Archive for September, 2009

The Roundup September 29

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

For the real estate agent, it’s a “starter home.” For the seller, it’s a “fixer-upper.” For the buyer, it’s a “pile of crap.” If they can agree on a price, for the statistician, it’s an “outlier.” Here endeth the statistics lesson.

Housing prices have gone up for the third straight month! Unless, of course, housing prices [...]

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This is Forbes magazine?

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Surely, there’s some biblical prophecy about what happens when Forbes magazine (mostly) agrees with Michael Moore.

In response to Michael Moore’s new film, Capitalism: A Love Story, the editors of Forbes have responded with a piece titled “The Whole Point of Capitalism.” So far, nothing unexpected or surprising from a magazine whose cover story during the [...]

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The Roundup September 28

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Maybe the Chinese can build an environmentally friendly Hummer, a “bold chihuahua,” maybe . . .”

Even the Chinese hate Hummers
The Hummer brand, however, could be on the road to extinction if GM cannot soon finish a deal with China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machinery, the only bidder for the controversial brand. . . .
The tentative [...]

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