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The Dubai Financial Crisis
Tutorial Blog Tips Blogger | November 28th 2009 by Blogger Indonesia
Dubai it turns out not as glamorous as it seems. On paying debt in particular DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — As world markets absorbed the shock of Dubai’s debt crisis, the ruler of the once-booming city-state left town for an important meetin read more
1999 vs. 2009 What a difference a decade makes
Life and Career Blog: Managing the chaos | November 28th 2009
Okay, so I just read a report titled “Unemployment and Jobs In International Perspective” by two distinguished professors for the United States Congress and it read “The United States has low unemployment rates and substantial job creation, wh read more
The Blue Bus is Callin’ Us, Driver Where You Taken’ Us
The Classic Liberal Blog | November 28th 2009 by theCL
The Day the Dollar Died The following story is a potential fictional time line for the day the dollar died. I hope not to instill fear or loathing but to give everyone some perspective on a POSSIBLE outcome which does not really take much of a reach read more
Quagmire Payback is a Bitch
The Vigilant Lens | November 28th 2009 by Lens1
Surge 2.0 is almost upon us. This Tuesday, President Obama is set to tell us why his war…is better than the Bush war. President Obama says the war must be won! Otherwise, we will have invaded, occupied, tortured, maimed and murdered the mud read more
Economy + European Business Travel Equals Good News for Corporate…
The Corporate Housing Network Blog | November 28th 2009 by Kat
Great news on the horizon for the global corporate housing community. Signs that the economy is improving and that business is beginning to take a positive turn toward international business travel are popping up everywhere. Supported by results read more
Pay to play alive and well in New Jersey
New Jersey Networks | November 28th 2009 by Raz
Earlier this year T&M Associates, a New Jersey engineering firm with millions of dollars in municipal contracts around the state, pumped more than $121,000 into local and county political races. The money went to primaries in Bergen, Middlesex and Ca read more
Obamacare price tag: $6,250,000,000,000.00?
The Real Revo | November 28th 2009 by RD Walker
Pull out the two slick little gimmicks they are foisting off on a gullible electorate and that, according to the Cato Institute, is about where you land. When we correct for both gimmicks, counting both on- and off-budget costs over the first 10 yea read more
Dubai: what the immediate future holds
Economic knowledge | November 28th 2009
Until last Wednesday, most investors saw Dubai as an attractive tourist destination, a regional financial centre and an example of what bold and visionary leadership can achieve. read more
Rushpubliscum Economic “Values” : Grandma Hits the Soup Kitch…
Reconstitution | November 28th 2009
Here’s a particularly nasty way of snuffing Grandma that I haven’t heard Caribou Barbie or (gr)Assley talking about As we noted awhile back, the Republican Depression of 2008 has created a country where a million children a year don’ read more
Timing: NASA Warmist James Hansen's Book Due Out Next Month
Doug Ross @ Journal | November 28th 2009
You've got to feel for freelance writer Keith Kloor. He spent quite a bit of time preparing a profile of NASA's outspoken Warmist-in-Chief James Hansen for the December issue of Nature Magazine. The profile, of course, predates the recent CRU data read more
Recession Hits the US Military
Funny Pictures, Political Cartoons - Barack Obama, Sarah Pal… | November 28th 2009 by Will Johnston
Related posts:President Barack Obama Responds to Positive GDP NumbersRecessions Aren’t FunnyAmerican Overspending read more
More on China's Dollar problem
China Economics Blog | November 28th 2009
China's accumulation of vast quantities of dollars has always interested me - the death grip that the US and China have got into can only end in carnage somewhere down the line. When and what the trigger will be is still beyond me.Harvard's Ken Rogo read more
Natural gas surplus
Tomorrow's Econony Today | November 28th 2009 by Charles Sherry
Wednesday’s report that natural gas supplies increased by 2 billion cubic feet (bcf) to 3,835 bcf probably marks the peak in supplies heading into the winter heating season. Stocks are now 404 bcf higher than last year at this time and 442 bcf read more
Fed’s Bernanke: Reappointment?
Institutional Financial Derivatives | November 28th 2009 by Douglas Kelso
Huffington Post – Will the Senate vote another term for Ben Bernanke as head of the Federal Reserve? Should it? Two months ago, Bernanke looked like a lock. But now unemployment is over 10% and rising, while Wall Street bankers are stocking up read more
Unemployment gender gap: Was beginning to think no one else notic…
Thinkin'bout Stuff | November 28th 2009
July 2 this year we published a chart showing a significant and growing gap between the unemployment rate for men and women. Even sent a copy of the chart to a couple of media folks. Either missed all of the media discussion on the subject or no read more
Letter to President Obama
Sharing what comes to my mind | November 28th 2009 by Mohammad Waheed
Topic: 25,000 more troops up to no good Dear President Obama, I am a democrat and a United State Citizen. I used to be proud of this status while ago. President Obama, the only reason you received my vote and my friend's vote was because you, sir, read more
US Defense: Some Useful Historical Info
Article Discovery | November 28th 2009 by Gerald David Greene
The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is an important federal department which deals with coordinating and supervising all agencies directly involved with national security and military affairs. The DoD is one of the biggest tenants at The Pe read more
John Mauldin on Being an Optimist and the Coming Millennium Wave
The Reformed Broker | November 28th 2009 by Joshua Morgan Brown
I am not sure where the new jobs will come from, but they will. Just as they did in 1975. -John Mauldin, November 2009 For those of you who are not yet subscribers to John Mauldin’s weekly newsletter Thoughts From The Frontline, this weekR read more
How Capitalism and Property Rights Saved the Pilgrims From Starvi…
openmarket.org | November 28th 2009 by Khue
Law professor llya Somin notes a “lesson of the original Thanksgiving: that the Pilgrims nearly starved to death because of collectivism and eventually saved themselves by adopting a system of private property.” He then highlights an arti read more
Carly Fiorina: big government policies to blame for CA’s collap…
GayPatriot | November 28th 2009 by Bruce Carroll
Every now and again, I support a candidate for public office, only to find that the more I study his (or her) record, the more I find he (or she) has a firm grasp on the issues of greatest concern to me. This is not to say I agree with the candidat read more
The investment tax is back!
Don't Mess With Taxes | November 28th 2009 by Kay
A few months ago, the possibility of a tax on investment transactions was floated. It didn't go too far then. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner even noted that he "hadn't seen a version of the tax that'd make much sense." read more
Getting Great Bargains Means Great Sacrifice
Buddy's Blog | November 28th 2009 by Buddy
While most people were home enjoying turkey, football and a cozy fireplace with family, Frank Makaravage was camped out in front of the Best Buy grilling hot dogs, sipping on hot cocoa and counting down the hours until he could get his hands on a $4 read more
Employee sues Wynn Casino for second hand smoke
Asymmetric | November 28th 2009 by Nelson Guirado
A few years ago, there was a funny skit in either Living Color or SNL that noticed the "people who ruin everything." I don't remember too well, but it was about those who, through their irresponsibility, took something away from the rest of us. An un read more
Employee sues Wynn Casino for second hand smoke
Asymmetric | November 28th 2009
A few years ago, there was a funny skit in either Living Color or SNL that noticed the "people who ruin everything." I don't remember too well, but it was about those who, through their irresponsibility, took something away from the rest of us. An un read more
Was Black Friday a boom or bust?
Scratching out a living | November 28th 2009 by Jan
I am having a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend so far. I haven't had to cook yet so that is a bonus at my house. Yesterday, on Black Friday, I managed to stay away from the stores, since I am not fond of crowds but I also know that the real bargains c read more
What do we know for sure about global warming?
The Real Revo | November 28th 2009 by RD Walker
If you claim that you know for certain that mankind is not causing the global climate to warm, you are not being truthful. Likewise if you, like Al Gore, claim you do know for certain that humans are causing the climate to warm, you are also not be read more
More Rooms Than Guests
CHESSNOID random noid musings | November 28th 2009 by CHESSNOID
I know the Dubai Debt Debacle was the biggest news on the stock markets yesterday and then it is Black Friday. I am not sure how big of an effect they will have on the US economy. On top of unemployment and foreclosures, I think the commercial si read more
Top 10 Financial Reasons Blessings This Year
Blog-nets | November 28th 2009 by Evan Extra
provided by Yep, it’s been a tough year. There’s still much to lament, such as decades-high unemployment, rising budget deficits and shaky financial institutions, but considering the abyss we were staring squarely into at this time l read more
Dubai's 59-billion debt from artificial modernity, free-spending…
WcP Blog - World Culture Pictorial | November 28th 2009 by WcP Blog - World Culture Pictorial
(quote) "This came as a big shock" – that Dubai is in debt by 59 billion and might not be able to pay its bills sent a wave of uncertainty rippling through markets just as investors thought the worst of the global financial instability was over. O read more
Citizen or Consumer? A Year in Reflection
Steady State Revolution | November 28th 2009 by Joshua Nelson
One year ago I started writing out of passion (and some anger). My how things have evolved! This blog has seen 75 posts in the last year, some of them great, some of them alright, some perhaps less so. I have tried my best to write about the issues i read more
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