Daily Archives: March 23, 2009

JP Morgan Chase buys 2 luxury jets +

Embattled bank JPMorgan Chase, the recipient of $25 billion in TARP funds, is going ahead with a $138 million plan to buy two new luxury corporate jets and build "the premier corporate aircraft hangar on the eastern seaboard" to house … Continue reading

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DOW up almost 500 points today

NEW YORK — Wall Street got the news it wanted on the economy’s biggest problems _ banks and housing _ and celebrated by hurtling the Dow Jones industrials up nearly 500 points. Investors added rocket fuel Monday to a two-week-old … Continue reading

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AIG changes its name

AIG is changing its name to AIU Holdings, Ltd. AIG has said it may sell the headquarter building, as part of its drive to raise funds to repay its debt to the U.S. government. http://nyenevada.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

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The View of vibrators

Huffington Post links to the View and Barbara Walters: "If you had to buy one thing now," Barbara asked her co-hosts, "let’s say there’s one luxury thing now that you could buy…" "You mean besides a vibrator?" Joy interrupted. "For … Continue reading

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Meet the Press and other TV talk shows

Meet the Press, to me, is one of the outstanding political talk shows on television. Moderated by David Gregory, successor to the late Tim Russert, it is crammed full of knowledgeable “talking heads.” You can learn a lot if you … Continue reading

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AIG’s campaign contributions

One of the primary corrupting influences in Washington, D.C. is campaign contributions to those running for elective offices. Big corporations make campaign contributions in a number of ways but the underlying motivation for making them is to buy influence of … Continue reading

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