Is this a sign that the Starbucks name isn’t doing all that hot? I just ran across the below article about something they where doing in Chicago (they noted they had already started in Seattle). In the continued flailings of the Starbucks chain, here’s a new one: the stealth Starbucks store. A Seattle outlet of [...]
For those that say good, cut Education, then they won’t cut my slice of the pie. Well they may of just nibbled on it some. These are the 220 state parks, state beaches, state recreation areas, museums and state reserves that officials say would be closed under Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget cuts: 1. Leo [...]
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Okay… 419ers, Nigerian Scammers, are sometime so obvious that you just want to laugh. In fact; I’d state that they are always laughable, except that they have hurt a lot of people. I have seen the scam done so many times, and have followed exploits on Anti-Scammer sites often. So I was actually shocked when [...]
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Okay, I swear my mind isn’t just stuck on cars, but I ran across this article and thought it interesting… if not a humorous poke at the current financial condition. As shelter is the largest single expense for most people, the ongoing “Financiapocalpyse” could see more people trading that Tudor for a four-door. As your [...]
I thought this was appropriate to show how the poor dollar feels falling as fast as it has.
The Swedish crisis had strikingly similar origins to the American one, and its neighbors, Norway and Finland, were hobbled to the point of needing a government bailout to escape the morass as well. Financial deregulation in the 1980s fed a frenzy of real estate lending by Sweden’s banks, which did not worry enough about whether [...]
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And yes the All Caps is necessary, if you have beotheredd to ever read one of the scams. It used to be Nigerians sending fake, “I need to get my money out” emails. But this one that is making the rounds today is sounding too close to the truth… Dear American: I need to ask [...]
A picture is worth $200 billion dollars. Borrowing by banks to cover demand deposits because their assets have less value than their liabilities. Graphic from the St. Louis Fed. I’d be curious what it would be in relation to the value of money over the years. ie. I know that central banks where not as [...]
OK, in case you didn’t know I’ve been paying for a virtual server through dreamhost, and generally been happy except for now worrying I make enough to pay the MONTHLY hosting bill (yes it was nice to forget about it till yearly). So I started looking around to see who is offering what, and truthfully. [...]
I have come to the conclusion that I’m poor. I heard that Madonna was coming to the Bay Area again from a LIVE NATION email and I had been wanting to go. LOL heck I even reasearched to create a hard sell for it for the wife. And I even learned a few things like [...]
