“But within an hour, it was all surging out on Twitter and Facebook,” the deputy director said. The CIA homed in on 12 to 15 users who tweeted situation reports and cellphone photos of demonstrations
Category: News and Views
Weekly Economic Update | LAEDC
THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
- California’s Budget Position in September
- SoCal Home Sales Up a Bit, Prices Down
- California Exports Continue Hot Streak
- August California Imports
- U.S. Trade Deficit Basically Unchanged in August
- U.S. Households Have Deleveraged to Early 2005 Levels
- Recession Not Expected
- Events of Interest
- October 19, 2011: L.A. NABE Monthly Luncheon Meeting: James Goldberg’s Investment Outlook
- SAVE THE DATE! November 3, 2011: The 16th Annual Eddy Awards®
- November 10, 2011: 23rd Annual Southern California Visitor Industry Outlook Conference0000000000000
Kansas City Chiefs credit cornhole with saving season | Plog
So NFL.com asked the team what’s behind Kansas City’s turnaround. The team credited … cornhole.
Boost In Big Bank Fees Will Likely Fuel Rise In Use Of Credit Unions, Other Alternative Lenders | Reuters Analysis
“Credit unions are an alternative source for the kind of services a bank provides,” said Professor Lawrence White of New York’s Stern School of Business.”I’m hoping they would see the un-banked as part of their mission. That would be the most socially worthwhile thing they could do.”
HP Flails Further Into Irrationality By Offering Printer Spam | TechCrunch
If and When the Protestors Unite, Watch Out! | ZeroHedge
Charlotte boasts a superstar protest-magnet of its own – Bank of America — that could conceivably attract more activists than the convention attracts delegates.
What Your Car Color Says About Society
But that’s changed. People are hanging on to their cars longer, and don’t know when they’ll buy their next new set of wheels. Instead of flashiness, people are trying to show quiet sophistication.
Turbulent flight lands in court – Houston Chronicle
Dexia’s Belgian Bank To Be 100% Nationalized | ZeroHedge
We are waiting for more details but with that we have Belgium-Dexia CDS compression, an imminent Belgian rating downgrade, and the unleashing of the completely unpredictable domino effect.
‘Mind-Blowing’ Sex Can Wipe Memory Clean | Transient Global Amnesia | LiveScience
A 54-year-old woman showed up in the emergency room at Georgetown University Hospital with her husband, unable to remember the past 24 hours. Her newer memories were hazy, too. One thing she did recall: Her amnesia had started right after having sex with her husband just an hour before.
Dispatches From The Front 