The recession has begun to be felt among Harford businesses, as several companies have closed or announced closings recently. Local, regional, and national companies have all suffered, with a growing list determining that they will no longer be conducting business. Some have been bought out, but most are simply leaving vacant storefront. Among those being […]
Examining The Dwindling Options For Getting Local News In Baltimore
With the Baltimore Examiner on the way out, where are we supposed to get our news now? the b? The Examiner may have been an object of derision among people looking for more than shallow sips of news, and from people adverse to a paper with a right-wing slant, but it brought some important things […]
Del. Impallaria: Energy – Deregulate or Regulate?
Annapolis Update – Energy – Deregulate or Reregulate? – Dec. 16, 2008 The final report to the Public Service Commission, “State Analysis and Survey on Restructuring and Reregulation (Task 2) and Analysis of Options for Maryland’s Energy Future (Task 3)” has been made. My committee, Economic Matters, has just received a briefing on it. After […]
Buy Low, Sell High: How Low Can The Dow Go?
The adage is to buy low and sell high. Americans, and world denizens, have been buying high from the stock market for more than a decade. The stock market was driven up to historic highs, and generally peaked at a Dow Jones 14,903 on October 12, 2007, a year ago today (Sunday). Over the past […]
Burning Down the House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?
The government has now approved a record $700 billion plan to try to stabilize US–and world–financial markets. The plan is not a total bailout as the media describes it; it is more of a government purchase of the stock of failing companies. The government is expecting a return on it’s investment, and, who knows, perhaps […]
NYC Is Just A Hop, Skip And Train Ride Away From Aberdeen Along the Rail Line
We get to the park and ride at 6:06 a.m. Wednesday, June 25. It costs nothing to park. Printing out tickets is a breeze – swipe your card, confirm, print. Departure is at 6:35 a.m. and it is ON TIME. Yay! We sit in the café section of the Amtrak that has big open booths. […]
For Sale: One Kidney, Used But Not Abused
Does anybody out there need a kidney? Sure, it’s not a question you hear everyday, but apparently Iran has a few we could order up if you answered “yes” . What do you say? Iran is not usually a country we look to in order to draw ideas from, especially fiscally driven ones. But it […]
Super Bowl Sunday: Music, Food, Celebrities and, yes, even a little Football
Not a fan of the Patriots? Not a fan of the New York football Giants? Maybe football is just not your thing? Surely you know by now that there are other reasons that people tune in to the ‘big game,’ which airs Sunday on Fox at precisely 6:17 pm. Here is a sampling of some […]
