Business

Berkshire Hathaway's Annual Meeting is this coming Saturday 2 May 2009 in Omaha, NE at the Qwest Center (details in pdf here).  Given the financial turmoil and all of the hubaloo around Berkshire's credit rating, it should be a very…

I showed you a video from CNBC in a previous post detailing how Swine Flu spreads in humans. Here is a second look at what Swine Flu is all about in three videos from the Wall Street Journal. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg says…

As the possibility of bankruptcy draws nearer, General Motors is moving to sell non-core assets and to broker arrangements with bondholders and unions alike which will keep it out of bankruptcy. In a 9AM press conference today, new General…

I want to make clear the significance of the Treasury's Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan for Chrysler if Fiat pulls out.  It will mean massive job losses and and a huge down-tick in consumer demand.  There will be no second half recovery.…

I hope you all have a great weekend. Here is a clip from a new film you might want to take the kids to see. Enjoy.

I saw this film at the weekend and thought it was brilliant.  I highly recommend seeing it.  And if you are in an especially ornery frame of mind because of AIG and the bailouts, the film does have a nice villanous corporate angle as well.…

Merrill's Economic Research team has been top notch for years under the leadership of Richard Bernstein and David Rosenberg. Unfortunately for Bank of Aerica, these two gentlemen are jumping ship now that Merrills has been taen over by…

Apple Safari 4 is out and it's slick and lightning fast. Most people are still using Internet Explorer, which quite frankly does not meet the grade. Firefox, which I had been using, has huge memory bloat if you leave the browser open for…

Everyone is using Twitter these days. Econbloggers are getting in the spirit too. I have started to use it. I know Paul Kedrosky uses it. Even Yves Smith is thinking of getting in on it, although her inner luddite holds her back. So…