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Economy

Jon Stewart takes CNBC’s Jim Cramer to Task on The Daily Show

March 13, 2009

ShareI know I haven’t posted in a while, but I’ve had a lot of new and exciting projects that I’m working on that are keeping me extremely busy. Hopefully I’ll be able to write more about them soon.
In the meantime, rest easy knowing that, at the very least, Jon gives a shit about you [...]

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Circuit City Officially Announces Total Liquidation

January 17, 2009

ShareIf you’re looking to pick up some electronics, tomorrow may be a good day to get a few good deals provided you can get your hands on them. 
This is what is currently posted on Circuit City’s website:
Circuit City would like to thank all of the customers who have shopped with us over the past 60 [...]

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When a Gluttonous Consumer Society Finally Gorges Itself to Death

December 21, 2008

ShareWe are living in a society that subsists almost entirely on our greed and lack of self-control.  Take away the greed and add some self-control and watch the economy falter.
“The search for efficiency and the urge to consume has set us all up like a row of dominoes – there is no buffer, no resiliency. [...]

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Your General Motors Car May Have Just Become a Collector’s Item: Bailout Dies in Senate

December 11, 2008

ShareBad news for the auto industry:
Senate Democrats and the White House failed to find 60 votes to end debate on a $14 billion auto bailout bill and bring it to a vote Thursday night, killing the measure for the year.
The 52-35 vote followed the collapse of negotiations between Senate Democrats and Republicans seeking a compromise.
“We [...]

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