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Dan Lonkevich B00097JDY8
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2008-11-26  Boing Boing
The current economic collapse is a difficult story for TV. It's a peculiar period in between an election and an inauguration. This most important story, this great-or-not-so great depression, is also the hardest for CNN to tell. I have more than enough reasons why in this late-night...
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Why do we bail out these companies and they around and outsource their IT and Call Center Overseas? CitiGroup just outsourced their IT to TATA for 1.2 Billion..these sucks
* Pulling out of the running for Director of the CIA must be torture for John Brennan. * Secretary of Defense Robert Gates only known American to keep job through the year. * AIG isn't blowing money like it's coke. AIG is still blowing money like it's coke. * Assumption confirmed: Repu...
, XYZ , 20012 , AIG , Barack , CIA , John , John , Michael , New , Pork , Rahm , Robert , Secretary
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Someone Finally Gets ItRep. Elijah Cummings: After months of headlines highlighting profligate spending by the very same companies coming to the federal government begging life support, it would appear that someone finally gets it. GM's decision to end its endorsement deal with Tiger W...
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There are probably more effective ways for bailout beneficiary AIG to spend its time than sending multiple e-mails to Wonkette.
2008-11-25  Choosing Democracy
Past and Futureby WILLIAM GREIDERNovember 24, 2008A year ago, when Barack Obama said it was time to turn the page, his campaign declaration seemed to promise a fresh start for Washington. I, for one, failed to foresee Obama would turn the page backward. The president-elect's lineup f...
, bail , economics , Barack
2008-11-25  Jeremy11
Well I am impressed….sort of…. The CEO of AIG has agreed to take a $1 salary for this year and next year which will save his company a fortune in payroll.  And now the CEO of Chrysler is saying he’ll do the same but if, and only if his company gets the $7 billion it&...
, Random , $1 , AIg , salary
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2008-11-25  RADAMISTO
With the addition of AIG, that makes at least 4 firms that were involved in the Big ShitPile have decided to forego obscene executive pay or bonuses.AIG says no 2008 bonus for top execsTue Nov 25, 2008 1:17pm ESTBy Lilla ZuillNEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc Chief ...
Click for annotated version. Christy Cullen/Planet Money Flickr group Today on Planet Money: On Monday, we talked about money as a relationship. Today, we look at what happens when your sugar up and leaves. Where, oh, where did the money go? Plus, a divine Economi...
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2008-11-25  HorsesAss.Org
Talking Points Memo is gearing up for the second annual “Golden Duke” awards, named for incarcerated former Congress-critter Randy “Duke” Cunningham. I was reminded of this because my prize for nominating former state Rep. Richard Curtis in the 2007 category ...
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Michael Ha B000AJPX4E
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2008-11-25  Mod-Blog
It's not much, but it's nice to see AIG's CEO cutting his salary to $1 this year.  Sure he'll make money in other ways, but at this point even the smallest gesture is nice.
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2008-11-25  Steve Wevodau
WASHINGTON (AP) - The potential cost for the government’s efforts to contain the financial crisis is steep and climbing, and now tops $6 trillion. That figure includes large commitments of funds by the government to guarantee certain debts, and those funds may never actually be s...
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How do you feel about providing a cash bailout to companies whose leaders have been short-sighted, at best, and criminally inept, at worse, and which support a large block of people who look out only for themselves, and want to grab as much money as they can?Fahgeddaboutit, right?  ...
, brand , branding , Branding , Citi , economics , financial , Jonathan
‘MOTSOS’ - Ron’s acronym for ‘more of the same old shit’! From: THE NATION Date: 11/25/2008 1:02:01 PM To: RON HARTMAN Subject: ‘Past and Future’ from The Nation If you like this article, please consider subscribing to The Nat...
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2008-11-25  Oxdown Gazette
Well maybe proud isn't the word: (Reuters) - American International Group Inc says it has completed completed [sic] a $40 billion preferred stock sale to the U.S. Department of Treasury under TARP. Share
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Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:46:27 PST www.ebay.com
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Only a few sovereign funds disclose their performance. But it reasonable to think that many sovereign wealth funds – particularly the well-established funds that invested heavily in equities – have had a bad year. Any sovereign fund overweight emerging economy equities – say t...
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2008-11-25  The Lost Albatross
"The economy's likely to get worse before it gets better. Full recovery will not happen immediately." - President-elect Barack ObamaToday I'm attending a meeting about starting my own 401k--something I've wanted to do for awhile, but could never really afford (and still just barely can...
, economics , retirement , recession , alternative , madison , wisconsin
2008-11-25  Jonestown
After watching, my initial question was- I wonder if “Fair and Balanced” Fox News had a Follow-Up, and asked those Know Nothing Assholes to Apologize? My favorite quote came from Droopy Dog Ben Stein (God Almighty, what a Pseudo-Intellectual Shit Heel!)- Well, the Fin...
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2008-11-25  mirabile dictu
On the appointment of Timothy Geithner to the post of Treasury Secretary: Events have confronted Obama with a fearful symmetry between past and present, illustrated by his choice of economic advisers. On Friday, we learned that Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserv...
, US , Barack , Citicorp , economic , Larry , Tim , Treasury
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:58:14 PST www.ebay.com
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2008-11-25  Rise Heretic!
Ever seen the bumper sticker, “If You’re Not Angry, You’re Not Paying Attention”? Well then. To invent an analogy so I can make my point.  But this situation is too dirty, too large, too complex…there are too many layers, too many actors.  A simple analo...
, Cynicism , Economy , Money , Politics , AIG , bailouts , citigroup , corporafascist , corporofascist
2008-11-25  Blick Log
Hier der Blick auf die Schlagzeilen des Tages HB: Wall Street atmet auf Dubai drosselt Großbauten - Emirate retten Finanzbranche Al Jazeera: How do Arabs view Obama’s choice for chief of staff? NYT: Obama Unveils Team to Tackle ‘Historic’ Crisis WSJ: Obama: We Must Act Swiftly...
, Aktuell , AIG , Börsen , Citigroup , Dubai , Finanzkrise , Klatten , Merckle , Obama , Premiere , USA , Wirtschaftspolitik
2008-11-25  Connecting.the.Dots
It's not every day you get to write a sentence like this: As Keith Olbermann was making a pumpkin pie with Martha Stewart yesterday, they discussed the video of Sarah Palin cheerfully pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey with others being slaughtered in the background, as he recalled the cl...
, Keith , Martha , turkey , financial , WKRP , Jimmy , Gov.
A few things have happened since my last ‘View from 20,000 Feet’ Post on this Blog 12 days ago (see Post dated November 13). This Post discusses my views on several of them, and concludes that for the first time since I predicted a serious downturn in the U.S. economy over 3 years...
, Economic , AIG , Autopact , Bear , Big , Big , Black , Chapter , Citibank , Fannie , foreclosures , Freddie , housing , Lehman , Obama , S&P , Toyota , U.S.
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:02:35 PST www.ebay.com
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By Dave Lindorff I was listening to Robert Reich, once the left end of the spectrum in the Clinton cabinet, talking with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer a few days ago, and Reich, who has in the past sometimes made sense, was talking about how Americans’ incomes had fallen over the last eigh...
, Activism , Barack , Corporate , Energy , Energy , Environment , Foreign , Global , Imperialism , Iraq , Iraq , Labor , Media , Military , PaulsonWatch/Bailouts
2008-11-25  Renergie's Weblog
The Monster That Ate Wall Street   How ‘credit default swaps’—an insurance against bad loans—turned from a smart bet into a killer. Matthew Philips NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Oct 6, 2008   They’re called “Off-Site Weekends”—rituals of t...
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2008-11-25  Euro News 24 - News
AIG announced a salary freeze on Tuesday for its top seven executives, with the chief executive Edward Liddy agreeing to be paid a symbolic sum of $1 for his work this year and next. The pay freeze comes in the wake of two government bail-outs, whic
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2008-11-25  Forexkurser.dk
(Reuters) - American International Group Inc says it has completed completed a $40 billion preferred stock sale to the U.S. Department of Treasury under TARP. Klik her for læse hele nyheden
, Alle , English , Aig , American , American , Department , International , Preferred , Reuters , Tarp , U
Sun, 28 Dec 2008 11:50:15 PST www.ebay.com
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2008-11-25  War On You
Fed Defies Transparency Aim in Refusal to Disclose (Update1): “The Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers or the troubled assets the central bank is accepting as collateral. Fed Chair...
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2008-11-25  The Crone Speaks
The history of “free markets” and “capitalization” and “deregulation” shows us that it is the growing numbers of poor that are left behind. And, to make matters worse, it is this growing number of people that are being left out of all bailout talks...
, Economy , Poverty , poor , economy , bailout , Paulson
Along with eggnog, Christmas sales in October, and layoffs, there's another tradition at this time of the year: the turkey shoot. But at 1to1, the turkey shoot doesn't have much to do with slaughtering birds; instead, it's about taking a fond look back at some of the greatest fiascos, ...
, Customer , Customer , Employee , aig , autoindustry , britishairways , citigroup , dunkindonuts , howardschultz , sarahpalin , starbucks , turkeys , verizon
According to The Christian Science Monitor: In Michigan's auto belt, it's nail-biting time ... Warren, Mich. - For Jackie Kelly-Smith, the General Motors pensions that support her and her husband, and pay for their healthcare, are on the line. Dan Dostine, a furnace repairman at Chrysl...
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2008-11-25  distributorcap NY
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose theories had fallen into the dustbin when Ronald Reagan became president. Keynesian economics theorizes that the solution to a severe economic crisis was to stimulate the economy through Government spending and investment - primarily i...
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The Citi Bank, the giant Amercian Corporation which used to proclaim “The Citi never sleeps” is now creating large nightmares for the American economy, as the American Government is trying to keep it and other large banks awake with massive dose of bailout funds. After the earlier ...
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I wrote this as a diary on other blogsites and found people weren’t as down on our car companies as thought. Since this blog does involve the environment I thought I would post it here also. Replies I’ve received from the west coast that buy foreign were a little surprised....
, CO2 , Chrysler , EPA , Environmental , Environmentalism , Ford , GM , Global , Global , Global , Industry , Oil , Politics , Science , U.S.
One nice thing about being an Arizona Cardinals fan this year is that two wins in a row is no longer cause for a celebration. Sadly, the same can’t be said for Wall Street. Yet, after two solid days of gains, that’s exactly what is happening (no, it’s not just because the Giants...
, Uncategorized , AIG , Arizona , bailout , Citigroup , Detroit , Timothy
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 14:17:48 PST www.ebay.com
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Government Lending Support Pledges and Measures At $7.4 Trillion   As correspondents and readers have pointed out, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and the rest of DC is increasingly resorting to the playbook he suggested in various papers on Japan’s deflation.   The Federal governmen...
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11/24/08 Latest episode of “Another Point of You” with co-host Richard Grove. Tragedy and Hope Magazine; the election of CFR perspective; the bailout a $63 trillion problem; bait & switch; Richard’s whistleblowing could have saved the day; AIG, CFR, Federal Reserve, W...
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Against All Odds Can President elect, Barack Obama, fix the economy, save our country, and right the galaxy? In a recent AP poll, 72% of Americans were confident that Obama will make the necessary changes in order to fix the economy. In an unrelated Gallup poll taken on the same d...
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Here’s what’s so tragic about the bailout of Fannie and Freddie, AIG, Citi and – coming soon – the auto industry: an article in today’s Boston Globe makes reference to...
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