21 February 2009

not AMAZON

www.cellforcash.com
http://www.gazelle.com/

I read about these two sites from US News magazine. We sent a phone to cellforcash, they confirmed that they received it but they haven't sent us a check. We complained to the FTC but it's not likely anything will happen. In my follow up research, I saw that Wall Street Journal had also written favorable articles on this site. It's unfortunate that reputable publications give favorable publicity to suspect sites.

Gazelle - we have not tried, so don't know how reputable they are. At this point, I'm suspicious of anything not named AMAZON.

11 February 2009

aguanomics.com

These are the events that mark a bottom..

11/29/2007
SPX close that day 1469
email from my equity salesperson at a firm that no longer exists.

"Three very important things have happened in 3 days: Two major financial players get an equity infusion (Citi and Freddie Mac); and a high profile low quality ABS portfolio gets transfered at a real market price, in this case a $3b ABS portfolio sells for $800m at ETFC. These are the events that mark a bottom.."

Milk for cereal should be purchased directly by employees.

2/09/2009

In our continued efforts to reduce spend in this difficult economic environment, BNP Paribas has decided to reduce supplies available in the pantries in NJ and NY. We will no longer be replenishing bowls, plates, utensils, straws, etc and will be reducing the amount of milk available in the refrigerators. By reducing these products, we will save the bank more than $100,000 per year.

Please be advised that the milk in the pantries is intended for use with coffee only. Milk for cereal should be purchased directly by employees.