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Sun July 12, 2009
Source     Fark Headline Comments
(CTV) Interesting More students trying to pay for university tuition with credit cards; more universities refusing to accept them from the little deadbeats  (ctv.ca) (112)
(Some Girl) Sick It's about time someone figured out there was a market for booger- and barf-flavored jelly beans  (atigerinthekitchen.com) (26)
(CNBC) Obvious The U.S. residential housing market is dead  (cnbc.com) (202)

Sat July 11, 2009
(London Times) Unlikely British retailers blame latest slump in sales on Andy Murray's success at Wimbledon. Really  (business.timesonline.co.uk) (5)
(CNBC) Asinine Delta's sexy new uniform not offered to "plus-size" former NWA union stewardesses. Fark: Apparently "plus-size" now starts at size 18  (cnbc.com) (464)
(Contact Music) Interesting Eva Longoria will be the new ass of Heineken  (contactmusic.com) (51)
(ABC News) Obvious Rent-to-own stores thriving in latest proof that Americans aren't getting any better at math  T-Shirt  (abcnews.go.com) (73)
(KnoxNews) Misc Rosetta Stone Inc. sues Google for infringement. They called Google 'software pirates' in more than 30 different languages  (knoxnews.com) (95)
(Chicago Sun-Times) Amusing Walgreen's opens first Alaskan store in Wasilla after it became obvious last year that the community needed greater access to birth control and magazines  T-Shirt  (suntimes.com) (26)
(Fox Business) Stupid Wells Fargo asks "How can we make this worse?" Answer: "Let's sue ourselves"  (foxbusiness.com) (29)

Fri July 10, 2009
(Newsweek) Obvious What GM and Chrysler can learn from Hyundai, even though they both seem to have the 'make crappy cars' thing pretty much down  (newsweek.com) (73)
(Houston Chronicle) Interesting Oil under $60 on news that Obama and Sarkozy reach 17-year Brazilian drilling agreement  T-Shirt  (chron.com) (59)
(St. Petersburg Times) Spiffy And to think you were wondering what to wear today. It's Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-Fil-A, and meals are free for the bovine-attired. Still time to go home and change  (blogs.tampabay.com) (62)
(MSNBC) Asinine Subby not sure which is worse about this story: AIG is planning on more executive bonuses, or that we now have a Federal Compensation Czar that they're consulting with  (msnbc.msn.com) (45)
(Yahoo) Obvious GM emerges from bankruptcy, sees shadow of debt, predicts six more weeks of Buick  (news.yahoo.com) (174)
(LA Times) Spiffy Zombie Billy Mays pitches from beyond the grave with two ads filmed before his death  (latimes.com) (44)
(Financial Post) Spiffy Evil Canadian Empire to attack NYC with its secret weapon: Tim Hortons  (financialpost.com) (65)

Thu July 09, 2009
(Toledo Blade) Obvious JetAmerica: "Our regularly scheduled flights cost just $9." FAA: "If you're regularly scheduled, you need to buy slots." JetAmerica: "Did we say regularly scheduled? Ha ha, just kidding. Look, ponies."  (toledoblade.com) (27)
(MSNBC) Spiffy Like a firebird rising from the cobalt, GM has emerged from bankruptcy in the most regal way  (msnbc.msn.com) (81)
(USA Today) Asinine "If it weren't for overdraft fees, 45% of banks and credit unions wouldn't have made money in 2008"  (usatoday.com) (309)
(Reuters) Obvious Warren Buffett calls first stimulus a "half a tablet of Viagra", stops short of calling Congress a "bunch of limpdicks"  (reuters.com) (52)
(CNN) Interesting Whole Foods stock is on the rise, as analysts conclude that while the economy goes up and down, hipsters and progressive suburbanites who need their organic jicama stay the same  (money.cnn.com) (57)
(Yahoo) Fail Wall Street wants to treat California's IOU's as securities and trade them. Securities to be rated as "UU-", which is right between Haitian penny stocks and Stage 5 brain cancer  (finance.yahoo.com) (39)
(Slashdot) Interesting In 1.2 miles, standalone GPS unit sales make a downward turn off a cliff. TomTom recalculating strategy to merge with iPods  (mobile.slashdot.org) (117)
(ClusterStock) Scary We've wiped out all jobs created in the 21st century. Up next: the '90s  (businessinsider.com) (78)
(Yahoo) Amusing In today's example of a pot calling a kettle black, Citigroup notes that AIG equity is essentially worthless  (finance.yahoo.com) (11)
(Bloomberg) Scary CIT Group, come on down - you're the next contestant on "The Bank is Failed"  (bloomberg.com) (11)
(CNN) Scary The economy shed another 565,000 jobs last week, but it's 50,000 less than we were expecting, so GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY  (money.cnn.com) (58)
(ESPN) Sad Lenny Dykstra hammered into bankruptcy, hopes to claw his way out. Peen  (sports.espn.go.com) (45)
(Wall Street Journal) Sad In the saddest story of the recession yet, the high-end wine industry is reeling as unemployed Farkers go back to drinking Gallo, Franzia  (online.wsj.com) (63)

Wed July 08, 2009
(Economist) Unlikely Scientists want to turn the Sahara into the world's largest solar collector array and run high voltage cables under the Mediterranean to supply power to Europe. What could possibly go wrong?  (economist.com) (97)
(PCWorld) Interesting Overview and anaylsis of how royalties affect terrestrial, satellite, and internet radio; or how I learned how the music industry loves to shoot itself in the foot  (pcworld.com) (36)
(Minyanville) Obvious Prices are falling, bling is on the decline -- and now, according to the New York Times, even porn is feeling the ill effects of shrinkage  (minyanville.com) (25)
(Some Guy) Florida Business loans fall 48% in South Florida on news that the leading industry in the state is pyramid shaped  (bizjournals.com) (10)
(Some Guy) Interesting Ten things real estate brokers don't want you to know. If "they are completely worthless" were on the list, the OBVIOUS tag would bow honorably  (smartmoney.com) (143)
(My Fox) Stupid The next great idea from the airlines: discount "standing room only" tickets  (myfoxatlanta.com) (58)
(USA Today) Cool Wanna fly 750 miles? $60. Southwest, AirTran, and Frontier Airlines are deeply discounting their fares  (usatoday.com) (69)
(Reuters) Ironic T. Boone Pickens scraps his world's biggest wind farm boondoggle. Which is odd considering he is responsible for 90% of the world's hot air  (reuters.com) (116)
(Google) Spiffy Boeing's 787 Dreamliner taxies under its own power for the first time ever. At this rate, it might even get airborne by 2063  (google.com) (38)

Tue July 07, 2009
(Newsweek) Scary Old and busted: 14% unemployment rate. New hotness: $20 for a gallon of gas  (newsweek.com) (675)
(Globe and Mail) Scary Goldman Sachs spokes-lawyer admits their software can be used to "manipulate markets in unfair ways." Not that they'd ever use it that way themselves, of course  (theglobeandmail.com) (24)
(Marketwatch) Spiffy After watching various hedge funds use the commoditites markets to cause food riots and the near collapse of the Western World, CFTC decides to reign in market speculators  (marketwatch.com) (63)
(Forbes) Obvious Health insurance company stocks up sharply on news that 40 million Americans will have to start giving them money every month even if their coverage is denied  (forbes.com) (142)
(Boston Herald) Spiffy Live in Massachusetts? Check. Chew any tobacco in the last 19 years? Check. Congratulations, here's a check for $750  (bostonherald.com) (39)
(Trading Markets) Obvious Air France-KLM passenger traffic down in June, probably due to thunderstorms  (tradingmarkets.com) (12)
(Silicon Alley Insider) Obvious Barry Diller just can't get enough online dating sites. You will now see the same five fat chicks no matter where you sign up  (businessinsider.com) (47)
(ClusterStock) Spiffy The US dollar: Not as screwed as we thought  (businessinsider.com) (62)
(Daily Mail) Sad The Republic has fallen  (dailymail.co.uk) (28)
(Bloomberg) Scary Study predicts home prices in most of the U.S. will continue to fall through the first quarter of 2011. Suck it, Mr. "Buying is always better than renting"  (bloomberg.com) (158)
(CNN) Obvious It turns out that being laid off actually gives you time to pursue a job you've always wanted  (cnn.com) (113)
(SFGate) Spiffy Vulture capitalists swoop down on distressed California State debt. The market has decided  (sfgate.com) (31)
(Some Drunken Shopping Guy) Spiffy Grocery shopping in North Carolina is about to get a lot more interesting  (citizen-times.com) (30)

Mon July 06, 2009
(News.com.au) Silly Franzia, inventor of the "two buck chuck", announces his latest creation, the "three dolla koala". No, really  (news.com.au) (46)
(First Coast News) Florida One good thing about all those bank failures: the FDIC is hiring  (firstcoastnews.com) (5)
(Bloomberg) Interesting Moody's to review Brazilian credit ratings. That's going to take a while  (bloomberg.com) (12)
(Michigan Live) Cool Happy birthday, Super Soaker  (mlive.com) (30)
(Google) Strange Ubisoft getting paid $263 million to bring 800 jobs to Toronto. That sounds about right  (google.com) (40)
(Bloomberg) Interesting "The average work week fell to 33 hours in June, the lowest level on record." You say that like it's a bad thing  (bloomberg.com) (38)
(Bloomberg) Sad 3,700 BASF employees no longer make a lot of the products you buy better  (bloomberg.com) (15)
(Bloomberg) Scary Goldman Sachs' proprietary trading program is now out in the open. Use this information only for good  (bloomberg.com) (25)
(Hartford Courant) Interesting Petroleum groups say that new climate change legislation will increase average American family's expenses by $1500 per year. BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA  (courant.com) (79)
(Wall Street Journal) Obvious DOJ investigating whether AT&T and Verizon used their oligopolies to unfairly control the telecom market. U.S. Attorney Ric Romero on the case  (online.wsj.com) (118)
(Reuters) Weird Wells Fargo plans to expand into investment banking, file Chapter 11 by November  (reuters.com) (5)
(ClusterStock) Obvious Alt-A "liar loans" have lost 64.7% of their face value in the recession, surprising no one but the banks  (businessinsider.com) (19)
(Bloomberg) Unlikely China begins program to "supplement" US Dollar with Yuan as global currency  (bloomberg.com) (32)
(ClusterStock) Interesting California has effectively created its own currency, putting it one step ahead of Texas in the secession game  (businessinsider.com) (132)
(Fox Sports) Interesting Stocks down early this morning on the news that Russia wants to know how Obama's golf swing is doin  (msn.foxsports.com) (8)
(Yahoo) Scary Oil falls to $64, and drags the world's stocks down with it  (finance.yahoo.com) (101)
(MSNBC) Cool Goodbye financial supermarket firms. Thanks for all the rape and pillage  (msnbc.msn.com) (43)

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