180th Carnival of Personal Finance
Hi and welcome to the 180th Carnival of Personal Finance. This is my first time hosting the Carnival of Personal Finance and I’m excited to do so! If you are interested in hosting or submitting to the Carnival please check out the website. My name is LAL and I’m a twenty-something DINK writing about my journey to one day live large [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 14:05:11
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Barbarians at the Printing Press: The Wall Street Journal as Propaganda
The Wall Street Journal exists in a bizarre intellectual and publishing space: they hold a commanding position in the heirarchy of newspaper respect and influence, while serving as the quasi-official house organ of the free-market cult, and yet consistently publish the stupidest drivel, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 22:28:26
Balance Sheet Bailout Begins
Not much. The world keeps turning. And the world economy keeps falling apart. Here in Australia, shares of port and rail outfit Asciano (AIO) fell off the table after a Citigroup analyst changed his valuation of the company and moved it from “buy” to “sell [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 14:20:09
THE WORLD today!
———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... Council and Peter R. Orszog as Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review and downsize [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 00:58:08
THE WORLD today!
———————————————————————————1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... Council and Peter R. Orszog as Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review and downsize [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 00:54:08
January 7 - IBM/MSFT Layoff Rumors Remain - Oglivy Cuts 10% - LM Glasfiber Spins 150 Out the Door - Cessna Warns - 400 Less at Barclays - Aloca Sheds 15,200 - EMC Deletes 2400 - Lenovo Erases 2500
Mike: Good day to all. I hope that today’s news doesn’t bring another whopper like the 13,000 jobs being lost at Alcoa. The jobs news for today is rather light Challenger Job-Cut Report. with the big news coming on Thursday Jobless Claims. and Friday Employment Situation [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:47:48
SATYAM RAMALINGA RAJU'S ACCOUNTING FRAUD SCAM
#fullpost{display:inline;} NEW DELHI — Satyam Computer Services, ... , handling everything from computer systems to customer service. Clients have included General Electric, General Motors, Nestlé and the United States government. In some cases, Satyam is even responsible [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 14:51:00
DrumBeat: January 13, 2009
Analysis: Global power demand to languish in 2009 The outlook for energy commodities this year remains grim, says a new report from Merril Lynch ... management, contractor mistakes and Iraqi neglect, U.S. auditors say in a new report similar to many [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 01:35:34
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Even more firms may gain access to TARP. Sources say the Treasury may use some of its $700B rescue fund to buy stakes in financing companies such ... from its wealth management unit and 34.4B francs from its asset management unit. The world's [more...]
Date: 2008-11-04 12:19:28
In The News Today
Jim Sinclair’s Commentary What a disaster has befallen on the financial industry thanks to OTC Derivatives manufacturers, ... you to the army of geeks who still do not know what all the fuss is about, to management that counted [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 19:44:00
THE WORLD today!
——————————————————————————— 1. Barack Obama wins Presidential Election and becomes the 44th President of the United States starting January 20 - Hope ... and Peter R. Orszog as Director of the Office of Management and Budget to review and downsize [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 00:09:08
Madoff-tarnished GMAC chairman resigns
http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/09/news/newsmakers/gmac_chairman/index.htm?postversion=2009010916J ... Cerberus and also by General Motors (GM, Fortune 500).GMAC was permitted to become a bank holding company ... board, the managing director and co-head of Cerberus Capital Management, Lenard, Tessler, will replace [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 22:23:00
DrumBeat: December 10, 2008
U.S. gasoline use to decline most since 1979-80 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline demand is expected to decline more sharply this year and next than in any other two-year period since 1979-1980, the federal Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 13:52:25
Why CitiGroup is About to Be Bailed Out and Not General Motors
Citigroup was once the biggest U.S. bank. General Motors was once the biggest automaker in the world. Now, both are on the brink. Yet Citigroup is likely to be rescued within days. General Motors may not be rescued at all.Why ... economy.Before the asset bubbles burst, financial institutions [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 07:34:00
Deals of the Day: No Bonus for Bank of America’s Ken Lewis
Deals of the Day, compiled by Stephen Grocer and Heidi N ... Bankruptcy & Restructuring Auto Makers: The UAW is arriving in Detroit for talks with General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler. Detroit Free Press Lyondell Chemical: The U.S. arm of the chemical [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 13:16:40
STATE OF OUR U.S. ECONOMY
Dec. 22, 2008 AP study finds $1.6B went to bailed-out bank execs AP – Where’d the bank bailout billions go? AP – In this Sept ... of company jets and chauffeurs, home security, country club memberships and professional money management [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 12:59:01
GMAC bowl kicks off on Tuesday
GMAC bowl kicks off on Tuesday Posted: January 06, 2009, 2: ... Bowl on Dec. 30. Back to GMAC. The company was founded by General Motors in 1919, though Cerberus ... Troubled Asset Relief Program or TARP rescue plan for the financial industry. Tempting though it might [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 19:21:00
Deals of the Day: Help Wanted at the Treasury
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity. You can bookmark Deal Journal for easy visiting throughout the day at http://blogs.wsj.com/deals. Today in Bailouts Help wanted: [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 14:58:10
Mervyn's: A Eulogy
I’ve been trying to write about Mervyn’s (1949-2008) ... , it spread across the West Coast and eventually elsewhere, with 42 stores by 1977 and 100 stores by 1983 ... , all-stock acquisition of Mervyn’s. Apparently the West Coast retailer was worth a premium, because the NYT [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 08:01:00
Four at Four: Gasoline Alley
Ike doesn’t need any help. (Accuweather.com) As Hurricane Ike bears down on the Gulf Coast, the markets to watch over the next several days ... gasoline on the Gulf Coast rose as much as $2.15 more than the price of the RBOB gasoline October futures [more...]
Date: 2008-09-12 11:53:00
4 Defensive Plays With High-Dividend Stocks
Investors need a solid defense right now, says Martin Denholm. This means holding high-dividend stocks ... , then renting it out to offset the payment and pick up income, while the underlying asset appreciates [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 12:57:24
Live Blogging Amid Panic
Live Blogging Amid Panic This blog was periodically updated at the top, but can best be read from the bottom. I have incorporated my two earlier blogs of the day in it. And now I am going home. 5:25 p.m. | Lessons of the day:What did we learn today? [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 15:20:55
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... of property management and development services. As of March 31, 2008, the Company had 646 properties ... and Paramount Real Estate Services, a property management company, from affiliates of Rendina Companies [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:06:02
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings
Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics [more...]
Date: 2009-01-03 13:03:11
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings
Stock-Net presents custom stock ratings, powered by Caprock Analytics. These stocks, which represent a small portion of all rated stocks, highlight a sample of the strongest rated stocks from over 4,000 stocks that are actively tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 18:02:59
If Holiday Retail Stats Don’t Have Economists Saying “Humbug,” Tuesday’s GDP Report Certainly Will
If it’s good enough for Wal-Mart… Looks like the discounting model pioneered by Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT), the Bentonville, Ark.-based retailing giant, will make its way to some rather unlikely [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 15:30:22
Global Corporate Profits to Drop in ’09; More Bankruptcies Loom
Corporate earnings will continue to slump into the first half of 2009 amid the first simultaneous recessions in the U.S ... to prevent a collapse of the global financial system. “We hit the peak in earnings in 2007, and in 2009 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 12:36:41
GM, Chrysler in 102-Day Race to Keep Federal Loans
The clock is ticking for General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC. The automakers have 102 days to slash debt, renegotiate labor contracts and lay plans to cut thousands of jobs or face a government [more...]
Date: 2008-12-20 15:38:58
What Private Equity Can Teach Government About Rescue Investing
Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s $700 billion Troubled Asset Recovery Program. President-elect Barack Obama’s stimulus package, which could head north of $850 billion. Government rescues are coming [more...]
Date: 2008-12-22 10:45:00
Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
GM shifts into high gear after GMAC bailout. General Motors (GM) and its dealers rushed to unveil new financing offers after the Treasury allocated $6B for GMAC (GKM). GM announced it will offer [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 12:12:10
Leo Gerard on the Toyota Republicans
Leo Gerard is the International President of the United Steelworkers Union, the largest union in North America ... . Everything that you put in from the management or excuse me from the government, all the training [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 05:18:22
General Motors: Here a Billion There a Billion
Monday, December 29, 2008 Labels: economy #fullpost{display:inline;}From The Stafford Voice ... capital from the Treasury's $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program will enable GMAC to expand [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 05:58:00
January 10 2009: Hornswoggled Absquatulation
Russell Lee Tobaccy Candy 1940 Pool hall, Shasta County, California Ilargi: ... through the signing into law of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act by Slick Billy Clinton, gave them access [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 16:28:00
News Round Up: Rolta to Buy U.S Based IT Firm
Unitech to Set Up 2 SEZs in Haryana - Realty giant, ... to acquiring a U.S based specialist IT firm. The IT firm provides software and related services [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 04:09:02
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