FreedomPop Preps Open Wi-Fi, Launches Free Home Internet Challenging ISPs – Forbes.
WOW!
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New Rules for Life Insurers – WSJ.com
State regulators on Sunday approved new rules for how U.S. life insurers set reserves for future claims, a decision that may ultimately free up billions of dollars for acquisitions, stock buybacks, dividend increases and other uses designed to boost the industry’s flagging returns.
New Rules for Life Insurers – WSJ.com.
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I am having a nice peaceful day and I want to keep it that way.
Guggenheim, Apollo in lead to buy Aviva’s U.S. Life and Annuity Unit
Time to polish up those resumes.
FREE BOOK (depressing topic but FREE).
By James Kwak
I contributed a chapter to Is U.S. Government Debt Different?, a book published by the Financial Institutions Center of Wharton. It includes chapters by many people more distinguished than I, such as William Bratton, Peter Fisher, James Hines, Howell Jackson, Deborah Lucas, Steven Schwarcz, Richard Sylla, and others. You can download the whole thing for free at the link above. Enjoy.
Redefining productivity
The decision about what to do next is even more important than the labor spent executing it. A modern productive worker is someone who does a great job in figuring out what to do next.
The Battered Incomes of the Self Employed | Small Business Trends
The 2010 Federal Reserve Survey of Consumer Finances – a triennial survey of a random sample of American households conducted for the Fed by a University of Chicago-based survey research group – shows the large drop in self-employment income that occurred during the recent economic downturn.
via The Battered Incomes of the Self Employed | Small Business Trends.
No place to hide in this Great Recession.
Scary Chart Of The Day: When $0.99 Becomes Unaffordable, We Have A Problem | ZeroHedge
Holy Crap Batman!
So our question is: at what point does the perpetually self-deluded US population finally admit to itself that when even 99 cent meals are no longer affordable, that this country has a problem?
via Chart Of The Day: When $0.99 Becomes Unaffordable, We Have A Problem | ZeroHedge.
It has been a long, long time since I had a Scary Chart post. Well, your wait is over.
ING Layoffs In Connecticut Are Unrelated To Massive Staff Reduction In Europe – Courant.com
ING To Cut 2,350 Jobs In Europe – Courant.com
ING To Cut 2,350 Jobs In Europe, But None In U.S. – Courant.com.
What’s that old saying about the truth being the exact opposite of what you’re being told?
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