Harry Newton's In Search of The Perfect Investment
Technology Investor. Harry Newton
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9:00
AM EST, Wednesday,
July 1, 2009. Some of you have not read this piece.

This piece (published
in the latest issue of Rolling Stone) will give you more understanding of investing
than I can give you in a thousand columns. Save this article to your computer.
Print it out. Take it to a quiet place and digest it. Click here.
Once you've read
it, you can then read the author's blog,
which explains how Goldman Sachs "responded" to Taibbi's story.
I should reveal:
I am a client of Goldman Sachs, including being in one of their distress hedge
funds and one private equity fund. So far, they've lost me money on everything
they've invested my money in.
How
fast in your "high-speed" Internet connection? Many
readers yesterday got fascinated testing their Internet speed on
www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/.
Here are the updated results.
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Comcast
cable in Jacksonville, Florida (Bob) |
9,206
kbps
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5,197
kbps
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Verizon
FiOS in Rye, New York (Vincent) |
20,668 kbps
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4,625 kbps
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Verizon
FiOS (Sam) |
25,160
kbps
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5,402
kbps
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Verizon
FiOS in Olsdmar, Florida, near St. Petersburg (Jeff) |
19,778
kbps
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4,555
kbps
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CableVision
in Westport, CT (Burton) |
14,990
kbps
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2,073
kbps
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Verizon
FiOS in Eastchester, NY, near Scarsdale (Mark) |
11,286
kbps
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4,576
kbps
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Time
Warner RoadRunner in Austin, TX (Norris) |
24,997
kbps
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1,918
kbps
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Verizon
FiOS in Flower Mound, TX near Dallas (Spike) |
19,752
kbps
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4,561
kbps
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CableVision
cable modem with "boost" in Mount Kisco, NY (Dennis) |
31,680
kbps
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4,404
kbps
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Verizon
FiOS in Plano, Texas near Dallas (Dana) |
4,758
kbps
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1,843
kbps
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RCN
cable in Allentown, PA (Kent) |
10,540
kbps
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756
kbps
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Time
Warner RoadRunner Manhattan, NY (Harry) |
19,898
kbps
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495
kbps
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Comcast
cable in Portland, Oregon (Michael) |
7,754
kbps
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3,218
kbps
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Comcast
cable, suburban Chicago (Dan) |
8,519
kbps
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4,659
kbps
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BellSouth
DSL in Islamorada, Florida Keys Florida (Frank) |
1,587
kbps
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260
kbps
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Charter
Cable, Malibu, California (Steve) |
2,678
kbps
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493
kbps
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DSLextreme
in Malibu, California (Steve) |
3,080
kbps
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627
kbps
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BellSouth
DSL in Boynton Beach, Florida (Steve) |
1,585
kbps
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724
kbps
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Comcast
cable in Washington, D.C. (Phil) |
15,898
kbps
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5,476
kbps
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Verizon
wireless Broadband Access Card, tested in New York City (Harry) |
305
kbps
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72 kbps
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Comcast
cable in Eugene, Oregon |
2645
kbps
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372
kbps
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FiOS is fastest.
Comcast is great. If you're displeased with your service, bitch, or upgrade
to a higher speed. Some carriers offer higher speeds for more money. And once
again, clean up your cable. Get the tech out to remove the joins . Remove all
splitters on your cable service. Get clean cable.
Wimbledon
2009 Tennis TV Schedule. Everything is live,
except on The Tennis Channel, which shows repeats. I think I finally got it
right. (Last week I was publishing 2008's schedule.)
Wednesday,
July 1 |
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12:00
AM
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Quarterfinals
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The
Tennis Channel
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7:00
AM to 10:00 AM
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Quarterfinals
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ESPN2
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10:00
AM to 1:00 PM
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Quarterfinals
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NBC
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1:00
PM to 5:00 PM
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Quarterfinals
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ESPN2
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7:00
AM on
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Quarterfinals
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The
Tennis Channel
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Thursday,
July 2 |
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7:00
AM to 12:00 PM
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Women's
Semifinals
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ESPN2
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12:00
to 5:00 PM
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Women's
Semifinals
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NBC
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12:00
AM
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Women's
Semifinals
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The
Tennis Channel
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Friday,
July 3 |
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7:00
AM to 12:00 PM
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Men's
Semifinals
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ESPN2
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12:00
PM to 5:00 PM
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Men's
Semifinals
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NBC
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12:00
AM on
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Men's
Semifinals
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The
Tennis Channel
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Saturday,
July 4 |
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9:00
AM to 2:00 PM
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Women's
Final
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NBC
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Sunday,
July 5 |
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9:00
AM - 3:00 PM
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Men's
Final
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NBC
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Iranian
politics
Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinejad calls President Obama and tells him, "Barack,
I had a wonderful dream last night. I could see America , the whole beautiful
country, and on each house I saw a banner."
"What did
it say on the banners?" Obama asks.
Mahmud replies,
"UNITED STATES OF IRAN."
Obama says, "You
know, Mahmud, I am really happy you called, because believe it or not, last
night I had a similar dream. I could see all of Tehran , and it was more beautiful
than ever, and on each house flew an enormous banner."
"What did
it say on the banners?" Mahmud asks.
Obama replies,
"I don't know, I can't read Hebrew.
So,
where is Jesus?
A Sunday school teacher is concerned that his students might be a
little confused about Jesus, so he asks his class, "Where is Jesus today?"
Steven raises
his hand and says, "He's in Heaven."
Mary answers,
"He's in my heart."
Little Johnny
waves his hand furiously and blurts out, "He's in our bathroom!"
The surprised
teacher asks Little Johnny how he knows this.
"Well,"
Little Johnny says, "every morning, my father gets up, bangs on the bathroom
door and yells 'Jesus Christ, are you still in there?!'"

This column is about my personal search for the perfect
investment. I don't give investment advice. For that you have to be registered
with regulatory authorities, which I am not. I am a reporter and an investor.
I make my daily column -- Monday through Friday -- freely available for three
reasons: Writing is good for sorting things out in my brain. Second, the column
is research for a book I'm writing called "In Search of the Perfect
Investment." Third, I encourage my readers to send me their ideas,
concerns and experiences. That way we can all learn together. My email address
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