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The Fed Considers a Change »
Apparently the Federal Reserve is considering changing a long standing policy they have of paying interest to Banks that store money with them. My understanding is Banks are required by law to store a percentage of their money with the FEderal Reserve, but until yesterday I had no idea that the Fed actually paid interest [...]
The Tragedy of the Political Machine »
Since the Great Recession began the people of the Earth have been told in some fashion or another by some politician or another that things are going to get better. In fact there have been many decisions made in a fiscal fashion based on the concept that they will get better or that the very [...]
Hayward – Buh Bye. »
BP’s Tony Hayward is stepping down – about damn time. The “embattled” CEO is stepping down after showing the world that he may be the most ego-maniacal CEO of all time. This power house of brilliance lead a company who is responsible for arguably the worst man-caused nature based disaster in the history of the Earth and his [...]
Congress Continues to not solve the problem. »
According to the Washington Post:
“Congress has approved a six-month extension of emergency jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. On a vote of 272 to 152, the House gave the measure final approval and sent it on to the White House, where aides said President Obama plans to sign it immediately.”
At a cursory look this seems [...]
Big Banks have it all figured out. »
Do you recall the new regulations being put into place by the government to ensure that Big Banks don’t screw up again and cause yet another crash? It turns out those regulations have an impact on a Bank’s bottom line – mostly because the bank can’t steal from it’s customers any more. Don’t you worry [...]
630,000 Gallons of Oil? One day? »
BP reportedly captured 630,000 gallons of oil yesterday! GREAT JOB BP!
Hang on a second – math time.
There are 42 gallons to a barrel – so 630,000 / 42 = 15,000 barrels.
Remember? They aren’t capturing all of it either.
What was the original stated amount per day? 5,000 barrels. But wait – if they are capturing 15,000 [...]
Pure Brilliance. »
Take ten minutes to watch this.
Shut your office Door.
Turn off your phone.
And Listen. Especially if you run a company.
Economic Crash? It’s a good thing! »
In recent times Newsweek has become one of the few Main Stream Media publications to even mention very bad issues – in fact we at Blinkinblogs have commented on this several times. I am not saying that we agreed with Newsweek all the time but we did tip our hat to their attempt at actual [...]
Greece – How does that even happen? »
In the news recently, and on everybody’s mind, is the financial collapse on some level or another. Many of you may have heard about Greece and her financial woes and you may ask yourself “How does that even happen to begin with?” Let’s talk about it with some brief examples.
You are a Government and you [...]
Banks Investigated? IN THE USA!! UN POSSIBLE! »
Apparently the esteemed district attorney of New York has deemed it necessary to investigate whether or not Big Banks lied, cheated, stole, mislead and 500 other verbs with colorful adjectives the public, regulators and the government on how they were really doing. I am all for an investigation of this kind however I am also [...]
Something to Ponder… »
Interesting highlight from the GreenNet conference yesterday. “This year, for the first time in history, our landfills were filled with more adult diapers than baby diapers” — referring to the significant shift of age demographics in this country.
GreenNet
“Pass on what you have learned, Luke.” »
Had to share this. The following quote was uttered in a meeting I just attended by a very senior member of a global PR firm.
“I won’t allow my learning to be disrupted by my education.”
The declaration was simply beautiful in scope, delivery, and effectiveness. It was genuinely precise just as much [...]
This Isn’t Illegal? »
According to this Businessweek.com article there are several CEOs in America right now that are selling their own companies stock short. What does selling a stock short mean?
“In finance, short selling (also known as shorting or going short) is the practice of selling assets, usually securities, that have been borrowed from a third party (usually abroker) with the intention [...]
The Age of Stupid »
An interesting documentary/movie that was quite popular in Europe but hasn’t received that much attention in the U.S. For those of you with cable TV, I believe this is premiering this Saturday on the Planet Green Channel.
The Age of Stupid: Trailers: USA Trailer from Age of Stupid on Vimeo.