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Former Wall Street Journal publisher among those picked to lead post-bankruptcy Star Tribune

August 31, 2009 by Trading Stocks · Leave a Comment 

Ex-WSJ publisher among picks to lead Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS ? A former publisher of The Wall Street Journal and the head of a newspaper company are among four new board members chosen by the Star Tribune’s main lenders to lead the newspaper after it emerges from bankruptcy protection. The Star Tribune said Monday that unless another buyer [...]

More Bogus Bailout Reporting: “As Big Banks Repay Bailout Money, U.S. Sees a Profit”

August 31, 2009 by Trading Stocks · Leave a Comment 

Clearly, the spin is in. As a post earlier today discusses, the Financial Times is running a story that claims that the Fed made money on its rescue programs, then slips in all the tidbits in the body of the article to let discerning readers know that the reporter understands that the analysis is utter rubbish while looking like it is not crossing the Fed. In a simply remarkable coincidence of timing, the New York Time running a story with the very same message , namely that bailouts are go

Court Hands Victory to Comcast: Throws Out 30% Cap On Market Share Inviting Buying Spree At Consumers’ Expense

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A federal appeals court in Washington has struck down, for a second time, a rulemaking by the Federal Communications Commission to limit the size of the nation’s largest cable operators to 30% of the nation’s pay television marketplace, calling the rule “arbitrary and capricious.” Judge Douglas Howard Ginsburg The 30% rule, designed to keep no single company from controlling more than 30% of the nation’s pay-TV subscribers, was originally written in 1993 by the FCC because the agency fe

Spider Man, X-Men, Wolverine and Coming Clean

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Are big things, such as an in-house shuffle happening in the coming book industry? Well, that’s what I read today on Bloomberg . Spider man Tony Starks, a.k.a. “Ironman” has found a new home. Disney made a huge power move and acquired the comic book company for dig this…4 million xXx $ gUaP $ xXx ’s ! Please note: xXx $ gUaP $ xXx xXx $ gUaPeY $ xXx are creative internet self-made vocabulary terms , which directly reference themselves to the financial vernacular —gt; “mo

China Sets the Tone, FDIC Falters, Fed Makes a Profit, India’s Surprise and More!

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by Addison Wiggin Ian Mathias Chinese stocks plummet, worldly markets follow… what’s behind today’s sell-off Dan Denning on taking profits in the twilight of the U.S. stock rebound India reports better-than-expected GDP growth… why our Mumbai partners are still hesitant Another compelling argument against U.S. banks… Dan Amoss serves the cold, hard data Plus, signs of the times: American’s vote to throw the bums out while the free market backlash hits Ho

One week of art strike activities in Alytus, Lithuania, 18-24 August 2009

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The central HQ of the 2009 Art Strike Biennial switched constantly between Alytus Art School, Hotel Dzukija about five minutes walk away, and a bar-cum-restaurant located between these two venues in downtown Alytus. At the art school a lot of coffee was consumed, at the hotel innumerable bottles of wine, and in the bar industrial quantities of beer and cold beetroot soup. The Dzukija was an old school Soviet hotel, a concrete shell with stained class in some of the public areas and cantilevered

Wind Power Financing Picks Up Again, Thanks to a Little Federal Push

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photo: Yovany Alas via flickr Despite a steady trickle of new wind power projects coming in over the past year since the recession set in, things haven't exactly been going gangbusters in terms of financing. But as the Wall Street Journal points out today, that's starting to change... and (gasp) it's at least partly because of government inves... Read the full story on TreeHugger

We’re in Yur Internets, Lookin 4 Yur Tax Fraud

August 31, 2009 by Trading Stocks · Leave a Comment 

Yet another reason to be careful what you say online: the tax man cometh, and he’s totally reading your MySpace. According to the Wall Street Journal , state tax revenue agents have begun checking social media profiles and announcements to make sure their citizens are staying honest. The WSJ gives multiple examples from around the country: In Minnesota, authorities were able to levy back taxes on the wages of a long-sought tax evader after he announced on MySpace that he would be return

People of Wal-Mart

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People from Wal-Mart Photo Essays of Our Time: People from Wal-Mart [Red http://ff States Lose]. im/7rreQ And one of the most viewed YouTube video: Total Eclipse of the Heart: Literal Video Version Google say: they use the center at the Wal-Mart to pay with me album. Wall-Mart Mart is. Whale in American culture jobs Consumerist people Devoy I enjoyed reputation over evil. The people there. Subcategories owners. 2% of the building that the access pr

Wall Street skids on China concerns

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Monday as concerns about the global economy’s health weighed on Wall Street, following a hefty sell-off in Chinese equities. Klik her for at læse hele nyheden

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