the oncoming advertising recession looks likely to knock one business media source out early a source has told cityfile new york that conda nast one of the nations biggest magazine publishers may soon fold portfolio its stillyouthful business glossy.
more problematic than anything is portfolios monthly format. during a financial crisis readers want information thats fresh that day if possible fre... [Show More]
dick fuld ceo of now defunct lehman bros. and selfdescribed tough guy apparently got knocked out by a colleague while working out in lehmans gym.
from two very senior sources one incredibly senior source that he went to the gym after lehman was announced as going under. he was on a treadmill with a heart monitor on. someone was in the corner pumping iron and he walked over and he knocked him o... [Show More]
there are many strange visuals floating around during these days of financial uncertainty. here are some interesting ones we saw over the weekend.
the first is from sheppard mullins new menlo park office
that is one way of saying we have no clue how long were going to be here.
meanwhile others exact pictorial revenge after the jump....... [Show More]
questions Post Source: www.kipesquire.net Posted: Oct 06 2008 16:12:00
is yoga in public schools a violation of the first amendment we are opposed to the philosophy behind it and that has its ties in hinduism and the way they were presenting it.
a special guest question how do bloggers make money
are you a rock or a brock
a question originally posed at the twitter channel has there never been a first amendment cohen v. california styled challenge to voter dress codes... [Show More]
the fight between citigroup and wells fargo over that pig of a bank wachovia still amazes me. i mean wtf could these two want with a superregional bank that is at best on life support. it has gotten so bad that everyone is now suing each other for the right to get at this mess of a financial institution.
whats it all for
well wachovia somehow manages about 800 billion in deposits through 3300 bran... [Show More]
courtesy of dealbreaker weve seen some of the most recent letters hedge funds have sent to their investors. follow the links below to each funds letter in .pdf format. they are all very interesting reads and i highly recommend checking them out.tpg axontontine partnersce rberusgree nlight capital...... [Show More]
brad setser cfrathe worse the us does the better the dollar does
the dollar hasnt fallen along with the us stocks us treasury yields or us employment. there is now a broad consensus that the us is currently in a recession something that might be expected to lead to a fall in the dollar.
a recent research piece from sophia drossos and yilin nie of morgan stanley argues that global deleveragin... [Show More]
microsoft is coming under fire for reportedly delivering a windows fix without telling its users about iteven if you opted to be notified first. the revelation first reported at seattlepi.com says microsoft may now reconsider the way they update our machines.
a windows product manager conceded microsoft should have been clear in our explanation of this process earlier but the practice has raised s... [Show More]
the real spiderman gets hit for tax evasion. time are tough so i guess the irs cant just go after black actors and rappers anymore. taxprof blog
a chance meeting with sandy dee. dr. franks
a sneak peak at the simpsons upcoming treehouse of horror episode. io9
i knew eliza doolittle. eliza doolittle was a friend of mine. madame you are no eliza doolittle. what about clients
if your firms ja... [Show More]
state representatives are giving speeches in advance of the house vote on the bailout bill which should happen shortly per cspan. its quite exciting actually. and we thank the gentlemen who came up with boy geniuses. way better than fat cats and high fliers which along with main street we never ever want to hear again. dealbreaker has been liveblogging the best lines....... [Show More]
looks like its another case of who you know and not what you know. david weidner from marketwatch writes goldman like its rivals is on the prowl for deposits but unlike its competitors it will be the acquirer he writes pointing out that bear stearns lehman brothers and merrill lynch are no longer around to offer competition. goldman emerges from this mess essentially the same institution. it has t... [Show More]
there are so many companies lining up to dig into my pockets these days i cant keep track of them all. the one that i am reminded of at the moment is ford. now i just gave the autos 25 billion and you would think for that kind of money you could get yourself a pretty good team. yet ford ceo alan mulally has amassed such a terrible record with the troubled auto manufacturer that i am considering as... [Show More]
the u.s. economy may be going down down down but traffic on atl is up up up. when it comes to your new editor elie mystal it seems that you like him you really like him which is not surprising since you picked him through the atl idol contest.
in september elies first full month on the job the site received a record number of unique visitors over 325000 and pageviews almost 4 million. congratula... [Show More]
among others the new umpty billion saveusallf romthedepr ession bill also includes the followingtemporary increase in coal excise tax funding of black lung disability trust fund tax credit for carbon dioxide sequestration new qualified plugin electric drive motor vehicles exclusion from heavy truck tax for idling reduction units and advanced insulation transportation fringe benefit to bicycle com... [Show More]
david boies reflects on his culpability for the last 8 years. superlawyers
there are some delightful exemptions in the bailout bill that the senate will vote on later tonight. dealbreaker
no death penalty unless you actually murder somebody. statesanctioned killing has gone so soft. scotusblog
what judges really talk about. wage law
online research just got a little bit easier thanks to z... [Show More]
presidents financial working group
plunge protection team
plunge protection team was originally the headline for an article in the washington post on february 23 19972 and has since become a colloquial term used by some mainstream publications to refer to the working group.34 initially the term was used to express the opinion that the working group was being used to prop up the markets during dow... [Show More]
as we stumble through repairing this mess we call a financial system i find myself yearning for the days of big factories billowing smoke all over the countryside. back when a factory whistle and the smell of something burning were as intertwined into americas fiber as our levis. now i am having this halcyon moment because the days of cheap jeans and burning cinders are over replaced by 200 eurotr... [Show More]
die liste mit unmittelbarem bezug zum grten dowjoneseinbruch aller zeiten.
30.09.2008 0047 jurabilis permanenter link wer stimmte gegen das rettungspaket jurablogs.com...... [Show More]
if i loiter outside my polling place dressed as black jesus does that count as electioneering the sable verity
if you thought the farnsworth invention was must see theater you wont want to miss flash of genius. its a riveting story about the patent litigation surrounding the first intermittent windshieldwiper starring ... wait a minute. did somebody just make a movie about windshieldwipers i hav... [Show More]
we like to think of atl as a place where lawyers can get together and discuss the compelling news of the day.
well the news of the day is that wall street will apparently not be receiving 700 billion dollars to cover their bad investments. the house rejected the bailout plan. the dow is down by over 400 points as of this writing. and i think i just saw jimmy stewart beating the crap out of mr. p... [Show More]
update
in a 228 to 205 vote the u.s. house of representatives defeated a 700 billion emergency rescue package ignoring urgent pleas from president bush and bipartisan congressional leaders to quickly bail out the staggering financial industry.
if you are a banking executive congressperson homeowner facing foreclosure or if you work for the treasury white house or federal reserve this has been a lo... [Show More]
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