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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Persistent “brand fake” suits will kill litigants’ secondary markets
eBay has been successfully sued by Louis Vuitton & Company over brand fakes being sold on the site. eBay may have lost this case because the courts are unable to discern between platforms and the users of said platforms, but … Continue reading
“I didn’t open my browser all weekend” Monday
Cycled and fished instead – not regretting it either Sam Zell “bought a terrible business” – newspapers. I think Zell has it right when he says newspapers have to give customers what they want, not what some internal agenda prescribes. … Continue reading
Conjured in Office
Tagged banking, blogs, Citadel, finance, Iceland, newspapers, politics, Sam Zell
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Cheesman: Stay for the Fish – Just Don’t Go for the Hike
Right up front – I’m declaring for the record a few rules of thumb worth following when you venture into the upper section of Cheesman Canyon. First, if you are addicted to cookies and milk, don’t attempt to put even … Continue reading
An exercise in discontinuity
From The Big Picture comment section: When the bank for the British royal family (RBS) is “forecasting” continued credit market troubles … when the European Monetary Union is essentially declaring war on the Fed with threats to drive the exchange … Continue reading
Cookies from the neighbors
My neighbors’ four year old daughter made cookies today. The family knows I fish. Rainbow trout and Bluefish A couple of Stegasauruses too, although I don’t think anyone makes tippet for those. I’ll note I’ve never see fish disappear so … Continue reading
One time battle: water skiers vs. brown trout fry
Only happened once because the trout are now dead! Wyoming Gov. Dave Fruedenthal figured ten water skiers in Lowell were more important that tens of thousands of young brown trout. He ordered the flows to the Bighorn River cut to … Continue reading
Conjured in Office
Tagged Bighorn River, brown trout, Dave Fruedenthal, water flow, Wyoming
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Mortgage VIPs
Via WSJ: Do all Washington politicians get their loans directly from CEOs in the mortgage industry? Readers might be wondering after learning about Countrywide Financial and its VIP treatment for Senators Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) and Kent Conrad (D., N.D.)… … Continue reading
Grab those life rafts – ‘financial tsunami’ on the way?
Via Bloomberg: Rising consumer prices will leave more U.S. consumers unable to pay their debts and may lead to a “financial tsunami,” according to Bennet Sedacca, president of money manager Atlantic Advisors LLC in Winter Park, Florida… Sedacca wrote that … Continue reading
How to resign from Yahoo!
This nifty resignation letter generator makes it easy. (h/t to P. Kedrosky)
George Carlin (1937 – 2008)
No need to repeat what everyone knows by now. But Barry Ritholtz posted a kind of tribute page, and it’s well worth reviewing in it’s entirety (including the comments). Personally, I watched and read everything on it this morning, and … Continue reading
