Category Archives: Business

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008

By Hugh Skinnerian | September 28, 2008

I’ll post links here to all drafts and the final bill, once approved.

firstdraft1
House vote on 9/29/08
Senate vote on 10/01/08
Final bill signed by President bush on 10/03/08

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If “necessity” is the mother of invention, then “greed” is the father

By Hugh Skinnerian | September 25, 2008

It hasn’t even been one week since short-selling was banned on the NSYE and bankers are already finding ways around this hurdle.  Just today, several sources have announced that people are finding numerous ways to tilt the sliding market in their favor.
All the while, “we the people” might very well be left with $700 billion [...]

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‘Attack unavoidable’

By Hugh Skinnerian | June 6, 2008

The Dow Jones has tumbled down 400+ points today.
Crude oil set another all-time high of $138 per barrel (more than $100 per barrel higher than 2000).
And now, Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz is threatening imminent attacks on Iran, saying “Attacking Iran, in order to stop its nuclear plans, will be unavoidable.”
Should we be surprised [...]

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Fiscal Conservatism, according to this Conservative President

By Hugh Skinnerian | February 5, 2008

After doing a double-take on hearing yesterday’s news of the president’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2009, I thought I’d peruse this document to learn just how much, a cool sum of $3.1 trillion dollars can buy. Take a minute to consider that our GDP is slightly less than $14 trillion (see “Current-dollar and [...]

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Pat Condell - Pimping for Jesus

By Hugh Skinnerian | December 18, 2007

- More on Pat

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