One way to boost your on-time stats is to ad your schedule, which is what Southwest is doing on its new service to Laguardia.Some say cheating. I say woo. More...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
On-time deflation
One way to boost your on-time stats is to ad your schedule, which is what Southwest is doing on its new service to Laguardia.Some say cheating. I say woo. More...
Friday, June 26, 2009
Community Reinvestment Act nonsense
Of all the irritating things I hear ad nauseum on Fox News, the one that gets me the most is the notion that the financial crisis was caused by the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977.
On the face of it, a 32-year-old law is not the most obvious culprit based on age alone, but there are countless reasons this idea is ridiculous. Barry Ritzholtz does an especially good job of ripping it to bits here.
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Al Sharpton Deflation
While he will hardly be the only person to try to profit from Michael Jackson's death, somehow the Rev's involvement seemed the most predictable
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
So buying a spot on the Simpsons on Hulu now costs more than buying a spot on the Simpsons on TV.
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Flower District Deflation
I've lived adjacent to New York's Flower District for a decade, and while it is a shadow of what it was, it's still a pretty little shadow.
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
The Kids are Still Watching the Boob Tube
Not sure I believe these stats, but Nielsen claims the kids watch a lot of TV and don't spend so much time online. More...
Next Stop: Barclays Station
With all the money they're saving due to their tenth round of layoffs yesterday, my former employer Barclays Capital is buying naming rights to a New York City subway station.
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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
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