Graham Ford may be next England cricket team coach

The England and Wales Cricket Board has apparently given the green light to approach Graham Ford to become the cricket team’s new coach ... such as you find at international level. I don’t know of anyone who has a bad word to say about him. Certainly ... he has been tapped up so much is a credit to Graham and Kent.” Ford, 48, returns to South Africa [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:47:20

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One Sad Turtle

When I walked into Chez Oskar for a date with a librarian I was expecting an interesting evening that may or may not go somewhere. I have often been told my expectations are too high.    I take full responsibility for the evening. I met him on Craig’s List, where I swear, from now on I will only shop for sofas and kitchen appliances, not men [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 00:36:04

1-17-2009 (Sat Afternoon) Fin. & Econ. Activity

At least 21,000 jobs were targeted for elimination yesterday as employers from Hertz Global Holdings Inc. to Advanced Micro Devices Inc ... -parts division. Hertz, the second-largest U.S. rental-car company, said it will cut more than 4,000 jobs ... by trading losses on mortgage bonds, the bank faces credit-card losses that surged to a record [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:27:49

SEC Football Power Poll: Final Ballot

1. Florida The Gators played the now-traditional part of an SEC champion by winning the BCS Title. 2 ... one, but to his credit Chizik has hired a nice staff. Maybe things won't be as bad as we think ... for the bowls. Can they improve next year with Jordan Jefferson under center? 6. Vanderbilt Vandy won [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:08:56

One-Stop Shopping Calamity

The news that Citigroup is considering selling half its Smith Barney brokerage unit to Morgan Stanley is seen as evidence that Sandy Weill's plan for ... from one financial institution. Credit cards, checking accounts, mortgages, brokerage services ... a one-stop financial shop is officially dead. But the financial supermarket is the bad idea [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:00:00

De-leveraging the Children of Wall Street

submitted by James Baker Welch, VP of Rothschild Investments One of the most stunning facts of the 2008 Financial Melt-down has been the wholesale ... regulatory agencies to determine if the institution has met the credit needs of its entire community. 1   The CRA began to compel banks to underwrite less credit-worthy mortgage loans in order [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:40:18

Charity Requests

The new year usually results in a lot of bad moods. It's understandable -- this is the time of year when most folks begin diets, quit smoking, give up alcohol, return to the grind of the day job, see the balance on their credit cards soar ... it's January, and everyone is in a bad mood, and many of you are also being flooded with requests [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 05:00:00

Revisiting the Supply-Side Thesis

Everyone’s attention has temporarily shifted away from the automaker bailout, to consideration of a vast Keynesian stimulus program, with some side-distractions relating to the personnel of the US Senate. Don’t worry about the automaker situation: it’ll be back on the front-burner next month as both GM and Chrysler LLC will have burned through [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 10:46:00

Highlights and Lowlights of BofA’s Earnings Call

Bank of America moved its earnings announcement up to this morning to soothe investors after The Wall Street Journal’s report that BofA would need ... and $27 billion in credit costs. Many of the problems originated at Merrill Lynch, which had a loss ... Goldman Sachs research analysts noted wryly in a research report this morning. BofA CEO Ken Lewis [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:01:30

SC: Murderer of gay man could be out in 8 months

Sean Kennedy, a young gay man in South Carolina was brutally murdered in SC in 2007 (a state with no hate crimes law) ... legislation. Here is what happened to Sean... But if losing her son isn't bad enough, her son's killer ... . Because of the credit he received for time he served before his sentencing, the longest possible [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:15:29

Obama’s Blunders

Obama is looking pretty weak and without convictions before even being sworn in. The biggest concern I think every one has ( ... projected a lot of hopes and wishes (and fantasies). His handling of the Blagojevich incident was a bad ... the $3,000-per-job credit last week as one of five individual and business tax incentives aimed at winning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 13:23:57

Emotional, financial and legal advice on surviving redundancy

Keep calm Remember you're not alone Redundancy can be a devastating, sometimes brutal, experience but it's not your fault ... the credit crunch in your own backyard," says Phillip Hodson, a fellow of the British Association ... way as due to the western economic cycle, the bastard in charge of hiring and firing, or bad luck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 14:45:20

Painful eyes

A lot of emails come my way every 24 hours. Some stand out. Like this one. Not just that she’s a realtor who likes me ( ... to holding mortgage and credit card debt to the tune of 75 Billion, they say well that’s normal that’ ... citizens have become. Not just because she now laments the influence of cheap credit and easy money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:17:13

Ontario man pays 419 scammers $150,000

p2pnet news view | Crime:- A Mennonite follower in Ontario, Canada, thought he’d found a kindred spirit, also lucking into a huge windfall ... s a very bad feeling. I had lots of friends.” Rempel, “lives with his Mennonite parents in a simple ... from an uncle in Mexico and his parents gave him $60,000 on credit to cover fees for transferring $12.8 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:49:22

Yahoo: So Much For The Honeymoon

Yahoo (YHOO) shareholders seem unmoved by yesterday’s news that former Autodesk chief Carol Bartz is taking over as CEO from Jerry Yang and that ... seek to sell its Asian assets? How bad was the fourth quarter - and how much worse will Q1 ... a capable outsider with a a strong track record, Yahoo should finally be able to make decisions [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:30:28

Labour List - a warning to all potential contributors

During a previous conversation, LabourList.org founder and controller Derek Draper suggested that I share with the class the our entire email ... without credit and the apparent pretence of spontaneous submission, because he deleted the version ... creative material without credit? Are you really pretending to receive submissions from the general [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 14:57:16

Question 1 - Sibling interactions

Thanks for all of the great questions... I will answer them all, one post at a time (so be patient with me!) And feel free to add more. I shouldn't have a problem with  "bloggers' block" for quite a while. :) First off, I am going to tackle this one - "Thanks Erin, My question may not be specific enough, but here goes.. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:19:18

Is Gilbert The New Castle Rock?

I recently had a change of plea for a DUI in Gilbert where I started to feel like I was in a Stephen King novel ... . Maybe Gilbert wants to help out the payday loan business? Maybe they think a reduced credit score ... in effect. I think the judge actually felt bad about the policy, and I can see why. Not only does [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:11:08

Fed and BOE Shell Games to Bailout Insolvent Banks

The US banking system is insolvent. I gave 25 reasons on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 in You Know The Banking System Is Unsound When.... 1 ... , imploding commercial real estate deals, Alt-A liar loans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds, toggle bonds ... loans cannot be paid back.Many things have transpired since then. I could easily list another 25 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:51:43

Thoughts On The Problems Facing America

I am not an economist, and I am not a political science major. In fact, I’ve never even stepped foot into a university for the purpose of learning ... , authorized up to $700 billion dollars to buy distressed assets and attempt to restore confidence in a credit market — a credit market that, in my humble opinion [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:26:55

Fifth Week: Overcome Your Worry by Overcoming Your Fear of Failure

I don't know about you, but no one ever taught me how to fail successfully. There was no course in college called, "Failure 101" ... . But what is so bad about a failure---now and then? I'll give you an example of someone I know. Let's call ... he was loser. But, much to his credit, he actually decided to study really hard before he took [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:02:00

Get Your Tax and Financial Questions Answered for Free

We’re back! Our imaginary vacation was great. It was fun to take some time off from writing and enjoy the holidays ... Savings Accounts. Stock Market Graphs My favorite article this week is Why Your 4th Quarter 2008 Investment Statements Look So Bad - Blame the First 8 Days in October. I great series of graphs [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 14:57:55

Obama team weighs government bank to ease crisis (Reuters)

[ The Bank of America (BOTTOM) and Citibank (R) buildings are seen in the Canary Wharf financial district of London January 16, 2009 ... cleared the release of the remaining $350 billion of bailout funds amid new fears over credit losses ... is considering setting up a government-run bank to acquire bad assets clogging the financial system, a person [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 21:28:29

Suze Orman’s Free Book - Fixing Your Finances in 2009

Barack Obama’s speech warning of devastating unemployment levels and a lengthy recession was no surprise to most Americans ... . Debt consolidators are often a very bad deal. The National Foundation for Credit Counseling ... into the history behind the economic downturn, the book has 7 main sections: Credit Retirement Investing Saving [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 13:29:00

Republican Study Committee Proposes Ineffective Tax Cuts, Destructive Spending Reduction For Stimulus

yesterday, which Matthew Yglesias noted is a “barrel full” of permanent tax cuts. Today, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) ... to do with the taxes they may pay in the future and everything to do with a fear of losing money because there is no demand in the economy, asset prices are highly volatile, and credit is hard to come [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 23:20:45

Countrywide Home Loans is killing me

First a little history: November 16, 2007 I had major surgery and my employer let me go on my first week home on disability ... , and executive employment can be hard to find. I lived off credit for 9 months increasing my debt to a crisis ... yet they assigned the data to only one of the loans causing more delay (they kept saying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:06:52

Employment Background Checks

by Ben Dave Background Checks are typically conducted discreetly. By that token, it is sneaky to some degree ... , Negligent Hiring being the big issue that it has become in human resource operation. Credit or loan ... . Employers, credit officers, landlords, lawyers, business partners and even prospective in-laws [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 14:39:08

NO JUICE CREW DIS

Kool G Rap and DJ Polo: I Declare War Craig G: Drop a Bomb On 'Em From The Juice Crew EP (DWG, 2008) (Originally posted to Side Dishes) ... $80? And is vinyl only? Give DWG (Diggers With Gratitude) credit - like Kane, ain't no half ... edition items have been a part of hip-hop (and pop music) history for ages. I do feel bad for genuine [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 22:33:11

Is Obama’s Stimulus Plan Unfair to Some Small Firms?

President-elect Barack Obama’s economic-stimulus proposal is drawing cheers from many business owners and business groups, happy to see potentially lucrative tax breaks targeted at businesses bruised by the bad economy ... stores in late 2007. But her bank still froze her credit line in December – saying it wanted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:46:19

Is Obama’s Stimulus Plan Unfair to Some Small Firms?

President-elect Barack Obama’s economic-stimulus proposal is drawing cheers from many business owners and business groups, happy to see potentially lucrative tax breaks targeted at businesses bruised by the bad economy ... stores in late 2007. But her bank still froze her credit line in December – saying it wanted [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 16:41:00

How to win (pf) friends & influence people. NOT!

Regular Readers :) Please consider this post a 'break from regular programming' and not directed at any of you at allDear fake 'readers' who have ... to post their insurance, credit card, payday loans sites in a post in a link disguised as a post ... has been very good to me and I'm happy to hear genuine comments from readers, but I'm really tired having [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:20:00

Arguing about bank nationalization

We’re edging towards nationalizing the banks. First, the government announces plans to insure loans to small businesses, saying that credit insurance markets fail in recession - which makes them as useful as umbrellas that don’t work when it’s raining. And now, it is thinking of buying banks’ bad assets, thus saying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:08:59

Home Equity Loans For People With Bad Credit

Home equity loans for people with bad credit are often the only way they have to improve their credit history, and can also help people consolidate their debt to make it more manageable. They are available, and these loans have helped thousands of homeowners improve their finances. Lenders may offer lower interest rates and more points Related posts: Home Equity Fixed Loans Home equity fixed loans are credit extended to homebuyers who... [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 18:58:52

Green Ink: Gas Pains and Peak Coal

Crude oil futures hovered around $48 amid signs of tightening oil supplies and continued weak demand, Bloomberg reports ... dispute in Russia is getting hotter, as Russia has shut off all natural-gas supplies to Ukraine ... , at Freakonomics. T. Boone Pickens isn’t letting the credit crunch or cheaper oil derail his “Pickens Plan” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:09:13

Chinese banks facing risks from bad loans

China’s lenders may have evaded the worst of the global credit crisis so far, but they are facing plenty of risks of their own, economists with credit agency Fitch Ratings said Friday. A larger-than-expected downturn ... , which have boosted lending at the government’s behest, will see an increase in problem loans, said [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:39:30

Craven Partisanship At Its Worst

In case there was any doubt left that RNC Chair candidate Ken Blackwell epitomizes the worst aspects of GOP partisan politics his recent article ... . Creating 600,000 new jobs might help cement Virginia in the Democrat column, making it harder ... zeal could possibly see this as a bad thing.  That’s 600,000 jobs created in the middle [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 19:04:11

HOUSING PUSH FOR HISPANICS SPAWNS WAVE OF FORECLOSURES

For years, immigrants to the U.S. have viewed buying a home as the ultimate benchmark of success ... loans, which carry high interest rates and are tailored to borrowers with low credit scores or few ... the housing boom. But when these markets began to weaken, bad loans depressed the value of neighboring [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 13:19:54

'Get Back': An interview with author of the most comprehensive book about the Beatles' 'Let it Be' sessions...

“Drugs, Divorce and a Slipping Image – The Complete, Unauthorized Story of The Beatles’ ‘Get Back’ Sessions,” by Sulpy and Ray Schweighardt, ... albums. In spite of the reputation it has, it’s really not all that bad. ­ It’s just that, unlike ... Spector should get the credit he deserves. ­ He really did take a bunch of uninspired tapes and manage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:04:34

Toxic Waste Dump- Dumped on us…

January 16, 2009Taxpayers Vs Shareholders We’ll be paying good maney for thisOn this one, Tyler is stuffed either way ... here for summary). Total admitted loan losses by US and European banks have now reached a staggering ... dining rooms senior management are gagging at the stink.Hence the latest plan - the so-called Bad [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:24:00

Mid Day Sex Store Surrealism

So I’m off to Boston this weekend to see Evan and go to a Science Fiction convention. Why yes, I am a geek, why do you ask? ... outfits, and sign people up to give blood. (there’s a mobile blood bank outside of the con) The idea ... as well get people to donate blood.Anyway, in my hurried packing, I could not find my nurse outfit [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:47:29

There’s More Banking Crisis Ahead

This morning, we’ll get accelerated earnings announcements from Citigroup and Bank of America. They basically have to do this because the whispering and the uncertainty about both enterprises is starting to get really hard to ignore. And BAC just became the recipient of a government-assistance deal much like what Citi got in December: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:00:38

spooked by a highflier loses altitude, deceleration

Intel's profit sank 90% as sales dropped 23% amid a rapid deceleration in computer demand and pricing pressure during the key holiday season ... NOCERAThe extent of the credit crisis that unfolded from the morning of Sept. 17 to the afternoon of Sept ... bad is it? Well, I’ve never seen financial insiders this spooked — not even during the Asian crisis [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 20:54:51

All About "Free" Money Making Seminars

Here's an excerpt from the book The Frugal Millionaires: 70 millionaires anonymously share their ideas about money to help each other and you ... and food, and, possibly, airfare, lodging, rental car, credit counseling fees and a psychotherapist bill. These types of marketing vehicles aren’t 100% bad if you can separate out the bits of good info [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 16:54:20

Open Thread 1-17-2009

Bad to the Bone—George Thorogood On the day I was born The nurses all gathered ‘round And they gazed in wide wonder At the joy they had found The head nurse spoke up Said “leave this one alone” She could tell right away That I was bad to the bone No particular theme for this weekend’s post. Sometimes you just want a little [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:09:04

Obama’s Government Grants to Aid with Debt Relief – Pay off All Personal and Unsecured Debt

If you’ve been getting under further and further with debt, you know the feeling of despair that can come from seeking help and being met with empty promises or a lot of red tape. The bottom line of needing debt relief is that your name is on the line and the people you are indebted to have a claim against your reputation or property and can damage your credit or repossess your belongings. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 17:50:48

Alright, 2009 (Part 1).

I like 2009. 2008 ended with loads of redundancies and 2009 starts with even more redundancy to follow, people are selling off their houses, cars, ... to work; it reminds you how to save your electric & gas bills during this credit crunch period ... us how bad it is and how worse it’ll be…   You know what? I don’t fucking care. I don’t care [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 23:50:40

Nuclear Reaction - A Greenpeace blog about nuclear power: No time for nuclear

As if the threat of the closure of Yucca Mountain wasn’t a big enough blow to the US nuclear industry, yet more bad news is emerging ... have stabilized, but the credit crunch has jacked up the cost of borrowing. It’s a situation ... paper. So, even the most optimistic scenario is a bad one. Decisions need to be made now if the planet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 14:09:15

On ABC, Dem Barney Frank Rages at 'Distortions' of Chris Cuomo

"Good Morning America" news anchor Chris Cuomo on Tuesday actually challenged liberal House member Barney Frank over how Congress has spent the ... to the working men and women? Why didn't you do that first?" However, Cuomo should be given credit ... attacked, "Mr. Chairman, your title is Chairman of the House Financial Committee. I mean, certainly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 22:46:46

New York City: Partly Cloudy With A Chance Of Markdowns

Millions of people watched the ball drop in Times Square to ring in 2009. But how many of them will go on to visit New York City in 2009? ... are starting to get to the point where the bad news is going to come and come at an ever growing rate ... as the credit crunch goes global. A poster on the culinary forum eGullet suspected the city's steakhouses [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 20:30:43

Financial Ramblings - $100 Gift Certificate Contest

We have a busy financial ramblings today as we will be A GIVING CHAPTERS GIFT CERTIFICATE OF $100 (Sponsored by INSURE CAN) ... to know what a stock split is, ABC’s of investing is proving a great definition. The Credit Toolbox is giving you reasons to take a variable rate mortgage. I’m a big fan of variable rate mortgage since it’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:00:47

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