How Loan Consolidation Can Help You Can Help Students?

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Many students who seek college education turn to student loans for financial assistance.  Student loans from diversity the government are called Federal Student Loans and student loans provided by commercial lending companies are called Private Student Loans.  […]

Tunisie : Tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur la loi des Finances 2009

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

La Chambre des Députés a adopté, mardi 2 décembre 2008, le projet de la loi des finances pour l’année 2009. A cette occasion, Mr Mohamed Rachid Kechiche , ministre des Finances, a déclaré que la crise financière aura un impact réel sur l’économie tunisienne vue les relations économiques que notre pays entretient […]

Is an Economic Depression Impossible Now?

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Let’s examine a serious question.  Is an economic depression impossible in 21st century America? Some famous people are saying we will not have a depression. “Enough with the hysteria,” Cramer said during Tuesday’s Mad Money, we’re not going to suffer another Great Depression.  More Detail. Is he right?  After all the US […]

‘Pushing Daisies’ vs. the Muffin Buffalo

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

This week’s Pushing Daisies had it all — a deep-fried murder case, a couple of good guest turns, a Debbie Gibson song and a big, fat call-back to another Bryan Fuller show, Wonderfalls. It’s almost enough to make me forget that we’ll probably only get to see a few more episodes. Sigh. These […]

Swiss Accounts

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Swiss Accounts, originally uploaded by firoze shakir photographerno1. I recieved this in an email I share it with all of you LOOK WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING???? Revelation on Swiss Bank Accounts “who can save india no …
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Dee Halverson: History of the Historian

Thursday, December 4th, 2008

Zhorec, Czech Republic 2008 You might say that I was born to history, because I was one of the first wave of post-World War II baby boomers. My birthday, October 5, 1946, came exactly nine months after my father returned home after serving in the U.S. Army in Europe. His tales of army life […]

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Thursday, December 4th, 2008

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The State of Financial Engineering

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

We are the CDO makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams.Betting on lone loss triggers, and trading in eclectic teams. Spread losers and yield forsakers, for whom the pale bonus gleams. Yet we are the sole underwriters, of the deals, forever it seems! Fantasia on a Theme by William …
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The French Go After Buffett (CEG, BRK-A)

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Whenever something like this comes along, one has to ask, “Are these guys serious?” Electricite de France (EDF) yesterday offered Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) a premium of about 96% to purchase half of Constellation’s nuclear power business. EDF could be too late to the party. Constellation has already mailed a definitive proxy […]

Inside PIKA’s Development Process - Part 2

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Two weeks ago I introduced the warp community to Pika’s development process and the main drivers behind a desire for change. I mentioned agile as a potential solution but discarded it as being the perfect fit. This week I’ll elaborate on the issues I see with pure agile and how we’ve modified our approach […]