Paleofuture: Ghosts Of Technology Past

The USDA is predicting farm incomes will rise 20% this year. And, that's great news for agricultural machinery maker AGCO Corporation (AGCO).

ByDerek A. Barrett:Warren Buffett once told me, "Only buy things you know and understand, like Coca-Cola (KO), and Velocity Shares Daily 2x VIX Short-Term ETN (TVIX)". Okay Warren never said that, but it does make the obvious point to buy what you know.

Wall Street Strategies submits:By Brian Sozzi

By Islam Herzallah: China Valves Technology Inc. (CVVT) is a recognized leader in developing and supplying valves and related services in China. Over the past few months the company has had an aggregate of favorable developments that are worth mentioning while focusing on the firm's business outlook. Recent Major Developments:

International Rectifier Corporation (IRF) Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference Feb 15, 2012 02:40 PM ET Executives Oleg Khaykin - President and CEO Analyst Jim Schneider - Goldman Presentation

These days, it is unusual to see people with pagers on their belts. The hot accessory and workplace essential of the last decade has mostly been replaced by the cell phone. But reporter Tracey Samuelson says there's probably still a pager in you doctor's pocket.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us

By David Zanoni:Titan Machinery (TITN) is a $740.61 million small-cap North Dakota based supplier of agricultural and construction equipment in the United States and Europe. The company operates 106 full service equipment stores located in nine U.S. states and in Bulgaria and Romania. Titan dealerships represent CNH (CNH) brands which include Case, New Holland, and Kobelco. Titan sells and rents tractors, backhoes, and other equipment to farmers and builders.

Kveta Zrustova, 91, can clearly recall the spring day in 1938 when she entered a tiny house in Prague's famed Golden Lane to ask advice from the fortune teller Madame de Thebes."I was scared stiff. She was sitting in the corner with a cat on her shoulder," said Zrustova who was 18 and wanted to know how her school exams would go.Madame de Thebes, who later died during interrogation by the Nazis after predicting the fall of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, was just one of the colourful real-life residents of the historic street.