Sell-by and display-until labels - used by retailers for stock control - could be phased out completely if stores agree.

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What an irony it will be if Apple, cranking out ever-less profitable commodity iMacs, its stock depressed, cannot afford to follow.

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Analysts and investors were trying to weigh out which stock could benefit the most if a deal were to be hammered out.

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But investors probably need to be aware of the potential that it is a bond bubble, and be prepared to bail out early when rates and yields begin rising, or if the stock market bottoms and begins a new leg up.

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As Alan Greenspan pointed out on January 20th, if the government owned lots of stock, it would sooner or later be tempted to invest with political rather than economic aims in mind.

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Therefore, I would think about spreading the risk that is, selling a call likely to be out of the money against this as to offset my total cost and allow me to have some upside if the stock moves up in the meantime.

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