December 2009
110 posts
WHY AMERICAN CONSUMERS CAN'T ADD
By Bob Sullivan
When I published Gotcha Capitalism two years ago, I was in for a big surprise. As I talked about systemic hidden fee fraud all around the country, many, many friends (and even co-workers) found me and asked in hushed tones, “What’s a mutual fund?” “What’s comprehensive and collision?” “What’s a mortgage point?”
It was obvious from these conversations that millions of Americans...
“I’m not here to save anyone; those days are over. As a friend told me recently,...”
– Alan
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Tribes buy back America — Acres at a Time
Purchases to help protect culture, way of life by preserving sacred areas
The Associated Press
updated 4:47 p.m. ET, Sun., Dec . 27, 2009
OMAHA, Nebraska - Native American tribes tired of waiting for the U.S. government to honor centuries-old treaties are buying back land where their ancestors lived and putting it in federal trust.
Native Americans say the purchases will help protect their...
OSI, Maker of Airport Scanners, Rises 13% After...
By Angela Greiling Keane
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) — OSI Systems Inc., a maker of scanning equipment for airport-security checkpoints, rose the most in 11 months in Nasdaq trading after U.S. officials said a passenger tried to blow up a plane on a Christmas Day flight.
OSI jumped $2.27, or 10 percent, to $24.29 at 11:23 a.m. New York time in Nasdaq Stock Market trading. The shares climbed by as...
Marc Faber Says Dollar May Rise 5-10% Versus Euro
By Deirdre Bolton and Ye Xie
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) — The dollar may appreciate another 5 to 10 percent against the euro in the “near term” as bearish betting on the greenback becomes too crowded, according to Marc Faber, publisher of the “Gloom Boom & Doom” newsletter.
U.S. stocks and the dollar may keep rallying together, reversing a relationship that existed from March to November,...
symphonyno2ineminor:
…In fact, studies indicate that those who have listened to Mahler for at least five days a week per week over a period of three years will openly cry at random times, even when not being aurally stimulated by Mahler at that moment. Some experts go as far as to suggest that Mahler spawned the “Emo Craze“ of the early twenty-first century, and even served as a harmonic basis...
NYT: Unbelievable Holiday Tales - Scripting a... →
caro:
zachlinder:
From last Sunday’s Times.
Mindy Kaling on not actually having a husband or kids… yet.
“For the record, Alex is a product of my imagination. I realize that no real people are actually architects, and that it is a profession that exists entirely in movies, like art gallery owner or children’s bookshop proprietor.”
Holiday Windows 2009: New York City →
goodeggs:
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“Idea-intensive industries have long tended to locate disproportionately in the...”
– NYT: Economic Lessons From ‘Mad Men’ (via caro)
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parachuteshark:
Antonín...
I really need to stop this working til midnight crap. Sure, it’s cold afuera and my office is warm. But mi novio is home. Also, it’s a week til Christmas. Sure doesn’t feel like it with the stress levels being what they are. Either this product launch will be the best thing ever or it will kill me.
The Princess and the Frog.
natface:
I teared up at the movie and at the below post. Disney has done such a fantastic thing.
rosasparks:
We took minisparks to see the movie this weekend. She didn’t know it was coming out this weekend, so when we told her we were going to see it, she practically exploded right in her spot.
Anyway, we loaded up on snacks and ran and got our seats. minisparks is always transfixed by the...