Archive for January, 2010
Sam’s Club cuts 11,200 jobs, 10 Percent of Workforce
January 25th, 2010Via: Reuters: Sam’s Club, the warehouse club division of Wal-Mart Stores Inc is cutting roughly 11,200 jobs, or about 10 percent of its workforce, as it outsources in-store product demonstrations and eliminates positions used to recruit new business members.
Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village: Second Largest Ever Commercial Mortgage Default
January 25th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Tishman Speyer Properties LP and BlackRock Inc. ceded control of Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, New York’s largest apartment complex, to lenders after its value plummeted and the owners were prevented from raising rents. Tishman, which bought the 80-acre property with BlackRock Realty Inc. in 2006 for $5.4 billion, missed a $16.1 million debt […]
SEC Mulled National Security Status for AIG Details
January 25th, 2010Via: Reuters: U.S. securities regulators originally treated the New York Federal Reserve’s bid to keep secret many of the details of the American International Group bailout like a request to protect matters of national security, according to emails obtained by Reuters. The request to keep the details secret were made by the New York Federal […]
Added TipIt as Payment Method
January 25th, 2010Wow! TipIt is cool. Clean design, fast, simple, not U.S. based (Netherlands), support for multiple currencies. I’ll add TipIt to the Support page soon, but for now:
PayPal Freezes Wikileaks Account
January 24th, 2010Via: Wikileaks: Paypal has as of 23rd of January 2010 frozen WikiLeaks assets. This is the second time that this happens. The last time we struggled for more than half a year to resolve this issue. By working with the respected and recognized German foundation Wau Holland Stiftung we tried to avoid this from happening […]
Kucinich on Democrats: “Are you kidding me?”
January 24th, 2010Welcome to the desert of the real, Representative Kucinich. Via: Raw Story: Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) on Wednesday said the Massachusetts election was a “wake up call” for Democrats and that his party had better change course or it could suffer devastating losses come November. “People elected Democrats in 2008 to change the country’s direction,” […]
David Kelly Post Mortem to be Kept Secret for 70 Years
January 24th, 2010Apologies for the Daily Mail link, but it seems to be an exclusive at the moment. Via: Daily Mail: Vital evidence which could solve the mystery of the death of Government weapons inspector Dr David Kelly will be kept under wraps for up to 70 years. In a draconian – and highly unusual – order, […]
Australia: Millionaire Businessman, Herman Rockefeller, Disappears
January 24th, 2010Update: He Was Murdered Via: Sydney Morning Herald: The slaying of multi-millionaire Herman Rockefeller has been linked to Melbourne’s underground swingers’ network. The body of the 52-year-old was found in a junk-strewn suburban backyard eight days after he was reported missing. While a missing person’s investigation into his business activities across Australia and New Zealand […]
Ron Paul: “Great Danger Lies Ahead”
January 24th, 2010Here are several perspectives that you’ll never hear in a State of the Union speech:
Court Rules That Mass Surveillance of Americans is Immune From Judicial Review
January 24th, 2010Via: EFF: A federal judge has dismissed Jewel v. NSA, a case from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on behalf of AT&T customers challenging the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance of millions of ordinary Americans’ phone calls and emails. “We’re deeply disappointed in the judge’s ruling,” said EFF Legal Director Cindy Cohn. “This ruling robs […]
