Tag: Business

Markell’s Elephant in the Room: Fisker

Filed in National by on April 4, 2012 • 23 Comments

We were conned like everyone else. But for three years the Boxwood plant remains empty and will likely remain so. No 1,500 jobs. And with the recent news articles in the Times, WSJ and TNJ, we’ve learned that Fisker was playing the long con. Now that we all see we’ve been bamboozled, what will Markell’s reaction be? After months of publicly ignoring the elephant in the room, what will be the Administration’s response be today and in the future? What is Markell’s Plan B for Boxwood?

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Wall Street Welfare

Filed in Uncategorized by on March 18, 2008 • 12 Comments

As it is called by E.J.Dionne in what is likely the last word on corporate America’s newly found use for government and Wall Street’s currently hypocritical stance towards government and its utility: Never do I want to hear again from my conservative friends about how brilliant capitalists are, how much they deserve their seven-figure salaries […]

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can’t….stop….laughing….hurts….stomach…..

Filed in Uncategorized by on January 4, 2008 • 4 Comments

President Considers A Boost to Economy With the price of oil hovering near $100 a barrel and overall economic anxiety on the rise, President Bush said yesterday that he may use his upcoming State of the Union address to propose a stimulus package intended to promote growth and shore up weak parts of the economy. […]

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In the end the Congress still only serves one group

Filed in Uncategorized by on December 1, 2007 • 6 Comments

What a joke our congress has become. Just more proof they don’t work for the American people, but actually for the American Corporations. Automakers would be required to meet an industrywide average of 35 miles per gallon for cars and light trucks, including SUVs, by 2020, the first increase by Congress in car fuel efficiency […]

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While you are Shopping at Walmart this Christmas keep this in mind

Filed in National by on November 20, 2007 • 32 Comments

h/t suburban guerrilla JACKSON, Mo. — A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 […]

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