Archive for July, 2008
Bill O’Reilly, Bush and Oil.
I was channeling surfing for news on July 17, when I heard Bill O’Reilly thanking Americans for listening to him when “he” requested that we all cut back on our fuel consumption to send a message to “big oil”.
He mentioned that it was working!
“Americans have done what I asked them to do and that was [...]
Shame on IndyMac
As I recently discussed with students, IndyMac has no one to blame but itself.
Shame on you Mike Perry!
You too Angelo Mozillo!
For those of you who do not know the realtionship between these two rocket surgeons, IndyMac Bank was the brainchild of Mike Perry and Angelo Mozillo when they were both at CountryWide almost 17 years ago.
At [...]
Is The Media to Blame for the Recession Rhetoric?
I think so.
If you really think about it, the media pretty much reports doom and gloom regardless the topic.
Funny after how we missed the third consecutive quarter of negative growth, the media has ceased to discuss the “R” word.
So now, most Americans are freaked out about the economy because media outlets consistently report the negative [...]
Starbuck’s is closing stores!
What does it mean when a powerhouse reatil operator decides to close stores?Â
What does this news mean to the small business owner?
It means we as small business owners need to pa attention to what is happening in the macro economy and how we (small business) might be affected in the future.
Starbuck’s is just the first [...]