The Top Ten Financial Links Of The Day
Weekly Standard – Testifying today before the House Budget Committee, Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Doug Elmendorf confirmed that Obamacare is expected to reduce the number of jobs in the labor market by an estimated 800,000.
CoStar – Abercrombie & Fitch Co. announced that it will be closing 56 stores this quarter. These closures are in addition to the eight permanent closures that occurred in prior quarters during the fiscal year (**that should make the malls smell better).
LA Business Journal – Mannkind Inc. late Thursday reported a smaller-than-expected fourth quarter loss, but said it would lay off 41 percent of its employees as it focuses on obtaining regulatory approval for its inhaled diabetes drug Afrezza.
Pajama’s Media – “Green” lobbyist who shaped energy dep’t policy hired by bailed out bank **HT J.M. Heinrichs
Pajama’s Media – When a hidden agenda is out in the open **HT J.M. Heinrichs
The Atlantic – Home seizures rebound 12% in January
Dollar Vigilante – Ben Bernanke and the confidence men
Business Insider – China’s wheat basket, Shangdong Province, is stuck in the worst drought in 60 years. If weather forecasts hold true, this will be the worst drought in 200 years, according to Xinhua.
Yahoo Finance – McDonald’s Corp (NYSE:MCD - News) plans to raise prices this year to help offset an expected rise in its grocery bill for the 10 commodities that account for around 75 percent of its food preparation costs.
My Budget 360 – The food bubble: the financial cost of feeding the world. Feeding 219,000 more every night. Wheat prices up 8% for the year
February 12th, 2011 at 1:43 am
This may help…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nY1jTVyBE0
It’s actually a good memory of mine from childhood, my grandmother that lived to be 100 did this for me often enough, as my mom didn’t know how.
I never thought it was uncomfortable, rather that I thought is was perfect that my grandmother would do this for me… yeah I know some of my good memories are messed up. that’s ok.
February 12th, 2011 at 8:45 am
Homesteading is coming back in a big way. It’s best to know as much as we can, start to pick up what our parents and grandparents knew – like preserving, canning, darning, gardening.
It’ll be life and death one day, best to know as much as we can to survive.
February 12th, 2011 at 2:06 pm
You left out northwest special equity fund up almost 100% in less than 2 years,
Yeah baby yeah!!!!
Canadian equities rock! Especially in these times where dems rule to the south.
February 17th, 2011 at 5:29 pm
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