Archive for the 'Wealth' Category
Friday, July 17th, 2009
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Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times Mr. Thibodeaux was the photographer
for all of the following Cowboy Stadium shots.
The new Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Tx, is a three million square foot structure that is three times the size of the team’s old home, Texas Stadium.
A Texas-Size StadiumBy RICHARD SANDOMIR
Published: July 16, 2009ARLINGTON, Tex. — Jerry […]
Posted in Architecture, Wealth, Football, Texas, NFL |
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
This has been so for many years.
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Good luck to the money grubbers.
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Image: (Rich skinflint) via productioninmage gatetheatre.ie; (camel) via en.wikipedia.org;(Let them eat Tasteekake box) tasteekake.com; (eye of the needle) mni.us;
Posted in Society, Wealth, The Poor, Greed |
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Listen:
Image: (Hell) Garden of Earthly Delights–Hieronymus Bosch via astro.ucla.edu; via wikimedia.org; via 4.bp.blogspot.com; (Limbaugh) (big shirt) AP/Photo; (mug) via wowowow.com
Posted in Wealth, Wall Street, Rush Limbaugh, Greed, Financial Institutions |
Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Constance Coldspring
has sent this piece which shows the results of 8 more years of
Compassionate Conservatism.
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20-year life gap separates city’s poorest, wealthy
By Annie Linskey | annie.linskey@baltsun.com
October 16, 2008
In West Baltimore’s impoverished Hollins Market neighborhood, where the average life expectancy is about 63 years, residents shared beers and cigarettes on their front steps at midday yesterday […]
Posted in Environment, Health, Wealth, The Poor, Maryland |
Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Last Year’s Big Five Wall Street Bonuses
Jack Tapper, ABCNews
September 22, 2008 7:12 AM
As the Bush Administration asks for close to a trillion dollars to prevent a worldwide financial cataclysm, here are some numbers you might find interesting — courtesy of the ABC News Research Center and ABC News’ Barbara Paulson.
In 2007, Wall Street’s five biggest […]
Posted in Wealth, Wall Street, Greed, Financial Institutions, Sleaze |
Thursday, July 17th, 2008
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Phil Gramm, former Texas senator,
explains his remuneration as a lobbyist for UBS.
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UBS to stop offshore banking for U.S. residents
Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:25pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS AG will discontinue offshore banking and securities services to U.S. residents through its branches, a UBS executive said on Thursday at a congressional hearing on offshore […]
Posted in Wealth, I.R.S., Sleaze, Phil Gramm, UBS Bank, Carl Levin |
Friday, June 6th, 2008
New York Post
June 5, 2008
Gimme Shelter
Branden Keil
Chopping Koppel
TED Koppel could be the king of all price-slashers.
The former “Nightline” host has chopped the price of his suburban Washington, DC-area home by more than half since he first put it on the market in 2005 for $4.1 million.
He’s now asking $1.94 million for the nearly 9,000-square-foot spread […]
Posted in News Media, Movies, Wealth |
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
My memory may be incorrect, but I think this was a plot on either a
MAKE ROOM FOR DADDY episode with Danny Thomas or
THE DONNA REED SHOW.
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CENTRAL ISLIP, New York (AP) — A jury on Monday convicted a millionaire couple of enslaving two Indonesian women they brought to their mansion to work as housekeepers.
Mahender Murlidhar […]
Posted in India, Personal Products, Wealth, Terror, Enslavement, Indonesia |
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
Report Says That the Rich Are Getting Richer Faster, Much Faster
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Mario Tama/Getty Images
At the New York Stock Exchange. Investments have been a big source of rising wealth
as the spirit of McTeague reigns supreme.
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By DAVID CAY JOHNSTON
Published: December 15, 2007
The increase in incomes of the top 1 percent of Americans from 2003 to 2005 exceeded the […]
Posted in Business, Wealth, Greed |
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
DADDY’S $10M ‘BAD’ MITZVAH
By SELIM ALGAR and ANDY GELLER
New York Post
October 26, 2007 — The former CEO of the leading supplier of body armor to U.S. soldiers in Iraq was charged yesterday with looting the company to bankroll a lavish lifestyle that included a $10 million bat mitzvah for his daughter.
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New York Post
In addition to […]
Posted in Business, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pentagon, Wealth, Weapons, Sleaze |
