Reader Chris M. sent this from UPS: Global Supply Chains Not Ready for Challenging Times [1]
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Jim G. sent us a link to a YouTube clip with some timely humor: Sponsor an Executive [2]
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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 [3] — Bailed-Out Executives Got $1.6 Billion in 2007 [4] — Housing crisis worsens as economy weakens [5] — House-price stabilisation is not imminent [6] — Banks brace for an ugly 2009 [7] — Mortgage Re-Defaults Rising With No Sign of Slowing [6] — Revising Loan Modifications [6] — Will the Bubble Burst Aspen? [6] — Downturn hits vacation enclave of New York elite [6] — Life Without Bubbles [6] — Another Reason Not to Trust So-Called Economic Experts [6] — English bailiffs get power to use force on debtors [6] — Fiscal Insanity Virus Rapidly Spreading the Globe Part 1 [6] (Mish Shedlock). And Cheryl (aka The Economatrix) sent us all these: Dow Falls Fifth Straight Session On Grim Data Reports [8] — US Home Prices Drop at Near-Depression Pace [9] — US Property Developers Seek Government Aid [10] — UK’s Brown Wants 27% Interest On Loans to the Poor [11] — RBS Case Highlights Foreclosure Threat Even When Mortgages Have Been Paid [12] — Global Jobless to Rise By 25 Million [13] — New Zealand Recession Deepens [14] — Champagne Sales Collapse [15] — Ukraine Crisis Escalates Fears Over Gas Supplies [16] — Why the US Trade Deficit is Worsening and Dollar Implications [17] — The Great Stock and Commodities Deleveraging Crash of 2009 [18] — Belgian Gov’t Collapses Over Fortis Bank Selloff [19] — Growing Signs of Workers’ Unrest in China [20] — Great Depression Plus Hyperinflation [21] — [US Refiner, Distributor, and Truckstop Chain] Flying J Files for Bankruptcy [22] — US Army Ready if Downturn Gets Out of Hand [23] — Four Really, Really Bad Scenarios [24]