Songs to think by...Stuart Newman

Songs by Stuart Newman (www.myspace.com/stuartnewman) Songs for the thinking music fan. Currently unsigned.

Asien gibt den Takt nach den "Rettungen" vor ((weitere Verluste))

Ein schlechter Vorgeschmack von den asiatischen Börsen zur Wocheneröffnung nach den verschiedenen "Rettungsaktionen" in den USA und Europa: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ax51LQUBZmYw&refer=home Optimisten werden sich die Haare raufen, bereits am Freitag ging es in den USA...

The BBC documentary on O. J., as previewed in 2000

It surprises me that O. J.: the Untold Story, the BBC documentary about the likely murderer of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, has never aired in the US, though it has aired in other nations. I am no fan of O. J. Simpson (admittedly he was good in Capricorn One) and there was a lot that...

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Hypo Real Estate (( Zweiter Rettungsversuch für Dominostein Nr. 1 ))

Wer sich weiter für die Aktualität zu Hypo Real Estate und deutschen Banken interessiert, kann hier den aktuellen Ticker lesen: 22.30 Uhr: "Wir haben noch keine Lösung, doch es zeichnet sich eine ab", erklärt Finanzminister Peer Steinbrück. Es müsse eine Lösung gefunden werden, "und zwar im...

Was funktionierte von 1998 - 2008 ? (( GuruFocus ))

Mit Zahlenreihen aus der Vergangenheit muss man immer vorsichtig sein, diese sind bekanntlich kein Indiz für die Entwicklung in der Zukunft (( ein Grund warum dieser Blog Tales From The Future heisst ; )). Dennoch bin ich (( gerade in so turbulenten Zeiten )) immer an langfristigen Entwicklungen...

Banken x Politik und das Bärenmarktportfolio (( Aktuelle Risiken und weiteres Chaos ? ))

Die richtige Antwort ((für weiteres Chaos)) lautet dann: Banken x Politik x US-Anwälte. Soeben hat Citigroup vor Gericht erreicht, dass die Wachovia-Bank nicht mehr mit dem momentan höheren Bieter Wells Fargo, sondern nur noch mit ihr ((Citigroup geht nach eigenen Angaben von "Exklusivrechten"...

What's wrong with this picture?

I'll tell you what's wrong with this picture! Two things: 1. There is water on the window and we didn't go through a car wash! WTF? The sky is crying :( What does that mean exactly? This is California... Southern California... In early October... Umm... huh? It POURED. Weather.com said, at the time,...

NEWS PIC SPAM

Yeah.. that's how bored I am.. 'Screencaps' from NEWS' Never Ending Wonderful Story concert.. Yes, admist the fangirls and the flying Masuda.. there is that lone uchiwa in the bottom left of my screen. That proves how famous Yamada was in his pre-debut days. And yes, I could not resist NOT to post...

Hypo Real Estate, LBBW, BayernLB... ((Domino Day in Deutschland und Europa ?))

Domino Day - heute nicht beim Fernsehsender RTL sondern bei den zuständigen Aufsichtsbehörden in Deutschland ? Ich will nicht übertreiben Panik machen, aber falls Hypo Real Estate nicht ((und dann fragt sich auch noch wie, also mit oder ohne Absinken des Börsenkurses in den...

OJ Simpson comes up a loser in Vegas

Yay!!!!! He was convicted of an armed robbery that happened on Sept. 13 and was found guilty on the 13th anniversary of his Los Angeles murder acquittal. The Las Vegas jury deliberated for 13 hours after a 13-day trial. He was handcuffed and taken to the big house.

OJ Verdict

Breaking news: OJ and co-defendant found Guilty on all charges. The look on his face before the read the verdict was I knew it because his co-defendant's verdict was read first. 12 counts, armed robbery and kidnapping. *EDIT* Sentencing set for December 5th

So sad...

I do believe Snowy has found the saddest example of what the mortgage crisis has done to Americans: 90 year old woman can't keep up with mortgage payments, attempts suicide They got her out of her house and they get their bailout. On the bright side, the medical system is such a mess they've...

Joe Biden Sarah Palin Debate

Last Night’s Debate

First of all let me confirm that I am an Avid Barack Obama Supporter. However, unlike the majority of the people in this country, I do not rely exclusively on my candidate of choice to convey the 100% uncolored data that I need to make an informed decision about who I want in a particular position...

Sen. Sanders: Tax wealthy to pay for bailout

Sen. Bernie Sanders proposes amendment to make the wealthiest in US shoulder the costs of the bailout

raise the red long train

I don't know exactly how long that train is but she needed someone to hold it up for her. Kelly Chen, who recently got married, is one of the few brushes I had with celebrity (I have more near-brushes than I could count including Lea Salonga who was in town for her Cinderella promo blitz except that...

Dumbest remark of the month

"A woman was presiding over the proceedings. A man would have led it differently. That's why it failed." A Japanese Liberal Democratic Party brass, on the reason why the U.S. congress rejected the bailout bill (And for the record, Japanese Diet has seen more than one female chairperson but it never...

Zeitlinie Bankzusammenbrüche und die Realität im US-Häusermarkt ((bis und mit 1. Oktober 2008))

Eine sehr gute Uebersichtsgrafik ((via Blog BigPicture)) aus der NY Times zu den "Opfern" der Finanzkrise in den letzten 14 Monaten: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/10/01/business/20081001_GLOBAL_GRAPH.html Die "letzten" 36 Stunden vor der Präsentation des Rettungsplans liefen rund um den...

Nintendo talks about the DSi ((Poor Gaijin have to await 2009))

More info here. Nintendo US interview...