http://www.articlesnatch.com/rss2/Adam+Lass Adam Lass Articles from ArticleSnatch.com Rss Follow Up Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:30:13 -0500 Iron Fist shoes have been setting trends, redefining boundaries and raising bars since 2001. The owners of the brand, Mike and Travis are friends and avid surfers, who love street art and culture, music, skateboarding. They wanted to create a line which will define rebel and attitude. With no advertisement campaign and sheer creativity and hard work, Iron Fist managed to create just that for last 10 years. They started their first outlet out of the trunk of Travis car and now have international distribution in multiple countries, including UK, Europe, USA, Russia, Middle East, Canada, Czech Republic and South Africa. Major retail outlets all over the world sell Iron Fist shoes. Iron Fist has managed to do all this in such a short span of time; one wonders what might be their secret? The secret lies in their artwork on each and every shoe. The brand has engaged reputed underground street artists all over the world, known for their extensively rebellious artwork, to design their footwear. Each pair of shoe is individual at its own right and makes a bold statement. Impulsive, raw, rebellious, unapologetic, Iron Fist is in no way closer to being ordinary.Iron Fist]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Iron-Fist---Shoes-Meant-For-The-Trendsetters/2393529 Wed, 04 May 2011 08:46:45 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Iron-Fist---Shoes-Meant-For-The-Trendsetters/2393529 When state and local budgets fall short, services are cut. That means critical services like police and fire and transport... and with the pension crisis looming, the unkindest cuts of all still lay ahead. Diane Cunningham of Colorado Springs, Colo., no longer has a flat-screen television. She decided to sell it... so she could buy a shotgun. Colorado Springs shut off a third of its streetlights this past winter, The New York Times reports, in order to save $12 million on electricity. Shortly thereafter, a chain of events convinced Ms. Cunningham she needed to be armed. "Her tires were slashed, she said. Her car was broken into. Strange men showed up on her porch. Her neighborhood had grown deserted at night..." Meanwhile, in East St. Louis, Mo., Reverend Joseph Tracy is convinced guns are the problem. (Guns in the hands of criminals, that is.) "It's open field day now," Tracy says. "The criminals are going to run wild." That dire prediction came from a decision by city council members, as reported on stltoday.com, to reduce the ranks of the East St. Louis police force by 30%. Alvin Parks, the mayor of East St.pension]]> federal government]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Will-The-Pension-Time-Bomb-Set-Off-A-Crime-Explosion--/1434657 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:07:15 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Will-The-Pension-Time-Bomb-Set-Off-A-Crime-Explosion--/1434657 credit rating agency]]> investable debt]]> Taipan Daily]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Warren-Buffett-Goes-Down-With-The-Credit-Ratings-Agencies/1224961 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 15:33:28 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Warren-Buffett-Goes-Down-With-The-Credit-Ratings-Agencies/1224961 Fallout from the BP oil spill is spreading. And far from being "cheap" as some pundits suggest, BP's share price could implode if criminal charges are filed. It's not looking good for British Petroleum... or the Gulf of Mexico. In fact it's looking like an outright disaster, about as bad as we feared. And BP's stock "" which a number of armchair contrarians quickly dubbed as "cheap" in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon spill "" is at risk of being massacred. View Larger Chart Don't trust the smart-aleck "buy the dip" viewpoints on this one. Not only would investors be unwise to buy call options on British Petroleum at current levels, they may well be better off buying long-dated put options instead... in anticipation of seeing BP's stock price cut in half. Or worse. We're talking about $50 billion to $100 billion worth of market cap here... at real risk of being wiped out. (That notion might sound wacky. But a lot of folks thought the concept of a "euro crash" was wacky too, when we started pounding the table for it a number of months ago...Crude Oil]]> Enviornmental Issues]]> Oil Spill]]> Investment]]> BP]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Criminal-Charges-Could-Cut-Bp-s-Stock-In-Half/1175370 Wed, 19 May 2010 12:52:34 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Criminal-Charges-Could-Cut-Bp-s-Stock-In-Half/1175370 ]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Is-Toll-Brother-s-Turnaround-A-Sign-Of-Recovery---Or-Looming-Disaster-/829866 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:49:36 -0500 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Is-Toll-Brother-s-Turnaround-A-Sign-Of-Recovery---Or-Looming-Disaster-/829866 Adam Lass]]> Consumer]]> Retailer]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Three-Marketing-Giants-Adjust-To-The-New----post-crash----Reality/816146 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:24:23 -0500 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Three-Marketing-Giants-Adjust-To-The-New----post-crash----Reality/816146 Follow the Money: Washington to Wall Street" By Adam Lass, Senior Editor, WaveStrength Options Weekly This American company has gained 777% the old-fashioned way: selling junk in backroom deals. As regular readers know, I am a Ford man. Back when I was a kid, you had to make three really important choices. First, you had to pick a political party. Didn"t matter how well you knew the candidates "" you picked a party and that"s what you were. We are talking Democrat or Republican here. Libertarians weren"t much discussed, and backing the Socialists could get your parents blackballed at work. And if you wanted peace around the dinner table, you just went with the same side your folks did. Second, you had to choose "your" baseball, basketball and football teams. We didn"t have rotisserie leagues back then, so there was no " la carte." You picked your guys, and you defended their every move in the schoolyard and on the stoop "" with fists if need be. Prudent Choices To this day, I still follow the Mets and the Knicks over the Orioles and Wizards.Ford]]> Goldman Sachs]]> Geely]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Follow-The-Money--Washington-To-Wall-Street---/759868 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:15:03 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Follow-The-Money--Washington-To-Wall-Street---/759868 Washington]]> Banks]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/How-They-Roll-In-Washington--Part-Deux/682088 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:01:23 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/How-They-Roll-In-Washington--Part-Deux/682088 Banks]]> Economy]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/How-To-Dine-In-High-Style-On-Shriveled-Brown-Sprouts/665781 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/How-To-Dine-In-High-Style-On-Shriveled-Brown-Sprouts/665781 England]]> Pharmaceuticals]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Hot-Zone-Is-Here/661470 Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Hot-Zone-Is-Here/661470 U.S. Treasury]]> Currency]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Taipan-Daily--Stealing-The-Crown-s-Prerogative/646494 Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Taipan-Daily--Stealing-The-Crown-s-Prerogative/646494 Swine Flu]]> H1N1k]]> WHO]]> Gains]]> GSK]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Invisible-Plague/638962 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Invisible-Plague/638962 Consumer]]> Dollar]]> Gold]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Keynesian-Road-To-Ruin--60-Years-Of-Booms-And-Busts/635685 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Keynesian-Road-To-Ruin--60-Years-Of-Booms-And-Busts/635685 Oil Price]]> Crude]]> Dollar]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Taipan-Daily--The-Great-Oil-Price-Shell-Game/631682 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Taipan-Daily--The-Great-Oil-Price-Shell-Game/631682 Is stealing 177% from summer-dazed investors ironic? You betcha! AND ldquo; AND hellip;I gotta wear shades. AND rdquo; Who says only Gen Xers can appreciate irony? Heck, Fran AND ccedil;ois-Marie Arouet (a.k.a. Voltaire) was writing about AND ldquo;the best of all possible worlds AND rdquo; back in the heady days of 1759, when snotty wit like that could get you strung up by your thumbs in the Bastille. Still, the line from Timbuk3 AND rsquo;s 1986 hit by that name is particularly apropos AND ndash; and particularly ironic AND ndash; in all sorts of ways these days. Did you catch Luxottica Group LUX:NYSE) AND rsquo;s wild 15% rally last week? In case the name is unfamiliar to you, Luxottica is the Italian company that owns those stalwarts of the American mall, LensCrafters and Sunglass Hut, and those ultimate summer scene accouterments AND ndash; Ray-Ban and Oakley sunglasses AND ndash; so heavily pitched at same. Profits Down AND ndash; Shares UP! Now I should point out that LUX shares have been on a tear for some time now, rising some 57% since setting a six-year low back in March. Clearly the stock had more than a little momentum going into last week.dollars]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Future-s-So-Bright---/605089 Tue, 12 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Future-s-So-Bright---/605089 GM]]> FORD]]> Goodyear Tire]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Wall-Street-Logic-Got-You-Twisted-In-Knots-/593989 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Wall-Street-Logic-Got-You-Twisted-In-Knots-/593989 China]]> GM]]> Ford]]> United States]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Bleeding-Edge-Of-The-Car-Biz/587270 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Bleeding-Edge-Of-The-Car-Biz/587270 Unemployment]]> Recession]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Could-Record-breaking-Unemployment-Actually-Be-A-Good-Thing-/570312 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/Could-Record-breaking-Unemployment-Actually-Be-A-Good-Thing-/570312 Dollar]]> Fed]]> Bernanke]]> Inflation]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Perpetual-Motion-Scam/554495 Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Perpetual-Motion-Scam/554495 Treasury Bonds]]> Real Estate]]> Fannie Mae]]> Freddie Mac]]> http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Treasury-Bond-Train-Wreck/550125 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400 http://www.articlesnatch.com/Article/The-Treasury-Bond-Train-Wreck/550125