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Evil Business Models: Turning The Dollar Auction Into A Profit Center
Date : 15 Dec 2008
TechdirtOn my very first day of econ 101 as a freshman in college many, many years ago, my professor played a "game" with two students in read more »
Home values seen losing over $2 trillion during 2008 (Reuters)
Date : 15 Dec 2008
Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Homes in the United States have lost trillions of dollars in value during 2008, with nearly 11.7 million American househ read more »
Who Should Be In Charge Of Patent Reform?
Date : 15 Dec 2008 TechdirtEvery year for the past few years, Congress has put forth a patent reform bill. Every year that bill has had serious problems in read more »
More banks reveal Madoff exposure (Reuters)
Date : 15 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Royal Bank of Scotland, Man Group and Nomura on Monday joined a growing list of financial groups acknowledging exposure read more »
Belgium weighs options over frozen Fortis deal (Reuters)
Date : 15 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Belgian ministers were to meet later on Monday to decide what action to take after a court ruling derailed a state-led b read more »
Stock index futures point to drop at open (Reuters)
Date : 15 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - (Reuters) Stock index futures pointed to losses in early trade on Wall Street on Monday, trimming the previous session's read more »
Have The Big Internet Companies Turned Their Back On Net Neutrality?
Date : 15 Dec 2008 TechdirtIn general, I side pretty strongly with Tim Lee's recent net neutrality paper suggesting that we shouldn't rush into net neutralit read more »
China shares gain on govt moves to boost economy (AP)
Date : 15 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - Chinese stocks rose Monday as government moves to boost the economy outweighed data showing that growth in factory output had read more »
Crisis gnaws at Japan sentiment, China output (Reuters)
Date : 15 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Japan reported its sharpest crash in business sentiment in three decades on Monday and industrial output in China grew a read more »
H&M November same-store sales fall 4 percent (Reuters)
Date : 15 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (HMb.ST) on Monday posted a 4 percent year-on-year fall in sales at established stores read more »
Home values to lose well over $2 trillion during 2008: Zillow (Reuters)
Date : 14 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Homes in the United States have lost trillions of dollars in value during 2008, with nearly 11.7 million American househ read more »
Fannie Mae to stop evictions in foreclosures: report (Reuters)
Date : 14 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Fannie Mae will allow tenants to remain in their homes and avoid eviction even if the building's landlord goes into fore read more »
Bush says auto bailout not ready (Reuters)
Date : 14 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - President George W. Bush said on Monday an announcement on a auto industry rescue was not imminent, leaving the industry read more »
Japan business sentiment in biggest dive since 70s (Reuters)
Date : 14 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Japanese business sentiment has suffered its sharpest fall since the 1970s oil crises, taking the Bank of Japan's tankan read more »
Holiday shopping kick-off still weak: report (Reuters)
Date : 14 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Steep declines in sales of major specialty retail categories including apparel, electronics and furniture extended into read more »
No word on auto bailout "for a while" (Reuters)
Date : 14 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The White House said on Sunday it did not expect any announcement on a U.S. auto industry rescue plan before President G read more »
Fed to press rates toward zero (Reuters)
Date : 14 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to drop interest rates close to zero on Tuesday, but anticipated remarks on unconve read more »
Top economists talk unconventional Fed policy (Reuters)
Date : 14 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The Federal Reserve meets on Monday and Tuesday for a policy-setting session that will include a discussion of unconvent read more »
Geneva banks lost more than $4 billion to Madoff: report (Reuters)
Date : 14 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Geneva-based banks and investment funds have lost more than 5 billion Swiss francs ($4.22 billion) in the alleged $50 bi read more »
Banks and consumers brace for new credit card rules (Reuters)
Date : 13 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The U.S. credit card industry, harshly criticized for imposing surprise fees and interest rate hikes on consumers, may f read more »
Geneva banks lost more than $4 billon to Madoff: report (Reuters)
Date : 13 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Geneva-based banks and investment funds have lost more than 5 billion Swiss francs ($4.22 billion) in the alleged $50 bi read more »
Obama: HUD pick central part of economic blueprint (AP)
Date : 13 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessAP - In naming his choice for housing secretary, President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday rounded out his economic team and gave n read more »
North Asian leaders team up to fight crisis (Reuters)
Date : 13 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - Asian powers Japan, China and South Korea put aside decades of animosity on Saturday and agreed to work together to tack read more »
Obama stimulus could reach $1 trillion: report (Reuters)
Date : 13 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - President-elect Barack Obama's team is considering a plan to boost the recession-hit U.S. economy that could be far larg read more »
White House takes "available" time for autos (Reuters)
Date : 13 Dec 2008 Yahoo! News: BusinessReuters - The White House was studying on Saturday how best to rescue collapsing U.S. automakers, a day after picking up the piece read more »