<iJJ> Woodside shot in final seconds propels NDSU to NCAA tournament berth The Bison are the first (FIRST) team since 1970 to make it to the NCAA Tournament in their first (FIRST) year of eligibility. Go Bison!! This video is from this teams (2008-09) Midnight Madness show back in October. Thi...

Filed under: International markets, Good news, Management, Citigroup Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of New York (BK), Wells Fargo (WFC), Chasing Value, U.S. Bancorp (USB) It is being reported today in the Business Journal that the safest bank in the United States is Wells Fargo & Company (...

How do I get on the Tavis Smiley mailing list? Sorry Tavis, I missed the "State Of The Black Union" conference again. Damn it! I hear it was out in L.A. this year. Nice. And I hear you had some pretty heavy hitters in the house. Black dignitaries and talking heads getting together to discuss the fut...

Filed under: Competitive strategy, Citigroup Inc. (C), Wells Fargo (WFC) While most banks are slashing dividends and looking to raise capital, Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) actually raised its dividend in the third quarter of 2008. That's been a boon to the company's stock price. Sure, it's trading at les...

Bad day on Wall Street today, folks. The S&P 500 closed at the lowest level since April 1997. The NYT explains: Analysts said that after fevered speculation last week about bank nationalization, many investors now expect the government to move in that direction, despite statements from the White Hou...

<iJJ> ‘We’ll miss you, Tom’ <iJJ> Goodbye, Tom UND, Grand Forks, and the state of North Dakota continued to say a gracious goodbye to the former UND president. Even as a current student of UND who is a proud graduate of rival NDSU I can appreciate Tom Clifford’s l...

<iJJ> NDSU spring enrollment hits record 12,562 Good to see the alma mater still doing well. Helps that ND higher education, and higher ed in general, will benefit greatly from the downturn in the economy. <iJJ> Up the Creek to reopen as Applebee’s While I don’t think that Fargo-...

Playing roulette after receiving bailout money would have been a bad PR move....

<iJJ> Police seek 2 who beat woman in [alleged] Uptown hate crime As the country plunges further into recession the crime rate will likely increase. Along with that, and due to increased exposure of LGBT people in society, a continued increase in hate crimes will probably occur. At this time i...

Download Happy New Year, everyone! I’m back after a very hearty holiday. Holy shit it’s snowing. My stomach hurts from laughing and I’m wondering if this is what baby-having women call a good pain. I haven’t talked for a long time (or I hadn’t before the holiday). Some ...