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Had a homeowner eschewed the blandishments of the housing bubble in 2001 and sold his/her home for 460 ounces of gold and rented for eight years, he/she could now buy a home for 160 ounces of gold and have 300 ounces in hand.

http://www.oftwominds.com/blogsept09/housing-g...

Specifically, the following will take effect after the close of business, October 2, 2009: * All branch and regional library programs, including programs for children and teens, after school programs, computer classes, and programs for adults, will be cancelled * All Parkway Central Library programs, including children programs, programs to support small businesses and job seekers, computer classes and after school programs, will be cancelled. We are exploring the possibility of relocating the Philadelphia Author Series programs to other non-library facilities. * All library visits to schools, day care centers, senior centers and other community centers will cease. * All community meetings at our branch and regional libraries, and the Parkway Central Library, will be cancelled. * All GED, ABE and ESL programs held at Free Library branches will be discontinued, students should contact their teacher to see if other arrangements are being made.

http://libwww.freelibrary.org/closing/

I need to remember to add these people to my Christmas newsletter.

http://cryptome.info/0001/madoff-vics.htm

*BOFA will say that the cash used to pay the bonuses was not the actual cash received from taxpayers. Please. Cash is cash. What BOFA and Merrill are already saying in their defense is that the bonuses were accrued (and mostly paid) all year and that Merrill just shelled out the last $4 billion in December...a month before the latest bailout funds arrived.

http://clusterstock.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/75...

Jones wrote in his opinion that equating each download with a lost sale is a faulty assumption. "Those who download movies and music for free would not necessarily purchase those movies and music at the full purchase price," Jones wrote. "[A]lthough it is true that someone who copies a digital version of a sound recording has little incentive to purchase the recording through legitimate means, it does not necessarily follow that the downloader would have made a legitimate purchase if the recording had not been available for free."

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090119-...

"We do business around the globe," AIG spokesman Nick Ashooh said. "It's absurd that we're being accused of using these as tax havens. Now what the net tax impact is, that's extremely complicated."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/a...

It reminds me of the famous list of New York luminaries who attended the final meeting on 11 December 1930 which decided to let the Bank of the United States go bust, thus - and I am simplifiying several hundred PhDs here - precipitating the Great Depression, the rise of FDR, fascism and World War Two.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/newsnight/paulmason...

Your loving don't pay my bills.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/business/bus...

Islamic scholars have been seeking to devise a global banking system that would serve as an alternative to the usury-based scheme now in control internationally, and Iran has led the way in devising that model

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context...

Rothkopf has identified roughly 6,000 individuals who have "the ability to regularly influence the lives of millions of people in multiple countries worldwide."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/a...

"Poppy fields in Afghanistan are the cornfields of Ohio," said Stover, 28, of Marion, Ohio. "When we got here they were asking us if it's OK to harvest poppy and we said, 'Yeah, just don't use an AK-47.'"

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWZXcYDoSB3...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/05/03/...

I’ve been on unemployment three times in the past six years. Each time was better than the last, and each time I stayed on until the last cent was exhausted

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/display.php...

many institutions tend to educate students in the cheapest way possible: large lecture classes, with necessary small classes staffed by rock-bottom-cost graduate students

http://chronicle.com/temp/email2.php?id=wWwv6k...

Goldman estimates that US financial firms have already reported losses of $120bn since the credit crunch began

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7313637.stm

Banks are a safe place to put money, even if there are failures, because deposits are insured up to $100,000 and self-directed retirement accounts (IRAs) are insured up to $250,000.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/21/magazines/fort...

What's now clear is that the contagion of sub-prime has moved to prime and, with it, billions of dollars worth of carnage will follow. As more than $16 billion of Carlyle's assets hit the market, prices will fall further and other banks will rush to liqui

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business...

3. Stay home. [That hasn't helped as much as I believed it should]

http://zenhabits.net/2008/02/20-money-hacks-ti...

(In 2007 Dollars)

http://www.armscontrolcenter.org/policy/securi...

Thousands of items on eBay are listed with descriptions containing spelling mistakes. These items often expire with no bids on them as no-one can find them.

http://fatfingers.com/

You still have until April 15, 2008, to contribute to an IRA for 2007 and qualify for the credit.

http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/ask/archive/2...

You may qualify for up to $3,500 toward replacing your vehicle

http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/implementation/air...

"We can't grow our way out of this grain-shortage hole,'' said Jim Gerlach, president of A/C Trading Inc. in Fowler, Indiana. ``We'll have to price our way out."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060108...

In an article two and a half years ago (“Countdown to a Meltdown,” July/August 2005), I described an imagined future in which a real-estate crash and shakiness in the U.S. credit markets led to panic by Chinese and other foreign investors, with unplea

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/200801/fa...

Bank of America, then known as NCNB Corp., the parent of North Carolina National Bank, discovered a way to structure the deal to save $1 billion of taxes, using a convoluted strategy that none of the other bidders knew about.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/11/news/companies...

"I don't remember a time in history when so many banks were running around the world with hats in hand,'' said Richard Sylla, a financial history professor at New York University's Stern School of Business.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2060108...

Whichever method you choose, stick with it. Make it a habit. Don’t fudge the numbers.

http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2008/01/07/8...

People who need money request it, and other people bid for the privilege of lending it to them

http://www.prosper.com/welcome/how_it_works.aspx

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/credit/fdc...

A count that is over 100% in this category has more base metal value than purchasing power. (remember, the mint has made it illegal to melt change)

http://www.coinflation.com/

Because of this, a consumer can rarely be certain the debt collector on the other end of the line (1) actually owns the debt; (2) is entitled to collect the debt and the charges they are seeking to collect; and (3) is not trying to collect a debt outside

http://caveatemptorblog.com/index.php/2007/09/...

The real free credit report

https://www.annualcreditreport.com/cra/index.jsp

Yours until the next piece of shit I'm in, David

http://www.bobanddavid.com/2007/12/allllllviii...

This is wonderfully blunt.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing...

Energy-dense munchies cost on average $1.76 per 1,000 kcal, compared with $18.16 per 1,000 kcal for low-energy but nutritious foods.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/05/a-hig...

http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/commodities/e...

Red Tape Chronicles has a good guide for how to set up a credit report freeze at each of the three major credit bureaus.

http://consumerist.com/consumer/identity-theft...

http://zenhabits.net/2007/08/10-ideas-for-livi...

http://www.thriftymommy.com/50-ways-save-money...

We know you don't really like having money. That's why we've put together these 10 tips that will help ensure you never will.

http://consumerist.com/consumer/let.s-spend-so...

So, you have to be old. Or make hip hop.

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/9447993...

I'll be living on just over $1,000 a month this year.

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Savingand...

This guide explains the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and other laws that apply to debt collectors.

http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs27-debtcoll.htm

We lose

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/...

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) asserts that Cheney's options -- worth $241,498 a year ago -- are now valued at more than $8 million.

http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Cheneys_stock_op...

You all know the "Big Mac Index" of The Economist

http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...

15. Espresso / Cappuccino Machine - Price: $200 - Time Until Break Even: 80 visits to a coffee shop

http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2006/12/19/25-g...

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http://www.hsbcdirect.com/1/2/1/