Fighting Climate Change in Portlandia
Not only is failure not an option, those fighting to avert cataclysmic climate change have achieved important successes worthy of celebrating.
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Neoliberalism, the IMF, Summers, & Geithner
Interesting post by Ken Hanly on lbo-talk, about Obama's new economics appointees: Timothy Geithner (to be Treasury Secretary)
George Monbiot on the 'Other Crisis'
From the fantastic Tuesday morning Guardian columnist's latest. Note in particular this little item: "This approach is
In Other News: Three More Banks Go Down
Another one of those stories that would normally be front page news for a week but barely registers these days:
Bailouts Dwarf Spending on Other Crises
A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies documents how much more money is spent to bail out banks
Another Important Story Today
From today's Financial Times. This suggests that the selloffs from pension and other funds, that have followed the
Some Wise Words on the Citi Bailout
From Across the Curve: The Citibank story is certainly the top story of the day. I know the news broke
Citi bonanza for Goldman or Morgan?
According to Bloomberg.com: ... In related news, analysts predict that the purchase of Citigroup Inc. would "significantly" add
Geithner and Kissinger Associates--pt. 1
From Bob Feldman: Treasury Secretary-Designate Geithner's Kissinger Associates Background—Part 1 Between 1986 and 1989, U.S. Treasury
Not Looking Good for Citi
Even amidst yesterday's stock market rally, Citigroup's shares fell; it lost more than half its value
Biggest CEO Losers are Winners
Even when their companies go belly up, Wall Street's former kings won't have to count on
Closures & Layoffs (Nov. 16-22)
Mark Heschmeyer's weekly report, from CoStar. Layoffs Hit Sun, AMD and Other Tech Firms A Weekly Report on