This week, I purchased a new 2009 Dodge Journey and retired my Ford Explorer... My Ford Explorer was the first car I truly desired and loved. Last week, the rear-end locked up on the highway and I had to have the state police push me to the side of the road. The repair ended up costing $695 which is...

Why are there radio stations aimed at kids? Dallas Morning News, TXCrunch Gear has an amusing post about plans to transform one New York radio station from a rock format to a pop format. The folks who own the radio station say the new format will provide "young adults" with a venue to "discover...

An Air Force C-37A, the preferred mode of transportation for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (USAF photo). When the CEOs of GM, Ford and Chrysler flew their private jets to Washington last December--to request government bailout money--members of Congress had a fit. "It's almost like seeing a guy ...

 http://www.socialistappeal.org/content/view/691/71/ Why the UAW Should Fight for Nationalization Written by David May Tuesday, 10 March 2009 As was anticipated, the incoming Obama administration has begun putting new bailout plans into action for nearly-bankrupt auto companies GM and Chrysler....

If many of us in industry (I’m talking about guys like me that make the wheels turn) approached our business with the same skill and moral conviction that the big wheels in the big boardrooms of GM and Chrysler and the banks and the insurance giants, this country would be sitting in the dark, ...

While the other major players - GM and Chrysler - went to Congress bellowing for taxpayers to save their sorry butts, Ford rejected a government bail-out and went to its union for the money. And it got the givebacks it wanted. Unionized workers at Ford Motor Co. have approved contract changes ...

A New Jersey widow is heartbroken that a mourner at her husband's funeral turned out to be a process server sent by Chrysler to claim the body. The late Harold St. John of Cranbury, N.J. was suing Chrysler and Honeywell claiming the mesothelioma that ultimately took his life was the result of instal...

Merck MRK acqauired Schering Plough SGP over the weekend for $41 B in cash, wow. The wow is the size of the deal and the fact that acquisitions and mergers hardly ever happen at market bottoms, rather they are a market top phenomenon. Why?  Again, Socionomics tells us that positive social mood...

In no particular order, a list of some of the books I've read in the past six months or so and a short blurb about each: 1.  Devil Take the Hindmost:  A History of Financial Speculation -  One of the portfolio managers at work was interviewed for an article and asked to give a ...

So. I ended up buying a car. I got a 2007 Chrysler 300 base model, with 65k miles on it. What it came to really, is I have mediocre credit, and I finally found a place that would lend to me and help build my credit. I stayed completely within my budget, and got a car that I really like. NOT MY car, ...