 MiamiHerald.com | US Stocks Close Sharply Lower; DJIA Ends Month Flat Wall Street Journal By Donna Kardos Yesalavich Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--US stocks tumbled Friday, with Bank of America, jpmorgan Chase and Alcoa leading the Dow Jones Industrial Average's components lower as investors again grew concerned about the ... A Fearful Friday for StocksBusinessWeek Stocks Tumble on Consumer Weakness; Dow Down 2.5%New York Times Stocks take a big slideCNNMoney.com The Associated Press -MarketWatch -Wall Street Journal all 1,927 news articles » |
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label politics. Show all posts
31 October 2009
US Stocks Close Sharply Lower; DJIA Ends Month Flat - Wall Street Journal
California National Bank fails, is seized by FDIC - Los Angeles Times
 Los Angeles Times | California National Bank fails, is seized by FDIC Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles-based, 68-branch bank is immediately acquired by the US Bank unit of US Bancorp. FDIC officials enter the California National Bank branch at 221 S. Figueroa St. in downtown Los Angeles as the bank is taken over. ... US Bancorp Acquires Nine Failed Banks, Accelerating GrowthBloomberg 9 banks in major holding company failCNNMoney.com Federal Regulators Close fbop's Nine Banking SubsidiariesRTT News Wall Street Journal -MarketWatch -Bizjournals.com all 691 news articles » |
Typhoon Mirinae barrels through Philippines, worsens flooding - Xinhua
 The Age | Typhoon Mirinae barrels through Philippines, worsens flooding Xinhua MANILA, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Typhoon Mirinae, the fourth in a month to hit the Philippines, barreled through the main island of Luzon in just a few hours early Saturday morning, the country's weather forecast bureau said. There is not yet report of ... Typhoon destroys bridge, cuts power in PhilippinesAFP 4th typhoon in month lashes sodden PhilippinesThe Associated Press 'The worst is over'; Santi now over South China SeaGMA news.tv Inquirer.net -BBC News -Reuters all 551 news articles » |
How Critics Reviewed the Original Macintosh in 1984
via Daring Fireball by John Gruber on 10/29/09
Somehow I missed this vintage 25-year claim chowder collection from Philip Elmer-DeWitt back in January. Here's John C. Dvorak's take on the Mac:
The nature of the personal computer is simply not fully understood by companies like Apple (or anyone else for that matter). Apple makes the arrogant assumption of thinking that it knows what you want and need. It, unfortunately, leaves the "why" out of the equation — as in "why would I want this?" The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a "mouse". There is no evidence that people want to use these things. I don't want one of these new fangled devices.
01 October 2009
Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’ - Times Online
Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’ - Times Online: "Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll have a dictatorship soon in the US’"
'A conversation with Gore Vidal unfolds at his pace. He answers questions imperiously, occasionally playfully, with a piercing, lethal dryness. He is 83 and in a wheelchair (a result of hypothermia suffered in the war, his left knee is made of titanium). But he can walk (“Of course I can”) and after a recent performance of Mother Courage at London’s National Theatre he stood to deliver an anti-war speech to the audience.
How was his friend Fiona Shaw in the title role? “Very good.” Where did they meet? Silence. The US? “Well, it wasn’t Russia.” What’s he writing at the moment? “It’s a little boring to talk about. Most writers seem to do little else but talk about themselves and their work, in majestic terms.” He means self-glorifying? “You’ve stumbled on the phrase,” he says, regally enough. “Continue to use it.”'
'A conversation with Gore Vidal unfolds at his pace. He answers questions imperiously, occasionally playfully, with a piercing, lethal dryness. He is 83 and in a wheelchair (a result of hypothermia suffered in the war, his left knee is made of titanium). But he can walk (“Of course I can”) and after a recent performance of Mother Courage at London’s National Theatre he stood to deliver an anti-war speech to the audience.
How was his friend Fiona Shaw in the title role? “Very good.” Where did they meet? Silence. The US? “Well, it wasn’t Russia.” What’s he writing at the moment? “It’s a little boring to talk about. Most writers seem to do little else but talk about themselves and their work, in majestic terms.” He means self-glorifying? “You’ve stumbled on the phrase,” he says, regally enough. “Continue to use it.”'
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