Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts

Friday, December 30, 2011

5 Signs You’re Borrowing Too Much

 (Time)  They’re ba-ack. Like the ghosts in Poltergeist, shoppers have returned this holiday season and they are threatening to stir up a familiar demon—debts they can’t repay.

Black Friday sales set records. Cyber Monday sales were torrid too. Personal spending accounted for the vast majority of third-quarter growth, and spending has been up three of the past four months, reports the Wall Street Journal. The savings rate has fallen to 3.5% from 5.3%.    MORE

Friday, December 16, 2011

Flying Right: A CEO’s Moral Stand

 (Breakpoint)
Many Americans — from Main Street to Occupy Wall Street — have been shocked at how some corporate CEOs have made out like bandits after flying their companies right into the ground. Other chief executives have done extremely well after breaking their word to stockholders, the general public, and the people who work for them.  MORE...

Thursday, December 1, 2011