New Home Sales Drop Monthly, Annually Sales of new one-family houses in November 2009 were down (seasonally adjusted annual rate) This is 11.3% (±11.0%) below the revised... Read More
Dancing Elf This is amusing, via Think Tank contributor Prieur du Plessis: Send your own ElfYourself eCards Read More
Art Cashin Trader Talk (12.23.09) Art Cashin, head of floor operations at UBS, has the buzz from the NYSE. Airtime: Wed. Dec. 23 2009 | 8:50 AM ET Read More
USA Today: Best Business Books USA Today is out with its list of best business books for 2009 — Too Big Too Fail and Bailout Nation top the list. “After the... Read More
Media Appearance: MSNBC’s Morning Meeting > This morning, I will visiting with Dylan Ratigan & Co. on MSNBC’s Morning Meeting. We will be discussing the President’s... Read More
Why Aren’t Banks Lending? They Are Being Rational President Obama met with a dozen small banks yesterday, urging them to keep lending. He did not have to tell that to this group —... Read More
Last Minute Shopping Ideas The response to Sundays snowbound shopping list was (surprisingly) encouraging; Many of of you commented or emailed with even more gift... Read More
Good Riddance to the ’00s Source: Good Riddance to the ’00s. History Suggests Things Will Be Better Over Next Ten Years Peter Gorenstein Yahoo Tech Ticker,... Read More
Tuesday Reading An interesting variety of readings today: • Holiday Cliffhanger: Stores Pin Hopes on Last-Minute Shoppers (WSJ) • The Equity Culture... Read More
Most Profitable Global Companies Interesting graphic showing the world’s most profitable companies. Its no surprise that 6 of the top 10 firms with the greatest... Read More