A Peek at Chicago's 'Hidden Rich' (Warning: Mature Content Matter)
They used to lament "the hidden poor" in this country. I think the bigger blind spot these days is "the hidden rich."
They used to lament "the hidden poor" in this country. I think the bigger blind spot these days is "the hidden rich."
Ten months of heavy job losses left places the end of terrible job losses somewhere next summer. And that assumes we'll see a rate of job destruction on par with the worst rate of the last 60 years.
"People who say the U.S. doesn't innovate are woefully out of touch with Detroit's standing in this business."
Restoring economic growth alone will not restore our fortunes. In fact, too rapid growth -- in house construction, in stock prices and in energy consumption -- has caused the present problem.
Today's "Right Wing World" features Rush Limbaugh on "The Obama Recession", Bill O'Reilly and Tony Perkins on "Prop 8", and Sean Hannity.
This coming January 20 a record breaking four million people will attend his inauguration. This is especially amazing since Barack Obama is responsible for the recession? Aghast, didn't you hear!
"It's hugely important that we don't fall into the trap of saying, 'Oh, it's going to be harder to raise money.'"
Don't let anyone tell you to relax... that's how they walked us off the cliff in 1929. Embrace your fear. Fear makes you smart; fear makes you strong. It's the only proper mindset to face the coming storm.
It would be as irrational to allow the Ayatollahs to build bombs as it would be to allow Wall Streeters to run amok again building their weapons of financial mass destruction.
TAX CUTS: THEOLOGY, FACTS & TOTALLY F**KED THE MYTH ...
There is a fraternity-like mentality that exists among corporate CEOs. There is an illusory standard of what "moral" or "legitimate" actually means in decision making for that elite crowd.
Google is urging clients not to give up on digital ads during the recession. In a conference today in London, Google VP Nikesh Arora will note that ...
Many of the wealthiest Americans aren't worried about the weakening economy at all -- they are actually excited about it.
Even though Barack Obama's inauguration is two months away, Americans already look to him for the leadership required to steer us out of a yawning recession.
OK, let me backtrack before I even begin. This is shaping up to be a deep recession and it will likely get worse before it gets better. Consumers ar...
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Tell that to the Brazilian trader who blew his brains out on the stock room floor. Ooops too late.
One does not kill oneself over money. Maybe his parents, his wife or his friends should have told him that.
One may kill oneself if one no longer has money to pay one's obligations. There are legends that some casinos have secluded spots set aside to quietly kill oneself. There are other zeitgeists than your particular zeitgeist, KillTheMessenger.
Thank you. We ALL needed that sobering spanking. Tommy Lee Jones had a wonderful line in "No Country For Old Men"...after his deputy said what a mess they had found in the desert of a drug deal gone bad. He paused a second and said, ' Well, if it ain't a mess, it''ll do till the REAL mess gets here." Yep, it could and may get a whole bunch worse, but we must identify what is important in life and nurture it and share. John Wooden said a great player was someone who made those around him better. We don't need leaders if we live by that.....CFF