A couple of minor technical problems called “business” and “life” have now intruded on my increasingly bogged down publication schedule that, in the interest...
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Posts Tagged ‘ Corporations ’
There Is No Shortcut, But All We Have Are Shortcuts
Cheating on the final exam to get an A doesn't mean you mastered the subject. Yet cheating is all we have in America because sacrifice and adult trade-offs are too painful.
We all know there is no shortcut to anything worth having--mastery, securit...
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“Corporate Personhood” Highlights Misunderstanding of The Role of The People vs Constitutional Government
More local control of government and the economy is good, but Constitutional government is not to blame for our ills, including Citizen's United and "corporate personhood."
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Gingrich tax ‘plan’ starves government, feeds the wealthy, rests on flawed assumptions
Gingrich tax 'plan' starves government, feeds the wealthy, rests on flawed assumptions
Angry Bear Blog|Dec. 14, 2011, 8:41 AM|55|1
by Linda Beale
In case you hadn't heard about it, Gingrich would offer taxpayers a choice to pay tax under current polic...
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Between 2008 And 2010, 30 Big Corporations Spent More Lobbying Washington Than They Paid In Income Taxes
Thirty big corporations actually spent more money lobbying the federal government between 2008 and 2010 than they spent in taxes.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/12/07/383779/30-big-corporations-taxes-lobbying/
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Stock Market Liquidity and Corporate Cash Run
Liquidity is the key as corporations have been net buyers below SP 1150-1200 and net seller above SP 1250. US public has been net sellers for the past 2+ years so most of the support has been corporate. This is also a scam as corporations have been ...
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Productive Employment
It seems that layoffs are happening almost daily:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-06/citigroup-to-cut-4-500-jobs-on-slumping-
revenue-take-400-million-charge.html?cmpid=yhoo
One can argue that most if not all financial related jobs are of very ...
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The 10 Worst Run States In America
How well run are America’s 50 states? The answer depends a lot on where you live.
For the second year, 24/7 Wall St. has reviewed data on financial health, standard of living and government services by state to determine how well each state is ma...
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Printing of Fiat
The worlds Feds/banks are frantically attempting to fight the massive debt induced deflationary pressures by the only tool they have available, the printing press. By suppling created out of nothing fiat US dollars to their brothers and sisters in cri...
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Bankrupt and Broke, Americans Still Want It All
There is an advertisement beside an online article by CNBC real estate reporter Diana Olick that speaks volumes to the America of the 21st Century. We want it all, but we can’t afford it. Inches away from the headline that states most homeowners ...
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Corporations Reveal What’s Really Happening to World Economy
We're knee-deep in Q3 earnings season. And for the most part, companies are announcing better-than-expected profits.
But the most important part of this quarterly ritual is what companies are saying about the global economy.
We've reviewed the earn...
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You Tube: The education of Ben Bernanke
Maybe this has already been posted: An MGM inflation propaganda film from 1933. Must've been the only thing bernanke remembered from his academic years. But someone forgot to tell him you've either got to convince people without jobs and money that ...
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The Daily Show: Corporations Looting Workers’ Pensions
Jon Stewart interviews Ellen Schultz, author of 'Retirement Heist.' Just when you thought you couldn't get more angry about corporate greed......
http://www.thedailys...1/ellen-schultz
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The CERN experiments
As I had preciously suggested here and especially to one or two members privately, the CERN experimenters are now confirming publicly that they are proceeding to open out observations of tests they have been conducting that show some particles are trav...
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Mitt Romney: ‘Corporations Are People’
It could have been worse. He could have said that Soylent Green is people.
Mitt Romney Tells Iowa Voters: "Corporations Are People"
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"Debt ceiling crisis" is convenient excuse. Call White House, keep pressure on…
Not one dime cut from SS or Medicare, until we chop the size of the federal workforce in (at least) half - particularly the defense budget.
I have zero problem with reforming entitlements; e.g., delaying the eligibility age for SS - makes sense as li...
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The Debt-Ceiling Debate: Three Federal Tax Increases That Could Save the U.S. Economy
As the debt-ceiling debate escalates, U.S President Barack Obama says federal tax increases are necessary to close the U.S. budget deficit.
Although Republicans then said that tax hikes were "off the table," this statement is reminiscent of a toddler who threatens to hold his breath until he turns blue...
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Corporate Cash Con
Op-Ed Columnist
Corporate Cash Con
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: July 3, 2011
Watching the evolution of economic discussion in Washington over the past couple of years has been a disheartening experience. Month by month, the discourse has gotten more p...
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CNBC – 1Q 2011 Earnings Just Fine
At least corporations are happy.
From CNBC earnings central:
"The blended earnings growth rate for the S&P 500 for 1Q 2011, combining actual numbers for companies that have reported, and estimates for companies yet to report slightly increased to 17....
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Earnings Death or Taxes
Weak corporate tax collections in the first quarter and through April 11 could mean that many quarterly earnings reports may surprise the market by failing to meet analysts’ inflated expectations. Either corporate profits are falling sharply or else corporations have suddenly become much savvier about offshoring income and avoiding taxes. While they may be...
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Now I Know How Bill Buckner Felt
Earlier today I had my first article in a major media publication. http://www.marketwat...axes-2011-04-12
A sharp eyed reader has identified a more serious error in the paragraph below than I initially realized when he first contacted me.
Corporati...
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Sign of Recovery: Big, Bouncy Executive Bonuses
Signs of Economic Recovery: Big, Bouncy Executive Bonuses
You know our economy is rebounding when the rich are getting richer without the government's help. Bonuses for the chief executives at 50 major corporations jumped a median of 30.5 percent fo...
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Who’s Lying?
Someone ain't tellin' the truth....
Have you noticed the latest sound bites coming from the punditry in the corporate mainstream media? Here is the latest wisdom flowing from the lying mouthpieces of the ruling oligarchy (Wall Street, Washington DC...
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Can The Fed Become INSOLVENT?
Can the Fed Become Insolvent?
Mises Daily: Monday, November 29, 2010 by Robert P. Murphy
In light of Bernanke's plans to purchase $600 billion of longer-term government debt, many academic economists are beginning to worry: Co...
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Putting Money on Lawsuits, Investors Share in the Payouts
Putting Money on Lawsuits, Investors Share in the Payouts
Large banks, hedge funds and private investors hungry for new and lucrative opportunities are bankrolling other people’s lawsuits, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into medical malprac...
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Distributive Top
Wells Fargo is the last of the four big banks to underwrite a large stock offering, and it seems to me that we have been witnessing in the stock market a large distribution top that has permitted insiders (see chart) and corporations the opportunity to get out at inflated prices. The foils this time...
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Zombie Economics
During his campaign for President in 1980, George Bush famously dubbed Ronald Reagan's platform "voodoo economics." He must have been on the right track for in its wake we now see the mythic creations of voodoo doctors walking among us- Zombies.We have Zombie Banks, Zombie Corporations, a Zombie currency and, if I may go...
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Excerpt from Warren Buffet’s shareholder letter
Funders that have access to any sort of government guarantee banks with FDIC-insured deposits, large entities with commercial paper now backed by the Federal Reserve, and others who are using imaginative methods (or lobbying skills) to come under the governments umbrella have money costs that are...
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Hank and Ben’s Excellent Short Term Gift – Professional Edition
The market got a huge gift from the US Treasury this week in the form of a $23 billion debt paydown. That cash put a bid under stocks and exacerbated the panic into Treasuries. The Treasury faces $40 billion in CMB expirations next week, and so far, there’s no announcement that they will be...
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