Barron’s: Surfing Back To eBay
Even after a nice run in eBay’s shares so far this year, the e-commerce leader’s ongoing turnaround should drive further...
GDP Worse, Not Better,Than Expected
Bill King notes in the Think Tank that GDP was actually worse than consensus expected. How is a minus 1% worse than a minus 1.5% ? He...
Real Estate ‘Trade-Down’ Environment
“We’re in a ‘trade-down’ environment for the first time since the 1930s.” -Kenneth Rosen, chairman of the...
Week Ahead: Car Sales, Jobless Reports Loom
U.S. Week Ahead: Car Sales, Jobless Reports Loom ~~~ Asia’s Week Ahead: Central Bank Action ~~~ Europe’s Week Ahead: Focus on...
Second Life Interview
> For those of you who participate in Second Life, I am being interviewed by Copper Robot at 9:00pm tonite: In Second Life:...
Seinfeld on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ in Fall
Can’t wait: The four lead characters of Seinfeld — Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards...
More Exhaustees Coming
The details on exhaustees — the people have used up their total Unemployment benefits — are pretty daunting. I mentioned this...
Banned Commercials
Banned in U.K. as a commercial for Levis Jeans. Banned Commercials – Beer Makes Women Beautiful Banned Commercials — IKEA...
NYT Reviews Bailout Nation
The Sunday New York Times has a nice review of Bailout Nation in the Business Section: Excerpt: “MANY people were outraged when...