Submitted by lambert on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 8:48am
.... broke. Suck on that, Tom.
Assuming weasels can suck.
NOTE For those not immersed in the minutiae of our media overlords, General Growth -- love the name! -- was the source of Izvestia pundit Tom Friedman's family fortune. Who would have predicted that shopping mall real estate would ever go tits up?
UPDATE LOLfed, as ever, has the snappiest take: Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 12:36am
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Submitted by lambert on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 8:27pm
Submitted by lambert on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 8:21pm
I'm reading this Reuters story on how the administration's going to (partially) disclose (or not) (some of) the (undescribed) stress tests (with booklet!) and...
Normally, I can take a good stab at decoding the narrative, but with the continuing saga of stress test disclosure? I can't tell if it's kabuki, farcical meta-kabuki, manipulation, incompetence, malice afore- or afterthought, high-minded steadiness in the face of overwhelming odds, gaming, 11 dimensional chess, night baseball, just politics, just business, or what. Or puffery by the more politically wired banksters -- talkin bout you, Goldman Sachs -- to drive out the weak ones. Tom Stoppard? Three Stooges? Franz Kafka? You decide! Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 6:23pm
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Submitted by lambert on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 4:36pm
Robert Gibbs throws down with the ghost of Ari Fleischer:
"Early in May, you will see in a systematic and coordinated way the transparency of determining and showing to all involved some of the results of these stress tests," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 10:28am
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Submitted by lambert on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 9:53am
Reuters:
One unifying figure is King Bhumibol Adulyadej, widely respected by Thais whatever their political affiliation.
But while the king is revered, the role of the monarchy in Thai politics is a deeply divisive issue at the heart of the crisis. Royalists in the yellow camp support an interventionist monarchy, while many of Thaksin's supporters resent the power of unelected Thai elites.
Read below the fold...
Submitted by lambert on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 9:49am
Reuters:
Fiat SpA's chief executive, facing a two-week deadline to work out a partnership with Chrysler LLC, warned the troubled U.S. carmaker's unions he would ditch the idea unless they agreed to cut labor costs.
In a clear message to U.S. and Canadian unions, Sergio Marchionne told Wednesday's Globe and Mail newspaper a deal on the partnership had only a 50-50 chance of succeeding because of lack of progress in talks with union leaders.
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Submitted by lambert on Wed, 04/15/2009 - 8:27am
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