Yahoo Finance reports that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services is nearing a settlement with regulators over how it rated mortgage-backed security bonds before the financial melt-down. You know, those securities that almost took down the global economy because some of… Read More ›
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3 Theories We Speculate As To Why The President’s Credit Card May Have Been Declined
Business Insider reports that President Obama says he had his credit card declined at a New York City restaurant. Fortunately, the President said the First Lady had her card. The President suggested that the card had not been used recently,… Read More ›
3 Suggestions For Ben Bernanke When Filling Out Credit Applications
As we’ve written over the past few days, Former Federal Reserve Chair, Ben Bernanke, reportedly said he was recently unable to refinance his mortgage. 3 Suggestions For Ben Bernanke When Filling Out Credit Applications 1. Do not describe your former… Read More ›
More Humor For Economics Nerds Based On Ben Bernanke Being Unable To Refinance His Home
Yesterday, we wrote about former Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke saying that he was recently unable to refinance his mortgage, despite his home being assessed in the $800,000 range, and him earning $250,000 to give a speech. 3 Quotes We… Read More ›
Don’t Feel Bad If You’ve Been Rejected For A Loan – Former Fed Reserve Chair Says He Recently Couldn’t Get One
The New York Times reports that former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke recently announced at a conference that he is unable to refinance the mortgage on his home, which is assessed at $815,000. The Times speculates that he is unable… Read More ›
3 Places We’d Like To See Burger King Move Its Headquarters
Yesterday, we wrote about some U.S. senators warning Burger King not to move its headquarters to Canada. Here are 3 places we’d like to see the company move its headquarters: 1. In the Palisades neighborhood of DC. What Senator wouldn’t want… Read More ›
3 More Titles For Goldman Sachs 10,000+ Vice-Presidents
Those of you who have been following know that we have been trying to help Goldman Sachs, who has over 10,000 vice-presidents, but no definition of “vice-president” come up with more vice-presidential titles. Here are 3 more we propose: 1…. Read More ›
Hey, You Have An Issue With Goldman Sachs? Talk To One Of Its 10,000 Vice-Presidents!
Bloomberg reports that a U.S. appellate court has sent a case to be heard by a jury to determine the meaning of “Vice-President” at Goldman Sachs. A former employee claims that a “Vice-President” is an “officer” of the company, and… Read More ›
Top Republicans Profited Over Companies Planning On Leaving America To Save On Tax
Bloomberg reports that Speaker of the House, John Boehner, and David Camp, whose committee reportedly controls tax policy, both own shares in a company called Medtronic. Medtronic announced plans to take over an Irish company called Covidien Plc. This is… Read More ›
Millionaire Hides Envelopes Of Real Money (Instead of Bitcoin) Around San Francisco
Yahoo reports that a generous millionaire is hiding envelopes full of cash around San Francisco, and revealing clues to the locations on Twitter to lucky scavenger hunters. One of the clues from @hiddencash was: “Stand on top of the Caterpillar… Read More ›
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