Category Archives: The Market

BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in Traffic Crashes

  I’m sure it was just a coincidence. I’ve noticed that there is a special social sphere for BlackBerry Messaging (BBM) users. These social groups tend to congregate around one another in an self-organizing pattern. They are usually technophobic luddites who enjoy deluding themselves into thinking they are riding in the carpool lane of theContinue reading “BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in Traffic Crashes”

So Goes the EU and the Eurodollar Dream

Here we go. Say bye bye to the Eurodollar. Greece will miss a deficit target set just months ago in a massive bailout package, according to government draft budget figures released on Sunday, showing that drastic steps taken to avert bankruptcy may not be enough. As Germany slowly makes for the door, one might askContinue reading “So Goes the EU and the Eurodollar Dream”

California breaks from 50-state probe into mortgage lenders [Updated] – latimes.com

California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris will no longer take part in a national foreclosure probe of some of the nation’s biggest banks, which are accused of pervasive misconduct in dealing with troubled homeowners. Harris removed herself from talks by a coalition of state attorneys general and federal agencies investigating abusive foreclosure practices because the nation’sContinue reading “California breaks from 50-state probe into mortgage lenders [Updated] – latimes.com”