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Sun September 09, 2007

Source	Fark Headline		Comments
		Coke unveils new plastic bottle with sculpted grip, less environmental impact. Still no cure for high-fructose corn syrup source: ajc.com \| share:	(60)
		Is Apple the new Microsoft? source: kansascity.com \| share:	(129)
		College students majoring in credit card debt source: msnbc.msn.com \| share:	(74)

Sat September 08, 2007


		You know that fed rate cut whiny investors and financial institutions have been praying for? Looks like they've been praying to the wrong god. Accept your losses, lick your wounds, and try not to be so stupid next time source: ap.google.com \| share:	(33)
		The Federal Reserve foresees a limited housing fallout, an Escalade in every driveway, and the Cubs winning the World Series. Stevie Wonder approves (full article pasted in thread) source: online.wsj.com \| share:	(32)

Fri September 07, 2007

	Countrywide to layoff at least 12,000 employees source: biz.yahoo.com \| share:	(29)
(Bloomberg)	Bank of America loses $700 million investing in Countrywide Financial. Fees for speaking to an actual teller expected to rise slightly to $5,000 per transaction source: bloomberg.com \| share:	(16)
	Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling, unhappy with his new name "Shirley" and his new husband Bucephelus, would like a do over on his trial, please source: money.cnn.com \| share:	(70)

	Wil discusses a possible recession with NPR. No, the other Wil Wheaton source: npr.org \| share:	(9)
(Some Guy)	Not News: Consumer Reports does their Annual Auto Survey. News: They find 6,769 people whose cars have over 200,000 miles. Fark: All of those cars are Hondas or Toyotas. Suck it, Detroit source: blogs.orlandosentinel.com \| share:	(130)
(The Consumerist)	The World's Worst Credit Card source: consumerist.com \| share:	(53)
(Some Guy)	Unemployment at 4.6 percent. Percent of workforce made of illegal immigrants: Five percent. Calm and reasonable discussion about jorbs being stolen to the right source: hosted.ap.org \| share:	(109)
(Some Guy)	Apple considering cutting TV show download prices in half. Suck it, NBC source: variety.com \| share:	(35)
	Former Federal Reserve Chief Alan Greenspan warns of "market fear", then resumes lustily banging uber-milf Andrea Mitchell source: news.bbc.co.uk \| share:	(7)
	CNBC insists (ow ow) there is no (let go of my hair) catfighting between its anchors (I'm the money honey you farking -- OW) source: marketwatch.com \| share:	(3)
	Screw preparing, the stock market IS a bloodbath on news of weak job numbers source: news.yahoo.com \| share:	(21)
	Intruder tries to break into Warren Buffett's home but is foiled by Buffett's own private army of bloodthirsty mercenaries who all look like Brigitte Nielsen source: money.canoe.ca \| share:	(51)
	Expect a bloodbath in the markets today as U.S. employers cut 4,000 jobs in August, the first time the economy has shed jobs in over four years source: cnbc.com \| share:	(27)
	The cat fight between "money honeys" Erin Burnett and Maria Bartiromo heats up as CNBC banks on Erin Burnett to wage internecine warfare against Rupert Murdoch and his lame Neil Cavuto-based financial channel for supremacy source: marketwatch.com \| share:	(12)
	Weeks after saying "the markets are strong and will sort themselves out with no economic impact," Treasury Secretary Paulson says, "This shakeout will last months and the economy will be impacted." Heckuva job there, Paulie source: marketwatch.com \| share:	(12)
	In a sea of bad economic news, a U.S. company finally does something right. Chrysler appoints former Toyota President Jim Press to their board. He'll focus on making good cars, while the CEO tries to find the plumbing section source: cbsnews.com \| share:	(7)

Thu September 06, 2007

	Comic books available for download to cell phones. Worst. Idea. Ever source: news.yahoo.com \| share:	(19)
	Starbucks opens in Russia. Sells out of triple grande vodkas in an hour source: news.yahoo.com \| share:	(8)
	The Fed accepted $7 billion in 14-day RPs out of a total of $60.9 billion submitted, $16 billion in seven-day RPs out of a total of $58.2 billion submitted and $8.25 billion in overnight RPs out of $33.55 billion submitted source: online.wsj.com \| share:	(36)
(Reason Online)	Best overview of the subprime issue ever. The rise of mortgage derivatives, why the bank doesn't want your house, and why the rest of us shouldn't have to bail you out source: reason.com \| share:	(20)
(Motley Fool)	Invest like Miss Teen South Carolina source: fool.com \| share:	(10)
(Popular Science)	Richard Branson unveils plans to build a large hoo-hoo in New Mexico desert source: popsci.com \| share:	(25)
(news-leader.com)	Rent-a-pet service catches on with busy Californians. Your dog wants a stake source: news-leader.com \| share:	(11)
	Lift up your glass beakers full of beer, the biotech party is winding down. Here's why source: money.cnn.com \| share:	(17)
(Some Guy)	For the first time since the invention of agriculture, farming is not the biggest sector of the global economy source: petersmagnusson.com \| share:	(18)
	Top company directors are closing their workforce's pensions while setting up their own, worth 42 times the national average source: news.bbc.co.uk \| share:	(8)
	Sept. 6 called "the sickest day of the year" for workers with record number expected to call in complaining of explosive diarrhea and other hangover-masking symptoms source: thesun.co.uk \| share:	(18)
	Ace is the place with the incompetent accounting staff source: news.ktar.com \| share:	(4)

Wed September 05, 2007

	Greenspan's book muses about the economy. Chapters include "Housing Market/Shmousing Market" and "What, Me Worry?" source: news.yahoo.com \| share:	(3)
(Motley Fool)	Apple to NBC: Hit the road, Jack. NBC to Amazon: I'll be your baby daddy source: fool.com \| share:	(17)
	That Great Disturbance in the Force you heard? 1 Million Apple Fanboys being bilked out of $200,000,000 for being first source: macworld.com \| share:	(146)
	Wait ... you are telling me that selling millions of homes to people who couldn't afford by giving them shady loans, then upping the payments could be a problem? source: money.cnn.com \| share:	(56)
	U.S. stock markets decline on news that sales of existing homes fell by 12.2%. Your nest egg/ATM is about to be worth what it was in 1985 source: marketwatch.com \| share:	(26)
(Reason Online)	Whatever former Labor Secretary Robert Reich says about the economy, expect the opposite to happen source: reason.com \| share:	(14)
(BevNet)	Coke Blak drink discontinued after 17 months of poor sales. Those who went Blak will have to go back source: bevnet.com \| share:	(92)
	On the heels of the mortgage-backed securities market collapse, here comes round two. The collapse of the student-loan backed securities market.. Your children are getting McJobs source: cnbc.com \| share:	(52)

Tue September 04, 2007

	Not news: Trade unions are big fans of affirmative action. News: For whites source: opinionjournal.com \| share:	(56)
	From the "Why Not Just Put Them in Jail Literally" Department: Direct-mail credit card offers to subprime mortgage customers in the United States jumped 41 percent in first half of the year source: boston.com \| share:	(234)
(Some Guy)	2001: "We are now convinced that the age of skyscrapers is at an end." 2007: Hold on a second source: washingtontimes.com \| share:	(122)
	Fed to lenders: Don't raise rates on ARM loans screwing yourselves as well as the borrower. Lenders: B-b-b-but our interest source: ap.google.com \| share:	(48)
	New ad campaign for Virgin Home Loans features senior citizens having sex. With SFW pic source: news.com.au \| share:	(105)
	Think August was a rough month for the markets? Just wait until September's results come in source: cnbc.com \| share:	(4)
(Bloomberg)	Home makers are suffering from withdrawal symptoms after years of getting a shot in the arm source: bloomberg.com \| share:	(6)
	It might be time for a new job when your boss prohibits employees from making excuses for uncompleted work. Excuses like "It's my lunch break" or "The workday is over" source: news.bbc.co.uk \| share:	(28)

Mon September 03, 2007

	French public utility companies surrender to each other's boards of directors source: news.bbc.co.uk \| share:	(3)
	Stupid company names are hindering new generation of Silicon Valley startups source: seattletimes.nwsource.com \| share:	(23)
	Old and busted: McMansions. New hotness: McBankruptcy source: msnbc.msn.com \| share:	(56)
(WTAE 4)	The U.S. employee put in an average 1,804 hours of work in 2006. That compared with 1,407.1 hours for the Norwegian worker and 1,564.4 for the French, slackers source: thepittsburghchannel.com \| share:	(84)

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