These links may be stale and generate errors.
Can't do much about it. Tastes like chicken.
Sun November 23, 2008
 |
 |
Steve Forbes: Henry Paulson is "the worst treasury secretary we've had in modern times"  |
(20) |
 |
 |
In light of the current economic crisis, here's how to take a vacation for free  |
(6) |
 |
 |
Food companies are trusted to police themselves and submit recall notices for mislabeled foods. Example recall notice: "the product is good and wholesome"  |
(15) |
| (MediaMemo) |
 |
YouTube Live's big debut: Like a cancelled network TV show, only with dimmer stars and a smaller audience  |
(16) |
 |
 |
ɐloɔ ɐɔoɔ ɹoɟ pıq ɹǝʌoǝʞɐʇ uı ɹǝʍǝɹq uɐılɐɹʇsnɐ |
(26) |
Sat November 22, 2008
 |
 |
GM says filing Chapter 11 would scare off customers, didn't seem to care about that when they greenlit the Aztek  |
(88) |
 |
 |
Citigroup meets with Fed and Treasury officials to discuss "options". EVERYBODY WITHDRAWAL  |
(64) |
 |
 |
Coming soon: the Transamerica Burger King BP Chicken Ranch Golden Gate Bridge, brought to you by Bob's Donuts  |
(23) |
| (Some Guy) |
 |
Bad economy drives up Army recruitment  |
(208) |
 |
 |
Russia devastated by financial/oil collapse. Vodak futures soar. Drunk people with nuclear weapons. That'd make an awesome movie  |
(58) |
 |
 |
This week's bank seizures are brought to you from California. Downey Savings & Loan Association and PFF Bank & Trust. U.S. Bancorp is getting larrrrrrrger  |
(18) |
Fri November 21, 2008
 |
 |
With a name like Smucker, the economic outlook has to be good  |
(17) |
 |
 |
Obama names Geithner for Treasury, DOW soars in response to close above 8,000 and change  |
(228) |
 |
 |
Looks like GM CEO Rick Wagoner will be flying commercial the next time he begs Congress for a handout  |
(353) |
 |
 |
Remember how they said the San Francisco Bay Area didn't really have a housing bubble because of all those sweet tech jobs? Yeah, funny thing about that  |
(36) |
 |
 |
Failout  |
(928) |
 |
 |
The economy is so bad, debt collectors can't pay their bills  |
(62) |
| (WATE-TV) |
 |
Knoxville council member Sandy Vagina has a problem with restaurant advertising "food so good you will slap your mama"  |
(40) |
 |
 |
How the Detroit auto industry drove into a ditch: "No car better captured America's haplessness than the pug-ugly AMC Gremlin, which debuted in 1970, and was first sketched out by an AMC designer on the back of an air-sickness bag"  |
(72) |
 |
 |
If you thought the "Bike Hero" take off on Guitar Hero was viral marketing you were right. Here's your cookie  |
(55) |
 |
 |
Not news: High-end Paris company makes fancy candle. News: It "smells like" Che Guevera. Fark: It'll set you commies back $75 for 9.5 ounces  |
(13) |
Thu November 20, 2008
 |
 |
Michael Moore on the auto bailout: don't give 'em a dime  |
(152) |
 |
 |
Buy Apple stock now, get company free in seven years  |
(16) |
 |
 |
AP sources say that 10% of them won't have jobs soon  |
(12) |
 |
 |
Today's "Economic collapse brought on by atheism" story brought to you by the editorial board of the Wall Street Journal  |
(308) |
 |
 |
News: An entire Ohio town full of auto-industry workers opposes big-three bailout. Fark: Because they work for Honda  |
(76) |
 |
 |
You know how I know Citigroup is going under? They're begging the SEC to bring back the short selling ban  |
(24) |
 |
 |
Fannie, Freddie Suspend Foreclosures Through Jan. 9  |
(157) |
 |
 |
Barnes & Noble reports higher-than-expected 3Q loss of $18.4 million due to "significant" drop-off in customer traffic and spending  |
(37) |
 |
 |
Dow closes to 5-year low. This is unfortunately a repeat from yesterday  |
(224) |
 |
 |
"Last year was the first year in half a century that a new indoor mall didn't open somewhere in the United States - a precipitous decline since the mid-1990s when they rose at a rate of 140 a year"  |
(57) |
 |
 |
Bipartisan group comes together to save auto bailout bill. And by bipartisan, we mean 4 senators from rust belt states  |
(80) |
 |
 |
It looks like the "compromise" for the US automakers is they will get to use the $25 billion earmarked for fuel efficient vehicles for anything they please, so get ready for Hummer 4: Rise of the Behemoth  |
(48) |
| (Some Guy) |
 |
Economic crisis increasingly forcing Canadians to delay retirement, although for Canadians, their retirement plan basically consists of being put on an ice floe and being pushed into the Arctic Ocean by their kids  |
(88) |
 |
 |
The latest bank to announce huge job cuts is... *spin wheel of fortune* JPMorgan Chase & Co., which will axe 3,000  |
(19) |
 |
 |
McDonalds tries to patent a new invention which it calls a "sandwich" in Europe and North America  |
(32) |
 |
 |
UAW to Congress: Get a deal done. Taxpayers to UAW: Eat a dick  |
(822) |
| (Some Guy) |
 |
Unmarked pauper's graves come back into fashion as economic crisis means people can no longer afford funerals  |
(17) |
 |
 |
Fed says economic problems getting larger than Leon  |
(50) |
 |
 |
The real victims of the bad economy: harpists who play at corporate events  |
(25) |
| (Some Guy) |
 |
Earnings at Dick's Sporting Goods beat expectations. Dicks  |
(21) |
| (Some Guy) |
 |
Jailed media baron Conrad Black wants out of jail early, so he asks someone with an even lower public standing to help. Yup, he's asking George Bush for a pardon. Bonus: Black wants company he defrauded to foot his legal bill -- again  |
(21) |
 |
 |
Four Nordic countries pledge 4.6 billion dollars to Iceland amidst threats of new Bjork video  |
(72) |
 |
 |
Yugo reaches the end of the line. Serbians, comedians inconsolable  |
(129) |
 |
 |
Oil falls below $50 a barrel on the news that soon we all won't have cars or homes to use any of it  |
(37) |
| (wdfn) |
 |
Dems pump brakes, flash high-beams at auto execs  |
(175) |
 |
 |
File a jobless claim this week? If so, you might've noticed the other 541,999 people waiting in line with you. That's a 16-year high for those of you at home keeping score  |
(283) |
 |
 |
Oil falls below $53 on news of Kelly Osbourne's wedding engagement  |
(23) |
| (Crain's New York) |
 |
Citigroup falls from "Number one bank in the world" to "Behind some podunk bank in Minneapolis." Live richly, indeed  |
(25) |
 |
 |
EU planning giant stimulus package. Still can't compete with American package, although they're uncut  |
(21) |
 |
 |
Asian, European stocks hit five year lows  |
(31) |
 |
 |
An absolutely fabulous lawsuit forces eHarmony to offer a gay dating service  |
(122) |
Wed November 19, 2008
| (Syracuse.com) |
 |
Nursing home fined $13,300 for failure to provide emergency care to choking victim. But seriously, would YOU want to give mouth-to-mouth to an 89-year old choking on a sausage?  |
(10) |
 |
 |
Halliburton says it will survive economic downturn. Whew  |
(24) |
 |
 |
New York's Attorney General Andrew misquotes drunker raver on Bourbon Street, demands the execs at AIG, "Show us your bits."  |
(11) |
 |
 |
Walgreen sees growth even during tough times, because who ISN'T a sucker for cheap store-brand aspirin, and buy-one-get-one-free enemas?  |
(25) |
 |
 |
You know that argument being peddled around how the Big Three can just reorganize under Chapter 11? Yeah, it turns out they'll be parted off and sold for scrap metal because credit no longer exists  |
(179) |
 |
 |
DOW falls below 8,000 for the first time since 2003. EVERYBODY PANIC  |
(527) |
 |
 |
Oil could hit $40 a barrel by April. Suck it, OPEC  |
(93) |
 |
 |
When traveling to speak before Congress about how your company doesn't have enough money to stay afloat, flying there in your private luxury jet probably isn't the best way to make your case look legit  |
(473) |
 |
 |
Citigroup writes off another $3 billion, contemplates name change to Shitigroup  |
(26) |
 |
 |
Once again the MSM focuses on the truly needy in today's tough economy: Read the heart-wrenching tales of underwater stock options, $600,000 houses, and cancelled horseback riding lessons  |
(123) |
 |
 |
Why the Automakers are a Mess  |
(74) |
 |
 |
Woolworths plunges on news it may sell stores. In other news, there are still Woolworths stores out there somewhere  |
(50) |
 |
 |
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble. BASF turns 20,000 jobs to rubble  |
(16) |
 |
 |
NPR: Will $25 billion be enough for the auto industry, Congressman Frank? Frank: Hahahahaha, no, we've got another $75 billion or so penciled in for March 09' (audio in link)  |
(393) |
 |
 |
The automaker bailout is like giving a shaky alcoholic another bottle. He's gonna die eventually, you're just postponing it. Cut him off and send him to rehab now  |
(242) |
| (NYSE) |
 |
Gene Simmons rings the opening bell at NYSE with his tongue  |
(138) |
 |
 |
Henry Paulson says it will take more time before Wall Street is well enough to rape the American taxpayer without government assistance  |
(6) |
 |
 |
Republican senator on U.S. auto makers: "I don't think they have immediate plans to change their model, which is a model of failure."  |
(293) |
 |
 |
Oil drops to $55 a barrel on news of *holds envelope to forehead* shortage of Magic 8 Balls  |
(28) |
 |
 |
Atheists enter the holiday greeting card market. "Reason's Greetings," everyone  |
(654) |
 |
 |
Thinking of buying a foreclosure? Read this list first  |
(26) |
 |
 |
The Great Depression 2. How I learned to stop worrying and love my cardboard box  |
(56) |
 |
 |
Next up to the government bailout trough: U.S. home builders. "Squeal like a pig, boy."  |
(12) |
| (Some Guy) |
 |
Now this is how you take the high road in response to a hit piece  |
(18) |
Tue November 18, 2008
 |
 |
Bank of America CEO: turnaround could happen as early as mid-2009  |
(22) |
| (News Journal) |
 |
Recession leads to more diagnoses of "The Costco Effect"  |
(41) |
 |
 |
How to get in on the feeding frenzy with your own personal bailout  |
(44) |
 |
 |
Sirius stock now cheaper than pack of gum  |
(49) |
 |
 |
Yahoo CEO search requirement: Don't be an idiot and turn down $40+ billion from Microsoft  |
(24) |
 |
 |
October wholesale prices plunge 2.8 percent, halfsale prices drop 1.4 percent, quartersale prices glide slowly down at .7, eighthsale prices barely move at .35  |
(18) |
 |
 |
Ford unloads Mazda stake to avert doom doom  |
(47) |
 |
 |
Always wanted a huge jet? US airlines unloading dozens at half price  |
(22) |
 |
 |
Harvard University has the top business school in the country and has produced four Nobel laureates in Economics. This didn't stop them from letting CNBC manage their endowment  |
(28) |
 |
 |
Nearly 400 workers at Hoover factory could be laid off. That sucks  |
(40) |
| (Some Guy) |
 |
Does your boss have to pay you while Vista boots up?  |
(189) |
 |
 |
202 Focus on the Family employees will soon have time to do just that  |
(74) |
 |
 |
A visit to acclaimed microbrewer Dogfish Head and its crazy genius founder. Keep on drinking the good sh-t  |
(167) |
 |
 |
Detroit's big 3 have already failed. The real question is what to do with their corpses  |
(366) |
 |
 |
Brazilian stockbroker commits suicide on the trading floor. That's a lot of stockbrokers  |
(30) |
 |
 |
Yahoo yanks Yang  |
(24) |
| (Some Guy) |
 |
With a recession in sight, the case for legalizing marijuana and taxing it for government revenue seems more practical than ever  |
(150) |
 |
 |
Symantec CEO to be uninstalled  |
(25) |
 |
 |
Apple forgets to add Google voice-enabled search application iPhone app to the store  |
(27) |
 |
 |
Samsung hit with patent suit. Employees unclear on the concept hoping suit comes with matching tie and handkerchief  |
(5) |
Mon November 17, 2008
| (Some Guy) |
 |
My Brother Is Not Martha Stewart  |
(19) |
 |
 |
Auto bailout prospects darken as GOP, Democrats clash; automakers say they're desperate. GM ready to start giving away hummers in order to get some money  |
(72) |
 |
 |
GM selling stake in Suzuki for three packs of gum, some pocket lint, and a Scooby Doo Pez dispenser. Analysts declare the transaction "overpriced"  |
(26) |
| (MediaMemo) |
 |
Angry mommyblogger alert: New campaign from Motrin is worst Web video, ever, and something should be done about it. Maybe an angry Twitter campaing will bring Johnson & Johnson to their knees  |
(46) |
 |
 |
Qantas staff forced to ration water, crackers, diapers and toilet paper to passengers kept on plane over 24 hours due to storm diversion. What a bummer  |
(80) |
| (Defense News) |
 |
Old & busted: We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. New hotness: Nom nom nom nom  |
(73) |
 |
 |
Ford, already sunk and sitting on the bottom, is better positioned to ride out rough economic times  |
(45) |
 |
 |
Oil falls below $56 on news that California is still on fire  |
(28) |
 |
 |
Borg warns of looming recession, assimilation  |
(19) |
 |
 |
How best to bail out GM. Or in other words, how we're screwed either way  |
(107) |
 |
 |
Goldman Sachs decide that spending taxpayer bailout money on hookers and blow is passé, decide to forego their bonuses instead. Dumbass tag too stunned to make an appearance  |
(39) |
 |
 |
Old and busted: McMansions. New hotness: McModest?  |
(50) |
 |
 |
Times Square is getting its first environmentally-friendly billboard powered entirely by smog and phlegm  |
(5) |
Business Farkives:
Complete archives