Topic: wsj

The WSJ outlines a problem that is coming like a freight train toward us and they use FirstFed Financial Corp (FED) in LA as an example. You know all about sub-prime loans and how they wrecked havoc in the mortgage industry. The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter shows 272 U.S. lending operations have failed since 2006. That's due to sub-primes. Now get ready for option ARMS! Option ARMs typically...

That's the (joke) premise of an article in the WSJ. These days he stays away from junk food and instead snacks on MET-Rx chocolate roasted-peanut protein bars and drinks Black Forest Berry Honest Tea, a healthy organic brew. (Sen. McCain is said to have a weakness for Butterfinger candy bars, jelly beans, and coffee and doughnuts from Dunkin' Donuts.) Inflate your chest with Met-Rx....

Markets Still Helter Skelter, Seek Bottom - WSJ.com Portland Housing Prices Fall For First Time In Two Decades - OPB News An Investment Firm That Prospered From Past Crises Turns to Mortgages - NYTimes.com Baby, We Were Born Not to Run - Popular Science...

Apparel Retailers From Overseas Are Hitting the Malls in the U.S. - WSJ.com T. Boone Pickens Gets "Yanged," Loses Shirt on $250 Million Yahoo Bet - Silicon Alley Insider...