Oh, don’t we teeming plebian masses just love to knock a well-paid professional off her snarky high horse? The New York Times became the story last night, when it was announced that Mexican telecommunications billionaire—and second richest dude on the planet—Carlos Slim Helú lent the newspaper a $250 million lifeline with some significant strings attached. [...]
January 20, 2009
Just Twist the Knife a Little More, Part Deux
I was all excited after I saw Dr. Strangelove Dick Cheney wheeled away from Capitol Hill and W was being shuttled back to Texas where he belongs, and then I got extremely distressing news. I finally spoke with “Carlos” today at ADP Benefit Services regarding my COBRA payment “underbilling” issue. Apparently the a-holes I used [...]
January 20, 2009
Corporate Amerika Doesn’t Care You Are Broke, Buy Their Nasty Beer!
The marketing departments at Anheuser-Busch InBev and Heineken must be working overtime because they’ve come up with an ingenious way of pushing their beer on the suddendly cost-conscious customer. Use celebs to push the products! Wow that’s so innovative. You can read the full New York Times story about it here. The Chief Marketing Officer at [...]
January 20, 2009
Today in Layoff Land
Bose to cut 1,ooo German retailer Metro to cut 15,000 jobs Rohm & Haas cuts 900 jobs Nashua’s Skillsoft will lay off 120 worldwide St. Louis Archdiocese lays off 25 Blue Hill Hospital in Maine cuts 15 American Airlines to lay off 170 in Kansas City Eaton Corp. lays off 33 in Raleigh, N.C. Kohler [...]
January 20, 2009
A New Beginning
“Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.” -President Barack Hussein Obama
January 20, 2009
Foreign Money Bails Out U.S. Industries
How’s this for a bailout? Foreign investors are filling the financial void where the U.S. government can’t—or won’t—foot the bill. The second richest man in the world, Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim Helú lent the ailing New York Times $250 million—at a steep interest rate of 14.053 percent, to be repaid in 2015—in a deal [...]
January 20, 2009
“The thrill of paying $20 for a cocktail is over”
According to a recently published piece in The New York Times, NYC is OVER! Apparently Washington DC is the hip new place to be with powerful people flocking in record numbers and celebs on ever corner. Even carpetbagger Hillary is moving down south and bailing on what once used to be the most coveted seat in the [...]
January 20, 2009
Despite Topping Q3 Forecasts, Burberry to Handout Pink Slips
The British luxury goods retailer, known for their trench coats and umbrellas, will cut 540 jobs—290 in the UK, and 250 in Spain. Now I don’t get why companies still lay off people even though they make profit! Well, I suppose topping Q3 forecasts doesn’t exactly mean they made a huge profit.
