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Sun May 03, 2009

	20 ways to save money on the Internet. Not paying $5 a month for a website where you can see every three-day-old story submitted as a Newsflash or read interminable posts about people having problems getting their PCs to work not among them	(60)
	In today's article that pops up from time to time, news that those "As Seen on TV" devices may not work as advertised	(34)
	In addition to Chrysler, it looks as if Fiat will get GMs European brands too	(28)
	At least one person is making a boat load of money off of the foreclosure crisis. He's the guy who spray paints dead lawns green. w/pics	(50)
	"What will happen if the old media dies before the new media learns to walk? What happens to journalism and its valuable services in a world that can't pay the measly salaries of journalists?"	(62)
	"Hedge fund managers have a civic duty to lose large amounts of other peoples' money in order to ensure that the UAW makes as few sacrifices as possible in a bankruptcy."	(71)
(Ohio Media Watch)	Clear Channel radio listeners in Boston, Memphis and Nashville will be getting their "local" news from Cincinnati	(36)

Sat May 02, 2009

Warren Buffet says Obama is doing all the right things to help the economy recover, but what does HE know?

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Fri May 01, 2009

		$4+ per gallon gas: I'm DEFINITELY buying a Prius. $2 per gallon gas: Prius sales drop 62%. Al Gore cries himself to sleep	(162)
		Who says you can't buy anything for a dollar anymore? In Canada, it can buy you your very own TV station	(25)
		Worst American CEOs of all time. #19 managed to destroy two well-known computer companies. #17 destroyed a home-improvement store and a car company. The list gets worse from there	(131)
		Banks finding new ways to get your money. This time, its a "paying too early" charge	(117)
		Citigroup sells their Japanese brokerage firm for $7.9 billion, still manage to protect their reputation by losing $200 million on the deal	(12)
		Meet Ron Grassi, a former trial lawyer who came out of retirement to single-handedly take on Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings for negligence, fraud and deceit. Get that man a beer	(69)
		The swine flu is like Christmas, the 4th of July, Halloween, Hannukah, and Thanksgiving combined for the sole U.S. maker of surgical face masks	(40)

Thu April 30, 2009

	Wife sues bank for telling her husband that she had over $800,000 in her personal account at the branch	(118)
	Adolf Hitler's family won't see any money from the sale of his paintings, since their past efforts raised a little furor	(146)
	Chrysler to undergo bankruptcy, reemerge as Chrysler the White	(412)
	We don't make a lot of the things you buy, and that's kind of our problem. BASF	(41)
	The U.S. economy shrinks a more-than-expected 6.1% in Q1. Embarrassed economists blame cold weather	(102)
(North Jersey)	Iconic "Sopranos" landmark "Fountains Of Wayne" patio store also ends abrup	(44)
	"While Amazon's stock price has risen 41 percent over the past two years, eBay's has lost more than 50 percent of its value". eBay CEO: "We're Not Amazon"	(56)
	Fed says U.S. recession appears to be easing... because everybody is buying facemasks, bottled water and duct tape	(33)

Wed April 29, 2009

		MGM Mirage and Dubai World agree to fund their $8.5 billion CityCenter project that will have no customers. BRILLIANT	(26)
		Shareholders strip Ken Lewis of his Chairman title. Ken makes a grumpy face and pouts. (pic)	(14)
		Fed sees the recession easing, decides not to reduce key lending rate from zero to "take at much as you can, please"	(27)
		McCurry's wins suit against McDonald's. McDowell's unavailable for comment at this time	(82)
		Canada to be hit with unparalleled force this recession. Fortunately the flu will kill us all before this becomes a major problem	(69)
		Banks could easily repay their TARP loans, but they don't want to give up 0% loans when they can make money on the trade. The Mafia did more time for less	(57)
		Citigroup asks for Timmah Geithner's blessing to pay corporate bonuses, on this, the day of his daughter's wedding	(61)

Tue April 28, 2009

		USA Today reshuffles entire top management team in bid to stay relevant. If only there were a snappy way to visualize the changes in the organization, perhaps using color-coding	(11)
		At least the recession killed CosmoGirl, Teen People and House & Garden	(47)
		Despite the PR, it's not possible that only two people know the recipe for Coca-Cola: "Are firms allowed to just blatantly lie in their advertising?"	(91)
		US Airways to add a fee for paying a fee. Don't hold your breath that this will go away, unless you want to start practicing for the day they start charging for air	(49)
		With Circuit City dead, Monster Cable is now in trouble. And if they do file for bankruptcy, it will be the most overpriced bankruptcy ever	(275)
		GM's cunning plan to swap debt for equity would leave Uncle Sam with over 50% of its stock... and the UAW with about 40%. What could possibly go wrong?	(173)
		Website tracks job selection process for various companies. You will be asked "If you were a cereal what kind would you be?" during your interview at Cisco and Visa wants to know what you would do with 100 Christmas trees in July	(94)
		Large corporations are where brilliant ideas go to die a slow, inter-office political death	(67)
		The economic recession is so bad that more people are hitting the gym in the next twenty-FIVE minutes	(45)
		Only in one country can a CEO supervise the collapse of his company, park $60 billion in worthless bets with the Federal Reserve, and still get a job at Goldman Sachs. Welcome to America	(37)

Mon April 27, 2009

	Coal company exec "It is critical that we work on clean coal technology now." How much has his company invested? "Well, no dollars, per se"	(78)
	Conde doing a nasty	(9)
	Backers of a "green" economy say it will be cheap to implement and will clean up the environment while freshening your breath and increasing the length of your penis	(86)
	Anybody remember Tribe the social network? Yeah I didn't think so, and that's why it failed	(21)
	Dollar is up against the Euro because it's sure to be the default unit of exchange in a post-swine-flu apolcalyptic battleground of man-versus-man	(26)
	For no reason in particular, Verizon COO calls press conference to announce that they are not in imminent danger of filing for bankruptcy, everything is fine, and there's nothing to see here	(94)
	UAW agrees to 'painful' concessions to save Chrysler. No word if this includes giving up the golf courses for the union heads, or only the carts	(293)
	City employees in Chicago aren't getting paid for their overtime. Instead, they're putting it into an "overtime bank" and waiting for a payout. Currently, over $2 million is owed to the employees. This will in no way backfire	(44)
	The Ten Greatest Pontiacs of All Time - because the Ten Worst would be far too easy	(239)
(Some Car Guy)	Pontiac, which "built excitement" by slapping tacky bodywork on Chevys and introducing America to the visual horror that was the Aztek, is going away. Finally	(258)
	If you're tired of not growing alfalfa, you could make $60,000 per year not practicing corporate law	(35)
	The recession is hitting Germany about as hard as the French military	(37)
	Shuttered stores, half-built housing sites and rotting piles of uncollected garbage have turned London into a boomtown for rats	(164)
	Viagra rival can be rubbed directly into skin...porn stocks skyrocket	(60)