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Sun February 10, 2008
Reuters Sad Chrysler to be purchasing car chairs from India for use in Ganges Capable© Jeeps. They will offer driver support only after entering car and pressing 1, followed by 3, followed by 7 and saying "support" (14)
Boston Globe Obvious As a harsh recession takes hold of the U.S. economy, Staples begins slashing advertising, trimming espenses, and delaying new hiring. That was easy (14)
The Tennessean Obvious Chances of success for McDonald's McCafe menu in Tennessee?: "From a retail standpoint it's like putting wings on a pig." (21)
(Bloomberg) Weird Chrysler is talking to other automakers about using the mechanical underpinnings of their models and putting a new exterior on them in order to cut costs (126)
(Some Guy) Stupid Reebok to sell Kool-Aid branded sneakers....complete with scent. I can't wait for my Lemon-Onion flavor to arrive (13)

Sat February 09, 2008
CNN Cool Yahoo rejects Microsoft bid; hive collective regroups for new assimilation plan (11)
National Post Interesting Today's dirty sounding headline: Making sex toys in Happy Valley (10)
The Register Interesting Equifax says it's okay to email them images of your debit card on account of the fact that email is so secure (9)
AP Sad That whooshing sound? It's the soon-to-be-heard sound of the breeze blowing through empty AMD factories after Dell slips a knife into the back of their business plan (27)
Yahoo Obvious Apple cuts iPhone and iPod production, leading to speculation of sales weakness, especially for the Touch. Hmm, let's see, it costs more than the iPhone, and can't get on the Internet by itself... why is that not selling? (46)
Marketwatch Spiffy Federal Prosecutors ask the SEC to turn over records on Merrill Lynch. The George W. Bush Presidential Library might be endowed with $200 billion by the end of 2008 with all the pardons he'll be selling (9)

Fri February 08, 2008
(Ars Technica) Scary Panic is hiring. EVERYBODY APPLY (28)
Reuters Interesting C|noogle? (20)
Time Obvious Baghdad's stock market goes modern, will start using currency instead of goats and chickens (5)
Yahoo Obvious Seven signs your staff dislikes you. "You're their boss" strangely omitted (25)
Wall Street Journal Interesting "Whopper Freakout" credited for double-digit sales increase at Burger King. Fast-food trifecta now in play (66)
MSNBC Obvious Chrysler is planning to dramatically cut its number of vehicle models, dealer outlets and employees. No one will notice (42)
MSNBC Interesting WTO tells the EU to suck the U.S.'s banana (13)
MSNBC Interesting Emo shoppers spend more to ease the dark pits of emptiness at the core of their souls (16)
London Times Silly Ryanair website downtime to cost up to £20 million. Beer in server suspected (6)
(bloomberg.com) Interesting McDonald's January sales increase 5.7 percent. Where is your God now? (12)
CNBC Sick Countrywide Financial hosted the American Securitization Forum in Vegas where the slimy bastards who created the credit crisis proceeded to "double down" on their losses. USA USA USA (11)
(NY Sun) Interesting A Jewish couple's bid to take a tax deduction that the IRS reserves only for Scientology is getting a friendly reception from a federal appeals court (840)
CNN Followup Imperial Sugar Company (NASDAQ:IPSU) down over 10 percent on news that they just assploded (64)
(nytimes.com) Obvious Q: Is it too late for Yahoo? A: Yes (25)
Yahoo Interesting Platinum hits all-time high of $1,854 an ounce, or roughly half the cost of printer ink (19)
LA Times Interesting After Hugo Chavez nationalized Exxon's $12 billion investment in an oil field, Exxon wins a court battle against the Western Hemisphere's favorite commie (29)
London Times Interesting Too busy talking on my Gphone to write a better headline (31)
(Some Guy) Obvious "The tobacco industry is regrouping in order to focus on poor countries and escape the pesky lawsuits it is likely to face in rich, litigious ones." (20)
USA Today Stupid Your business might be doing it wrong when your profits fall 31 percent from the past year... and that meets expectations (9)
AFP Interesting Ford plans to market a Turkish-made van in the USA. Have you ever been in a Turkish prison? It's kind of like that (18)

Thu February 07, 2008
Winding Road Interesting Cheap Tatas already smothering India's second-hand market (19)
WNBC Sad Shops in some rinky dink little town called New York City are now accepting Euros as well as the US Dollar (42)
Marketwatch Asinine Yamazon? (11)
Komo Asinine Boeing Exec believes the 787 will fly on time. Conveniently forgets that the 787 was scheduled to fly in 2006 (14)
AP Sad Macy’s decides the pencils can push themselves, announces it’s eliminating 2,300 management jobs (18)
MSNBC Strange Wal-Mart to open in-store medical clinics. Unclear how they'll find that many Chinese doctors (24)
(Some Guy) Interesting Top five reaons it might not be “Blue Skies” for IBM (18)
London Times Interesting The 50 weirdest terms of financial jargon – and what they actually mean (warning, includes cum dividends) (26)
CNBC Interesting Prepare for a bad day on Wall Street, as Wal-Mart announces that people aren't buying their atrocious and crappy products (49)
CBS New York Unlikely New claims for unemployment drop (13)
CBC PSA Warren Buffett says the recession won't change the way he invests, searches for his lost shaker of salt (21)
BBC Strange Bank of England cuts key interest rate to stimulate growth, says that growth must slow to keep inflation under control. Wait, what? (7)
CBC Interesting Chrysler readies Dodge Challenger for spring launch. Remember what happened last time Challenger was launched? (30)
CBC Interesting Housing market in Canada booms. Building permits hit new record in 2007 (13)
DallasNews Interesting EDS profits fall 13% in fourth quarter. Herding cats ain't so easy (9)
Yahoo Interesting Forget about graphs, charts and economic forecasts. Wary investors in Asia are turning to feng shui masters to tell them which way the markets will head in the Chinese Year of the Rat (5)

Wed February 06, 2008
Marketwatch Obvious Damn the torpedos, full inflation ahead. Philadelphia Fed President warns that aggressive rate cuts will lead to inflation, bread lines, and free vodka for everyone (20)
CNN Interesting Homeowners having trouble paying their mortgage find it is easier to restore their credit rating after abandoning their mortgage than declaring bankruptcy. Banks were quoted as saying, "Oh shiat" (47)
Yahoo PSA Ten tax laws you gotta know so you don't get screwed by The Man (21)
(Some Guy) Obvious Time Warner may finally give up on AOL (12)
Forbes Interesting Housing downturn turns celebrities into real estate loosers. Sorry, pet peeve (54)
Examiner Obvious Disney revenue climbs 9 percent thanks to mulletspawn Miley Cyrus (12)
Yahoo Obvious Housing, Total Fark still unaffordable (48)
(Some Guy) Stupid Company pulls ads featuring animated pandas due to the public outcry over their Chinese accents, because as everyone knows, pandas speak in a southern drawl (40)
CNN Amusing Deuce Bigelow and Lockheed to build giant space penis (6)
(Seeking Alpha) Interesting "Exxon Mobil pays as much in taxes ($27 billion) as the entire bottom 50% of individual taxpayers, which is 65,000,000 people. The tax rate for the bottom 50% is only 3% of adjusted gross income; the tax rate for Exxon was 41%." (572)
CNBC Stupid The Mortgage Bankers Association would like you to know that mortgage applications have risen to their highest level since the property bubble began. However, only three people had their application approved (20)
Washington Post PSA "We have a $14 trillion economy. The idea that presidents can control it lies between an exaggeration and an illusion." (56)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Interesting A white knight emerges to save Yahoo Microsoft's angry shareholders (5)
The Register Amusing SCOwned again (14)
(bloomberg.com) Interesting U.S. productivity increases 1.8% due to Fark database problems in the last quarter (9)
The Register Obvious Verizon is hoping to screw as many people as possible with 700mhz spectum bids and their own special brand of "open" (13)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Interesting Microsoft bid for Yahoo drops to $29.50 a share, pressure on Jerry Yang eases (11)
RedNova Obvious Jet fuel prices continue to drop like Britney Spears on a dime bag. Your plane ticket? Not so much (6)

Tue February 05, 2008
AP Asinine Oil execs meet this week to celebrate high oil prices, light cigars with $100s (18)
Gizmodo Asinine Do we really need this invention? Is it too hard to eat chicken nuggets now? (71)
Yahoo PSA Eight ways to cut back on spending without sacrificing your TF subscription (81)
MSNBC Obvious Price of oil drops on news that our secret petroleum overlords made it do that (12)
Slashdot Misc NVIDIA to TCB, buys AGEIA after AMD says WTF (18)
(TheState.com) Asinine From the "reduced competition causes price increases" department: AT&T hikes broadband rates by $5 (19)
(seekingalpha.com) Weird This guy sees E*Trade's Super Bowl ad as an indication that E*Trade is going tits up, or something. I think (18)
(Some Guy) Scary Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost 200 points on news that: A) today is Super Tuesday, B) the service sector has contracted, or C) Britney Spears' father is in charge of her finances (23)
The Sun Interesting Study finds having sex with your coworkers improves your work performance (236)
(Madison) Followup U.S. drops from fourth to 15th in broadband penetration. Bush declares victory (33)
BBC Asinine BP's oil profits nosedive to a mere $17.3 billion after a "tough year" for the company. Leaders scramble to put together corporate bailout package, call waaahmbulance (17)
(Bloomberg.com) Amusing The economy is so bad that, for the first time in history, Microsoft is going to borrow money (12)
CNBC Obvious Economics 101: The U.S. economy runs on cheap and available credit. News: There is currently no cheap and available credit. Fark: The Fed has no idea what to do, but they'll keep slashing interest rates until they reach zero percent (55)
(New York Times) Scary Falling home values and high debt levels have forced Americans to do the unthinkable -- live within their means (65)

Mon February 04, 2008
(Bloomberg) Cool Rupert Murdoch continues to have wild success in his life-long campaign to prove PT Barnum right (14)
Yahoo Obvious Oil rises $1 on news that the fog from Super Bowl hangovers hasn't lifted (5)
SFGate Interesting Google stock drops below $500, making it only overvalued by $450 now (30)
AP Obvious Stocks fall again as investors realize that the economy basically sucks... and will continue to suck for a while (46)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Interesting Google loves to bash Microsoft, apparently forgetting that it is the "next Microsoft" (31)
CNN PSA OPEC hints at production cuts if softer U.S. economy slows demand. Oil futures down almost $3 a barrel (17)
Boston Globe Followup Yahoogle? (89)
Yahoo Obvious Facing a government crackdown over predatory lending and a troubled housing-finance system, Wall Street and the real estate industry were among the top political givers in 2007 (14)
USA Today Obvious Chinese stocks surge on news that everybody in America was actually a Giants fan (4)
The Sun Amusing Australia lures young professionals from Britain by pointing out how much the UK sucks, with slogans like "Sod house prices" and "Screw working in Staines." Bad teeth, Nanny State references strangely absent (81)
Canada.com Followup Yahoo will link up with Google to form Voltron and destroy Microsoft. Your move, Mr. Gates (34)
(Bloomberg) Obvious Coal rises to record $100 a ton on news of Giants winning Super Bowl (16)
AP Ironic Somehow, the most god-foresaken part of the country has escaped the housing crunch and is actually enjoying rising housing prices (23)

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