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GEOKARJO 
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Posted on: Oct. 26 2007,11:22 am |
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Coca Cola sent out a letter this week explaining that they will no longer be sending sales reps out to the accounts to solicit orders. They are going to call via telephone once a month and deliver only once a month.
This is a big cutback in employment, for the distributor. We are not selling any less product and I don't believe that sales of the product have dropped anywhere else.
Coke determines the price that the distributor can resell the product. Cost of transportation has effected the bottom line and finally in the forth quarter the distributor adjusted for a more profitable year next year.
Personal Service has once again been farmed out to some phone answering firm.
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GEOKARJO
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Posted on: Oct. 26 2007,12:08 pm |
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We also received a letter that they would not deliver less than 10 containers per order. New way of doing business I would say yes influenced by rising cost of transportation.
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Posted on: Oct. 26 2007,12:42 pm |
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Your mildly-retarded President seems to be doing well on his investments. Dick Cheney, too.
Nope. No recession here.
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Dear future generations: Please accept our apologies. We were rolling drunk on petroleum.
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Posted on: Oct. 26 2007,3:08 pm |
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$90 a barrel oil now, possible $100 a barrel by years end! the discretionary spending is going to go in the gas tank. those with long commutes are going to be really hurting. we are packed & ready to leave for the coast so will be watching with interest. no control over it so will just grin & bear it! 
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TameThaTane
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Posted on: Oct. 26 2007,3:18 pm |
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^Wrong yet again. Gas prices won't spike because were primarily in a heating oil phase at this point. Gas prices will go up if were at $100 a barrel oil next summer.
We're still $10 less a barrel than we were in 1980 adjusted for inflation. Gas would be $1.65 a gallon if idiots wouldn't have all gone to gas guzzling SUV's(spiking demand) in the 90's and early 2000's.
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usmcr
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Posted on: Oct. 26 2007,4:39 pm |
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that is exaxtly why this post is under opinions! there is no right or wrong here, it is simply my opinion. perhaps you should stake your future in commodites trading since you seem to know how the market is heading! 
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Common Citizen
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Posted on: Oct. 27 2007,8:32 am |
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You can thank the left wing looney fringe for the $100 a barrel oil.
We could produce the same amount of oil that we buy from Saudi Arabia if the tree huggers and their liberal congressmen would let us drill in Alaska. 
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Posted on: Oct. 27 2007,8:55 am |
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I'll try this again and see if jimhanson can answer it this time.
If a weak dollar is a good thing then why don't we print up 10X the amount we have in circulation now and so that the the dollar will only be worth a dime?
The only thing a weak dollar might help is exports, but at the same time it will hurt imports and considering the trade defecit we're exporting a helluva lot less than we import.
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Posted on: Oct. 27 2007,11:48 am |
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Wallstreet doesn't seem to have a problem with any of this. 
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