Economics
It’s been an interesting week in economics. The DOW has resurged a few hundred points the last few days, Jon Stewart had an interesting chat with CNBC financial analyst Jim Cramer about the morality of ethical financial reporting, and Canada, according to the IMF, is probably going to do allright in the face of the [...]
Obama Aims to Battle Debt
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Obama has a plan in the works for battling the deficit that will see it shrink from $2 trillion this September to around $500 billion by 2013, according to the Washington Post. Although the target debt ratio is high – around 3% – according to the White House that number would be [...]
Drink the Ocean
As ideal as it sounds, moving to green energy involves a dizzyingly complex series of factors. We must reduce our consumption – we can’t expect to move our energy source from coal to wind and still keep turning on the television and flipping the light switch in the way in which we have grown accustomed. [...]
iGame
Apple’s made quite the resurgence in the last few years. I remember when Apple Computers were the cheap, ugly computers the schools had that they bought a million years ago in some bad deal, and were now trying to teach computer use on obsolete machines. Now, their systems are the favourite of latté sipping dorks in [...]
What economic crisis?
Looks like Sweden is not aware that there is an economic crisis going on. Hennes & Mauritz stores (H&M) are planning to expand their operation worldwide with the creation of 6000 to 7000 new jobs in their soon to be opened stores.
Good news for all those executives that need a second job after President Obama’s harsh [...]
California’s Approach to Green Energy
On the topic of Green Energy, California has been attempting to reduce energy use and waste output of cars.
There is a somewhat interesting debate over the practically of ‘greener’ cars. Seems it would safe to expect an addition $1000-5000 price tag on new vehicles, which would seriously hurt struggling manufacturers in the United States (who [...]
January 2009 in Review
As February approaches, I thought it’d be worthwhile to look back and consider some of the issues and events that our world has faced this past month.
1- The Inauguration of President Obama – Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America On Jan 20, 2009. He was the first African-American man [...]
Tar Sands Will Never Replace Mideast Oil
There is a great myth that as the cost of pumping oil out of the middle east increases with declining supply it will be viable to draw fossil fuels from the tar sands of western Canada. While it may be true that the sands will be tapped to a greater degree, the idea that it [...]
Culture of Mediocrity
Let’s talk about mediocrity. We are a society of followers (ever hear the phrase ‘Monkey see, monkey do’?) We are trained to do what the leader does and to act like the cool kids. We want flash, style, appeal, and success. There are phases we go through – when we follow, when we adapt, and [...]
Bailout Money Could Have Come From Executive Bonuses
What happened to the idea that “the captain goes down with the ship”? According to a post at Factesque, the Associated Press took a look into how much of the federal bailout money was spent on paying for the salaries of those. As it turns out, the money used for that purpose was relatively small [...]
