Manhattan shopping. In the story below, I'm NOT saying the brand or the nam e of the store. I don't want to throw rage at one tiny example of something that ex i sts throughout Manhattan, especially at the brand-name stores that call themsel v es A Flagship Store. There are multiple stores in Manhattan that are not externally identified as Fla g ship but are....
It looks like we're going to have a Newt Gingrich style government shut-down this weekend. A friend of mine, who will be affected by this if it happens, mentioned that it seems like this is fall-out for the bail-outs. I've heard various things about the Government bail-outs of banks, auto makers and mortgages. So, I did a quick search, and found a really great article over at ProPublica. This is a list of who still has money, and who paid money back already....
Washington DC As the House of Representatives are pandering to the most resentful and least educated of their respective constituents, the economists on Wall Street started another sell off. The results, about 8% loss. Of course, this depends on what index you are looking at, but 8% seems to be right about in the middle. The Dow is down 777 points or 6.98%. The Russel 1000 is down 8.69%. Nasdaq Composite is down 199 points or 9....