Conoco Phillips’ $34 billion writedown makes me bullish

I read about ConocoPhillips taking a massive $34 billion writedown and my first reaction was glee.  Why?  Not because I hate big oil. Rather, this type of draconian response demonstrates that the glut of oil we now see will soon be a deficit. I see a buying opportunity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:57:17

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Trends in Business Credit Cards for 2009

Small business credit card trends The year 2008 was a rotten one for the banking business. What began as a “mortgage crisis” mushroomed into a full-blown, across-the-board “credit crisis.” This has led to banks pulling back on all types of credit, but an even greater pullback [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:38:54

Debt forces shoppers to rein in their spending after Christmas last hurrah

The crisis facing the British high street was laid bare yesterday by results from quoted retailers which confirmed that margins are being squeezed ... was the last hurrah for consumers as December's credit card bills force them to confront their debts against [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:01:00

And Don’t Let The Door Hit You On The Way Out

The American public will not be sad to see George W ... of respondents said they approved. That matched Mr. Bush’s job-approval rating for much of last fall ... in Washington less popular than George W. Bush: Vice President Dick Cheney’s favorability rating [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 13:59:50

Should the Supreme Court Grant Cert in Rambus?

This post was written by Professor Josh Wright. Wright is a professor at George Mason University Law School, but is visiting this semester at the University of Texas Law School in Austin. This post was originally published on the blog Truth on the Market. As noted, the FTC has exercised its right under 15 USC 56(a)(3) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:14:28

Student Loan Default: How to Deal with It

by William Blake If you fall behind in your student loan payments and end up in student loan default, ... eligibility and recover your credit score. This option is only available to people who arrange ... financial aid eligibility, make your credit rating better, and possibly have your student loan default [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:48:52

Free Time Proven Hints - Business Loans

Try to remember: depending on your past track record getting an online small business loan can be next to impossible ... with just one Bad Credit Secured Loan. If you are suffering of a bad credit history bad credit secured loan is a smart solution for you. With a bad credit history you tend to become quite a prey [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 07:40:36

Highlights and Lowlights of Citigroup’s Earnings Call

Citigroup announced a radical change in its business model, hiving off around $850 billion of troubled assets into a “bad bank” called Citi Holdings that also ... . What does this Citi Holdings do? Citi Holdings would include consumer mortgages, private-label, credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:20:39

Nothing Down, Nothing Forever

The Missoulian reports from Montana. “Craig Siphers had a notion that the run on real estate in the Bitterroot Valley might be slowing during the summer of 2006. But the longtime real estate agent with Hamilton’s Exit Realty couldn’t have predicted then just how far it would fall [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:20:23

Monetary conditions might exacerbate the Chinese adjustment

I think if I were an economic policymaker in China I would be spending most of my time thinking about the money supply and how it works. There is a small but growing possibility that Chinese monetary conditions are going to go wrong at exactly the wrong time, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:32:25

"A Farewell Address "to George W. Bush by Norman Markowitz

I thought I would say a very long overdue Goodbye, although we will be living with the consequences of your administration for a long time ... him on the list of very bad presidents. Even though you lost the popular vote and with the help of a five [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 22:14:00

"Oil Shocks Redux"

Alan S. Blinder and Jeremy Rudd survey theories that have been constructed to explain why the recent oil price shocks did not have as large an ... different. Textbook accounts of the 1970s and early 1980s blame “supply shocks” (which included sharp [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 08:06:00

1,000 Words: The Many Faces of George W. Bush

1,000 Words: The Many Faces of George W. BushAP Photo/Gerald HerbertPresident George W. Bush's time in the White House is ending but we'll always have his wide variety of facial expressions to remember him by.This series of photos, taken during Bush's final press conference on Monday, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:00:00

Inflation - Worst Case Scenario

About a year ago I wrote a tongue in cheek article about how inflation is inconvenient ... along. But what about really bad inflation? By really bad, I mean the worst possible situation ... was trading at around $25 billion ZW dollars. How bad is the inflation? In June The inflation rate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:07:43

Big Media Distorts Bush Economic Record

by James Pethokoukis, US News & World Report His presidency is almost over. But what is the true George W. Bush economic record? ( ... out a lot. Here is some of that, both good and bad: 1) Sorry, but it's the truth: Bush [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:39:10

Credit Repair Information

.fullpost{display:inline;}Do you have a credit? Do you have more than one credit? I believe you do ... , it will make our credit score bad and if the their credit history bad, many lenders will not lend credit or loans anymore to us.So what we should people do if we have bad credit score? Do not worry [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 07:33:00

Streaking Siena routs Fairfield

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Siena’s 78-62 victory over Fairfield on Saturday came at the end of the craziest stretch of the season. Siena now has played nine games in 21 days in seven different cities. The Saints won eight of the nine games, with the only loss coming at Kansas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:37:15

Fitch Foresees "Hard Landing" for China

We have said from time to time that we had expected growth in China to be lower than mainstream forecasts ... last year as factories closed and that figure may jump by another 5 million in 2009, according to Credit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:27:59

Texas Rolls Texas Tech in Second Half

Game Recap: Behind a strong second half offensive performance and an entire game of lock-down defense, Texas (13-4, 2-1) ... s club too much credit. The Red Raiders are not good. They are no better than the ninth or tenth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:28:03

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Dems showcase stimulus package. House Democrats unveiled an unprecedented $825B stimulus plan yesterday, ... ; first-time home buyers between Jan. 1 and June 30 would get a $7,500 tax credit; local school [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:15:12

Bush’s Farewell Address: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Tonight we saw the real George W. Bush, liberated to speak from the heart, about what’s truly in him.  It’s a good heart, and a good manner.  But not-so-good policies–and not-so-good results. He was gracious to his own family, and gracious to the Obama family [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 03:16:21

Submerging Markets - Catching Down to the US

Let's take some time out from lamenting the dour economic news at home, ... not the only ones who %&*(#@!^'d up royally. As I have opined before, unsustainable growth breeds fraud [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:08:12

Obama To Hold Fiscal Responsibility Summit

Obama To Hold Fiscal Responsibility SummitPresident-elect Barack Obama visits the Post newsroom after a meeting with the editorial board and Washington Post Co. Chairman Don Graham, right. (Photo, The Washington Post)President-elect Barack Obama will convene a "fiscal responsibility summit" [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 20:58:11

Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is by Natalie Pace

... , underwater on her home, behind on her credit card payments, and in a bad spot. However, rather than ... when her primary concerns were credit card bills and the mortgage payment. In the mid-90’s, Natalie Pace [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:48:25

Obama's daughter: 'Better be good'

Obama's daughter: 'Better be good' The words of the president-elect's daughter speak of a moment in history. Posted January 16, 2009 7:30 PM ... today and secured an interview days before that inauguration. Credit King for eliciting words many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:30:09

Bad credit long term personal loans: Restore and meet your needs

Bad credit long term personal loans give you a chance to restore your damage financial record and help you to get back on track. The comfort in terms of loan amount, repayment and interest rate make the bad credit holder at ease. read more [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 11:22:45

Game Notes: Kings at Warriors

by Taylor Price Yesterday’s Warriors/Kings game felt just like an ABA ballgame ... overtimes, it pretty much became apparent by overtime number two, the first team to score 150 points [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:12:20

Visual Voicemail: 3 Options for Never Listening to Another Message

voicemail I don’t know about you, but I hate receiving bad news via voicemail. There’s just something nauseating about seeing a new message from a dreaded contact and then being forced to actually [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 16:39:18

Can the TARP be Fashioned into a Safety Net?

Good Evening: As the U.S. stock market heads into earnings season, ... , the bad news has started to re-enter Mr. Market’s thought process. How the share prices of various [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:04:06

Reuters Article - Where the US bailout money has gone - includes some of it

FACTBOX: Where has the U.S. bailout money gone? Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:39am ESThttp://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUKTRE50F1H720090116(Reuters) ... and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp to backstop $118 billion in bad assets held by the bank, which [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:37:30

A Time For Truth

A Time For Truth Jennifer Rubin - 01.17.2009 - 12:56 PM Give Peter Beinart credit: he admits the surge worked and he’s urging Democrats to admit it too: It’s no longer a close call: President [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 17:56:50

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney. Citigroup (C) and Morgan Stanley (MS) ... and restore normal flows of credit.' To that end, he raised three options for Obama's Treasury [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 12:15:31

Football: Jamie Jackson on why Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp is not the one-dimensional caricature the press would have you believe

"Because I have a Cockney accent I'm perceived as some sort of barrow-boy." Who is the real Harry Redknapp? ... . And now I feel bad. I said to him in the dressing room [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 10:37:07

Wag the Blog: The Geithner Dilemma

Wag the Blog: The Geithner DilemmaDoes Timothy Geithner's issue with back taxes disqualify him from serving as treasury secretary? ( ... failure to pay taxes is a legitimate issue to raise in connection with his future role [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:30:23

Stimulus, Schmimulus

Fiscal Lifejacket or Money Down a Rathole… ... . Economists Lawrence Mishel and John Irons make the case for stimulus in their recent article “How Bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:03:16

Same Day Bad Credit Loans – Fast Cash Even on Bad Credit

Same day Bad Credit Loans help you in availing cash in times of need. With a bad credit on your record, you cannot expect money from the traditional lenders who insist on the credit score. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:52:19

Transcript of Jim Schwartz's Press Conference

Below is the transcript of Jim Schwartz's press conference via the Lions ... and the best record in the NFL a couple of times and including some bad times and some salary cap [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:09:57

Bad Credit Repair Guides

Thursday, October 30, 2008 Do you often rejected in applying for loan because of your bad credit record? ... struggling, the bad records of our late payments and other kind of negative reports will hurt our credit ... score for some points. If you have no any idea on how to obtain those credit reports [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 07:29:00

Choosing Candles for Christmas

Choosing Candles for Christmas Candles come in many shapes, sizes, colors and scents. It can be confusing to choose sometimes ... Fawcett Credit Cards Bad Credit: Takes Responsibility Of Helping You The probability of growing bad credit record is much more in case of those borrowers who p ... Author: Rock Roger Kanha [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 11:40:08

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