Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Sunday, February 7th, 2010
Vincenzo Kolchak sent the story and his idea for dancing electrons…
Speed Limit70Cruise better with
SHELL Gasoline
With Platformate
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I wondered, “Why stop with electronic freeway signs?”
On a two-lane blacktop somewhere near Modesto…
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The article is here.
Image: (sign) upload.wikimedia.org via commons.wikimedia.org; (Sears) acgadmin.fry.com via autoclubgroup.com
Posted in Business, California, Advertising, Economy, Automobiles |
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
For a second, I wondered if this were a “When did you stop beating your wife?” question. Then I noticed it was on
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL site.
Posted in Economy, Wall Street, Financial Institutions, Sleaze |
Friday, January 15th, 2010
Rather than go through the pages of ads to find the careers, I decided to use logic, experience and current events to offer my own list.
1) Telephone Collection Agent
2) Bankruptcy Attorney
3) Food Stamp Clerk
4) Automobile Re-Possessor
5) Major Appliance Re-Possessor
6) Shepherd
7) Crime Scene Cleaner
8) Copper and metal thief
9) Human Test Subject
10) Masochistic Street Performer
Posted in Society, Economy, Labor |
Monday, August 3rd, 2009
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Op-Ed Columnist
Rewarding Bad Actors
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: August 2, 2009
The New York Times
Americans are angry at Wall Street, and rightly so. First the financial industry plunged us into economic crisis, then it was bailed out at taxpayer expense. And now, with the economy still deeply depressed, the industry is paying itself gigantic bonuses. If you aren’t […]
Posted in Business, Economy, Wall Street, Greed, Financial Institutions |
Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
The Savvy Networker
by: Liz Ryan
Here are the worst 10 boilerplate phrases — the ones to seek out and destroy in your resume as soon as possible:
* Results-oriented professional
* Cross-functional teams
* More than [x] years of progressively responsible experience
* Superior (or excellent) communication skills
* Strong work ethic
* Met or exceeded expectations
* Proven track record of success
* […]
Posted in Business, Economy, Labor |
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
Recession started in December 2007: panel
By Emily Kaiser
Reuters
Monday, December 1, 2008; 4:28 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy slipped into recession in December 2007, the nation’s business cycle arbiter declared on Monday, and the downturn could be the worst since World War Two.
The National Bureau of Economic Research said its business cycle dating committee members […]
Posted in Economy |
Monday, November 24th, 2008
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(Image) (Cico photo) via humanproductivitylab.com; (Bush) via huffingtonpost.com (bare legs) frugalyankee.com
The story is here.
Posted in Bush, Economy, World, South America |
Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Wall Street banks in $70bn staff payout
Pay and bonus deals equivalent to 10% of US government bail-out package
* Simon Bowers
* The Guardian,
* Saturday October 18 2008
Financial workers at Wall Street’s top banks are to receive pay deals worth more than $70bn (£40bn), a substantial proportion of which is expected to be paid in discretionary bonuses, […]
Posted in Business, Bush, Economy, Financial Institutions, Treasury Department, Henry Paulson, Farm |
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
but look at some of the sections of the proposal and other money-burning incidents from the reign of the junior king.
Thanks to Think Progress for the following tidbits.
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Sec. 8. Review: Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any […]
Posted in Bush, Economy, Taxpayers, Financial Institutions, Treasury Department |
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
“I’ve got to find a way yo get those stiffs off my property!”
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Foreclosures come to McMansion country
By Andy Sullivan 53 minutes ago
LEESBURG, Virginia (Reuters) - Million-dollar fixer-upper for sale: five bedrooms, four baths, three-car garage, cavernous living room. Big holes above fireplace where flat-screen TV used to hang.
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The U.S. housing crisis has come to […]
Posted in Economy, Wall Street, Financial Institutions |
Sunday, April 6th, 2008
Reuters
More than 50 percent chance of U.S. recession: Greenspan
By Sonya Dowsett
Sun Apr 6, 6:15 AM ET
There is more than a 50 percent chance the United States could go into recession, former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan told El Pais newspaper in an interview published on Sunday.
However, the U.S. has not yet entered recessionary state marked […]
Posted in Economy, Greenspan |
