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Sun February 01, 2009
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If you lose your job in Massachusetts you may get a little extra bonus from the state -- a fine for losing your health insurance |
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Old and busted: You making mortgage payments to your bank. New hotness: Bank making mortgage payments to you |
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The newest craze in corporate team-building: Plane crashes |
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Paul Krugman uses Milton Friedman's economic theory to explain why spending is a better stimulus than tax cuts |
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Ebaum fired from Ebaum; new CEO drives off in Ebaum's big van with his logo all over it |
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Jamie Dimon is not living in denial: "I take full blame for all the American banks and all the things they did. God knows, some really stupid things were done by American banks." |
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Sat January 31, 2009
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People who carry low balances on high limit credit cards to boost their credit scores are in for an unpleasant surprise |
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Nike says online sales are way up, as cost-conscious consumers try to save gas money when they buy horribly overpriced shoes made by kids |
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Tesla motors: Oh where, oh where can I build my new car? Oh where, oh where will that be? I wanted to build it in Silicon Valley, now that plan just won't work for me |
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Job losses exceed 100,000 for this past week alone. You meant to submit this, but were too busy looking in the "want" ads |
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Don't be surprised if you turn around and see a giraffe, sea lion, and tree frog in line behind you at the unemployment office |
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AOL to cut 700 jobs, consider merger. If your mom works for AOL, maybe you have time to warner  |
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Company promises first U.S.-built taxi since the Checker. From the looks of things, they are poised for as much success as America's other automakers |
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Even the Amish are not immune to the effects of the recession |
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Suburban Federal in MD is the latest bank to be closed by the feds. No word on Expedition Savings or Navigator Bank & Trust |
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Fri January 30, 2009
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Don't panic about 401k plans. Here comes the finance |
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Hollywood attributes falling DVD sales to those newfangled "rentals" instead of the $25.00 sale price they started demanding after the Supreme Court said they could set price minimums |
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Coke decides to drop the "Classic" from its label, citing belief that young consumers find it "too stodgy." Wouldn't seem too stodgy if you'd been around to drink the Slurm residue back in 1985, you whippersnappers |
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Bill Gates predicts downturn will last for 4 years, 640K should be enough memory for everyone |
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Consumer confidence rises to a four-month high in January among Americans who have not yet been laid off, says new study by the Maybe If We Say It Online It'll Come True Institute |
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In today's meeting, what to do with a $45.2 Billion profit. But first, THE WHORES |
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A green economy will never produce as many jobs as the traditional energy economy, or will it? Wind industry now employs more than coal industry |
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New York refuses to provide data to Carfax about junked use cars, citing privacy concerns. And by "privacy concerns" they mean they want more money |
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In a desperate attempt to survive the current global economic crisis, Boeing lays off its entire landing gear manufacturing division. What could possibly go wrong? |
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Watch out, bankers - you done gone and pissed off Barack now: "That is the height of irresponsibility. It is shameful ... there will be time for them get bonuses. Now is not that time." |
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Economists predict a fourth quarter GDP number of negative 5.6 percent. This is not good, sports fans |
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Oil prices rise above $45 on news that Jessica Simpson looks horrible in mom jeans |
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Japan's seeing more zeros than WWII |
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That former Circuit City near you just might re-open as a Best Buy store |
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Thu January 29, 2009
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Yesterday's feel good story about sales of pre-existing homes up by 6.5% dwarfed by today's new-home sales plunged by 14.7% story |
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New report from the Institute For The Stunningly Obvious finds house prices are still affordable provided you buy one in a shiathole where no sane person would want to live, like Detroit or Newfoundland |
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The company that which makes Jim Beam bourbon, Titleist golf balls and Moen faucets freezes corporate officers salaries and drops bonuses. CEOs to get drunk, play golf, and not give a shiat about some faucet |
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Old and busted: Having your credit score go down because of not paying your bills. New Hotness: Your credit score and credit lines affected by where you shop |
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Thanks to unemployment crisis, men in business suits are suddenly sexier to Canadians than firefighters, rock stars or models |
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Nintendo cuts Wii sales forcast due to lower than expected sales over holidays. Perhaps if they were available in stores sales would have been higher |
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Shell profits declined from $11 billion in the 3rd quarter to just $5.2 billion in the last quarter of 2008 as oil prices declined from "total assrape" to "mild sphincter massage" |
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You know how you wish you could just stop dealing with dumb customers, yeah the guy that owns tshirthell.com can and just did |
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Online security breaches cost companies $1 trillion last year, according to new study from Institute Of Rectally Extracted Statistics |
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Ford posts biggest loss in its history, raising fears among tow truck drivers and mechanics that company may go bankrupt and stop selling its crapmobiles, robbing their kids of their college funds |
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The average 401(k) balance went from $69,200 in 2007 to $50,200 last year losing an average of 27% in value, which is only half as bad as a divorce |
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Chick-Fil-A posts double digit sales growth despite the recession. CEO credits value menu and God |
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Mayor Bloomberg declares war on Salt. Pepa seen fleeing New York |
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Will the global economic crisis destroy the dollar and force us to adopt a North American currency? You can bet your bottom Amero that it won't |
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Wed January 28, 2009
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I'll have a venti triple-digit store closure, half-caf, 69% profit plunge, non-fat, 6,700 employee leaner cappuccino company please |
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Toyota recalls the Vitz due to its propensity to be used in filthy limericks |
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It's tough times for gold diggers, too |
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Bet you can't cheat just one |
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Spanish bank offers $1.82 Billion to its clients who were victims of Bernie Madoff |
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Passengers on cruise ship stuck in ice are coping with situation best they can. PARTY |
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Family decides to count number of credit card applications received in mail in a year, including those to sons, ages 8 and 11. Answer: 445. I think we've discovered how to save lenders some money |
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Problem: I am a douchebag, but my car doesn't effectively reflect how douchy I am. Porsche: We have a button for that |
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Tue January 27, 2009
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Leading bank CEOs decide not to attend the World Economic Forum this year. Apparently the parties will not be up to the usual standard |
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In a decision that is sure to devistate suburban moms and real-estate agents everywhere, GM halts production of the H2 |
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World's tiniest violin now playing for U.S. banks, which are complaining that customers are choosing to incur less ATM and check overdraft fees than they used to |
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Down goes Foreman, down goes Foreman - ShamWow wins CNBC's "As Seen On TV" championship bracket, knocking out Foreman Grill and becoming Greatest Of All Time |
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Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there. Unless you live in Florida |
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Coke Zero to remake the "Mean Joe Greene" commercial from 1980. Is nothing sacred?? |
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Former Merrill Lynch CEO prays you won't hate him. "Here, take my money. Stop hitting me" |
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New feature on Mercedes Benz cars is a drowsy driver alert. Not to be outdone, Toyota reminds us of their smug driver alert feature on their Prius |
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Chocolate proves more recession-proof than alcohol: Hershey's reports 51% fourth quarter profit increase |
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Netflix 4Q profits up 45% as people realize they can stay home for roughly 3-5% of what it costs to go out |
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The middle class is being hit worst by the collapse in asset values, because the rich have so much that losing a little doesn't bother them and the poor never had anything to begin with |
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Mon January 26, 2009
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Verizon Wireless selling $250 device to help "improve" service inside your home |
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Video games outsell DVD and Blu-Ray for the first time ever. I don't think you thought your cunning plan all the way through Sony |
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American Express reports 79% drop in income, suspects people are leaving home without it |
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Old and Busted: Family style restaurants. The New Hotness: Breastaurants |
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Twitter founder says they're not worried about making money, which is good considering they don't have any revenue streams |
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Today's exhibit on why bailouts to companies are a bad idea...Citigroup upgrades its corporate jet at the low price of $50 million. Do you know how many beers that would buy to stimulate the economy? |
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Gas station raises price to $4.89 a gallon. This is not a repeat from last summer, it is to protest against a zone pricing policy used by Exxon which charges different gas stations, different prices |
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When asked how many car dealerships would close this year, the president of the National Auto Dealers Association replied, "well, let me talk to my manager, and I think you'll be pleased with the result" |
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Facebook surpasses MySpace as the preferred networking site to socially incriminate yourself |
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Canon comes up with the best policy EVER |
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Home Depot soon to have 7,000 fewer employees who just can't seem to help you find a simple four-inch galvanized lag screw |
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Unexpected benefit of economy going into the toilet? Trips to tropical paradises are now so cheap even you can afford to go |
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Oil up to $46 a barrel on news that Blagojevich almost nominated Oprah Winfrey to become Senator |
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Canadian auto workers are more productive than U.S. and Mexican auto workers.... according to the Canadian Auto Workers union |
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CEO of failed Lehman Bros. sells his $13.3M mansion to his wife for $100. Hmmmm, nothing fishy going on around here |
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If the stimulus doesn't work, welcome to a post-apocalyptic nightmare world where China and India rule and America is just an overgrown Albania |
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Existing home sales rise 6.5% on news that it's pretty much a buy one, get one free at this point |
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What major insurING and investING firm is cuttING 7,000 jobs, hopING to increase its savINGs? If you guessed Citigroup or AIG, better hope you're not one of those 7,000 |
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Sprint drops 8,000 employees, calls |
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*bam* *pow* *smash* *boom* *sales* *slump* |
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British publisher does Nazi a problem with reprinting Third Reich newspapers for distribution in Germany. What dummkopfs |
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Congressional Republicans are starting to sour on the economic stimuWOOOO WOOOO LETS RUN THIS MOTHER INTO THE GROUND |
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What credit crisis? Pfizer tenders $68 billion acquisition of Wyeth. Suck it, pessimists |
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10 worst Cars of the Year. 8 are American, a 9th is American-made-in-Europe |
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