Where There's Smoke ...

It's an ordinary part of day-to-day life now, so much so that most people probably don't give it much thought, ... surgeon general, Dr. Luther Leonidas Terry (pictured at left), published a report that cautioned ... health problems is a moral shortcoming.But Dr. Terry, who died in 1985, deserves credit for being [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 15:33:00

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Corporations: pay no taxes, get federal funding

What's wrong with this picture? According to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ... , the report said. Bank of America received an additional $20 billion in government aid on Friday ... not. You can read a complete copy of the GAO report here. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:48:38

State fiscal reports not a pretty picture

WASHINGTON — Most states experienced poor fiscal conditions in 2008, ... time since 1983. In a report released Dec. 15, The Fiscal Survey of States, the associations found ... Raymond C. Scheppach. “Given the continued stall in credit availability, rising unemployment rates [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 17:11:55

Food, Future, Famine?

Read more of this story » planet earth A new report prepared by the National Intelligence Council has projected that the world would be ... . Depletion of Natural Resources The new report paints a very grim picture of our future. While [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:55:02

Heroes Con 2008 Comic Journalism Panel

comic journalism panel. I also played fan at this show, getting a bunch of stuff signed from the talented creators present. ( ... Picture idea stolen from Chris Sims‘ con report.) Books signed at Heroes Con Turns ... , and fun. And it’s a cartoon waiting to happen. (For information on getting your own copy, email [more...]

Date: 2008-06-25 01:39:16

More pics! The FINAL Year in Review! Odds and Ends!

Send article links and scans and afternoon tidbits and news to beckyfansofdavid@gmail.com ... “Read the rest of this entry” to read Linda’s detailed report and see more pictures! David’s New [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 00:48:37

Loan Loses Continue To Mount: A Look At FDIC Graphs

You're probably not surprised to hear that loan losses are continuing to mount at financial institutions, but just how bad are things getting? ... paint the grim picture in his blog post below. chart11 More Institutions Report Declining ... for credit losses topped $50 billion for a second consecutive quarter, absorbing one-third [more...]

Date: 2008-11-26 18:36:28

Mortgages In Arizona For Canadian Citizens Still Available

This week, we were asked by a few people whether or not it was still possible for a Canadian citizen to get financing on an investment property in ... 75% Loan-to-Value International credit report required Verification of mortgage history on primary ... bank statements Picture ID (Drivers license, coy of passport) If self employed, last 2 years Canadian [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 03:46:05

A consumer complaint about Consumer Reports

This story just drips with irony! 2 ... as a home owner, it was time to become a member of the Consumer Reports website. I figured if I'm ... . So, when Consumer Reports tried to charge my annual fee, it was declined. They sent an email, I went [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:57:29

Buck Slightly Higher

In the currency market, the dollar inched higher against the euro. Late Wednesday, the euro was trading at $1.3176 vs. $1.3187 on Tuesday ... margins.” The Fed’s Beige Book report covering early December to early January painted a sober picture ... credit standards and a drop in lending activity. Banks’ woes continued, as Deutsche Bank warned [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:10:52

October 2008 OFW Remittances Slow Down

Many Philippine retailers like myself pay close attention to the remittances sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFW) ... will be in order to obtain a better picture of what 2009 will hold in store not just for retailers ... in its report on October’s OFW remittance figures: “Preliminary data from the Philippine Overseas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 02:12:06

Arecibo Observatory ‘uniquely powerful’ for detecting near-Earth objects

Published By MattOn:30 September 2009 8:58 AM CEST  Source The Arecibo Observatory provides “unmatched precision and accuracy” in detecting asteroids or comets that could hit the Earth, says a report by the National Academy of Sciences. That statement could help secure the observatory’s future.The world-famous, Cornell-run radio telescope’s unsurpassed capabilities for taking precise, clear pictures of these near-earth objects (NEOs) are laid out plainly in the recently released interim report, [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 08:58:15

linkblog: Jun 25

linkblog: Jun 25 June 26, 2008 – 2:04 am Engagd.com Pull all your APML together and get a clear picture of what gets your attention ... AnnualCreditReport This is a great site to get your free annual credit report from all three reporting agencies. This site is recommended by the FTC. The JavaScript Source: Forms : Clipboard Copy [more...]

Date: 2008-06-26 06:04:57

The Dickensian 2008: A Look Back

This year might be the strangest year ever. It roared in with news of Robert Scoble having his Facebook account suspended for utilizing scripts to ... who so chose. We started 2008 with CNETs Caroline McCarthy reporting that MySpace voters preferred Barack ... and entrepreneurs with a scared and tentative look in their eyes. picture-31 We made our a [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 18:40:13

New Year’s Day Economic Potpourri

Mish, wrapping up today’s news.  And don’t miss the incredible sets of pictures linked at the bottom ... number.   The layoffs will take place a week before Microsoft’s Q2 earnings report, which takes place [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 05:27:03

Snow, Ice, and Everything Nice!

Sandy sent me this photo and said, "Hey isn't Cliff your friend that lives on a farm and his wife grooms dogs?" This picture made her think of that! ... . I do like the singer who does the commercial for Free Credit Report Dot Com. His name is Eric Violette [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 22:34:00

Belated Birthday Wishes; Rankings

Send your pictures, stories, videos, ideas, questions, fanart, and David Archuleta-related material to jennyfansofdavid@gmail.com. Pulling this one out of the vault!  Picture credit to Tara.  David Spent His Birthday at Blue ... !  WHAT?!  Forget about magazines like Time, US News and World Report, and The New Yorker.  Life Story rules [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 13:20:14

Times Fails To Proteck Its Neck As Wu-Tang Expert Peaces Out [Media]

Mike Nizza (pictured?), the biggest Wu-Tang fan in the history of the New York Times, ... he could contribute more to the report, and when the job of running The Lede blog opened ... of baseball games and for a few hours of a congressional hearing, but Mike's Virginia Tech report blazed [more...]

Date: 2008-10-03 14:53:28

Caffeine delusions & credit market green shoots

Feeling an obligation, here, to balance prior downbeat coverage of money market spreads. The latest picture is this: (Chart source: Bloomberg) ... reduce her daily intake of seven cups of coffee. Which may prove a challenge for someone with 14 years ... " "green shoots" of recovery (interview here plus entertaining video report on it here). Never [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 13:40:57

who i look like part 1

Ok, first I need to thanks Shannon for posting those pictures to facebook. I really got a kick out of them ... (when I wear my green hat) 2) Mr Tumnus (the fawn-man in chronicles of narnia) 3) The “free-credit-report-dot-com guy” (the one that sings) Oh there are so many more… ps…i need to create a category [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 06:02:34

If Your Kid Loses His Wallet...

A picture of a wallet. In addition to a driver's license, teens today carry many of the same things adults carry in their wallets: credit cards, ... alert on your accounts. Report the loss to the fraud department at your bank. Review your credit ... need to know what to do if their wallet or purse is lost or stolen — and they need to act quickly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 05:45:56

The Brakes Are Not Working In California

The LA Times reports from California. “A record 10% of the nation’s mortgage-burdened homeowners fell behind on their loan payments or were in foreclosure during the third quarter, according to a survey released Friday by the Mortgage Bankers Assn., which said California and Florida were the biggest contributors to the worsening picture [more...]

Date: 2008-12-06 18:15:59

The Identity Theft Epidemic : What The Experts Aren’t Telling You

Picture yourself walking down the street, all alone. It’s late at night ... , when they could simply use a person’s information to obtain employment, credit cards, and lines of credit ... for several years, and there has been a large public awareness campaign since the FTC Report in September [more...]

Date: 2008-10-18 07:42:48

Wes Rhodes, and yesterday's hearing

The astonishingly efficient court reporter, Dennis Grube, has already produced the transcript for yesterday's new "guilty plea" hearing in the Wes Rhodes' criminal case. So instead of doing what I had planned today (apart from offering you this EXCELLENT and highly appropriate picture, thanks to another "competitor," [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 12:19:00

PM urges banks to come clean over bad assets (AFP)

[ Prime Minister Gordon Brown, pictured during a visit to the 2012 Olympic Park construction site in east London, has told banks they must own up to the extent of their bad assets amid more reports his government ... more reports his government could launch a fresh bailout of the struggling sector. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 05:03:23

OECD Economic Outlook Offers Bleak Picture for 2009

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s latest semi-annual Economic Outlook offers few surprises. The main gloomy points were previewed earlier on Research Recap. The full report, out today, does ... , but can be found in this free summary of the Outlook. The summary includes the following highlights [more...]

Date: 2008-11-25 14:58:50

How Steven Spielberg Handles the Credit Crisis

WSJ colleague Lauren A.E. Schuker reports: The global credit crisis has roiled the country, but in Hollywood the stars are still spending ... wrote a $26.5 million check this week to Paramount Pictures. speilberg0115_DV_20090116105743.jpg ... it wanted to take from Paramount to the new company–hence the $26.5 million check Mr. Spielberg just signed [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:14:23

THE ROYALS HAVE A HABIT OF CALLING A SPADE A SPADE

Royal attitudes to race came under fire again yesterday when it was reported that the Prince Charles and his 2 sons Prince William and Prince Harry Hewitt refer ‘affectionately’ to an Indian family friend as ‘Sooty’. Kolin Dhillon (pictured above with Prince Harry Hewitt) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 00:11:22

Canada and the US decline in economic freedom

Each year the Vancouver-based Fraser Institute, Washington D.C's Cato Institute and over 70 other think-tanks from around the world put out a report called ... to sound money; 4) freedom to trade internationally; and 5) regulation of credit, labor and business [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 00:42:28

Palin’s $2,500 jacket

Last week the Frock Report told us about Cindy McCain’s Republican convention outfit.  Vanity Fair calculated that the outfit cost  $300,000 ... or that she is paying for expensive clothes this early on in the campaign.” Picture credit: AP [more...]

Date: 2008-09-17 14:06:43

They’re Not Popping Like They Use To

A report from Florida Today. “In today’s tough housing market, sometimes it takes some creative thinking to sell your house. Scott Bernard is having a picture-coloring contest and giving away [more...]

Date: 2008-08-28 14:54:39

Grim picture for retail, housing and industry as recession takes hold

Britain's descent into full-blown recession was highlighted yesterday after the loss of more than 3, ... Chambers of Commerce, called for a national economic recovery plan after the BCC's quarterly report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 00:08:27

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