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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 06:28 PM) They said that Facebook filled its allocation, which means there was no one left to buy. Serious q's in reply: Does that mean that FB the company had a significant number of shares left over that they had no demand for at that price? Or could it mean that they only narrowly filled their demand before running out? And isn't the number of shares there is ~ demand for at a set price something that FB should have had an idea of going in? Or is that impacted by the number of other shareholders other than the company who try to cash out?

QUOTE (Cknolls @ May 18, 2012 -> 06:12 PM) Syndicate had 17 million shares $38 bid at the end of day. I think with a little more time in the trading day this pig would have broken the issue price. Should be an interesting Monday. They won't be able to hold that price forever. Ideally, isn't "The price of the stock sort of hovers" what an honest company should expect to have happen when its shares first are put on the market? If the stock soars, that means the company itself underpriced the shares, doesn't it?

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ May 18, 2012 -> 05:27 PM) Is there a reason this f*** hasn't been banned yet? Isn't him admitting he's a troll the nail in the coffin? As a matter of site policy we do not typically discuss disciplinary actions publicly. And like it or not, you could have written this post without the personal attack that got bleeped out.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 18, 2012 -> 04:22 PM) Seriously, the way Gordon's been swinging the bat the past few weeks, he's back. He's hitting .238 with a .707 OPS in May. There's an 0/14 stretch in there that really hurts his "past few weeks" numbers.

Booyeah.

Arizona's Secretary of State goes birther, requests confirmation of President Obama's birth from the State of Hawaii in response to email requests from his constituents, adds threat to keep him off of the ballot in November.

Sigh.

Bloody Hell.

QUOTE (mcgrad70 @ May 18, 2012 -> 04:11 PM) Thornton in...game over mcgrad70 in....wrong thread.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 18, 2012 -> 03:44 PM) Hmm...same for me. I am good friends with his cousin Dave, same last name. I know his family, so I am wondering who you know. Guy I know is named Mark. Met his mother a few times too but can't remember her first name.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 03:31 PM) Because no one in finance lost their jobs... Not many industries out there can say they're still at their 2006 level of employment.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 03:33 PM) He wasn't hurt badly. He was conscious and up pretty quick. Didn't appear to be any blood, or anything like that. Its not like laid there for a long time or anything. But you never if he broke a bone or not until they take X-rays. They needed to have Paul Konerko walk up to Paul Konerko and show Paul Konerko the video of Paul Konerko getting hit in the face by Carl Pavano, standing up, and still going to 1b.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ May 18, 2012 -> 03:31 PM) It's not Dave, is it? No. Guy I went to HS with is his cousin somewhere in there. Same last name.

Timothy Geithner came as close to politely suggesting Jamie Dimon should resign from the NY Fed as you're ever likely to see any Wall Street type do.

So I need suggestions for what comment to put on the facebook wall of Samardzija's relative that I'm friends with (who was a Cubs fan anyway). I'm serious. Need good, clean enough to post, creative reply.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:56 PM) I mean what is a few trillion between friends, right? As long as the already-rich people get bailed out and everyone who doesn't have a job in finance gets screwed, yeah.

QUOTE (Jake @ May 18, 2012 -> 03:20 PM) lol, okay. Every pitcher has hit someone like that in their past and it is very scary. Pitchers don't just hit guys for no reason unless they're willing to get in a fight and I don't think Samardzija is looking to brawl Konerko hit a HR off him and maybe he thought he watched it too much of something like that?

QUOTE (Stan Bahnsen @ May 18, 2012 -> 01:55 PM) Thanks, doc. I guess the Beachy thing was pure rumor. Castro is at least intriguing - peripherals look better than results at this point. The Sox have said somewhere they thought Castro had a few serious mechanical issues going on, so they dropped him back to AA to work specifically on getting things under control. Might slow down his "progress" in terms of moving up, but let's see how his performance changes throughout the year.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 18, 2012 -> 11:56 AM) But you're saying his "value" will increase because he gets hot, implying in the long run he'll never be "worth" more than he will be after a hot streak now. I think its logical to hang on to your best young players when you are rebuilding unless you are offerred something crazy or unless they have some issues like Delmon Young had/has issues. And don't forget, the Rays got back 2 legitimate cost-controlled pieces, one of whom was a first round drafted pitcher, for Young.

QUOTE (docsox24 @ May 18, 2012 -> 11:53 AM) Wasn't Beachy, but Minor or Teheran yes. I thought the Braves might have been dumb/desperate enough to give up Beachy, but I don't think anyone out there other than talk radio/people who wanted to blame KW for not getting the deal done actually would have thought the Braves would give up either of those guys for Quentin.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 18, 2012 -> 11:51 AM) I think people forget just how good May was in college. Part of that was that he stayed 4 years though. Comparing a 22 year old Senior to a 20 year old Sophomore always runs that risk.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 18, 2012 -> 11:48 AM) That's because the Feds are still holding up the market. Once they quit is when it falls. 5 years you've been saying this. 5 years from now...you're still going to be saying this.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ May 18, 2012 -> 11:48 AM) ? The article says that Goldman Sachs wasnt able to do it with US investors. "Goldman Sachs concluded that the level of media attention might not be consistent with the proper completion of a US private placement under US law. The decision not to proceed in the US was based on the sole judgment of Goldman Sachs and was not required or requested by any other party. We regret the consequences of this decision, but Goldman Sachs believes this is the most prudent path to take," the bank said in a statement." So it looks like they tried to circumvent the US rules, but ultimately did not. Bono is a foreign investor. And you're going to tell me that's the only way to sneak around the rules and get in early?

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ May 17, 2012 -> 09:46 PM) Yet the Lakers and Thunder play Friday AND Saturday. Worth pointing out...this happened in part because the Lakers took 7 to close out the Nuggets.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 18, 2012 -> 09:35 AM) How can that be possible? How can anyone's expectations of that "film" be anything other than rock bottom going in? By definition, he did pay money for it expecting to see a film. Perhaps it wasn't actually a film?