Reader Chris M. sent this from UPS: Global Supply Chains Not Ready for Challenging Times
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Jim G. sent us a link to a YouTube clip with some timely humor: Sponsor an Executive
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Eric sent this big batch of economic train wreck news and commentary: Where'd the bailout money from taxpayers go? Shhhh, it's a secret -- Bailed-Out Executives Got $1.6 Billion in 2007 -- Housing crisis worsens as economy weakens -- House-price stabilisation is not imminent -- Banks brace for an ugly 2009 -- Mortgage Re-Defaults Rising With No Sign of Slowing -- Revising Loan Modifications -- Will the Bubble Burst Aspen? -- Downturn hits vacation enclave of New York elite -- Life Without Bubbles -- Another Reason Not to Trust So-Called Economic Experts -- English bailiffs get power to use force on debtors -- Fiscal Insanity Virus Rapidly Spreading the Globe Part 1 (Mish Shedlock). And Cheryl (aka The Economatrix) sent us all these: Dow Falls Fifth Straight Session On Grim Data Reports -- US Home Prices Drop at Near-Depression Pace -- US Property Developers Seek Government Aid -- UK's Brown Wants 27% Interest On Loans to the Poor -- RBS Case Highlights Foreclosure Threat Even When Mortgages Have Been Paid -- Global Jobless to Rise By 25 Million -- New Zealand Recession Deepens -- Champagne Sales Collapse -- Ukraine Crisis Escalates Fears Over Gas Supplies -- Why the US Trade Deficit is Worsening and Dollar Implications -- The Great Stock and Commodities Deleveraging Crash of 2009 -- Belgian Gov't Collapses Over Fortis Bank Selloff -- Growing Signs of Workers' Unrest in China -- Great Depression Plus Hyperinflation -- [US Refiner, Distributor, and Truckstop Chain] Flying J Files for Bankruptcy -- US Army Ready if Downturn Gets Out of Hand -- Four Really, Really Bad Scenarios
