July 22, 2008 Elaine Meinel Supkis The IMF and China have been sparring openly for about a year. As the entire G7 banking system goes under the blood red waves of excessive debt, the IMF refuses to humble itself and admit the financial leaders in the world are all really sex-starved gnomes who have ...

Paul Westerberg has a 43 minute mp3 featuring new music for sale at Amazon, "49:00," for only 49 cents. (via) Billboard offers background for the release. The Guardian reports that the finalists for Britain's 2008 Mercury Prize have been named. The nominated albums: Adele - 19 British Sea Power - Do...

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Paul Westerberg has a 43 minute mp3 featuring new music for sale at Amazon, "49:00," for only 49 cents. (via) Billboard offers background for the release. The Guardian reports that the finalists for Britain's 2008 Mercury Prize have been named. The nominated albums: Adele - 19 British Sea Power - Do...

Earthside Comments: Here is your reality check for today. The financial institutions are in trouble: too much debt, too many bad loans, too many incompetent and greedy CEOs and managers, too much gambling with other people's money. Then, while the Bushites and Dimocrats work together to bail-out the...

The most popular entries for 07/21/2008 out of 124 entries made in 147 blogs in the Creative Weblogging network yesterday. Personal Finance News: Air Travel Edition The Personal Finance Weblog Business, Economy & Finance © snappED_up I happened to come across a treasure trove of news this week conc...

We fear uncertainty, and we hate fear. And honestly, we are bad at calculating risk and handling uncertainty. Fear and a clear head do not mix easily. When we drive a car or do sports, danger is close and split second reactions is coupled with sometimes a well developed ability to analyse the near f...

By Tom Philpott Back in April, it already seemed obvious: Spooked by skyrocketing prices for corn, soy, and wheat, policymakers would push to put as much land as possible in the Midwest under the plow, environmental consequences be damned. One of the first policy levers, I figured, would involve gut...

Covestor launched last year as an investor platform that tracked real portfolios and actual trades, allowing individual investors and investment advisers to build a documented track record. Recently, Covestor opened up its platforms - until then, you could only view others' portfolios by entering yo...

Long ago, when I was a freshman in college, I took a sales job for a company called Vector Marketing — a business you may know of second hand even if you’ve never heard their name. If you’ve ever heard jokes about college kids selling Cutco knives door-to-door you’ve heard of...