Monthly Archives: June 2009
The China quality syndrome
The story of how China uses the US as a design source and dumping ground so they can maximize profits in poor countries: Chinese manufacturers want business relationships with customers in these places — so much so that they’ll even … Continue reading
Filed under Trade
The China quality syndrome
The story of how China uses the US as a design source and dumping ground so they can maximize profits in poor countries: Chinese manufacturers want business relationships with customers in these places — so much so that they’ll even … Continue reading
Why can’t we get the same healthcare Lieberman receives?
The old salty dog has had a government funded healthcare for over 305 years but worries about ordinary citizens: Corrupt old fuck
Filed under Corruption, Healthcare, Insurance
Why can’t we get the same healthcare Lieberman receives?
The old salty dog has had a government funded healthcare for over 305 years but worries about ordinary citizens: Corrupt old fuck
Filed under Corruption, Healthcare, Insurance
Maybe slowing rate of housing declines will boost optimism
After all, optimism is what makes the world economy go round and the housing market rebound: U.S. home prices showed a “striking improvement in the rate of decline” in April, said economist Robert Shiller of Yale, one of the creators of … Continue reading
Filed under Housing debacle, Housing industry
Maybe slowing rate of housing declines will boost optimism
After all, optimism is what makes the world economy go round and the housing market rebound: U.S. home prices showed a “striking improvement in the rate of decline” in April, said economist Robert Shiller of Yale, one of the creators of … Continue reading
Filed under Housing debacle, Housing industry
The women of the Obama administration are doing well to protect us
Elizabeth Warren, architect of the CFTA and Sheila Bair, FDIC: The Wall Street Journal todayexplains how Citigroup and other banks tried to game the system by buying assets from themselves, their subsidiaries and their parent companies. It was almost the … Continue reading
Filed under banks, Government, Real oversight
The women of the Obama administration are doing well to protect us
Elizabeth Warren, architect of the CFTA and Sheila Bair, FDIC: The Wall Street Journal todayexplains how Citigroup and other banks tried to game the system by buying assets from themselves, their subsidiaries and their parent companies. It was almost the … Continue reading
Filed under banks, Government, Real oversight
Consumer confidence indicates … nothing
Up and down, just like the stock market: Mounting job losses and other economic realities caught up with Americans in June, pushing down a key barometer of consumer sentiment after a streak of gains built on glimmers of hope. Some … Continue reading
Filed under CNBC, Consumer spending, Crumbling economy
Consumer confidence indicates … nothing
Up and down, just like the stock market: Mounting job losses and other economic realities caught up with Americans in June, pushing down a key barometer of consumer sentiment after a streak of gains built on glimmers of hope. Some … Continue reading
Filed under CNBC, Consumer spending, Crumbling economy