|
March 5, 2009
Could it soon be criminal to lose money for taking on too much risk? If Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., has his way, it might. Just don’t expect him to talk to the media about his role in the crisis.
Frank, the chairman of the House Financial Services…
|
March 5, 2009
It’s a bad time to be taking a “business” trip to a luxurious retreat in a warm climate. Especially if you’re doing it on someone else’s dime. If the networks find out, they’ll sneak hidden cameras in and report every detail of your lavish parties,…
|
March 5, 2009
Finally after five straight down days for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), it rallied back 149 points to finish at 6,875 on March 4.
Was it just a bear market rally or were investors starting gain a little confidence in financial…
|
March 5, 2009
It was just a matter of time.
The goons at Comedy Central finally got the opportunity to sharpen their knives and cut into CNBC Chicago Mercantile Exchange floor reporter Rick Santelli for his Feb. 19 anti-federal government housing bailout…
|
March 4, 2009
Temperatures have plummeted to record or near-record lows in 32 states this winter. On March 2, a global warming protest in Washington, D.C. was buried by nearly a foot of snow. And a new study warns that the Earth could be in for a 30-year cooling…
|
March 4, 2009
Temperatures have plummeted to record or near-record lows in 32 states this winter. On March 2, a global warming protest in Washington, D.C. was buried by nearly a foot of snow. And a new study warns that the Earth could be in for a 30-year cooling…
|
March 4, 2009
Media Myth: Networks Stick
to Warming Theme Despite Avalanche of Chilling News
Its
cold outside. Just ask residents from Florida to New England and
they will tell you its…
|
March 4, 2009
In the 2004 movie “Garden State,” Natalie Portman plays Sam, a character who just can’t stop lying. “I don't even know why I do it. It's like ... it's like a tick, I mean sometimes I hear myself say something and then I think, Wow, that wasn't even…
|
March 4, 2009
Temperatures have plummeted to record or near-record lows in 32 states this winter. On March 2, a global warming protest in Washington, D.C. was buried by nearly a foot of snow. And a new study warns that the Earth could be in for a 30-year cooling…
|
March 3, 2009
In February, in the build up to the ultimate passage of President Barack Obama’s $787-billion stimulus package, there was a lot of discussion about how much the stimulus was going to help the ailing economy. And to promote the bill, Obama visited a…