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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Monday - January 19, 2009 - Warren Buffett Says Obama Is the Leader We Need In These Perilous Times, Rebranding the GOP, 8 Years in 8 Minutes

In China about 1,000 entrants taking civil service entrance exams have been caught cheating

Taliban blow up 5 more schools in Pakistan to keep young girls from learning

German film critics maul Tom Cruise's anti-Hitler in new film "Valkyrie"

Naples, FL has the highest foreclosure rate in the USA

Foreclosures up 258% in Hampton Roads area of Virginia

An overwhelming majority of banks accepting TARP money saw the bailout program as a no-strings-attached windfall that could be used to pay down debt, acquire other businesses or invest for the future.

CEO of Bank of America, Ken Lewis, cannot read the handwriting on the wall

James Kunstler's latest: "Hope and Fear"



Roger Federer trying to tie a big record with a hoped for 14th Grand Slam title

Garth Brooks, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Shakira, U2, Pete Seeger, and others rocked the Obamas and Bidens and a huge crowd yesterday at the Lincoln Memorial

Russia and Ukraine make nice, sign a 10 year gas transport deal

Obama honors troops and Martin Luther King on Holiday

Third case of bird flu in 3 days officially documented in China

Circuit City's "Mis-Adventures in Big Box Retailing"

Lessons from when the Japanese bubble burst

Countdown to Inauguration Weather Report

Is Peter Schiff going to run for Chris Dodd's Senate seat?

The fast spreading Windows virus already has infected 9 million computers worldwide

Apple Without Steve Is Like Disney Without Walt


Although he believes America is suffering its Economic Pearl Harbor, Warren Buffett believes there is no one better to lead us during these times than Barack Obama

Hints that Obama will use his Inauguration speech to talk about responsibility and accountability

Obama's people on 2nd half of bailout funds: more to small businesses and people, less to banks

Plane's recorders support hero pilot's story

Most blacks say MLK's vision fulfilled, poll finds





Samantha B. looks at the GOP's attempt to REBRAND

South African authorities rescue 167 miners trapped underground for 24 hours

79% of Americans say they are optimistic about the next 4 years
The Bull Run Begins This Week?

Natural gas for cars which run on it in Utah costs only 85 cents per gallon there

Draft of Obama's stimulus plan has Billions for a "Smart Grid"

Paul Krugman tells us why the Bank Bailout will fail in "Wall Street Voodoo"

Minority homeowners are most likely to have an unaffordable mortgage







Keith Olbermann: 8 Years in 8 Minutes
NYT: Hedge Funds Unhinged

Technical analyst's charts predict (open link to see video) oil heading to $17 - $25 a barrel

Layoffs picking up speed
Mish: Disaster in jobs accelerates . . . 120,000 jobs vaporize in first-half of January

SEC and FBI join forces in hunt for missing Florida hedge fund manager


Steelers beat Ravens, to meet Arizona in Super Bowl

In California, defaults come roaring back

Mortgage volume may have fallen last year, but not incidences of fraud: fewer mortgage apps mean dishonest, scheming mortgage brokers are more desperate and more prone to commit fraud

Wellington, Florida man receives 46 month prison sentence and must pay back about $450,000 restitution for scamming $3.6 million in mortgage fraud

New rules attempt to make RE appraisers more independent from those who hire them

Repair, not replace. Spend less, not more. Recession? Not for these businesses . . .

Will a Mexican billionaire save The New York Times?


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