September 8, 2008

UAL: Not Dead Yet

A bright spot in my day today was this adventure with UAL wherein it was briefly (and incorrectly) declared dead, only to discover it's not dead yet. The feel-good story of the .... day!   More here....

What Does It All Mean For Average Consumer? Nothing

A question I keep being asked today: So, this is complex stuff, what does it all mean for the average consumer? The orthodox thing to do is mutter something about lower rates, making it easier to get loans, etc. The...

Financials Beat the Media Business

I spoke this morning at a SABEW event, a society for business journalists. Lots of subjects discussed, including Freddie/Fannie, journalistic bias, Ben Stein's cluelessness (okay, we didn't get to that one), etc. In prepping for the talk, however, I was...

Meetings, Meetings

Am buried in meetings and some, ahem, understandable market-related stuff today, so posting may be light, at least until later. My friend Barry over at the Big Picture is posting up a storm, and John at Bronte Capital has some...