Archive for June, 2009
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In its Financial Stability Report, the Bank of England said the total losses from the financial crisis reached $15tn (10tn). This amount is an improvement on the earlier estimate of $25tn. The report highlighted several key findings;
The Housing Doggie Just Peed All Over Our Green Shoots!
Here is the ONLY thing that you should be concerned with right now with regard to your economic outlook. Delinquencies Double on Least Risky Mortgages
FDA: Hey America, Stop Overdosing On Painkillers! [Drugs]
Look, we know this recession is tough and all, but you’ve gotta lay off the NyQuil and Theraflu or the FDA will stuff them behind a counter, ok? Seriously, an advisory panel is meeting today, and already voted to reduce the maximum daily dose of Tylenol and other painkillers. They might even slap scary “black [...]
Here’s to You Bernie….Leaving You Far Behind!!!!
So long Bernie!
Have You Received Your Dell Multi-State Settlement Check Yet? [Lawsuits]
Did you file a claim form in the Dell multi-state settlement earlier this year? Have you received your check yet? According to the FAQ posted by the attorneys general of states participating in the suit, Monday, June 22 was the deadline for Dell to mail checks to consumers.
Mortgage Lending has fallen in May
New reports issued state gross mortgage lending by building societies has fallen to 1.52bn in May, down from 3.53bn at the same time last year.
The latest figures released from the Buildings Societies Association also show that net mortgage lending was -752m in May compared with 142m in May 2008.
It’s Bernie’s Big Day! Have We Learned Anything?
Today Bernard Madoff faces the music. Today one of history’s greatest psychopaths faces some of his thousands of victims and gets sent to the big house, probably for the rest of his natural life. Bernie is hoping for a twelve year sentence, most probably because anything over thirty years means that he will likely spend [...]
"Unconsumption" Blog Considers the Life Cycle of Products [Blog Watch]
Advertising critic James Twitchell has a saying: The problem with American culture is not that it’s too materialistic. The problem is that we are not materialistic enough. By that he means that Americans don’t truly care about things. What we care about is getting new things — constantly upgrading to the bigger and better and [...]
Billy Mays Dead At 50 [Deaths]
You have to wonder if before going to sleep last night, pitchman Billy Mays thought of Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett, and Ed McMahon, and said to himself one last time, “but wait, there’s more!”
Governor Sanford Compares Himself to King David! Time For A Lesson From Our Uncle George
Ah, my new Twitter Tweets are already bearing fruit! From the AP Wire;
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