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This is an interesting clip from Reuters on Obama’s latest promises to fix the economy (but it’s also being posted to test some new LGF Blog video management tools). [Video]
Here’s a scary little story about the increasing sophistication of online criminals: Hands-off hackers: Crooks opt for surgical strikes. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Internet criminals have been getting more “professional” for years, trying to run their businesses like Big Business to get better and more profitable at selling stolen ...
Barack Obama’s economic advisers: Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers. CHICAGO — President Elect Barack Obama selected a Mr. Defense and a Mr. Offense for his economic team Monday, picking Timothy Geithner as Secretary of the Treasury and Lawrence Summers as director of the National Economic Council. ... The dual selection set up a ...
In a slice of rancid Syrian antisemitism that aired on October 10, 2008, economist Muhammad Sharif Mazloum calmly explains that the Jews are responsible for the economic crisis. And the Zionist lobby killed JFK, to protect the shekel. (Courtesy of MEMRI TV.) [Video]
Another 440 point drop for the Dow index today, and the American automobile industry is headed for oblivion, as the bad financial craziness shows no sign of bottoming out.
Here’s another ground-breaking report from one of the last remaining credible mainstream news sources. [Video]
You gotta get down before you get up, and the Dow closed at +552 points today.
Just released via Fox News, a statement from Mike Carey, president of the Ohio Coal Association: The message from the Democratic candidate for President could not be clearer: the Obama-Biden ticket spells disaster for America’s coal industry and the tens of thousands of Americans who work in it. It’s ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, Coal Industry, Economy, Environment
Do you have a 401(k)? Are you relying on it for your retirement? Well, watch out, because the Democrats want to get their fingers into it: House Democrats Contemplate Abolishing 401(k) Tax Breaks.
Dow average down nearly 500 as we write... below 9,000 again.
The RSS headline reads, “Obama: Powell will have a role in administration.” What a shock. But clicking the link leads to this article—the latest fawning AP press release for the Obama campaign, with a new headline that probably has the Gipper spinning: Obama updates Reagan’s economic critique. TAMPA, Fla. ...
What’s left to say but “ugh.” Stocks See Near-Record Decline on Retail Sales, Investor Jitters. Hopes that stocks would hold on to Monday’s massive gains faded quickly today as the Dow Jones industrial average dived more than 700 points, the second-largest point decline on record.
The Dow index has not climbed any more after yesterday’s wild ascent; it’s holding pretty much even today. And the government will be buying shares in several top banks to ease the credit crunch. Is that a good idea? [Poll]
At 4 pm ET, the Dow index is up more than 900 points, for one of the biggest percentage gains in history. The question now is, will it stay there or will the yo-yo swing back down tomorrow?
Here’s an open thread to discuss Barack Obama’s speech on the economy, as the Dow index goes above 9,000...
The Cleveland Leader has a series of posts tracking the Obama campaign’s lies and evasions about the candidate’s long history of connections with ACORN, and their attempts to quietly edit the Obama website as more information leaks out: Obama Campaign Involved in More Cover-Ups in ACORN Scandal. Wikileaks.org has an ...
Election 2008, Barack Obama, Acorn, Finance, Economy, Community Organizers
Good grief. The Dow plunged more than 700 points earlier, and now it’s rebounded all the way into positive territory.
Another sell-off in the Asian markets, and the Dow average is about to go below 8,000...
If you thought the market was in free fall earlier this week, well... we apparently haven’t seen the bottom yet. The Dow is at -629 as we write, lowest point since 2003...
As we write, the Dow index is down more than 700 points. We’re in free fall, as the effects of a worldwide sell-off ravage the markets.
A great piece by Michael Malone at PJ Media: The End Of An Era. Living out here in Silicon Valley, the heartland of American innovation, it’s hard not to be appalled by the events taking place 3,000 miles away in the seats of American finance and government - and ...
The House of Representatives is voting for the cosmetically revised financial bailout bill right now, with about 14 minutes remaining... UPDATE at 10/3/08 10:22:58 am: There it goes — the bill has passed.
The Senate has passed the bailout bill (I refuse to call it a “rescue”). Now it goes back to the House.
Zombie has a good post on another group of community organizers that has so far flown pretty much under the radar: The Greenlining Institute: Does the financial crisis have its origins in Berkeley?
Economy, Finance, Business, Financial Crisis, Greenlining Institute
George Soros to the rescue? Instead of just purchasing troubled assets the bulk of the funds ought to be used to recapitalise the banking system. Funds injected at the equity level are more high-powered than funds used at the balance sheet level by a minimal factor of twelve - ...