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13 Mar 2009 13:17

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Biz, World: Hey, Mexican drug lords are billionaires, too, OK?

  • 701 Joaquin Guzman’s place on the Forbes billionaires list source
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13 Mar 2009 11:45

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Biz, Politics: Three ways Jon Stewart put Jim Cramer in his place last night

  • Key point Stewart made last night: “I know you want to make finance entertaining, but it’s not a &%*$@^@ game.” source
  • Stewart played a video of Cramer suggesting people play the market by using Apple’s stock as an example source
  • Regarding people lying to Cramer: “I’m under the assumption … you don’t just take their word at face value.” source
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13 Mar 2009 11:31

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Biz, Tech: Adbusters wants to “unclick Google” in a new protest

  • They created a subversive Greasemonkey script. Adbusters, who, as you might guess by the name, like to bust the chops of advertisers, dislikes the company’s new customized ad services and to protest, they’ve created a new script that clicks on every single ad on a page. Their end goal? To create a script that clicks on the ads AND removes them from every page they’re on. Ah, to be stupid kids with counterculture ethos. source
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12 Mar 2009 21:33

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Biz: Investors, finally optimistic for once. Stocks are up!

  • +9.5% in the last three days. Whoo, time to party! source
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12 Mar 2009 21:22

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Biz, Politics: Give Jim Cramer credit. He took Jon Stewart head-on.

This took guts. This is why Rick Santelli didn’t show up on “The Daily Show.” Still think he’s a comedian, Jim? source
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12 Mar 2009 21:12

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Biz, U.S.: When is Bernie Madoff going to jail?

  • NOW. bond revoked, biznitch. See ya! :) source
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12 Mar 2009 21:07

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Biz, U.S.: Bernie Madoff: A man compelled to have killer returns. (Huh?)

  • While I never promised a specific rate of return to any client, I felt compelled to satisfy my clients’ expectations, at any cost.
  • Bernard Madoff • Explaining why he created his Ponzi scheme during a courtroom monologue while pleading guilty. According to him, he wanted to keep giving out continually good rates of return because he wanted his investors to love him. (No word on how he felt about his penthouse.) • source
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12 Mar 2009 10:37

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Biz, U.S.: Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff finally pleaded guilty

  • 11 number of counts Bernard Madoff pleaded guilty to this morning source
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12 Mar 2009 10:11

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Biz, U.S.: Hey look, a big graphic on how much newspapers are sucking

See the bigger dot that says “Milwaukee Journal Sentinel?” I used to work there. Good luck, all. source
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12 Mar 2009 01:55

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Biz, U.S.: Ah, home foreclosures. Another thing to be depressed about.

  • +30% year-over-year increase in foreclosures. Yikes. source
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