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Will California drag down the United States?
in Sox First, on July 2, 2009
...nce of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The state has an unemployment rate of 11.5%, higher than the national figure, and there have mass foreclosures. As the San Francisco Chronicle tells us, they j...
Beware of loan-modification scams
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 21, 2009
...As the number of housing foreclosures across the nation continue to rise, something else is on the upswing, too: loan-modification scams.
The scammers target homeowners who have fallen behind in thei...
Russia and Japan to Collaborate on Nanotech
in Nanotechbuzz, on June 21, 2009
...anotech development.
"The agreement, announced as RUSNANO officials tour Japan to study the nation's support for its nanotech industry and innovation... will focus on selecting specific pro...
Airline crisis strategy: screw customers and staff
in Sox First, on June 21, 2009
...his month, I did a blog entry looking at how the airline business was going to the dogs. The combination of the global financial crunch and swine flu will cost them at least $9 billion this year. S...
Do you trust the government to protect you from mortgage lenders?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 18, 2009
...se rules haven't done much to stall the still-growing wave of housing foreclosures sweeping the nation.)
Under the administration's proposal, the new agency would require mortgage lenders to ...
How'd the mortgage meltdown happen? NPR knows
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 15, 2009
...One of the problems with the mortgage mess that is still slowing the nation's economic recovery is that so few of us regular homeowners understand how everything went so bad so fast. I mean, I cov...
Will rising mortgage interest rates stop housing recovery?
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 11, 2009
...course, anything that slows down housing's recovery will also stop any progress on reviving the nation's economy as a whole. That's because the U.S. economy relies so heavily on home sales...
Banks fight to keep accounting tricks
in Sox First, on June 6, 2009
...rs say the change will result in $900 billion in liabilities being put on the balance sheets of the nation's 19 largest banks that have just completed the Treasury's stress tests. These off ba...
Mortgage giant Mozilo charged with fraud
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 5, 2009
...I'm always amazed that so many people pin the blame for our nation's current housing crisis on homeowners facing foreclosures. Yes, some of these homeowners — but not nearly all of them ...
Rising healthcare costs put strain on homeowners
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 4, 2009
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Unemployment across the nation is at record highs. Foreclosures are, too. Of course, the two are related.
But unemployment isn't the only factor in the rise of mortgage delinquencies and hou...
Health care and the US economy
in Sox First, on June 4, 2009
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More evidence that the most powerful nation on the planet has a completely dysfunctional health system. And another illustration of how second rate health care is hurting the US economy. It makes ...
Mortgage delinquencies not slowing
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on June 2, 2009
... that's the saddest part about covering the mortgage industry these days. I know that until the nation's unemployment rate finally begins to fall again, we'll continue to see the number of...
More bad news: Mortgage delinquencies on the rise
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 29, 2009
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It only seems as if the housing slump, and the national recession that followed it, have been going on forever. The housing slowdown, though, didn't start until the middle of 2006 or so.
The...
Antalya: Turkey's Mediterranean Playground
in Wandalust, on May 29, 2009
...ls and the surrounding beach resorts that line the Gulf of Antalya. The city serves to funnel international tourists out to the regions surrounding mountains and to the beaches and islands along the c...
You can lower your mortgage interest rate -- BEFORE you take out that loan
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 25, 2009
...d a host of low-down-payment and no-down-payment loans. Those have largely disappeared now that the nation is suffering a housing slump. The higher the down payment you put down, the lower your mortga...
Samsung's Affordable T349 Comes To T-Mobile
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on May 22, 2009
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T-Mobile, the nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier, has launched the Samsung T349, a slim messaging phone with a 20-key, partial QWERTY keypad and XT9 enhanced predictive text for faster...
MBAs and Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on May 21, 2009
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BusinessWeek recently published an article that looked at our infatuation as a nation with the MBA and suggested that perhaps we should be more concerned with the talent of entrepreneurship tha...
Der Schwanengesang der USA
in Bauen - aber richtig, on May 18, 2009
...chied, ob Ihr Nachbar, Bruder oder Freund sich in den Untergang reitet oder eine ganze Nation? Sie kennen den Begriff " Schwanengesang " nicht? Das können Sie ändern!
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Looking to buy? Your mortgage loan might be smaller than ever
in The Mortgage Roadmap, on May 13, 2009
...be taking out smaller mortgage loans in order to purchase these homes.
Bloomberg reported that the nation's median housing price fell 14 percent in the first quarter to $169,000. The National A...
USC Gets $12.5 Million from DOE for Nanotech Energy Research
in Nanotechbuzz, on May 2, 2009
...al Business Journal's James T. Hammond . "The centers will be established at universities, national laboratories, nonprofit organizations, and private firms across the nation... the new Mater...
Warum kaufen Chinesen so viele US-Anleihen?
in Bauen - aber richtig, on April 27, 2009
© Wesley Oostvogels Da lese ich doch tatsächlich heute morgen per Newsletter eine Einschätzung von Bill Bonner , die mir bereits in 2008 begegnet ist:
" Der Absatz des Einzelhandels soll in China um 15% gestiegen sein. Gleichzeitig erfahre ich aus einem Bericht, dass China die Auf...
TARP fraud investigations
in Sox First, on April 21, 2009
...lows reports that the bailout money might convert to equity stakes in the banks, resulting in the nationalization of banks via the back-door....
How Does Free Mobile TV Sound to You?
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 20, 2009
...s hard to imagine anything more exciting than announcements like the following. Broadcasters at the nation's capital have decided Washington will be the first U.S. city to get free digital TV for ...
Back door bank nationalisation
in Sox First, on April 20, 2009
...ier this year, I did a blog entry looking at how the Obama administration was opening the door to nationalizing banks where the US government is repaid with common stock giving it a stake in the bus...
Obama Relaxes Cuba Travel Restrictions
in Global Mobility Report, on April 13, 2009
...ly in Cuba and easing other restrictions Monday to usher in a new era of openness toward the island nation ruled by communists for 50 years. The questions now: How long until the average tourists gets...
The great economic cover up
in Sox First, on April 10, 2009
...sion will come to an end this year. Now we have Lawrence Summers, director of the White House's National Economic Council saying that the economic disaster will come to an end in the next few mo...
Mietwagen: Von guten und schlechten Autofahrern
in Das Mietwagen-Blog, on April 7, 2009
...fahrer beheimatet - die bayerische Landeshauptstadt ist Vorletzter. Die besten Autofahrer der Nation kommen aus frankfurt am main . Auf den Plätzen zwei und drei folgen dann Düsseldorf und Stuttgar...
T-Mobile To Bring Android Into Homes
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 6, 2009
...t make up some of the ground between leading systems like iPhone and Windows Mobile.
T-Mobile, the nation's fourth-largest wireless carrier, plans to aggressively push into consumer homes with co...
Verizon Confirms Netbook Rumors
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on March 27, 2009
...p makers Dell and Acer planning to make up for lost revenue by building smartphones and now the nation's leading wireless carrier, Verizon has confirmed that they are moving closer to notebook...
The New Ho Chi Minh Trail
in Eagle Par Birdie, on March 25, 2009
...lfasian.com
Ho Chi Minh is a name that many Vietnam War veterans will never forget.
Nor will the nation of Vietnam.
Ho Chi Minh was instrumental in founding and then leading the Democratic Repub...
Verizon "Intrigues" With Multi-Screen Phone
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on March 23, 2009
...tiple-anything (think octomom), Verizon has capitalized on this trend with their latest phone.
The nation's largest wireless carrier today introduced the Nokia 7205 Intrigue , a stylish clamsh...
Three of Spain's Cities Getting Electric Car Infrastructure
in IfEnergy, on March 21, 2009
...ded to support a small fleet of electric cars.
Spain hopes to have a million electric cars on the nation's roads by 2011.
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Diana Vincent Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 17, 2009
... as one of the country's preeminent jewelry designers, and attracting a loyal following of international jewelry connoisseurs who eagerly await each new Diana Vincent creation to add to their co...
March is DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) Awareness Month
in Straightfromthedoc, on March 12, 2009
... important to stay knowledgeable in the risk of DVT or Deep Vein Thrombosis .
The sixth annual National DVT Awareness Month has been kicked off. The Coalition to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis ...
More and More Americans Cutting the Cord
in The Wireless Weblog, on March 12, 2009
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto
The Center for Disease Control 's National Center for Health Statistics this week released a report, entitled Wireless Substitution: State-level Estimates ...
Millionaires and fake prosperity
in Sox First, on March 12, 2009
...han 11% of GDP (compared with 6% under Roosevelt) and America is now the world's biggest debtor nation. So all this talk about fewer rich people is misleading. The so-called prosperity was just a...
Detroit: a new beginning?
in Sox First, on March 10, 2009
...lars.). Now, Toby Barlow in the New York Times reckons Detroit could be the birth place of a new nation with homes selling for as little as $100. "Detroit right now is just this vast, enormous...
Jewelry Sale at ShopNBC.com
in The Jewelry Weblog, on March 8, 2009
... through their home shopping television network, the Internet, and direct mail. They are one of the nation's leading home shopping channels. Exceptional quality, must-have merchandise, incredible ...
Sprint Introduces Paying Referral Program
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on March 6, 2009
...39;s tactics to increase their customer base, Sprint follows up with a technique of their own.
The nation's third-largest wireless carrier said it will reward existing customers with a $100 refer...
Detroit and the rest: how the crash will reshape America
in Sox First, on March 3, 2009
The recession sweeping through America will reshape the major cities. One of the most obvious places is Detroit which, according to this news report , would have the cheapest houses in the country. The median price of a home sold in Detroit in December was $7500. That's right, not $75,000 b...
Myanmar to Take Back Rohingya Refugees - Conditionally
in Global Mobility Report, on February 28, 2009
...ing the Rohingya refugee problem in Southeast Asia. Now ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) looks to have found a partial solution to the problem - but one that will only work if Rohi...
Dumb money and the meltdown
in Sox First, on February 24, 2009
...erpetually current, and perpetually strong markets for debt. The high priests of this cult were the nation's central bankers. In the Era of Cheap Money (the fall of 2001 through June 2004), Fed Ch...
Sprint Feels the Pinch in Economic Downturn
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on February 23, 2009
...wireless carriers are feeling the pinch. With fourth quarter numbers coming in, Sprint/ Nextel, the nation's third-largest wireless carrier, reports a loss of 1.3 million subscribers.
The decline...
Citroen DS: The Most Beautiful Car Ever. Uh... Maybe
in Classical Drives, on February 20, 2009
...utomobiles and may have overlooked the American contribution to automotive design. True, it was the nation that gave us wraparound windshields, massive tail fins, and three-tone paint jobs, but many b...
Bad Money by Kevin Phillips
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...$36 trillion. "My summation is that American financial capitalism, at a pivotal period in the nation's history, cavalierly ventured a multiple gamble: first, financializing a hitherto more d...
Is California the canary in the coal mine?
in Sox First, on February 17, 2009
...ore on unpaid furloughs, Standard & Poor's has lowered its bond rating to the lowest in the nation, it has stopped paying counties and issuing income tax refunds. Add to that the infrastru...
LG HB 620T - DVB-T über Handy - Fragen zum Fernsehempfang
in Digitaltivi, on February 17, 2009
...rwegs möglich ist. Da aber ein Großteil der mit dem so genannten Überallfernsehen beglückten Nation mittlerweile pixelige Erfahrungen mit DVB-T gemacht hat und sich die Aussage "Zimmerantenne r...
Blackwater - what's in a name?
in Sox First, on February 16, 2009
...7 that left at least almost 20 Iraqi civilians dead. Still, there might be another reason. As The Nation's Jeremy Scahill suggests, it might all be about positioning the company in new business...
WomenHeart Celebrates American Heart Month With Heart Promises Campaign
in Well Woman Blog, on February 9, 2009
...of their heart health by taking a few simple and manageable heart-friendly steps. WomenHeart is the nation's only patient advocacy organization representing the millions of American women living w...
Politik kann doch spannend sein: Frost/Nixon
in Kinoplausch, on February 8, 2009
...kt seine Popularität. Also schnell zu Gottschalk oder zu Kerner, das Image gerade bügeln und die Nation liebt ihn plötzlich wieder. Was aber, wenn Gottschalk oder Kerner plötzlich so kritisch fragen, ...
Will the Ban on Travel to Cuba Be Lifted Soon? Maybe...
in Latina Viva, on February 8, 2009
...ctions for Cuban Americans alone isn't enough. "The American Society of Travel Agents, the nation's largest group of travel professionals and companies, would like all Americans to be all...
Immobilien sind Sachwerte: Investoren haben einen Gegenwert
in Bauen - aber richtig, on February 5, 2009
...taat inne und das Gesetz schreibt den Rahmen dessen fest, was legal oder illegal ist. Jede Nation kocht ihre eigene Suppe, das nur nebenbei. Wenn Regierungen kriminell handeln, ist es Politik oder e...
Rural Alaskans Suffer Through Winter; No Help From Sarah Palin
in Exclusive from our news room , on February 3, 2009
While alaska 's Governor, Sarah Palin, makes the rounds at lavish Conservative and Republican Galas that are being held at some of the world's most exclusive supper clubs, elderly, rural Alaskans are close to starving and freezing to death.
Palin has been heavily criticized by fellow Rep...
The axe man cometh: get ready for a shorter working week
in Sox First, on January 27, 2009
...ns is moving in the same direction . And while France's conservative government has gutted that nation's famous 35 hour week, most French corporations are sticking to it. As Time Magazine re...
Joe Biden Says Obama Inherited A "Mess"
in Exclusive from our news room , on January 25, 2009
...Vice President Joe Biden said today on "Face The Nation" that the state of the country's economy is worse than President Obama originally thought.
Biden also talked about the military&#...
Pomöös - Harald Glöckler für Quelle
in Feschsamma, on January 22, 2009
... bekannt für seine genialen Auftritte bei HSE24. Man liebt ihn, oder man hasst ihn. Er spaltet die Nation ;)
Harald Glöckler.
Der Mann mit dem ausgeprägten Beautybewusstsein und starken Hang zum ...
Antigua's Boggy Peak to be Renamed Mount Obama
in Latina Viva, on January 20, 2009
...The tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua announced plans today to rename its tallest Mount peak after the new U.S. President.
Boggy Peak, if the plan goes through, would be renamed "Mount Obam...
Diabetes Linked to Air Pollution
in Daily Diabetic, on January 19, 2009
...The Ohio State University Medical Center have discovered a new element that is contributing to the nation's increase in diabetes cases - dirty air . Tests showed that pollution contributed to in...
慢点走，别着急
in Wangtam, on January 15, 2009
...riorities
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Range Finders - Threat to the Game?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 14, 2009
...roughout 2009.
The EGU is the governing body of men's amateur golf in England and oversees the nation's amateur teams, offering coaching and organizing the major amateur competitions both dom...
Verizon Takes Over Alltel
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on January 12, 2009
...zon Wireless announced it has completed the $5.9 billion purchase of Alltel , making Verizon the nation's top wireless carrier in terms of subscribers.
Verizon said it will also take on $22.2 ...
Zimbabwe Golf In Ruins
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 4, 2009
... to read in the Golf Digest story that the state of golf and golf courses in the southern African nation is abysmal.
We can only hope that Mugabe's mad reign ends very, very soon.
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More bailouts on the way
in Sox First, on January 3, 2009
...at it will use more Citi-style rescue packages to help financial institutions in deep trouble. The nation's top number crunchers reckon they'll treat each potential bailout on a case by case ...
Biofuels May be Obsolete Before We Can Make Enough to Matter - Part III
in IfEnergy, on January 2, 2009
...nity, especially since construction only recently began on the first cellulosic pilot plants in the nation. This is truly a ground floor opportunity. He's right. Assuming there are no major policy...
Are we all Keynesians now?
in Sox First, on December 30, 2008
...'t raise taxes, you have to borrow it which is a real concern given that the US is now a debtor nation with minimal reserves and enormous foreign debts. Which in turn raises the question of whethe...
Das Jahr der Krise?
in Wein Worte, on December 27, 2008
... treffen? Voraussagen in dieser Hinsicht sind mit Vorsicht zu genießen, aber dass sich die Weinnation Frankreich auf einen Tiefschlag wird einstellen müssen , ist zu befürchten: Nicht nur die großen ...
Bush Ran Up Trillion Dollar Bill For War On Terror
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 26, 2008
The price tag on the war on terror, which is basically another way to describe the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is rapidly approaching the trillion dollar mark.
Some of the costs of fighting terror have been generated in places other than the two war zones but government analysts stated that the o...
Jewelry Bargains at ShopNBC.com
in The Jewelry Weblog, on December 21, 2008
... through their home shopping television network, the Internet, and direct mail. They are one of the nation's leading home shopping channels. Exceptional quality, must-have merchandise, incredible ...
Venture Capitalists Karen Gordon Mills Nominated to Head the Small Business Administration
in Bizinformer, on December 20, 2008
...n will lead an SBA that will not only help small-business owners realize their dreams, but help our nation rebuild our economy."
Of her appointment Mills said: "America's spirit of entr...
College Football BCS Championship Game To Be Broadcast In 3D
in Exclusive from our news room , on December 20, 2008
... BCS Championship game is played.
The game will be transmitted in 3D to select theaters around the nation using state of the art equipment that delivers images far superior to those we've seen in...
