…it tries to portray itself as championing customer rights, what its actually doing is trying to manipulate an entire industry to working how it wants everything to work, squeezing everybody from authors to other booksellers.
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Bailout Cop Barofsky Says TARP Still Not Working | Money.CNN.com
…the 22 banks that got the most aid from the government’s various bailout programs have cut their small business loan balances by $12.5 billion since April.
The latest complete report on the Troubled Asset Relief Program is available here (224 pages).
Statewide small business stimulus program heads to Riverside | Office of the Small Business Advocate
Business Matchmaking and SBDC team to help entrepreneurs access contracts
Statewide small business stimulus program heads to Riverside
SACRAMENTO — On Feb. 4 Riverside businesses will have the opportunity to participate in a free statewide program aimed at increasing small business readiness to access stimulus-funded contracts through President Obama’s Economic Recovery Plan.
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External Affairs Newsletter | Office of the Governator
Put on your anti-spin boots and read this latest missive from the Governor that cares, Ahrnold.
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U.S. Retail Credit Card Defaults Hit Near-Record Levels with No Relief in Sight | Insurancenewsnet.com
Fitch’s December Retail Credit Card Index results show that more than one in every eight dollars of receivables was written off as uncollectable during the November collection period on an annualized basis.
Similar to chargeoffs, the deterioration in delinquencies has slowed significantly from the previous year, yet they still remain almost 48% higher than 2007. Despite these short term improvements, Fitch expects retail credit card delinquencies to remain elevated throughout first half 2010 in line with its expectations for unemployment.
Custom Business Planning and Solutions Is Launched By The Creators Of WhiteBoard Partners, LLC
For Immediate Release
01/21/10 | Chino Hills, CA : The creators of WhiteBoard Partners, LLC announce the launch of Custom Business Planning and Solutions (CustomBPS). CustomBPS will retain many of the award winning aspects of WhiteBoard Partners while adding flexibility in how products are created and brought to market.
The new branding emphasizes the true, individual, custom nature of the services we offer. It also allows the principals to launch additional services in an individually branded or co-branded way.
With the changing economy, CustomBPS founders realized the creation of a new brand would be necessary to support changes to their business model. “The new business model and identity allows us to play to all our strengths,” said President Lydia Mehit, “while incorporating what we’ve learned during the last six years as WBP.”
Services ready for launch or planned for 2010 introduction are, “Employee to Entrepreneur Now”, an internet based program for those considering starting their own businesses; employee performance training delivered both in person and via internet, an internet based business workflow and procedure course and at least two publications.
“Our legacy clients will find that we will still deliver the best business planning and process solutions available. This change will allow us to bring this same experience to more people,” said Peter Mehit, COO.
Contact: Lydia Mehit 800-741-8444, lmehit@custombps.com
Maintenance-Free Cars – This Cadillac Built to Last 100 Years Without Gas or Tune-Up|trendhunter.com
Inside and out, the car has been designed to run for 100 years without maintenance.
Recessionary Cartography – Enormous Aerial Auto Maps | trendhunter.com
Automakers are facing trouble across the world due to global recession. Thousands of unsold cars are parked in factories and warehouses waiting for delivery to customers and dealers. (thewondrous)
Federal Reserve Seeks to Protect U.S. Bailout Secrets (Update1) | Bloomberg.com
The Federal Reserve Bank, to preserve its own power, is engaged in a lawsuit to prevent disclosure over what banks received bailout funds, along with how much they received.
Since the Fed controls currency, in effect, your government is engaged in a fight to NOT tell you who the gave YOUR money to.
The Fed is joined in its bid to overturn Preska’s order by the Clearing House Association LLC, an industry-owned group in New York that processes payments between banks. The group assailed the judge’s decision for what it said were legal errors, such as applying the wrong standard in weighing the exception to FOIA.
The group includes ABN Amro Bank NV, a unit of Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, Bank of America Corp., The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, HSBC Holdings Plc, JPMorgan Chase & Co., US Bancorp and Wells Fargo & Co.
Federal Reserve Seeks to Protect U.S. Bailout Secrets (Update1) – Bloomberg.com.
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says The Age of Privacy is Over
Do you want to make your life more open to everyone in the world, or do you want privacy?
As with the economy, we are at a crossroads, the subject this time is about what it means to be a person in the digital age.
This is Very Important
Facebook allows everyday people to share the minutiae of their daily lives with trusted friends and family, to easily distribute photos and videos – if you use it regularly you know how it has made a very real impact on families and social groups that used to communicate very infrequently.
… 350 million people signed up for Facebook under the belief their information could be shared just between trusted friends. Now the company says that’s old news, that people are changing. I don’t believe it.
