DrumBeat: September 22, 2008

Oil spikes $25 a barrel on anxiety over US bailout NEW YORK - Oil prices spiked more than $25 a barrel Monday — the biggest one-day price jump ever — as anxiety over the government's $700 billion bailout plan battered the dollar and touched off frenzied buying of safe-haven investments including crude [more...]

Date: 2008-09-22 13:49:59

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Deflation, Deleveraging, and the Stimulus Effect

Forecast 2009: Deflation and Recession January 10, 2009 By John Mauldin Where are we headed in 2009? We will explore that in detail over the next few issues of Thoughts from the Frontline, but today we will start with some of the larger forces which will have a major impact on the economies of the world, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 12:32:28

Curbing climate change: The year ahead

Experts warn of increasing greenhouse gas emissions and a warmer 2009Mark Rice-Oxley, Straits Times 4 Jan 09;Last year, oil prices spiked, ... at the University of East Anglia in England. He says annual ups and downs are negligible: the longer-term trend [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 23:38:00

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

2008 Terrorism

As 2008 comes to a close we must look back at America's security and terrorism in general around the world ... ) agent, I found the HS ???threat picture??? report inadequate and misleading. In fact, I found the report itself to be a national security threat for America ??? more importantly for the children [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 01:13:07

MONDAY JANUARY 12, 2009

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Date: 2009-01-12 00:45:00

TUESDAY JANUARY 13, 2009

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

Combined Gay News Headlines (T5T-1)

Morning Goods (Bonus): Sinjyn Sinjyn, a 30-year-old dance teacher, pays the bills by performing in a Denver burlesque show, which won this year's " ... Jose Delatorre and took them back to his house in Henderson. The brothers told police in the report [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 03:32:00

Bank of Internet 3.20% APY Checking Account

Bank of Internet 3.20% APY Checking Account Chase Checking $50 Promo Bonus Midwest America FCU Rewards Checking 6 ... a Car Purchase Online Banking Getting a Copy of Your Credit Report Imperial Capital Bank CD ... Rate Get $50 from TradeKing FDIC List of Troubled Banks and the Texas Ratio « Previous Entries [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 15:03:43

From Bad To Worse To Horrible To Holy Crap!

It’s Friday desk clearing time for this blogger. “After years of making Canadians feel steadily richer, ... a slew of sob stories from other parts of the country at their annual gathering in Orlando last week [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 20:26:25

Houston Mayor Sick and Tired of Benzene Emissions

By Celeste Monforton at The Pump Handle The Mayor of Houston, ... , which they proudly noted was below their 58 ton annual cap.)  The Houston Chronicle’s Matthew Tresaugue ... Quality (TCEQ) requesting a public hearing on Lyondell’s request for a 10-year extension of its toxic [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 15:11:25

The "Must Read" Blog Posts of 2008 - Compiled with the help of my Twitter mates

I ask a simple question, and I get a simple answer (173 answers to be specific). It all started out with me thinking of some of the posts that we wrote here at 3 Geeks and a Law Blog, that probably only got read by a dozen or so people. I thought that I'm probably not alone in this, [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 11:00:00

DrumBeat: November 18, 2008

Credit crisis dims the lights for power industry GREAT FALLS, Montana: ... credit crisis was fully known, the nation's largest power providers warned of even bigger blackouts ... agenda for the coming year, the credit crises and cheap gasoline have dealt a double-blow [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 13:23:42

SATURDAY JANUARY 10 & SUNDAY 11, 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, NO MATTER WHERE YOU MAY BE NEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY HIGH RISK MOOSE & DEER LOCATIONSNEW BRUNSWICK HIGHWAY VIDEO CAMERASNew Brunswick Weather: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-09 02:22:00

Weekly Economic Potpourri November 29, 2008

Every week there are a numerous headlines that are worthy of mentioning but I simply run out of time ... to Canadian shoppers, in an attempt to bring them across the border for Black Friday. In Detroit, mall [more...]

Date: 2008-11-29 18:46:00

Hudson City Savings Bank CD Rates

Hudson City Savings Bank CD Rates Mandatory 401K Withdrawals Suspended? ... Account Financing a Car Purchase Online Banking Getting a Copy of Your Credit Report Imperial ... of America 3 Month CD Rate Get $50 from TradeKing FDIC List of Troubled Banks and the Texas Ratio [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 14:16:18

Opinion: An open letter to Bernard Hickey on de-leveraging

To; Bernard Hickey, Managing Editor www.interest.co ... as I see It. Then the Credit Default Swaps at $US600 trillion “adjusted’ to $US15 trillion – sort of blows the credibility of these numbers out the window. I wouldn’t have much of a clue about Credit [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 21:07:45

Terrelle Pryor Will Not Back Down from a Challenge

Terrelle Pryor Will Not Back Down from a Challenge At Fiesta Bowl Media Day this week, ... to play the University of Texas Longhorns Monday Night in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl in Glendale ... Games and five Men's Basketball Games will fill your need for sports in the new year. Texas Helmet [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 18:53:35

Amendments to several franchise tax rules will take effect on January 1st

The Comptroller of Public Accounts recently adopted amendments to several of the agency’s rules covering the revised franchise tax, or “Margin Tax.” The full text of the amended rules appears in the current issue of the Texas Register beginning ... of the Texas Register, which includes the amended franchise tax rules, is correct as of the date [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 12:00:45

Q & A: Dr. James Rowe

This is the second in a series of Q & A's for people who have some relationship or interest in illicit drugs.Name: Dr ... have recently published a report in conjunction with the Salvation Army, titled, A Raw Deal? Impact [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 21:00:00

DrumBeat: December 10, 2008

U.S. gasoline use to decline most since 1979-80 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline demand is expected to decline more sharply this year and next than in any other two-year period since 1979-1980, the federal Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday [more...]

Date: 2008-12-10 13:52:25

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 29, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009)

Changing the digits on the calendar from ’08 to ’09 may not have transformed the dire outlook for the global economy, ... annual percentage decline since 1937 and 3rd worst on record; largest quarterly 4th quarter: -298 ... : -9.0% ) • Dow Jones Industrial Index: -33.8% (worst annual percentage decline since 1931 and 3rd [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 08:14:39

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (Dec 29, 2008 – Jan 4, 2009)

Changing the digits on the calendar from ’08 to ’09 may not have transformed the dire outlook for the global economy, ... annual percentage decline since 1937 and 3rd worst on record; largest quarterly 4th quarter: -298 ... : -9.0% ) • Dow Jones Industrial Index: -33.8% (worst annual percentage decline since 1931 and 3rd [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 18:31:28

On Ethics

On Ethics Posted by Jay Tea Published: October 13, 2008 - 5:30 AM As I read about the report on Governor Palin's alleged violation of ethics laws and rules ... credit crisis, and they mentioned the World Bank. That triggered it: Paul Wolfowitz. Wolfowitz [more...]

Date: 2008-10-13 09:47:46

Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration

Assessing the Bush Legacy: The Measure of the Man and His Administration - by Stephen LendmanGeorge W. Bush ... as a change of command approaches, and an unenviable task awaits the new incumbent. As Texas ... . In his 2000 book, "The Dirty Truth," Rick Abraham (a former Texas environmental law enforcement officer [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 11:26:00

Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/14/2008

A significant news story this evening: after a year, the murder of those teenage girls in Texas has officially been termed an “honor killing” ... -AmericanismSpreading the Virus Europe and the EU35% of Annual New HIV Infections in Spain Occur Among [more...]

Date: 2008-10-15 03:29:00

Send2Press Weekly Summary of Entertainment and Tech News Copy - Sept. 26, 2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 27 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The weekly Send2Press Newswire summary of business and tech news includes this week: The Houdini Museum nominates magician David Blaine for first Houdini Award; former 'Pope of Pot,' author, and actor, Pastor Craig X Rubin to run for Los Angeles Mayor; and Insight Research Corp [more...]

Date: 2008-09-27 12:57:29

Missouri City Mayor Reflects On 2008 As Year Of Growth, Distinction

With two prestigious rankings, 400 acres of newly-acquired park property and expanding commercial development, ... Distinguished Budget Presentation Award” for the annual budget.  Only two percent of U.S. cities receive [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 21:08:07

Economic Potpourri December 9, 2008

News is flying out of every corner at record speed now. It is very difficult to keep up with ... company since the credit crunch drove the world into a recession.Sony will curb investments, outsource [more...]

Date: 2008-12-09 09:19:00

Company Made False Claims About Its Credit Repair Services

December 23, 2008 FTC Press Release: Credit “Repair” Company Agrees to Settle FTC Charges; ... . The defendants are also prohibited from violating the Fair Credit Practices Act and the FTC’s Disposal Rule ... Company Made False Claims About Its Credit Repair Services A credit repair company that lured [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 21:04:11

DrumBeat: January 7, 2009

Shell seeks Colo. water for oil shale production Shell Oil has filed for the first major water right on the Yampa River in northwest Colorado for ... more than $4 a barrel Wednesday after a government report showed much larger than expected increases [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 13:57:26

DrumBeat: November 20, 2008

Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World "Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World" is the fourth unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in recent ... develop over the next 15 years to influence world events. Our report is not meant to be an exercise [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 14:03:38

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

Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment

Beau Biden Will Not Accept Senate Appointment Vice-president elect Joe Biden and his son, Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, embrace at the Democratic National Convention in August. Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden will not accept an appointment to the Senate to replace his father, according to knowledgeable state sources, [more...]

Date: 2008-11-18 17:40:57

Breaking News and Political Commentary

Israeli Offensive Presses into Gaza CityBy Richard Boudreaux and Rusdi abu Alouf - Los Angeles TimesIn the heaviest fighting since the invasion began, troops and tanks hit the capital from three directions. Gaza City is shaken by shelling and helicopter missile fire [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:18:00

20 Senators Who Voted 'Yes' for $700B for Wall Street and 'No' for American Workers

World Bank Warns of Great Depression IISource: Hindustan TimesThe world could go through its worst recession since the Great Depression as a massive ... Bank’s chief economist Justin Lin, as the group released its annual report on the global economy.The [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 16:27:00

Words from the (investment) wise 12.15.08

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (December 8 - 12, 2008) ... that liquidity was still being hoarded. (Also see my “Credit Crisis Watch“.) 13-dec-v1.jpg Source ... a black hole,” remarked Bill King (The King Report). Financial markets reacted negatively [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 12:42:13

Daily Dose: 10/01/08

» AsianWeek Market Report » North American Acupuncture & ... » Fire Kills 15 at Japanese Adult Video Theater » Korean Man Ran ‘Museum of Fakes’ » China Report Urges Missile Shield Compiled by Josh Laddin and Sye-Ok Sato AsianWeek Market Report AsianWeek [more...]

Date: 2008-10-01 21:04:21

THE DAILY BLADE: Will The “Magic Negro” Make Chip Saltsman Disappear?

The MSM are all atwitter over RNC chairman hopeful Chip Saltsman’s holiday music CD, "We Hate the USA,” that skewers libs with 41 parody songs, ... the song, Jake Tapper’s report included a link to the op-ed, as well as to a Wikipedia explanation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 02:48:28

The Morning After, Plenty of Blame to Go Around

The Morning After, Plenty of Blame to Go Around We're now less than 24 hours removed from one of the most colossal legislative failures in recent ... ." A host of smart analyses and behind-the-scenes accounts, along with additional reporting [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 18:10:07

Gates of Vienna News Feed 10/24/2008

Some of the backlog of news tips is included in this batch, so not everything in tonight’s news feed is part of the steaming pile of up-to-the minute news.Also, there may be duplicates in here. If Dymphna didn’t delete everything she used, it may pop up again [more...]

Date: 2008-10-25 03:58:00

Posts about Real Estate Market Reports as of January 14, 2009

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks - caprockanalytics ... estate acquisitions were … is what I wrote for my company’s annual market report. It’s a bit heavy on the jargon so if GCC Fixed Income Report - Markaz - crealis.es 01/14/2009 (Crealis) — The GCC [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:24:38

DrumBeat: September 25, 2008

Nigeria threatens to halt energy firms' LNG schemes ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria could suspend the liquefied natural gas (LNG) ... ethanol. That is 100% of average annual world coarse grain trade and 6.4% of global cereal grain [more...]

Date: 2008-09-25 14:01:38

Commercial Bankruptcies - Personal bankruptcies - Rising Tsunami of Economic Disaster Ahead

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/57742.htmlBy Tony Pugh | McClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON — As the curtain falls on one of the most devastating financial years on record, business bankruptcies — both large and small — continue to soar.The nearly 58, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-06 05:48:41

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings for Selected Stocks

Caprock Analytics highlights selected stocks from the over 4,000 stocks tracked and analyzed by Caprock Analytics ... Stock rating lists on the website. The Caprock Analytics Strength Metric is a proprietary metric ... , login, and view the updated lists on the website. As always, thoroughly investigate these potential [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 14:05:52

DrumBeat: November 2, 2008

Saudi Aramco Names Khalid Al-Falih as Chief Executive (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil supplier, named Khalid A ... half century. In a new report on Chile's glaciers the main water company -- Direccion General [more...]

Date: 2008-11-02 14:07:31

Live-Blogging the House Hearing on Madoff

The House Committee on Financial Services titled “Assessing the Madoff Ponzi and the Need for Regulatory Reform” is beginning, with the SEC’s inspector general, David Kotz, scheduled to appear before the committee, along with SIPC general counsel Stephen Harbeck [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 11:32:00

Illinois Blues News

All news BLUES in the US! FREE Blues E-Magazine from IllinoisBlues.com December 24, 2008 © 2007 - 2008 IllinoisBlues.com News, photos, reviews, live Blues links & MUCH MORE in this issue! Scroll or Page Down! IllinoisBlues [more...]

Date: 2008-12-25 04:03:00

CD Calculator

CD Calculator AIG Bank High Yield Money Market Account eBank 1 Year Certificate of Deposit Rate Bank of Internet 3 ... a Car Purchase Online Banking Getting a Copy of Your Credit Report Imperial Capital Bank CD Rates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 20:48:14

PREVIEW: Ammann and Schlierenzauer fancied for Four Hills glory

PREVIEW: Ammann and Schlierenzauer fancied for Four Hills glory Hamburg - Simon Ammann aims to make ski-jumping history for Switzerland while ... Foundation Announces 2008 Donations » Multinationals and water: New Ethical Corporation Report [more...]

Date: 2008-12-28 05:03:08

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