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Good call shagi. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1176552-1710-11de-9a72-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1

March 22 (Bloomberg) -- Senator Richard Shelby, the leading Republican on the Senate Banking Committee, said that confidence is ebbing in U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner after his handling of bonuses at American International Group Inc...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/ap_on_re_as/as_japan_bolder_military

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_venezuela_us

the world’s second- largest maker of luxury cars, will sell 1.95 billion euros ($2.7 billion) of shares to Abu Dhabi’s Aabar Investments PJSC, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aWOXzwD5Rw8s&refer=home

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – A group of Saudi clerics urged the kingdom's new information minister on Sunday to ban women from appearing on TV or in newspapers and magazines, making clear that the country's hardline religious establishment is skeptical of a new push toward moderation...

This really belongs in the "Elite Econ" section since this speaks so eloquently to the basis of the inception of all econ activity. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090322/ap_on_bi_ge/economy_adult_entertainment The going gets tough , the pussy gets going.

That was "several years ago". I'd like to think things have improved and the new cars won't suffer that . A good point none the less.

Mack’s personal flights cost the company $368,675 last year, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a3bpSZbbKycQ&refer=home

March 21 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc., whose compensation policies before and after its U.S. bailout are being investigated, turned over information on its executive bonuses to Connecticut’s attorney general, who said the insurer paid out $218 million...

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/03/19/jaguar-and-buick-upset-lexus-in-j-d-power-2009-vehicle-dependab/

lol, ya, btw, thanks for your postings, I value them.

WASHINGTON – Regulators on Friday shut down banks in Georgia, Colorado and Kansas, marking 20 failures of federally insured banks this year. More are expected to succumb to the prolonged recession. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed receiver of the failed banks...

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Financial fears grow More consumers are just a paycheck or two away from ruin The results of a bevy of surveys found a growing number of consumers are only a couple paychecks away from a household collapse even as many scramble to shore up savings. Rainy-day funds appear to be a distant...

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Conversation about RE is almost impossible because no two pieces are exactly equal. The guy across the street can be living in an identical house. I'm in Beverly Hills , he's in Los Angeles. Two very different school systems, fire/police response times etc, etc. To the casual observer it all...

More Wall St. horseshit. Everything in the lives of net gen's is leased, they'd lease their clothes if they could. They are presently watching the wealth of their parents , read their inheritances, be obliterated by the markets. They are afraid of the markets and see them as a scam. I know many...

Bank of America was directly involved in markdowns that contributed to Merrill Lynch’s $15.3bn loss in the last quarter of 2008, its final reporting period before the Wall Street bank was acquired by BofA, sources familiar with the matter say...

In one case, Maryland motor vehicle officials say, 68 different people applying for licenses and IDs gave the same address for an 800-square-foot home in Baltimore. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_re_us/maryland_immigrant_licenses