Business Journal
December 17, 2009
Big thanks to the Business Journal. Perhaps when I regurgitate news that I find in the Business Journal, I’ll just stop linking to my source as well. I know some of the readers will be happy that they don’t have to listen to those stupid video ads. At least add some value when you repost [...]
Read More >>Chinese News Covers Tiger Incident
December 2, 2009
For those that get upset when I go “off topic”, here is a disclaimer: This post also has nothing to do with commercial real estate.
Read More >>Pirates, Meet Wall Street
December 1, 2009
The capitalists have taught the pirates a thing or two apparently. This article is pretty amazing at showing how piracy has evolved into a full-fledged industry, replete with an exchange and shareholders. I’m just waiting for the HBS case study. It is a lucrative business that has drawn financiers from the Somali diaspora and other [...]
Read More >>Calling Gordon Gekko
November 7, 2009
Definitely time for Gordon Gekko to do a sequel. We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price of a paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of a hat while everybody sits around wondering how the hell we did it. Now you’re not naïve enough to think that we’re living [...]
Read More >>Off Topic: Jet Blue Offers $599 All You Can Fly
August 13, 2009
This is off topic, but perhaps some of you want to fly around the country and check out real estate or something, who knows. But in a sign of the times, Jet Blue is offering an all-you-can-fly pass for $599. You can fly all you want on JetBlue between Sep 8 and Oct 8 for [...]
Read More >>Visual Representation of The Market Recovery
June 2, 2009
You might look like a fool at first….but don’t be late!
Read More >>Bailout Proposal Nothing More than a Patriot Act II
September 24, 2008
“Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency.” That’s section 8 of the Treasury Department’s bailout proposal that the government is looking to drive through in much the same manner that it did the [...]
Read More >>The Guy Is A Machine
June 15, 2008
There’s not much else you can say, Tiger Woods is awesome. Sinks a 12-15 footer to force a playoff tomorrow against Rocco Mediate. Between Euro Cup 2008 (soccer for you non-hooligans), NBA finals, and the playoff tomorrow between Tiger and Rocco Mediate, I suspect the bookies will be much more active than any CMBS banker [...]
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