Slowdown in American Economy Could Be Good for the Environment

In America, consumerism is rampant, no doubt about it. We’ve been bred to buy, buy and keep on buying even if you really don’t need anything else ... U.S. News & World Report Photo credit: Flickr ... . We constantly ‘upgrade’ our stuff. Decades of cheap credit have allowed this monster to continue [more...]

Date: 2008-08-15 13:00:45

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Big Gas: U.S. Natural-Gas Imports to Rise, Prices to Fall?

The Journal’s Russell Gold reports: Energy demand is down. The global economy is sputtering. Meanwhile, U.S. natural gas production is up ... . Wood Mackenzie, the Scotland-based energy consultant, predicts in a new report that LNG imports ... reeling from overextending themselves while credit was easy. If gas is cheap and plentiful, it could [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 10:31:00

HMO Survival Guide Launches - Get Yours Today

Hi everybody, Well after a long wait for my HMO property investing guide, ... out the report and the ridiculously cheap price I’m giving it away for! Share This Tags: HMOs ... , my new “HMO Survival Guide - Thriving In The Credit Crunch” is finally out. Take a look at the video [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 18:35:04

Top Frugal Colleges Of 2009. Is Stanford A Cheap College?

at Stanford University, CA, United States photo credit: matsuda ... .) 3. Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.) 4. Rice University (Houston, Texas) 5. Yale University ... schools in the report. Similar Posts 10 Ways To Make Your Stuff Feel New Again Free Creative Ideas [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:00:07

A 1979 GAO Energy Report - A Template for the Future?

With the dramatic increase in oil prices over the last decade, and even more dramatic dive since July, ... to the sidestage, as concerns about credit, jobs, and 401ks override. After all, crude oil is under $70 per barrel, and gasoline is cheap and plentiful. What's there to worry? Below is an energy report [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 14:47:00

AP Calls Leftwing Tax Report ‘Non-Partisan’

AP Calls Leftwing Tax Report ‘Non-Partisan’ June 17th, 2008 From those proponents of wealth redistribution at the Associated Press: McCain, ... a recession as gas prices soar and layoffs rise amid a credit crisis and a housing slump. Obama ... a free-market system. Neither plan is cheap. The Tax Policy Center, a nonpartisan joint project [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 14:49:38

A Mahatma rally!

"Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's need, but not every man's greed." – Mahatma Gandhi. Whether one should be greedy at this stage is a BIG question after such a stunning rally. We’ve come a long way in a year. The journey from the brink of Great Depression has been spectacular. The moot point is where do we go from here? The fact that so many people have missed the rally could ensure that the bulls maintain an upper hand. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 04:03:00

After Getting In Bed Together, Nielsen Can’t Stop Gushing About How Great Facebook Is

It’s all a little unseemly, if you ask me. Last week, Nielsen and Facebook declared that they were “In A Relationship” together with a new product Nielsen is rolling out called BrandLift, which is supposed to measure brand awareness of ads on the social network with opt-in polls. Almost immediately after the two companies announced their strategic love affair, Nielsen started putting out glowing reports about Facebook and how much time people are spending on social networks. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 17:10:43

After Getting In Bed Together, Nielsen Can’t Stop Gushing About How Great Facebook Is

It’s all a little unseemly, if you ask me. Last week, Nielsen and Facebook declared that they were “In A Relationship” together with a new product Nielsen is rolling out called BrandLift, which is supposed to measure brand awareness of ads on the social network with opt-in polls. Almost immediately after the two companies announced their strategic love affair, Nielsen started putting out glowing reports about Facebook and how much time people are spending on social networks. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 23:20:07

Most People Think a Rising Housing Market Makes Them Richer

The Daily Reckoning Houses bounce too… Not much happened yesterday. The Dow fell 47 points. The newspapers attributed the reversal to surprisingly low consumer confidence numbers. Apparently, consumers aren’t so sure this crisis is over. As we reported yesterday, they’re saving money…maybe even at an 8% rate. Oil didn’t move yesterday. Neither did gold. The Wall Street Journal reported that markets were reacting to “mixed data.” That is to say, some reports were encouraging. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 02:38:40

Most People Think a Rising Housing Market Makes Them Richer

Houses bounce too... Not much happened yesterday. The Dow fell 47 points. The newspapers attributed the reversal to surprisingly low consumer confidence numbers. Apparently, consumers aren't so sure this crisis is over. As we reported yesterday, they're saving money...maybe even at an 8% rate. Oil didn't move yesterday. Neither did gold. The Wall Street Journal reported that markets were reacting to "mixed data." That is to say, some reports were encouraging. Others were not. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 01:00:48

The Battle Continues

The rally may end any day, but it didn’t end yesterday. Stocks rose 127 points, as measured by the Dow. Oil closed at $66. Gold rose $2.50. We said we were doing some serious thinking this week. Maybe it is the season. But more and more, our thoughts become grayer. Less black. Less white. Less hard. Less soft. A few years ago, it looked to us as though the world financial system had gone to war. We cheerfully awaited the victory parade. We figured Mr. Market would whup the feds good and hard. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:37:13

The Battle Continues

The rally may end any day, but it didn’t end yesterday. Stocks rose 127 points, as measured by the Dow. Oil closed at $66. Gold rose $2.50. We said we were doing some serious thinking this week. Maybe it is the season. But more and more, our thoughts become grayer. Less black. Less white. Less hard. Less soft. A few years ago, it looked to us as though the world financial system had gone to war. We cheerfully awaited the victory parade. We figured Mr. Market would whup the feds good and hard. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 18:37:13

The US needs the world to help them clean up the internet

Okay so this isn’t the way the BBC worded it when they published their article this morning, but I can’t help thinking they should have done. The US Department of Homeland Security has said… "all computer users, not just industry and government, have a responsibility to practice good ‘cyber hygiene’" Which, if they’re aiming that comment at at anybody outside of the US is nothing short of complete hypocrisy.  This map below will demonstrate why I’m saying this. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 11:36:04

In Contempt of… the Truth! - Alemayehu G. Mariam

In Contempt … Commenting recently on an International Crisis Group (ICG) study dealing with rising ethnic tensions and dissent in advance of the “May 2010” elections, Ethiopia’s arch dictator wisecracked, “This happens as some people have too many billions of dollars to spend and they feel that dictating how, particularly, the developing countries manage their affairs is their God given right and to use their God given money to that purpose. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 07:12:08

The House Bounce?

Houses bounce too… Not much happened yesterday. The Dow fell 47 points. The newspapers attributed the reversal to surprisingly low consumer confidence numbers. Apparently, consumers aren’t so sure this crisis is over. As we reported yesterday, they’re saving money…maybe even at an 8% rate. Oil didn’t move yesterday. Neither did gold. The Wall Street Journal reported that markets were reacting to “mixed data.” That is to say, some reports were encouraging. Others were not. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 20:00:05

More Rough Times Ahead for U.S. Economy, despite Recent Improvements

RISMEDIA, September 29, 2009—Despite recent signs of improvement, more rough times are ahead for the U.S. economy, according to several prominent experts in real estate and the economy who attended a recent forum at the Nixon Presidential Library.  “You look at the numbers and everything points to the fact that we not only have bottomed, but things seem to be improving,” said Christopher Thornberg of Beacon Economics, citing increases in durable goods orders, exports and auto sales. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-28 21:07:59

Designation of Web Hosting

There have been multiform commercial operation enterprises in a market, a little using as a tiny section ordered by singular chairman as good as a little pick vast corporations station as multi-national corporations. But still what is usual in between them, is their web participation upon condition which outline about their functions to a commercial operation i.e. what is their work? their location?, their past background?, what creates them superb etc. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 00:22:45

99 High Paying Keywords: The Secret Is Out!

Incorporating high paying keywords into your site is critical to maximizing your income. Who has the time to figure it all out? How much are you willing to pay for this type of information? The secret is out: Here are 99 keywords you can use with payouts averaging $2-$100 per click: 1. Structured settlements 2. Mesothelioma 3. Acne 4. Life Insurance 5. Death Insurance 6. Bextra 7. Asbestos 8. Car Insurance 9. Dental Plans 10. Private Jets 11. Debt Consolidation 12. Credit Cards 13. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 02:51:40

Where will synthetic biology lead us?

by savwafair2012 (Posted Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:45 pm) SORRY ABOUT THE LONG READ 2009-09-25 The first time Jay Keasling remembers hearing the word “artemisinin,” about a decade ago, he had no idea what it meant. “Not a clue,” Keasling, a professor of biochemical engineering at the University of California at Berkeley, recalled. Although artemisinin has become the world’s most important malaria medicine, Keasling wasn’t an expert on infectious diseases. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-25 14:45:18

Words from the (investment) wise 9.27.09

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009) After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 12:05:27

Merger News Sends Wall St. Higher

Corporate mergers and acquisitions all but dried up during last year’s financial crisis. But on Monday, Wall Street bounded higher on signs that companies once again had enough cash, credit and confidence to undertake big-ticket deals, The New York Times’s Jack Healy reported.Announcements of two separate deals by Xerox and the pharmaceutical company Abbott Laboratories were the latest in a small flurry of corporate deal-making. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 08:15:55

Uncle Sam And The Housing Crisis

There is no single individual or entity that can take the blame for the housing bubble and bust.  The cast of characters includes the criminal, the stupid and the naive.  There is no question though that one of the main characters in this tragedy is good old Uncle Sam: crime: pushing federal policies that favored ever-increasing home ownership, particularly from the mid-1990s on, and thus helping spawn the housing bubble at the center of the devastating meltdown. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 07:01:49

Brand Measurement: Analytics & Metrics for Branding Campaigns

One of the ultimate excuses for not measuring impact of Marketing campaigns is: “Oh, that’s just a branding campaign.” Admit it, you’ve heard it. I suspect you’ve even used it liberally!! : ) Before we go any further I must clarify that I love branding campaigns just as much as the next guy. I love campaigns that Visa runs. I love watching the IBM ads (with the Linux kid perhaps the best of the lot). I loved the I’m a PC ads from Microsoft (and I am a proud PC!). [more...]

Date: 2009-09-29 08:34:04

Words from the (Investment) Wise (Sept. 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 14:33:29

Eventbrite integration with MailChimp

Ever since we launched MailChimp in 2001, our customers have been asking us to build an events management tool for MailChimp. Thing is, we’d rather focus on what we do best: making email marketing awesome . “Events” is not our specialty, so we felt we’d never be able to make it awesome enough. Then we discovered Eventbrite , which is the best events management tool we’ve ever used. And it just so happens they also have an API. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 17:29:31

The G20 and Why Export Dependency And Global Imbalances Matter

With the timing of the latest G20 meeting set to coincide with the run-in to the German elections a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/ambroseevans-pritchard/100001043/germany-declares-economic-war/"acrimonious debate has not been absent/a, but even as the passions generated by the arrival of voting day subside, it is clear that just beneath the surface their lie some simmering problems which simply will not go away. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 19:26:00

What to do now there’s no jobs

Submit this story to: TwitterDiggGoogle BookmarkStumbleUponDel.icio.usTechnoratiHuggReddit Marese: don’t be a sheep! I volunteered to work on a farm because there was no chance of a job in my part of America after I graduated.  In the 1950s, 20-somethings went on a European tour. In the  1960s we dropped out.  In the 1970s we protested, and in the 1980s we got a job. The 1980s then stayed with us right up until the credit crunch. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-30 10:28:02

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48

Words from the (investment) wise for the week that was (September 21 – 27, 2009)

After hitting its best levels of the year on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) communiqué, the S&P 500 Index ran into heavy weather on the realization that the Fed could start scaling back on emergency support of the economy. US equities dropped further later in the week on renewed concerns about the state of the troubled housing market and weaker-than-expected durable goods orders. [more...]

Date: 2009-09-27 07:51:48

Another Quasi-Nationalization, House Debuts Obama Stimulus, Russian Resource War Approaches, Prices Fall and More!

by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias Congress unleashes remainder of TARP… another $350 billion into the void Treasury wastes no time… Bank of ... and hawing on how “It’ll be different this time,” the rest of the bailout went straight to the Treasury ... and Merrill in less than 12 months. Today we learned Lewis has been pleading with Uncle Sam [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:25:19

The Fed Translated…..

Release Date: December 16, 2008 The Federal Open Market Committee decided today to establish a target range for the federal funds rate of 0 to 1/4 ... . No arguments there. Financial markets remain quite strained and credit conditions tight. I’m not sure ... . Let me rephrase that, in light of the Consumer Price Index report this morning, it’s pretty [more...]

Date: 2008-12-17 04:47:10

Blocking, Tackling & Running: Leveraging a Crisis Into Real Change

There's a fairly well known cartoon of two scientists working out a problem on a chalkboard covered with complex equations and down in the circle is a little circle with the key step inserted in small print - "and then a miracle occurs". Wouldn't it be nice if we could take the same short-cut to fixing the horrendous shopping list of significant [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:07:11

Government help for the bank lending: just “get on with it”

Last weekend the Prime Minister announced yet another “anti-recession” plan which included the “creation of up to 100,000 new jobs” ... half of this year, as we were promised by the Chancellor as recently as in the Pre Budget Report ... that households are reining in after the years of credit-fuelled excess. Two key indicators are housing equity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:14:21

Floatin' Powa News Service: The Stunningest Gunnists!

Hamas Seeks New Doctrine after Gaza War Failures It is too different than the old doctrine, you harram Zionist shoe, instead of Kill All the Jews we will now say Perish all the Juden! EU sued for funding Hamas air strikes on Israel Hamas slams Obama for backing down on demand for settlement freeze Palestinians want peace deal but don't reject Hamas Right. PEACE means DIE JUDEN DIE to them. Netanyahu: Israel seeks peace with Palestinians BiBi... [more...]

Date: 2009-09-26 19:08:00

Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 10/1/2009+

Windows Azure, Azure Data Services, SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series.   Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles in the following sections: Azure Blob, Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database (SADB) .NET Services: Access Control, Service Bus and Workflow Live Windows Azure Apps, Tools and Test Harnesses Windows Azure Infrastructure [more...]

Date: 2009-10-01 23:00:00

Tales of Technology

HAL, the fascinating computer from 2001: A Space OdysseyLast night Marshall and I went to pick out movies. It was snowing. We were tired ... the movie as a cheap imitation. It also bears some resemblance to the theories in Minority Report ... with me for many reasons. First and foremost, the movie has a news report that says the government can tap [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 16:20:00

The voice of the “free TEFL course” speaks

After my disbelieving post about the truth of claims of free TEFL training (followed by disbelieving comments by my regular readers, both of them), I got a reply from someone in the parent company and sent off some questions that I thought were worth asking. He didn’t have time to answer my follow up questions, but I have left them in ( [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 11:17:00

Harriet Miers, Monica, etc.

Hump day, hump day. Almost made it to the weekend. Hold on, everybody. We'll get there. :DI got seven e-mails saying they enjoyed Isaiah's comic yesterday and encouraged me to highlight another one. Beau actually had one picked out. "A Flunky Scorned."That's Harriet Miers punking out the Democrats. They should have forced her to appear [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:47:00

Decoupling to world: "I'm still not dead yet!"

The last time that some version of the title you see above appeared in these pages was way back in November, ... at such things as internal credit markets, saving rates, and a host of other factors while at the same ... . Such is the case in this report in The Economist: Over the five years to 2007, emerging economies [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 00:17:06

DrumBeat: December 31, 2008

The Peak Oil Crisis: Civil Unrest Before grappling with 2009, it might be useful to remind ourselves that there is a dark side to what lies ahead ... College had released a report talking about preparing for civil unrest in the U.S. When you read the report, it turns out to be yet another warning about generals preparing for the last war. It devotes [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 13:58:02

The Gasoline Tax And The Renaissance Of The Bicycle

With the rise of the US automobile industry, the bicycle almost disappeared as a means of transportation in America ... -guzzling ways." It's better to use the money for mortgage payments, credit card debt, or a rainy day ... American public roads in good repair. They determined that the deficit between revenue and expense [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 00:31:42

Why Crude Oil Will Present Investors with a Golden Opportunity in 2009

Oil prices have fallen 70% since hitting a record $147.27 a barrel in July, which means in just five months, crude has given up all the price gains it made in the past four years. After such a wrenching plunge, many analysts believe the outlook for the “black gold” remains bleak – and in the short term it certainly is [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 14:36:32

Предсказания Кюнстлера на 2009 - США, Нефть, Геополитика, Путин

Спонсор месяца - #1 RX pharmacy affiliate program!Сайт дня (как попасть) - http://www.business-magazine.ru/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) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 07:59:00

DrumBeat: December 18, 2008

Oil drops 9 pct as demand outlook overshadows OPEC NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude prices dropped more than 9 percent to $36 a barrel Thursday as slumping demand and swelling U.S. inventories offset OPEC's record supply cut agreement. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries on Wednesday agreed to cut output by 2 [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 13:42:11

Link-O-Rama

As those of you who've inexplicably continued to check the Fat-O-Meter despite no change in months have no doubt noticed, I'm back on the weight-loss plan. Again. This is my third attempt to restart the weight-loss process since dropping 92.5 pounds several years ago only to gain most of it right back, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 06:40:28

Posts about Home Supply as of January 14, 2009

Choosing Your Water Filter - invertedumbrellas.com 01/14/2009 by Andrew Caxton Most of the population in the United States agree (rightly or wrongly-that is a point of debate) … overwhelmed when it comes to choosing one. Just stop in at the home supply store that carries air … and reactions so you get the opinion of actual home users of these [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 22:37:33

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

Tomorrow’s Star Bloggers Talk About Blogging

When a blogger becomes famous, everyone wants to get in touch with her, asking for interviews, sharing their post ideas, ... bloggers who are on their way to building something big. Here’s how the study was organized: I sent ... of interesting bloggers. I contacted them to see how they would respond and asked each of them two interview [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 03:17:19

Pertinent Obituary, Dimon Says Worst Not Over, Oil Producers Struggle, The Next Bubble and More!

One company to summarize all of the last 10 years… now on its deathbed Credit crisis survivor predicts “worst… not yet behind us” Oil ... and now the epitome of the credit crisis: Nortel had $2.4 billion of cash in hand yesterday ... for most of 2009. In terms of our sector, we expect consumer loans and credit cards to continue [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:40:53

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