Bill’s last day

Okay, you’ve probably seen this already (I just came across it on the Fake Steve Ballmer blog). But it’s never too late to share a viral video, right? Even a high-gloss, star-studded viral video manufactured by one of the world’s richest corporations:

Which candidates get a boost from economic troubles?

Jonathan Cohn (via the guy with the office next to mine, who for some reason hasn’t been around much lately) has a piece in The New Republic in which he explains that Mitt Romney’s economic message seems to be resonating with Michigan voters more than John McCain’s (or Mike Huckabee’s, for that matter). After New [...]

Mike Huckabee and gmail have figured me out

Here’s the ad currently running across the top of my gmail inbox: Mike Huckabee in 2008 – www.mikehuckabee.com – Mike Supports the FairTax. Read What Mike Has To Say.

Retail sales down in December! (Or were they?)

You may have read the headlines already this morning: Retail sales fell 0.4%. It’s worse than the flat December that economists were predicting, and it’s another nail in the coffin of the U.S. economy–to go with the rise in unemployment reported earlier this month. Surely we’re in a recession now. Except that, when you go [...]

Citi’s earnings: Ugly, but in so many interesting ways

Citigroup’s earnings release this morning is full of all sorts of interesting things beyond just that headline $9.83 billion fourth quarter loss. I imagine the most revealing stuff will be buried in the 10-Q that comes out later, and unearthed by people far more expert than I. Although as earnings releases go, this one is [...]