Investors Punish AIG - Forbes
The company lost $3.09 per share, irritating investors in the process. AIG closed down 8.8%, or $3.87, to $40.28 in Friday afternoon in New York. on sales of $20.7 billion. Analyst surveyed by Thomson Financial had expected an earnings loss of 76 …
Citigroup, AIG Dampen Wall Street’s Optimism - NPR News
All Things Considered , May 9, 2008 Citigroup announced on Friday that it was selling off $400 billion of its assets in an attempt to restructure itself to move beyond the financial crisis in the credit and mortgage markets that have affected many …
How to keep customers coming back for things they don t need.
How do you keep customers coming back? Keep them constantly dissatisfied. That is the topic of this article in Orion Magazine. The author is Jeffrey Kaplan. Here s are a few excerpts from this well written article. [Note: you might be blocked from going straight into the article. If so, go to the Orion link and then search for the article]. Kaplan can really analyze and some of his passages are gems: [In 1929,] despite the apparent tidal wave of new consumer goods and what appeared to b
Canceled debt may bring big tax bill from IRS - Chicago Tribune
Bills are piling up to the point where you dread opening your mailbox. If only your creditors would forgive your debt. Sometimes, they will but even then your money troubles might not disappear. Canceled debt in many cases is considered taxable …