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To transparency and beyond!

If you haven’t visited the White House website lately, it is a must-see at www.whitehouse.gov  Not only are there daily updates, but they are exciting. 

No way to segue gracioiusly here, but if you have a kid and have been to Disneyland in the past few years, then you might have enjoyed the [...]

Who is going to buy our way out of this economic disaster?

The California budget and economy is falling apart. 21,000 state employees are getting layoff notices in about a minute.  Those remaining will be forced to take 2 day furloughs per month — but at least they’ll still have their work.  The federal stimulus package was just signed by Obama, so over time, some lost [...]

What’s a gal to do…when it comes to choosing a car?

If you happen to be a woman looking to buy a car, or know a woman thinking about buying a car, a must-stop is www.AskPatty.com, a website and blog dedicated to automotive information specifically for women.  I’d also love to direct you to my guest post on that site – all about alternative [...]

9% unemployment in California

Unemployment in California has hit 9%.  That is just plain bad.  So I can’t understand why so many politicians are trying to put the brakes on Obama’s stimulus package.  At the Democratic caucus, Obama reiterated the point of a stimulus package …to…spend money to create jobs.  And with so much money going toward infrastructure rebuilding, I can’t [...]

No stranger to nationalization

Globally, many countries are having to take stake in life-blood companies — in the US, banks like Bank of America, Citibank; in the auto industry, Chrysler and GM — and, well, you’ve read the news.  The more money that gets infused into the failing businesses, the  more nationalization will be taking place.  As [...]

Bloody Monday

Amidst another day of layoff announcements  (almost 72,000 announced today, Bloody Monday)– Home Depot, Nextel/Sprint,  Caterpillar (!),Deere, ING,  just to name a few, I received a letter that caught my attention. 

A few months before the bottom fell out of the economic world, AIG Direct had acquired 21st Century Insurance.  Since I’m a [...]

Two steps forward, one step back. Two steps forward, one step back.

With markets imploding, 50 plussers are losing jobs by the droves while seeing their nest eggs devastated. When I think of the economic journey we are faced with, regardless of demographic, and the responsibility that is laying on Barack Obama’s shoulders, I get the image of the mythological Greek Sisyphus endlessly pushing the [...]

The breezy sound of pink slips rustling in the wind…Microsoft to lay off 1400 today.

The hurt keeps on coming.  This morning Microsoft announced their 2nd quarter results and with the global economy still limping along, put plans in place to lay off 5,000 staff over the next 18 months, included 1400 who got their pink slips today.

Always go to the source:  http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2009/jan09/01-22fy09Q2earnings.mspx

In light of the [...]

“The Moment”

Mixed into the excitement of today’s inauguration, were two technological items of note that may have gotten swept a bit under the carpet.  The first is the launch of Barack Obama’s Presidential website at http://www.whitehouse.gov/  Obama’s team have created the first dynamic Presidential website with a tone very much in keeping with the [...]

Watch Obama’s inauguration live and online!

Do you have to be at the office or on the road tomorrow?  Don’t despair — if you have access to the internet, you can watch this historic inauguration live and online at CNN:  http://www.cnn.com/live/  Plus CNN has partnered with Facebook, so if you sign up, you’ll be able to join millions of [...]