The Bear Turns
More on this later (when I get a minute to breath), but I think we can fairly say that New York Magazine’s recent fawning article notwithstanding, Jamie Dimon may have made a big mistake purchasing Bear at any price. Other than some potentially hard-to-unload midtown real estate, Bear’s real assets (as they say in marking [...]
Misguided Marketing Monikers
Apparently, even though New York is the Big Apple, that isn’t an official nickname of the city. In fact, New York City doesn’t have any official nicknames.
While this may seem rather shocking that no nickname was ever attached to the city, Queens City Councilman Hiram Monserrate is looking to fix this by officially linking up [...]
Satellite of Love
Earlier this week you may have heard that the merger deal to unify Sirius Radio and XM Radio was approved. The only question that was holding the approval back is that it seemingly turns satellite radio into a monopoly held by one company.
Well, since the approval there has been some other news relating to the [...]
Dumb protestors can’t find FED, visit Bear instead
This is incredibly amusing, buy also very sad.
NEW YORK (Reuters) – About 60 protesters opposed to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s help in bailing out Bear Stearns entered the lobby of the investment bank’s Manhattan headquarters on Wednesday, demanding assistance for struggling homeowners.
This is the state of populist protest in our country: homeowners are kinda [...]
Egg McMuffin Inventor Dies at 89
LOS ANGELES: Herb Peterson, who invented the ubiquitous Egg McMuffin as a way to introduce breakfast to McDonald’s restaurants, has died, a Southern California McDonald’s official said Wednesday. He was 89.
Can there be any doubt that since the 1911 invention of Crisco, few have done so much to make our country as unhealthy as it [...]
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