23/6 - Business

From The Feed: One of the Big Three's Big Three take questions

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:29:38 -0500

GM CEO Rick Waggoner shows off the genial chemistry he shares with COO Fritz Henderson and CFO Ray Young.

Planned Parenthood lets you say, "your next abortion is on me!"

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:35:58 -0500

The right-wing fringe has a new obsession- the Planned Parenthood gift certificate

From The Feed: A publicity stunt worthy of DJ Qualls

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:22:19 -0500

The CEO's of Detroit's Big (but quickly shrinking) Three are driving hybrid cars to Washington to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to Rick Wagoner of GM's girlfriend:

From The Room: Henry Paulson Suggests Allocating $35 Billion of Rescue Funds to Henry Paulson

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:16:23 -0500

NPNR's David Overbearing reports on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.

23/6 Video: Joe and Noah's $700 Billion Bailout Deal

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:29:29 -0400

We know of two citizens of Main Street who aren't waiting for congress to look after them, and their names are Joe and Noah. These two kids represent the American enterprising spirit at its best. Especially Noah. That dude has been up for like four days already, doing nothing but enterprising his

Bank CEOs- should they be drawn, quartered, hung, shot or forced to fire the night nanny? You decide

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:01:28 -0400

According to Politico, one of the main sticking points in the bailout bill is the issue of limits on executive compensation -- maybe because this is one of the few parts of the bill anybody can understand. The Democrats think the executives shouldn't be rewarded for screwing up, to which Treasury Se

EDITORIAL: The liberal media's attacks on the dollar won't work

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:20:35 -0400

The economic world woke up today to find the Dow plunging and two major financial institutions falling apart, and yet one significant aspect of this crisis seems to be going unreported. Namely, that our currency is being subjected to unfair and vicious attacks by the media.

It's demeaning and dismi

Ladies, the Lehman Brothers are no longer considered marriage material

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:44:30 -0400

We don't understand why Lehman Brothers went bankrupt (something about minority homeowners?), but we do understand that we're screwed. Our staffers responded in kind to the following question:
Where will you put your money?

From The Feed: Bill O'Reilly to take down big oil in policy standoff (video)

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:26:09 -0400

"Countdown with Keith Olbermann" looks at Bill O'Reilly's energy policy gas gimmick:

Exxon Mobil earned $11.68 billion in three months—how'd you do?

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:50:34 -0400

Poor Exxon Mobil. They just can't seem to catch a break. After reporting the largest quarterly profit in U.S. history

From The Feed: Harry Shearer on "Countdown" (video)

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:45:41 -0400

Keith Olbermann, host of MSNBC's "Countdown", riffs with Harry Shearer (of "The Simpsons," "This is Spinal Tap," and "Le Show" fame) about oil prices and the blame game:

From The Room: Bush Caught Supplying Economy with Alcohol

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:10:32 -0400

In a recent private fundraiser, President Bush revealed to a media-free (but not cell phone free) crowd that he had knowledge of Wall Street imbibin

From The Room: What Was Wall Street Drinking?

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:03:20 -0400

As always, when Bush says something succinct and kind of funny, the Republicans try to hide it.

That's right. Bush said that Wall Street got drunk, and now it's hung over. And it's waking up next to China. And in the morning light? Uh-uh, it do

Thought Process Flowchart: the hungover economy, literally in the toilet

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:11:17 -0400

President George W. Bush has always used simple, folksy language to summarize major issues, but never so personally as last Friday, when he was caught on tape at a Republican fundraiser talking about

From The Room: Welcome to Camp Mogul

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:39:28 -0400

My irreverent friend, Khan Manka, Chairman & CEO of Manka Brothers Studios, had broken his ankle and was afraid he wouldn't be able to attend the 26th annual gathering of the nation's most powerful executives and their trophy wives in Sun Valley, Idaho. I really wanted to spy on this summer camp for