It's not fair! For years and years the financial industry helped everybody live beyond their means, asking relatively little in return, and now that everything's gone sideways there's a big mob gathered with pitchforks and torches demanding taxes on the rich, and salary caps, and heads on sticks. Did you ever for one second think about how hard all this must be on the bankers? picked by suebe 11 months ago tags bankers wall street whining financial services |
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British and Iranian archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 200 kilometre-long wall, the second longest wall in Asia after the Great Wall of China, in northern Iran. picked by misswinkle 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Conservatives have been trying to frighten investors about the prospects of a Barack Obama presidency. 6 comments edit related share politicsWall Street however, disagrees, and is donating more to Obama’s campaign than to the campaign of Sen. John McCain picked by bernardblack 2 years ago |
Tuesday saw one of the worst days on Wall Street since the terrorist attacks on Sept.11, it was not any one thing firstly there was a decline in the Chinese stocks there was also trouble closer to home picked by danswayuk 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
The global economic crisis isn't about money - it's about power. How Wall Street insiders are using the bailout to stage a revolution 1 comments edit related share politicslong article, but worth reading picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago |
The heart of London's financial district has gone wireless. The Square Mile, Europe's premier financial center, has been turned into an oversized WiFi "hot zone," turning broadband-speed Internet into radio signals that can accessed through browsers on laptops, handheld game consoles, WiFi-enabled mobile phones and personal digital assistants. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago 1 comments edit related share technology |
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Yes, there is one (perhaps more), obtaining views not accessible to the automobile. 0 comments edit related share plime.comThe Google Street View trike and all the equipment it carries weighs around 18 stone (252 pounds), but actually it's not as hard as you think to get moving. A flat surface helps, but it's really just a case of pushing off firmly, keeping straight for a few metres, and then you're away. picked by Bingo 7 months ago |
Financial services guy posts information in general laymen's terms on finances, with links and lots of resources. He's got ideas on everything from what to do if your wallet is stolen to getting out of debt. 2 comments edit related share plime.com(Some information is geared toward college students, but most are general financial information). picked by lynxears 8 months ago |
In streets across Britain many people don't even know their neighbour's names. But that certainly isn't a problem on Cotswold Gardens in Gateshead. This small street is home to 69 members of the same family, ranging in age from four weeks to 76 years. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
You might think street signs for Lombardi Avenue or Reggie White Way would be among the most frequently stolen in Green Bay. 0 comments edit related share plime.comYou'd be wrong. That distinction goes to a little street on the city's southwest side whose name invokes a giant hairstyle of the 1980s —perhaps best personified in country music singer Billy Ray Cyrus — Mullet Place. picked by cecilberman 6 days ago |
Sesame Street provides us with another gem. Curious of how crayons were made as a kid? I live next to the crayon factory, the process is still mostly the same, just a lot more automated. 0 comments edit related share plime.com(Is it just me or is the little girl in the beginning really scary?) picked by muppetmaker 2 years ago |
This Japanese climbing wall uses picture frames, conventional holds, mirrors, and a deer’s head as climbing holds. picked by gnikgnok 3 years ago 0 comments edit related share sports |
Clobbered by Wall Street. Fierce competition 1 comments edit related share plime.comfrom Google. Meg Whitman's had a rough couple years. Fortune's Adam Lashinsky finds out how she's trying to turn eBay from ultra-hot to built-to-last. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago |
The chief executive of a Wall Street technology consulting company was charged today with vehicular manslaughter in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a 59-year-old woman on Thursday evening. picked by willster09 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Happy 40th Anniversary Sesame Street! Did you know that Cookie Monster smoked? 9 comments edit related share entertainmentFirst Lady Michelle Obama will kick off the the new season with an appearance on the show. Link to video in article. And Google celebrates with different characters. picked by suebe 5 months ago |
"An ambitious guy tries to snag a job on Wall Street with the world's most ridiculous video resume." 0 comments edit related share weirdobviously not the man in the picure :-) picked by jiggsy 3 years ago |
Dow jumps 936 points - Wall Street exploded in a historic rally Monday, snapping back from last week’s devastating losses, with the Dow Jones industrial average chalking up its biggest-ever one-day point gain. 5 comments edit related share worldUpdate to: picked by ImNotBlue 1 year ago |
Cca 3,000 priests have gathered here to hold a two-year-long yagna (religious ritual) where they are sitting around 109 sacrificial fires and chant hymns to appease goddess Meldi to tackle the Global Financial Meltdown. picked by SkandarGraun 1 year ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
Made from recycled materials, Maruja Fuentes’ green pockets give new meaning to the term “houseplant.” Spotted at the 2009 Milan Furniture Fair, the super-cool ceramic tiles attach to any wall to create the illusion that whatever’s inside—herbs, plants, a flower or two—is growing directly out of a room’s surface. It’s the ultimate marriage of form an... read full post picked by 1krazykorean 11 months ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
“Find someone who wants something for nothing then give them nothing for something.” - Anonymous con artist 4 comments edit related share politicsHuman nature is the real cause of the worlds current financial mess. picked by 2longdogs 1 year ago |
The American children’s television show Sesame Street turns forty this year. The image in the link is an enormous interactive poster, with details about 101 muppets that starred on Sesame Street. picked by Bingo 8 months ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |