Archive for December, 2009

Opening/Closing/Holiday Bell: 12.31.09

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Aspatuck Holdings CEO Jason Meyer is being sued by his new(ly estranged) wife for, among other things, calling her a bitch and “ejaculating on her face after she refused to refer to herself as his ’slave’ and…

Statistics: Scientific Consensus on Climate Change?

One of the memes I’ve heard recently in the climate debate is that there is no scientific consensus — that there is actually strong disagreement.

The main basis of this argument is that 31,486 dissenting scientists have signed a petition against…

An Old Irish Blessing

Blessing

Here’s to the bright New Year

And a fond farewell to the old;

Here’s to the things that are yet to come

And to the memories that we hold.

May God be with you and bless you.

May the best of this year be the…

Renters Win!

From USA Today: Apartment renters win as vacancy rate climbs (ht Brian)

Rents fell a record 3.5% in 2009 after factoring in freebies, according to MPF Research. MPF projects prices will fall an additional 2% next year …

“I’ve been at this 35…

Today in "Economists Are NOT Totally Clueless" (Interlude; Part 2 of 3 or 4)

Tyler Cowen can count:

In sum, maybe three percent expected inflation conflicts with the desire to rapidly recapitalize banks through maintaining a wide interest rate spread. Maybe we need that zero nominal short rate or at least the Fed thinks we…

Apple COO Tim Cook Said To Be A "Top Candidate" For GM CEO Job (AAPL, GM)

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Apple COO Tim Cook is executive search firm Spencer Stuart’s first choice for the open CEO spot at General Motors, a reader tells us.

We have no idea whether this is true or not, but it makes sense. 

Tim would be a…

And the worst footnote of 2009 was…

Voting for the worst footnote of 2009 ended last night and footnoted readers have chosen the disclosure by Chesapeake Energy (CHK) that it had spent $12.1 million to purchase Chairman and CEO Aubrey McClendon’s antique map collection. Here’s the disclosure…

The Problem with Government Stimulus

James Picerno submits:

Deciding if the fiscal stimulus is productive, a wash or a drag on economic activity has inspired a furious debate in economic circles this year. Some of the analysis is wickedly complex. In the interest of brevity (and clarity),…

Onstream Media Corporation F4Q09 (Qtr End 09/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript

Onstream Media Corporation (ONSM)

F4Q09 Earnings Call

December 30, 2009 4:30 pm ET

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Write-Offs: 12.30.09

$$$ Julian Robertson named New Zealand’s first honorary knight [DP]

$$$ The Big Lebowski Gets The Academic Treatment: At times Mr. Owens sounds as if he’s been hitting the minibar himself. He writes about how Leon Trotsky is “doubly implicated” in the White Russian,…