Stimulus Package 2009: Lightning Round Reactions
The Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced legislation this week containing $825 billion in new tax credits and government spending, ... cuts for clean, renewable energy including a new enhanced tax credit for research and development ... extension of the production tax credit for wind, hydro, geothermal, and bioenergy. Ditto. Go to hell [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:30:30
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Forecast for 2009
Introduction There are two realities "out there" now competing for verification among those who think about national affairs and make things happen. The dominant one (let's call it the Status Quo) is that our problems of finance and economy will self-correct and allow the project of a "consumer" economy to resume in "growth" mode [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 03:33:57
I'm Joe the Plumber (Part II) "It's the socialism, stupid!"
Here's a new ad from the McCain campaign: And here's my story. You see, I really am Joe the Plumber, too... Hi, my name is Doug the welder ... business, and Joe isn’t quite there yet, the “dream” or goal of independence and self-reliance continues. Having started our small business with my wife during the recession of the late Eighties/early [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 13:50:50
Are you in need of money?
There is economic crises worlwide. So many companies closed and many were affected and become unemployed ... ? It is easier and bigger opportunity ito earn f you have your own business because all the profit ... . You are allowed in any personal purposes like vacation , home improvements , car repair [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 02:43:00
PEBO to Make Dire Forecast of World Without Stimulus; Also Will Push More Regulation
"I don’t believe it’s too late to change course, but it will be if we don’t take dramatic action as soon as possible," ... and leads to even less credit. "That is why we need to act boldly and act now to reverse these cycles ... in our future. That’s why we need to re-start the flow of credit and restore the rules of the road [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 11:06:09
Full Text: Barack Obama on Economy | Economic Recovery and Reinvestment | January 8, 2009
(Source: Office of the President-Elect) Throughout America’s history, ... from a troubled past, and set a new course for our nation. This is one of those years. We start 2009 ... ’t believe it’s too late to change course, but it will be if we don’t take dramatic action as soon [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 18:00:11
I Have a Dream
Obama's Hopeful Economic Speech copyright ? 2009 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.org I have a dream. I dream of a day when Americans will separate themselves from a difficult past. I dream of a time when partisan politics will not divide us. In my dream, I see a nation united; one in which Black children, white, Brown, yellow, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 00:55:47
Balls to 2009
Okay, nth time lucky. Hopefully I'll finish this bastard Balls to 2009 post this time ... As We Know It and How to Repair a Broken Financial World, well good on you. The recommendations in the latter article ... . Of course to take the piss out the ratings agencies. And why are Credit Default Swaps still legal [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 03:20:00
DrumBeat: November 29, 2008
OPEC freezes crude output quota CAIRO (AFP) – OPEC decided on Saturday to leave its oil output quota unchanged and vowed to take any action necessary to balance the market next month, the cartel's president said after a consultative meet in Cairo. "Ministers agreed to take any additional action on December 17th (in Oran, Algeria) [more...]
Date: 2008-11-29 14:01:57
Credit Repair! You May Have A Bad Credit Rating And Not Even Know It
When we talk about credit repair, most of us believe that repairing our credit rating is directly related to our mismanagement of our finances, ... every year find out they have bad credit due to credit fraud, and if you’re not 100% sure on how ... it for financial criminal activities. Criminals do this by obtaining your credit information which [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 08:37:18
Bush Gives Obama One Last Break on TARP
Saving President-elect Obama headaches with Congress and the potential for an early public embarrassment, ... a letter on the TARP request from Obama chief economic advisor Larry Summers, Obama’s transition team ... in Summers’ letter is that, besides getting the money, Obama would get the authority to change how [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 19:27:39
All You Ever Wanted to Know About Emergency Funds (But Were Afraid to Ask)
This is a guest post from Dylan Ross. Dylan is a long-time member of the Get Rich Slowly community: a frequent commenter and occasional guest author ... repairs, legal defenses, travel to attend a funeral, natural disasters, and so on. Figure how much [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 13:00:06
Innovation from Constraint (the extended dance mix)
I gave a talk a few weeks ago in Barcelona that was pretty well-received and widely blogged. Specifically, several bloggers have picked up and amplified the seven key points I offered in the talk - a list of principles that I believe characterize much of the best innovation coming out of Africa [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 20:45:09
Kiva Card a Simple Way to do Serious Good
We all seem to be broke these days. Why would anyone in their right mind want to donate money during a financial crisis? Easy ... not just helping someone out. In bad global economic situations like the current one, you could save someone’ [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 17:07:46
Paulson Translated
After listening to and reading the text from Paulson’s speech this morning, ... at a tipping point. Credit markets were largely frozen, denying financial institutions, businesses and consumers access to vital funding and credit. He uses past tense verbs, but I’m not sure [more...]
Date: 2008-11-13 04:08:18
Ideas To Make Profits From Advertising With Blogs
Ideas To Make Profits From Advertising With Blogs Online Business, Promotion and Marketing No Comments Becoming a blogger certainly has its payoffs ... a income opportunity home based business. PayPerPost and ReviewMe are two good ways to start making money ... . There are diverse reasons that motivate people to start a blog, some are fascinated by the [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 09:34:46
Double Your Money Next Year With Starbucks (SBUX)
HIDDEN VALUE Dear Value Seeker, Christmas is almost upon us. Business activity is winding down. In some cases, it’s stopping altogether ... to do during the credit boom. It ruined the private sector. Now the government is going to have a go. Think [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 13:03:21
News and Commentary
Children Heavily Represented Among 917 Dead, Say Officialsby Michael Jansen - Irish Times / Common DreamsHealth officials in Gaza said yesterday that the Palestinian death toll since Israel began its offensive against the Strip on December 27th had reached 917 and the number of wounded 4,100 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 08:42:00
January 10 2009: Hornswoggled Absquatulation
Russell Lee Tobaccy Candy 1940 Pool hall, Shasta County, California Ilargi: The revolving doors between Washington and Wall Street are swinging like never before. Lawrence Summers and Robert Rubin are the finance powerhouses in the upcoming Obama administration. They were in the exact same place 10 years ago [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 16:28:00
DrumBeat: January 1, 2009
Blackout fear for EU as gas row escalates Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, called on Moscow and Kiev to solve the dispute as soon as possible. While Gazprom, the Russian ... , there are fears that Germany, Italy and other customers could eventually be hit if the dispute escalates [more...]
Date: 2009-01-01 13:44:53
Tell All Tuesday: Holiday Edition
Thank you all for the concern for my daughter after my last post ... that will start getting better soon and she’ll be back to normal. It is almost Wednesday, but on top ... , I decided that using my tutoring paycheck from last month (I get paid the 4th business day [more...]
Date: 2008-11-12 04:08:05
Make It Easy to Stop Being a Customer
By Ronni Marshak SVP and Sr. Consultant/Analyst, Patricia Seybold Group In these hard economic times, we keep being reminded how important it is to keep the customers ... about returning to do business with you. Looking at finances this week???and facing a major [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 19:01:13
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/9/2008
Don’t miss Bill Ayers’ op-ed in the Toronto Star.Also worth looking at: the “Axis of Evil” countries love Obama. Kenya is expecting a quid pro quo from its favorite son. Corzine is rumored to be in line for Treasury. And the recession hits China.Thanks to Abu Elvis, C [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 04:33:00
200+ Tools for Surviving the Economic Crisis
With Wall Street’s recent decline and the economy in such an uncertain place, many people are fearful of losing their jobs and lifelong investments ... in that it aggregates your different accounts from banks and credit cards, lets you budget and also [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 22:24:58
The Top Franchise Trends For 2009
Two words will be dominating the franchise landscape for 2009: cautious optimism ... credit score, and low personal debt, will increase the chances of getting a franchise loan. More tips ... entrepreneurial ventures. Franchise Loan Availability The financial institutions are still going through [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 07:30:34
Wiping out my savings is one thing. Wiping out Bubbie and Zadie's is something else entirely
the now-famous video of me and Madoff and his employee Josh Stampfli misses. All that talk in the video about how Madoff makes money and what his dealings with the SEC are like relates to his brokerage business, which was a pillar of the Nasdaq system and was, as far as anybody knows at this point, on the up and up [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 12:04:47
Bank of America: Bailout hides huge bank subsidy deep in press release text
Marshall Auerback here. I wanted to add a few thoughts to the discussion about recent events in U.S. banking ... over governments 94.5% fro 10 years) and you can go and make credit card loans at 16% and make a 1200 bp profit margin. Then JPM just puts up the credit card loans as collateral as per the new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:45:18
Obama's Economic Speech
I've posted his major speeches in full for the past eighteen months. His latest - given today in Toledo, Ohio - continues after the jump ... this week and see that so much of their hard-earned savings have disappeared. The credit crisis [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 23:32:00
Latest News In StockMarketInvestment Research - Jan 16, 2009
Airlines employed 6.5% fewer workers in November 16 Jan 2009 at 10:41am NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The number of people working for the nation’s passenger airlines fell 6.5% in November from a year ago to 392,185 full-time employees, according to a Friday report from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 18:03:59
Barack Obama's speech in Roanoke, VA
Watch it live here Remarks of Senator Barack Obama Roanoke, Virginia Friday, October 17, 2008 We meet at a moment of great uncertainty for America ... of their hard-earned savings have disappeared. The credit crisis has left businesses large and small unable [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 16:07:45
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
WWGCA: What Would God Complain About?
» More Boy Friends WWGCA: What Would God Complain About? 23 hours ago: SUBTITLE: The Analysis or (more likely) ANAL-ization of THE COMPLAINT Posetd by: komplainer000» More Business Saving the pleather cow and other confessions 01/02/2009: Alright, already-- I took my butt to Franklin Covey and returned the planner that was Posetd by: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:19:40
'In Survival Mode'
From the Sacramento Bee: Wood is the department's lead investigator of real estate fraud, a position created three years ago and partly funded by a county grant to deal with an influx of financial crimes that came with the boom in the real estate market [more...]
Date: 2008-11-03 21:40:00
Baby Boomers - 6 ways to retire comfortably
Baby Boomers - 6 ways to retire comfortably by Matt Hellstrom Lately I’ve seen an ad on TV where people are carrying around a big orange number ... sum, or just have the money available as a line of credit. 2. You could get a job. Maybe all you’ll [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:41:13
What’s Wrong With A Little Socialism?
» More Big Business Spiffing Up Horton Plaza Park 12/29/2008: When my father took a job with the City as head of the water department, the family c Posetd by: xenubarb» More Bosses WWGCA: What Would God Complain About? 23 hours ago: SUBTITLE: The Analysis or (more likely) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 17:59:29
DrumBeat: December 8, 2008
Oil rises on talk of auto bailout, stimulus NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Oil prices rebounded from a nearly 4-year low Monday as U.S ... a banking and financial crisis. Further, we do not know how in the world of climate change [more...]
Date: 2008-12-08 13:37:28
President-elect Obama’s Economic Speech
President-elect Obama’s Economic Speech Here’s highlights from the speech (full video here) ... that mark a clean break from a troubled past, and set a new course for our nation ... of what the future will hold. I don't believe it's too late to change course [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 02:14:29
What Is Your House Worth? Both Less and More than You Think
What Is Your House Worth? Both Less and More than You Think Sharon December 16th, ... t really tell the whole story. Because, of course, this assumes that most of us could access the value ... at all is selling, and they cannot find a buyer who can get credit. The functional value of many [more...]
Date: 2008-12-16 15:22:03
Obama's Speech On The Economy
The complete text, via Sargent, is on the flip. Two things stood out for me. First, the 90 day moratorium on mortgage foreclosures ... that so much of their hard-earned savings have disappeared. The credit crisis has left businesses large [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 22:39:16
Barack Obama's speech in Dayton, Ohio
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama (as prepared for delivery) ... for that new car or that startup-business or that college you’ve dreamed of attending. And if you’ve invested ... from Wall Street to Washington. And the truth is, it will take more than a few days to repair [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 15:45:49
Words from the (investment) wise 12.28.08
Investors spent the holiday-shortened Christmas week in an un-merry mood, digesting more gloomy economic data and taking stock of a tumultuous 2008 ... s exuberance), but also still be battling with the implications of the credit crisis for the global economy [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 12:31:33
Great Recession Roundup — January 13, 2009
Items of Interest:Chairman Ben S. Bernanke / federalreserve ... institutions and shook investor confidence in credit markets. However, although the subprime ... larger and more encompassing credit boom whose impact transcended the mortgage market to affect many [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 04:51:00
Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks
Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics. These stock selections include a recent Caprock Analytics Strength metric and a brief description of the company. Note that stocks with negative strength ratings indicate a degree of weakness that has been detected [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 14:05:49
The Money Diaries: The 37 year-old homeowner who makes 6 figures
The Money Diaries: The 37 year-old homeowner who makes 6 figures October 5 27 Comments latest by Mike P Here’s another post in the Money Diaries ... : $108 Annual homeowners insurance: $991 Pay the minimum on my credit card bill: $250. Total bill ... for everything on the shared credit card. My card limit is something like $40k. This amount has been [more...]
Date: 2008-10-05 21:21:10
Reviews Of The Best Capital One Credit Cards and Offers
Updated List Of The Best Capital One Credit Cards Below What’s In Your Wallet? ... , from subprime bad credit credit card applicants to high FICO score candidates. Since its decision to re ... - So goes the motto and promotional tag line from those zany Capital One credit card ads we’re [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 20:46:00
Obama's Stimuli
Obama today is expected to give a “major” speech on the economy this afternoon at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, ... excerpts see after the jump. Excerpts: I don't believe it's too late to change course [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 14:26:23
Another Great Depression
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Date: 2009-01-16 19:28:00
Full Text: Barack Obama Economy Speech | Toledo, Ohio | October 13
A Rescue Plan for the Middle-Class As Prepared for Delivery We meet at a moment of great uncertainty for America ... this week and see that so much of their hard-earned savings have disappeared. The credit crisis [more...]
Date: 2008-10-13 22:22:45
10 American Financial Meltdowns in the Past Century
Banks failed, stock prices collapsed, and panic descended on Wall Street. Americans were holding their collective breath as a rescue plan was hastily drafted. The 2008 financial crisis? Nope - it was the Panic of 1907, and again in 1929, 1987, and so on [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 09:45:59
5 Key Microbusiness Trends for 2009
Microbusinesses — firms with fewer than 5 employees — face a difficult environment coming into 2009 and it will be harder for them to navigate than the 2002-2003 downturn. The economy will be the story for most of us during the next twelve months [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 19:04:41
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