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A Dark Side to Obama’s Higher Fuel Effciency?
Filed under: Ford Motor (F), General Motors (GM), Toyota Motor Corp. (TM), Oil
President Obama is expected to issue an executive order to raise fuels standards for light trucks. Rather than wait for Congress to hash out the issue, Obama...
Do Hewlett-Packard Photo Printers Lie?
Filed under: Consumer Experience, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Xerox Corp (XRX), Eastman Kodak (EK)
Do Hewlett Packard (HPQ) printers tell the truth or lie? Do they print out what is actually there or what we actually want to be there?
In fact,...
Is Greece a Spoiled Rotten Rich Kid?
Filed under: International Markets, Politics, Headline News, Recession, Currency
Greece is acting like a spoiled rotten rich kid who just threw her designer purse
GM’s New Ad Campaign: Like a Frenchman!
Filed under: General Motors (GM), Marketing and Advertising
On Friday, General Motors announced that it will be changing ad agencies. The services of Campbell-Ewald, the company that brought the memorable "Like a Rock" campaign and which has been doing advertising since...
You’ve Got Mail and a Midnight Snack
Now I will admit to being a little addicted to the internet at times. Usually I can break away long enough to get to the fridge, but I check email way to often and seem to need to know what the very latest in news is. I can...Fed Raises Bank Emergency Interest Rates
Filed under: Federal Reserve
Thursday evening the Federal Reserve Bank hiked the emergency loan rate for banks from 0.50% to 0.75% effective Friday, surprising some market participants. The Fed is trying to wean banks off some of the cheap made available during the worst of...Let’s Be Responsible After Another 1.9 Trillion …
Filed under: Bad News, Economic Data, Politics
With the entire European continent rippling from the possible side effects of Greece going bankrupt after borrowing too much money, President Obama just signed legislation to lift America's debt limit from $12.4 to $14.3 trillion --...
Is Global Warming Dead? Stocks to Dump …
Filed under: Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron Corp (CVX), BP p.l.c. ADS (BP), Green Stocks
With the failed global warming submit; leaked emails, faked numbers, suppressed data and major snow storms hitting both Europe and America global warning aka "climategate"...Does Consumer Spending Tell the Whole Story?
Filed under: MasterCard Inc'A' (MA)
Mastercard (MA) reported that consumer spending rose 3.6% in January, showing consumers were spending modestly.
It's interesting, the focus that there is on consumer spending in America. Consumer spending is looked at as a holy grail of pushing the economy forward....
