(Kansas.com)(21) Boeing may lose $1 billion 787 order if delivery schedule slips any further into the 22nd century
(Wall Street Journal)(18) Bank failures hit 120, including bank with branch offices in China. Our masters will be displeased
Fri November 06, 2009:
(Some Guy)(33) Unemployed man paints his resume on his car: "My best bet is to stay parked somewhere because gas is so expensive"
(PCWorld)(136) Verizon calls AT&T's bluff, demands their suit proceed to trial, putting AT&T in the unenviable position of explaining -- in court -- why the coverage maps, despite being accurate, are inaccurate
(MSNBC)(125) US may not have European health care yet, but we already have European unemployment: Jobless rate reaches 10.2 percent
(Some Guy)(50) MGM Mirage reports $750.4 million quarterly loss. Submitter didn't lose quite that much the last time he was at the MGM
(Some Ad Guy)(71) Campbell's Soup, who makes the world's worst chicken noodle soup, launches an ad campaign bragging about how many noodles go into each can
(The Daily Beast)(66) Having customers pay for online news will be successful within two years, says Time Warner CEO Jeff McWishfulthinking
(News.com.au)(404) You knew the girls on dating sites were fakes. But did you know they were fakes set up by the companies that run the dating sites?
(MSNBC)(17) In down economy, Starbucks sees increase in visits, money spent. Mostly by people who go there all day because they haven't gotten around to telling their spouses they were laid off
(News.com.au)(67) Man makes $90,000 a year just by wearing a different company's t-shirt everyday. Your cubicle just got smaller
Thu November 05, 2009:
(The Consumerist)(45) Dell tries out a new shipping policy, which guarantees free overnight shipping for laptop purchases, though it may take up to 18 overnights to reach you
(Delaware Online)(39) Headline: "Productivity gains may be bad news for job seekers". - Next stimulus package to include free memberships to TotalFark
(Motley Fool)(142) Ayn Rand spotted walking back to her dorm with her head down & makeup a mess
(Detroit News)(72) After years of research and deliberation, Chrysler will attempt a bold and risky new strategy: Creating vehicles that people would actually want
(Yahoo)(11) Merchants disappointed by retail sales in October
(Yahoo)(3) Merchants relieved by retail sales in October
(Bloomberg)(121) Goldman Sachs and Barclays invoke the "Jesus Defense" to explain their massive bonuses. It's what He would have done
(London Times)(76) Uncle Ben fires up the Free Money Helicopter for another six months of zero interest lending
Wed November 04, 2009:
(MSNBC)(58) Can't afford top shelf wine? You can if it's on the top shelf at 7-11
(AP)(29) Ancestry.com hopes to raise $100 million in IPO. Tell your parents
(CBC)(28) Chrysler: "We're now breaking even, and our cash on-hand is up $1 billion. But please continue to bail us out, kthnksbye."
(Yahoo)(19) JPMorgan: It's been a month, let's try to sweep this under the rug again
(The New York Times)(182) A restaurant in which the only question the waitress asks is "What temperature would you like your steak?" Count me in
(Huffington Post)(36) T-Mobile encourages subscribers to pay their mobile bills online by adding photos of topless women to its payment site
(My Fox)(85) Best Buy exec is denied first class tickets for dressing too casually. Airport customer service expected to ship his tickets to Korea for repairs, charge him double and void his warranty
(CNN)(24) Time Warner experiences better-than-expected third quarter, which is in no way related to their new "take AOL out back and shoot it in the head" business plan
(The Register)(27) Oracle is surprised that European commissioners are struggling to reconcile of the words "Larry Ellison" and "free" in the same sentence
(Financial Times)(96) India dumps 6.7 billion US dollars in favor of gold. Tag is for the ongoing "recovery"
Tue November 03, 2009:
(Time)(151) How to eat well on fifty bucks a week. Subby shrinks away in shame, realizing he just spent forty on pizza last night alone
(MSN)(87) Ever dreamed of owning a so-so beer company? Pabst is up for sale again. Just think of it, you could be swimming in a pool of Colt 45 while you try to drown the memory of why you bought the company in the first place
(AP)(40) Johnson and Johnson to give 7000 employees the Johnson
(Yahoo)(60) Buffet, who already owns an electric company, will buy Burlington Northern Railroad. Next up: the Water Works
(Bloomberg)(12) UBS reports fourth consecutive loss on news that wealthy Americans no longer trust them to hide their assets from the IRS
Mon November 02, 2009:
(Reuters)(89) Tool company Stanley buys Black & Decker, plans to hammer out more profit, but will ultimately just end up screwing customers
(Tech Crunch)(56) Warning: Facebook and MySpace allow the scammers who run Zynga and other social-gaming companies to rip-off their users. Obvious tag gives way to PSA
(NPR)(81) Do you like bacon? Support your friendly pork producer by buying more of it. They're being driven out of business due to the unfortunate nomenclature of some obscure virus
(Ad Age)(117) According to an exhaustively-researched market study seeking a correlation between beer choice and personality type, Corona drinkers are "busy, energetic and extroverted," Blue Moonies are socially liberal, and Drew is a poseur. Uh-oh
(The Consumerist)(94) Who says we need government intervention? Capital One generously offers its customers $10 off their next overdraft fee if they waive their rights under the CARD act
(CNBC)(59) Not content with being a global pariah, Goldman Sachs enters talks with Fannie Mae to buy the biggest tax break in history
(Washington Post)(92) Ford posts third quarter profits of...*rubs hands together*...one BILLION dollars
(CNN)(102) With credit cards charging 30% or more in interest and even more in fees, people are using their debit cards instead. Of course that means a story on how that's bad for you
(CNN)(39) What recession? China's economic growth explodes. Make of that what Yuan
(The New York Times)(47) More good news from Paul "Dr. Doom" Krugman: At our current rate of economic growth, we should recover sometime in the second term of the Sarah Palin administration
(Adweek)(63) Volvo is hoping that because Edward Cullen drives one of their cars in Twilight, fans of the movie will start buying their cars, because if there's one thing teenaged girls love, it's safe, bland, Swedish cars
Sun November 01, 2009:
(CNN)(75) Everybody, duck and cover: the CIT has hit the fan
(Huffington Post)(41) Treasury Secretary Geithner says that banks are playing it too safe, should engage in more risky investing. No, really. Stop laughing. I'm serious -- he said that
Sat October 31, 2009:
(The New York Times)(133) Ford union workers reject deal to bring labor costs in line with GM or Chrysler. Bonus: rejection means 7,000 union jobs will be cut. Subby would add a snarky comment but his palm seems to be attached to his face
(CBC)(53) Tim Hortons revenues increase by more than $50 million, so naturally they have to raise their coffee prices
(auto blog)(75) 725 HP V8? 0-60 in just 3.5 seconds? Now *that* is what I call a biatchin' Camaro
(The Consumerist)(51) Boston Market sends out $1 chicken meal coupons to customers on its email list. The only problem: the coupon went viral, supplies ran out, and things just went downhill from there
(NYPost)(37) Bernie Madoff to the SEC: "How could you have been so damn stupid?"
(Google)(12) On Devil's Night, the FDIC reanimated 9 zombie banks as branches of US Bank
(BBC)(70) 13-year old made redundant, considers going back to school
Fri October 30, 2009:
(Google)(85) Stock market plummets on the preposterous realization that consumers are saving their money rather than spending it on crap they don't need
(Some 5 Guy)(231) It's official: Sonic has the best cheeseburger Bonus: It even beat 5 Guys
(CBC)(137) Remember that guy who wrote song about United Airlines baggage handlers breaking his guitar? When flying to Denver to deliver keynote speech on customer service, UA lost his bags
(ABC)(62) Federal Reserve under fire for taking corporate retreats while admonishing the companies they regulate for doing the same thing
(Sun Sentinel)(35) Office Depot reports $413 million loss. Taking care of business, indeed
(The Consumerist)(47) Amazon launches new "PayPhrase" technology, which lets you buy a product by entering two words and a four-digit PIN. I'm sure this'll go over well
(The Consumerist)(35) Copycat business is suing original artist to force him to abandon his own copyrights so the copycat can legally sell cheaper knockoffs. God Bless America
(Google)(13) Colgate-Palmolive 3Q profit rises 18 percent; competitors said to be crestfallen
(Slashdot)(35) You know how libraries stamp books they loan out? Amazon plans to do the same thing to eBooks
(CNN)(25) Exxon Mobil earnings drop 68%. One percent more, and the company might just be licked
(VZW)(129) Verizon Wireless' profits, subscriber growth up 25% this year based on ideas like "reliable coverage" and "not pissing off your customer base by blaming all your problems on them"
(Yahoo)(35) Shell makes $3 billion profit in the 3rd quarter. In light of such dismal results, plans to cut 5,000 jobs
(Houston Chronicle)(64) Economy grew 3.5% last quarter, signalling an end to the recession for companies that received billions in government money and the end of the beginning of the recession for the 10% of the population who don't have jobs
(JSOnline)(152) Not news: PepsiCo secretary ignores papers from two locals who claimed they invented bottled water. Fark: Judge awards them $1.26 billion when the company no-shows in court
(Google)(73) Boeing picks South Carolina over Washington for second 787 line. Last years machinist strike...... well, that's karma for ya
(Some Guy)(56) Wal-Mart begins selling caskets and urns online. No word yet when the NASCAR versions will be available
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