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-cont'd from above- Flights Cut ``We are uniquely positioned to be penalized by the global slowdown, because we're hugely dependent on the consumer getting in a car or plane to get away from their lives,'' said Jeremy Aguero, co-owner of Applied Analysis. Southwest Airlines Co., which...

It's a much broader problem in Vegas, than that, but this hottie is hurting. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=a5I2yxVie96I&refer=home Leigh Sogoloff, a lap-dancing at Rick's Cabaret Vegas, poses for a portrait at the club in Las Vegas, on Oct. 7, 2008. Photographer...

Scary, scary times. Without job growth, and indeed, industrial growth, I do not see any light at 'the end of the tunnel.'

There's just no capitulation in sight. None. Every single day, I (we) are barraged by endless pundits talking about how cheap stocks are here, and how it's the investment opportunity of a lifetime to start deploying cash. Threads here and elsewhere attempt to call bottoms every day...

Nikkei's down most since '87 crash. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aT4Eb5Cdztf0&refer=home

I've been saying the same thing for months. Every time the government has intervened - every single time - they not only have failed to stabilize the markets, but have rattled confidence and created panic. Recessions are not bad. They go hand in hand with the business cycle. Letting...

Bernanke delivers, as usual.

It's speaking now. Look at it! Look at it! It never sleeps!

It has not been a good time on Wall Street, and now it's gotten even lower. Reader Adalis writes, "Someone spray painted the Wall St. Bulls balls blue. It was gone in a few hours, but I snapped some quick pics." http://gothamist.com/2008/10/09/wall_street_needs_relief_in_more_wa.php

There's an alien about to speak to the nation now. It has a white beard. It has studied our economy, and 'The Great Depression,' allegedly. I fear it.

You started 'Girls Gone Wild,' didn't you? :D

Is it 'tittie,' or 'titty?' We have to go to Canada to get nude. :mad: Damn politicians.

Short steakhouses, bars and tittie bars.

I am not a conspiracy theorist by any means, but if this is true, it is bullshit. Why is law enforcement, either at the state or federal level, allowing this?

Bernanke is going to speak in 53 minutes. Just wanted to give everyone a heads up so that you can get ready for the shaky, nervous presentation, and inevitable plunge. Why do they do this? Speak?

Bad retail sales numbers (really bad), bad Empire State #, hot PPI, and futures plunge - - a lot more data to be released this week, with most important number on Friday; jobs.

C'mon guys. Don't be biased. Taleb is brilliant, and he literally created an entirely new paradigm in the world of investing. No one did what he does previously. His investment thesis is completely original and unorthodox, and would have been thought insane just 20 years ago.

Here's the skinny: No one knows the true extent, by any measure, of the losses the banking and financial sectors have incurred. ...not even now. There is a complete lack of clarity.

Nascar Hits Wall as Financial Crisis Dents Sponsorships Demand By Gene Laverty http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=ajqKE29.xSSc&refer=home Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Sponsors of Nascar, the No. 2 sport on U.S. television after professional football, are slamming on the...

Economic Turmoil Forces `Belt Tightening' at NFL, Goodell Says By Aaron Kuriloff http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&sid=asU25cxVkTGY&refer=home Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The National Football League and its 32 teams have slashed expenses to save ``a significant amount of...