Archive for the ‘finance/economics’ Category
two sides to every story
Posted by: divasoria on: March 27, 2009
i guess you’ve heard by now the millions of outbursts against the AIG bonuses. how about listening to the people who earned them? here’s a link to the resignation letter of jake desantis, an executive vice president of the AIG’s financial products unit, to edward liddy, the chief executive of AIG.
treasury hotness
Posted by: divasoria on: March 26, 2009
i’ve been crushing on tim geithner, the most grilled and overworked person on earth right now, since the time obama started vetting for different posts in his cabinet. for a bureaucrat, i think he is pretty HOT. well, come to think of it, he is pretty good looking man in any realm. i also heard [...]
it’s the economy, stupid.
Posted by: divasoria on: March 14, 2009
i’ve been following this whole jim cramer vs. jon stewart schtick this past week. first off, i dont like jim cramer and the whole concept of CNBC. although i have to say, I LOVE bernie lo formerly of CNBC asia and now bloomberg asia. bernie is kind of my first love.
but i digress. CNBC [...]
shame on me
Posted by: divasoria on: December 11, 2008
interesting article on the new york times. in this time of economic turmoil, avid shoppers like myself feel a little guilty when indulging in our favorite past time. while shopping in new york, an old friend was often commenting on the amount of shopping i did in the midst of the recession. it came to [...]
fierce?
Posted by: divasoria on: December 11, 2008
apparently recession-proof, posh spice’s line is supposedly sold out at bergdorf. seriously? i think it looks like something you could’ve bought from forever21. or maybe i’m just not the target market.
the giant pool of money
Posted by: divasoria on: July 16, 2008
one of the things my non-finance/corporate friends ask me all the time is “what the hell is the US credit crisis?”, complete with a confused look. well, to make it all simple, i suggest you guys give a listen to this american life’s podcast of “the giant pool of money“. it’s a simple, well-balanced [...]
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