again on CNBC this morning. If it wasn't so sad, it would be funny. Oh, hell, who am I kidding - it was funny...

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Dr. Byrne Drops A Thermonuclear Device On Wall Street at the JP Morgan Conference
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 (908 reads)

Byrne got up in front of a standing room only crowd and told the investment bankers that Wall Street was provably ripping off the American Public...to an ovation...

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Dr. Patrick Byrne Speaking Live at 4:00 EST Today at JP Morgan Internet Conference
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 (953 reads)

Dr. Byrne will be speaking at the JP Morgan conference today, and it promises to be a must-listen event.

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New Bunny Blog - Of Hissy-Fits, Ashtrays, and The Importance of Self-Expression
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 (393 reads)

Bobo offers a little amusement, a light-hearted moment, as a gift to all his loyal readers...

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New Bobo Blog - Is Cramer headed to tha joint?
Monday, March 13, 2006 (548 reads)

Bobo asks the question that is on everyone's mind - certainly on Don Imus' today...

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Updated Dr. DeCosta Blog - Now Includes Chapter 75
Monday, March 13, 2006 (348 reads)

Dr. DeCosta's Chapter 75 has been added to his Chapter 74 blog, and it is required reading.

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New Dr. Jim DeCosta Blog - Chapter 74
Saturday, March 11, 2006 (414 reads)

Dr. Jim has another deeply detailed entry - an aerial view of the DTCC.

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Bobo Blog - New Website Section: Counterfeit Shares
Friday, March 10, 2006 (412 reads)

Bobo tries to explain how counterfeit shares come about, and why the word counterfeit is used at all...

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SEC Commissioner Comments on SEC Subpoenas to Journalists - New Bobo Blog
Friday, March 10, 2006 (439 reads)

The Bunny captures the SEC speaking out about the subpoenas, and guess what? Their take is 180 degrees different than the NY press corps...

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New Bobo Blog - Essentials For Those Being Oppressed by Regulators Or Law-Enforcement
Friday, March 10, 2006 (454 reads)

The Bunny, in the spirit of trying to help, has compiled a useful shopping list for those brave freedom fighters in the media and at hedge funds/research firms being unjustly persecuted by the man....

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Dr. Byrne Issues Slam Against Rocker/Gradient
Thursday, March 09, 2006 (600 reads)

Dr. Byrne, CEO of OSTK, slammed Rocker and Gradient in a contentious press release.

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New Bobo Blog - Bits and Pieces in the News
Wednesday, March 08, 2006 (539 reads)

The WSJ does an article on prime brokers extending dangerous amounts of leverage to their hedge fund customers. Words like "systemic risk" are tossed around. Gradient and Rocker lose in Marin. The OC Register proves that dishonesty is not exclusive to Manhattan. A company outs the fact that insiders own more of the company than it has issued shares.

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Jim Cramer Decries Those That Receive Subpoenas...
Tuesday, March 07, 2006 (569 reads)

In a rare burst of honesty and clarity, JC fesses up as to what receiving subpoenas really means...

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New Bobo Blog on Roddy Boyd's New Article in the NY Post
Tuesday, March 07, 2006 (427 reads)

Roddy wrote a piece on Biovail and Gradient, that raises more questions for Bobo than it seems to answer...

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Byrne on RobTV: Cramer is a liar, and I can prove it - and the DTCC are a bunch of criminals, lying through their teeth
Monday, March 06, 2006 (513 reads)

Byrne did an interview today where the analysts actually let him complete full sentences. The result is fireworks. See the Bunny Blog for details.

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Brilliant Interview with Dr. Byrne on CNET
Monday, March 06, 2006 (450 reads)

An absolutely must read piece from CNET.

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NY Post's Chris Byron Gets Much Right, Some Very Wrong
Monday, March 06, 2006 (417 reads)

Chris Byrons' ordinarily fine work runs off the road, and into a ditch...

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Bobo recaps the last week or so's events, for those that have been on a deserted island...
Sunday, March 05, 2006 (398 reads)

The Bunny loves his lists, and this one is a doozey....

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New Bunny Blogs, and Bud Burrel Blog
Saturday, March 04, 2006 (466 reads)

More good stuff from Bud and the Bunny. The Bunny covers Jesse Eisinger of the WSJ, Bill Alpert of Barron's, and discusses Jack Byrne's comments. Bud has fascinating coverage of the Elgindy matter.

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New Bobo Blog - On Racism, Bigotry, Intolerance, and Market Manipulation
Friday, March 03, 2006 (412 reads)

Bobo addresses claims that TheSanityCheck is a hotbed of hate and intollerance.

New Bobo Blog - Financial "Journalist" Translation Engine
Friday, March 03, 2006 (466 reads)

Now up, another of the Bunny's evil screeds. No good can come of this. A pox on our house. And so on.

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New Dr. Jim DeCosta Blog
Thursday, March 02, 2006 (442 reads)

In this first segment of Chapter 42 of his dissertation on the US markets, Dr. DeCosta analyzes the self-interview in @DTCC.

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New Bobo Blog - On Christopher Cox, and A New Poll
Thursday, March 02, 2006 (529 reads)

The Bunny has yet another one, featuring Christopher Cox, and a new poll for everyone to vote in...

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New Alan Newman Crosscurrents Commentary on OSTK, NSS, the NY Press
Thursday, March 02, 2006 (480 reads)

Alan Newman knocks another one out of the park with his analysis of the current trainwreck occurring with our media coverage of the OSTK debacle.

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New Bobo Blog - Why Does The WSJ Think Everyone West Of 7th Ave Is A Moron?
Thursday, March 02, 2006 (411 reads)

Bobo takes on the WSJ over their latest op-ed piece.

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New Bobo Blog - On the NY Press' Completely Biased Coverage, and A Primer On TV Appearances To Protest Innocence
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 (555 reads)

Bobo had another day of watching the NY press bash Byrne and OSTK, while simultaneously creating a complete black-out about the Marin hearing in the Rocker/Gradient matter.

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Alan Newman of Crosscurrents Special Commentary
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 (431 reads)

Alan Newman is not a neophyte. He has been on and around Wall Street for decades, and little surprises him. His new commentary summarizes the disgust with which most of us are watching the events coming out of NY.

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OSTK Prevails In Marin - Bobo Blog Again First To Break News
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 (565 reads)

OSTK goes to discovery, and the Rocker/Gradient SLAPP defense it thrown out.

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Alan Newman Commentary From Crosscurrents
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 (524 reads)

This is one of Alan Newman's best pieces yet. A truly must read.

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Is Jim Cramer A Victim - Or An Insider Trader?
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 (738 reads)

Cramer started selling stock like it was going to zero almost immediately after getting his subpoena. The Bunny asks the obvious question: Is that bad?

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