Posts about Obama Health Care Failure as of September 25, 2009

Obama’s Competing Waterloos - brownpelicanla.com 09/25/2009 David Limbaugh, TownHall.com, Friday, September 25, 2009 Sen. Jim DeMint predicted that Obamacare would be President Barack Obama’s Waterloo. While that’s certainly a strong possibility, Obama has other Waterloos in the wings competing for the prize, such as his monstrous deficits and his disastrous foreign policy. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 13:01:42

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DrumBeat: November 30, 2008

Oil majors eye $5-billion ships to cut costs London — Oil and gas companies are racing to develop a new type of vessel they hope will revolutionize offshore gas production but even if the untested technology works, its deployment could be blocked by resource holders who fear it will undermine development goals [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 14:33:22

The White House

YESTERDAY PRESIDENT BUSH MADE HIS LAST PRESS CONFERNECE AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED:THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Tapper. We have been through a lot together. As I look through the room, I see Jake, Mike, Herman, Ann Compton. Just seemed like yesterday that -- that I was on the campaign trail and you were analyzing my speeches and my policies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 03:04:00

Abbott Gets Belgian Drug Unit for $7.6 Billion

Solvay, the Belgian chemical and pharmaceutical group, said Monday it has agreed to sell its entire pharmaceutical business to Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, Illinois, for €5.2 billion ($7.6 billion), The Associated Press reported. The big U.S. drug maker will take sole possession of their shared cholesterol drug venture, The New York Times’s Duff Wilson reported. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 10:32:35

Obama: Economy to get worse before it improves

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Barack Obama said Sunday the economy will get worse before it gets better, pledged a recovery plan “equal to the task” and warned lawmakers that the days of pork barrel spending are over. Less than six weeks before his inauguration, Obama declined to say how large an economic stimulus plan he envisions [more...]

Date: 2008-12-08 02:58:27

The Great Reinflation

Responding to growing concern about the quality of the Federal Reserve System’s assets, former Federal Reserve Governor Lyle Gramley told reporters last week that “You have to reckon with the fact that one of the Fed’s assets is gold certificates, which are priced, as I remember, at US$42 an ounce, and if we were to price them at market prices, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 16:53:47

Three Legislative Proposals That Could Have Major Consequences for Your Finances

J.D. is on vacation. This guest post comes from DR of The Dough Roller, a money management blog ... in a consumer report or any change in a consumer’s credit score, as the basis for increasing any annual ... on Wall Street and in the credit markets lately, one could easily forget about money-related legislation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:00:42

THE FINTAG NEWSLETTER @ 06 January 2009

FINTAG COMMENT Predictions. I started a website last year that exposed people who said one thing and did another. Unfortunately it never took off because I couldn't find any commentators who never lied. 2008 was a year of lies and already we are getting dubious statements from pundits who know what is going to happen in the [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 06:46:30

I Hate Equifax

I wish I could turn my pure emotion into words on the screen to fully express my hatred for Equifax. It is pure. It is flowing. I. Hate. Equifax. Why I Hate Equifax I’ve recently reminded you to check your annual credit report ... running there has been an issue that results in us not getting her annual credit report. This doesn’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:00:13

CCI calls for Boycott

by Catholic Citizens of Illinois When the Catholic Bishops of the United States established the Campaign for Human Development in 1970, ... , community-run schools, minority-owned cooperatives and credit unions, capital for industrial ... of the Democrat Party. In a November 4 report in The Washington Time, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 17:21:11

Latin America Economic and Financial Agenda -- Week of Jan. 12 (Update)

Tue., Jan. 13: ARGENTINA -- December Inflation Rate (1 p.m. NYT): The inflation rate (remember that in Argentina data has been openly adulterated) ... is heading for recession. MEXICO -- Contractual Wages Report (3 p.m. NYT) COLOMBIA -- Uribe ... agreement. Wedn., Jan. 14: CHILE -- Monetary Policy Report (7 a.m. NYT): Most analysts expect the Chilean [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 14:15:12

Wanna Get Away? Get Banks OK in UK

If you "wanna get away" and you live in the UK, make sure your bank nose..otherwise you'll have "slim pickin's" when it comes to payment options.. ... , when they go away, according to a recent report in the newspaper The Times.This is in the aim of combating credit card fraud, where several holiday goers found their debit or credit cards frozen [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 17:36:00

Obama’s Deficit, Fed’s Forecast, India’s Market, Gold’s Victory, and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Obama’s fiscal “change”… trillion-dollar deficits “for years to come” Fed says economy to shrink in all of ’09, unemployment to rise until 2010 Second wave of real estate tsunami swells… office and mall vacancy rates surge Indian market crushed in ’08, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 19:10:08

Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News

SEC supposedly moving against Reserve. The SEC may bring an enforcement action against investment firm Reserve Management Co ... laws.' Reserve Management is already being sued by investment firm Ameriprise Financial Inc. which ... slightly ahead yesterday in the race to build a central clearinghouse for the $54T credit-default [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 12:11:18

Stocks higher despite jobs report

NEW YORK (AP) -- Buyers returned to Wall Street Friday after two days of heavy losses, ... coming off of a very oversold market that had already braced itself for bad news out of Detroit and certainly bad economic data in terms of the labor report," said Peter Cardillo, chief market [more...]

Date: 2008-11-07 19:06:51

Sunshine, Lollipops, and Rainbows

I've written before, it does make me deeply uneasy that Chizik burned so many bridges on his way out of ISU, and the general (admittedly slanted) portrayal we've gotten a few places of Chizik being, I don't know, less than completely-and-utterly committed to the Cyclones' cause is also unsettling [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 18:21:36

Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/13/2008

My favorite story tonight is the one about the Bedouin tribe in north Israel who claim Barack Hussein Obama as a long-lost member.Should be an interesting family reunion…Thanks to Abu Elvis, C. Cantoni, Diana West, Insubria, JD, Kahane loyalist, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in. Headlines and articles are below the fold [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 04:59:00

Economic and Investing Forecast for 2009: 10 Charts Showing no Economic Rebound in 2009.

Today the ADP National Employment Report stated that private sector jobs fell by a much larger than expected 693,000 in December.  This report stunned on the downside and is a prelude to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics report which comes out on Friday.  The market also suffered its worst one day since early December [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 08:01:43

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 13, 2009

THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, ... ANIMATED DOPPLER STORM RADARNortheast Next Snowstorm CANADA WEATHER WARNINGSNEW BRUNSWICK & MAINE BORDER WAIT TIMESALL OF ATLANTIC CANADA STORM WARNINGS:This Site GIVES you the news as it happens, 24 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:21:00

Thursday links: cheap to rich

Why aren’t individuals embracing equity mutual funds ?  ( Trader’s Narrative ) Corporate bonds have gone from cheap to rich.  ( EconomPic Data ) Is the hot A123 Systems ( AONE ) IPO a sign of froth?  ( Fund My Mutual Fund ) A glut of new mortgage REITs are finding it tough going.  ( Money & Co. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-24 16:14:28

Transcript: President George W. Bush Final Press Conference - January 12, 2009

(Source: White House Press Office) 9:17 A.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Tapper. We have been through a lot together. As I look through the room, I see Jake, Mike, Herman, Ann Compton. Just seemed like yesterday that — that I was on the campaign trail and you were analyzing my speeches and my policies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 20:41:57

Sheppard: Middle Road Has Fewer Bumps

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton didn’t ditch slow practice areas when the economy was booming and now they are reaping the ... of the Los Angeles-based firms to report their year-end results. The Recorder reported results http ... the biggest decline, at 21 percent. Pillsbury was the only firm in this survey to report a slight [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 02:10:00

State workers face paycuts, concessions - Updated with all 18 concessions

Our area is not the only one asking for concessions from Unions, this Dayton Daily News article reports what is being asked of the 34, ... , and longevity pay, and shifting from a 40-hour work week to a 35-hour work week. Credit to Clips & Comments ... , concessions: State officials are proposing a 5 percent pay cut, mandatory days off without pay [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:12:16

DrumBeat: January 4, 2009

Canadian oil-sand mines stuck as crude price plummets Canada's once booming oil sands industry is cooling fast as the plunging oil price undermines investment. More than US$60 billion (£41 billion) worth of projects to extract oil from the bitumen-rich sands of northern Alberta have been delayed in the past three months, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 13:51:54

Scroll For Updates: United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger: Screw You If You Think Our Members Are Giving More Concessions…Umm “for approximately a lousy $7 billion”, We Could Buy All Three Companies

That’s pretty much the message this is sending: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Even as Detroit’s Big Three teeter on collapse, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Saturday that workers will not make any ... and Delphi Corp. as part of an extraordinary job security agreement with the United Auto Workers union [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 22:50:05

Is there a credit crunch?

Is there a credit crunch? A number of econbloggers are questioning whether the credit crunch is really happening. For example, Alex Tabarrok ( ... 2008, was at its highest level ever and continued uninterrupted through the credit crisis, the report ... to a report (without any data), but to convince me that the credit crunch is a "myth" I also need to [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 07:37:22

There are less than 200 hours remaining in the Bush Interregnum.Georgie is out in front of the press, kissin’ ass and justifying his every action ... , and not just that it was bad PR.I believe running social security (in 2005) mistake;  should have pushed immigration [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:17:55

Scroll For Updates: United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger: Screw You If You Think Our Memebers Are Giving More Concessions…Umm “for approximately a lousy $7 billion”, We Could Buy All Three Companies

That’s pretty much the message this is sending: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Even as Detroit’s Big Three teeter on collapse, United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger said Saturday that workers will not make any ... and Delphi Corp. as part of an extraordinary job security agreement with the United Auto Workers union [more...]

Date: 2008-11-16 22:50:05

Why The IMF’s Decision To Agree A Lavian Bailout Programme Without Devaluation Is A Mistake

The IMF finally announced it’s Latvia “bailout” plan on Friday. The plan involves lending about €1.7 billion ($2.4 billion) ... its economic adjustment plan. The loan, which will be in the form of a 27-month stand-by arrangement ... Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. In return for the loan the IMF have agreed a “strong package [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 08:48:58

$75 Billion Needlessly Lost in Hasty Lehman Bankruptcy Filing?

There is a piece I regard as truly odd in the Wall Street Journal tonight. Either much of what I have read about investment bank bankruptcies is wrong, or something peculiar is at what used to be the house of Lehman. A Wall Street Journal article, "Lehman's Chaotic Bankruptcy Filing Destroyed Billions in Value," [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 06:11:28

Importance of the Euro-dollar Market to Sterling

HITESH PATEL asked: THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EURO-DOLLAR MARKET TO THE MANAGEMENT OF STERLING A. Introduction Throughout the 1960s, the management of sterling had been a central preoccupation of British governments. This preoccupation largely determined the way Britain viewed the Euro-dollar market*, as the government was constantly hit by the pressures which the international use of sterling placed on the British economy. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-17 00:38:17

College Money Tip #4: Check Your Credit Report

If a credit score is like your GPA, then a credit report is like a report card by some sadistic teacher who writes down what you’ve done, but doesn’t write your grades on it. It simply lists out what lines of credit you have (credit ... to get your credit "GPA," you’ll have to pay for it*. What makes this even more maddening is the fact [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 16:08:37

Losing Your Identity and Your Good Credit

Losing Your Identity and Your Good Credit January 15th, 2009 Identity theft has become a problem with the introduction of shopping online ... cards and freeze your bank account immediately you could drop from having excellent credit to bad credit sooner than you might think. Other necessary actions would be to file a report with the police [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 22:45:27

DrumBeat: November 21, 2008

Five-year U.S. crude oil futures at record $30 premium LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil futures for delivery in January 2014 are trading at a record $30 premium to current contracts, as investors bet that the long-term trend toward higher prices will remain intact despite oil's slump to $50 a barrel. U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-11-21 13:37:10

Jan 14 2009

Not being a stellar day, it nonetheless was much better. A few tight stops, and three sizeable wins, two on RIMM and one on ACOR. Still a lot of fear in the market though, so our commitment stays fleeting. Session Time: Wed Jan 14 00:00:00 2009 {nemo} Hah! woke up at 3:30 this morning. {Threei}  Good morning {magoo} morning[ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 21:11:07

Credit market starts to thaw

NEW YORK - CREDIT markets are beginning to thaw after months of a deep freeze ... credit freeze hits the economy hard because it forces companies to lay off workers because they can't ... the level seen right before the credit crisis intensified in September, according to data-tracker [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:31:00

Financial crisis: Bank of America given $138bn rescue package

Phillip Inman and Julia Kollewe, The Guardian January 16, 2009 The BoA rescue matches that given to Citigroup, another stricken US banking giant, which is today expected to report its deepest quarterly deficit yet Bank of America was today given a new injection of $20bn (£13.5bn) by the US government and a guarantee of $118bn on potential [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:26:23

How to Evade Identity Theft With Credit Freeze

How to Evade Identity Theft With Credit Freeze One effective way to avoid identity theft is to avail of a credit freeze ... . By putting your credit report on a freeze, access to it would be completely restricted from everyone. Even the owner of the credit report himself will not be able to open it unless he requests a “lift” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 04:14:37

The Pain Continues For Victims Of Identity Theft

by Darren Cason A person that becomes a victim of identity theft is a victim for life ... for up to three months on a credit report, but this achieves little - nothing is removed ... the problem to the police. Their reaction was to ask a few questions and give me a report number [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 09:03:24

Barney Frank "Flips Out" During An Interview AGAIN !!

If Congressmen got a report card, Barney Frank's would say "does not play nice in the sandbox with the other children" To understand the congressman you must understand that there are two types of people, those who agree with him and and those who distort the facts and are too stupid to understand the truth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 23:27:00

This has been an unusual interregnum from President No. 43 to No. 44. Because of the need for urgent economic action as well as continuity, this country, perhaps for the first time, has had two presidents at once, in effect [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:38:14

Observations for Tuesday

WSJ.com reported, “Financial stocks pushed the broader market lower, with Citigroup and Bank of America posting double-digit percentage declines ... , California, also discusses the outlook for the U.S. unemployment rate, Federal Reserve policy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 22:15:30

Fraud Alert vs. Freezing Your Credit Report

If you have been a victim of identity theft, you may have seen conflicting information about how to handle the situation. Most sites recommend placing a fraud alert on your credit report to prevent the identity thieves ... . What is a fraud alert? Setting up a fraud alert is like placing a red flag on your credit report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 12:40:35

Fraud Alert vs. Freezing Your Credit Report

If you have been a victim of identity theft, you may have seen conflicting information about how to handle the situation. Most sites recommend placing a fraud alert on your credit report to prevent the identity thieves ... . What is a fraud alert? Setting up a fraud alert is like placing a red flag on your credit report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 17:16:56

Investment Banks Hoist on 2005 Bankruptcy Law Changes Petard

Investment banks? What investment banks, says the alert reader ... to pull funds from the Federal Reserve more readily. The Financial Times report that the changes ... about having credit exposure and can start curtailing certain types of activities and close accounts [more...]

Date: 2008-10-31 14:00:01

Friday morning links

#fullpost{display:inline;}TOP STORIESManufacturing Cools Around the World - NY TimesRussia, ... of 1930s-style depression to eurozone - GuardianWorldwide, a Bad Year Only Got Worse - NY TimesHOUSINGHousing woes no longer a business myth - OC RegisterAre Home Prices Still Too High? - Seeking AlphaThe [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 13:40:00

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009 Obama energy goal hard to meet: Bodman WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... in energy prices, but this would not affect its $2.3 billion credit facility, the independent oil ... (Bloomberg) — Crude oil fell after a U.S. government report showed that stockpiles climbed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 17:22:13

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

DrumBeat: January 14, 2009

Obama energy goal hard to meet: Bodman WASHINGTON (Reuters) ... prices, but this would not affect its $2.3 billion credit facility, the independent oil and gas ... (Bloomberg) -- Crude oil fell after a U.S. government report showed that stockpiles climbed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:55:13

TUESDAY JANUARY 13, 2009

THIS SITE SUPPORTS ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ALL POLICE DEPARTMENTS, EMS CREWS, IN ADDITION TO ALL SERVING IN THE CANADIAN ARMED FORCES, ... StoriesRumoured @ 11:15 Pm Single car MVA around or near highway 1 Lepreau area.Vehicle struck a deer ? Rumoured @ 9:45 Pm single car MVA Highway 7 around or near mile marker 84.Vehicle off the road [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 02:39:00

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