January 2010
9 posts
“Perhaps as interesting as P&G’s love of Facebook, was its skepticism...”
– David Hornik - VentureBlog
“Given that the tax credit appears to account for a good deal of the improvement...”
– Home Sales Worse Than Expected in December - NYTimes.com
So basically what you’re saying is - there actually is no housing recovery, that the government just gave the patient a shot of adrenaline via a tax giveaway, and that goosed the market for a few months? Yeah, that’s what I...
“That seat, held for nearly half a century by Mr. Kennedy, the liberal lion of...”
– G.O.P. Senate Victory Stuns Democrats - NYTimes.com
Ladies and gentlemen, your American voter. Votes for a Tea Party Republican to curtail Wall Street giveaways and “get jobs going” (whatever the hell that means). As de Tocqueville said, a democracy requires an educated electorate. And...
“The name Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is poorly chosen; there’s an...”
– The Automatic Earth: January 13 2010: Punch and Judy, Pontius Pilate and the US dollar
“Broadly publicized and televised commission hearings like the one taking place...”
– The Automatic Earth: January 13 2010: Punch and Judy, Pontius Pilate and the US dollar
“Tax credits designed to revive the U.S. housing industry are costing taxpayers...”
– Bloomberg.com: News
The housebuyer giveaway was one of the most useless programs of all time. It accomplished almost nothing besides making a few brain-dead congresspeople feel good about themselves.
“Quickly, the specs. The Nexus One—built for Google by HTC—has a 1GHz Snapdragon...”
– Nexus One Review - Nexus one - Gizmodo
This sounds a lot like what I’d expect from a very good phone designed by HTC and without Apple’s design sensibility in the mix.
“In practice, therefore, our vacation policy seems to be “We’re all...”
– Should We Eliminate Our Vacation Policy?
“The number of buyers who agreed to purchase previously occupied homes fell...”
– Pending home sales fall 16 percent in Nov. - Yahoo! Finance