Uncommon Money News (Vol. 92)


By: Roshawn Watson

In preparing to write my posts, I often come across noteworthy and sometimes bizarre financial and business news. Below are links to some of these sites. Enjoy!

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Business
Greeks Face Long Hardship as Govt Seals Huge Rescue

Goldman’s Shares Plunge on Inquiries and Downgrade

It’s Time to End Scientology’s Tax Exempt Status

Government workers out-earn private sector workers

Senate Probe: Goldman Planned to Profit from Bust

The 8 dumbest business decisions ever

GM’s phony bailout payback. Take $43 billion, borrow $7 billion, then pay back the $7 Billion with the money you took, borrow $10 billion more, and annouce you’ve ‘paid back the loan’. Enron and Lehman got nothing on these guys.

Looks like Lehman Bros. boss Dick Fuld just got caught lying under oath. Now will anyone have the guts to prosecute him?

HP is Palm’s Silicon Valley savior in $1.4B deal

Economy

The Federal Debt: How To Lose A Trillion Dollars

Economists: The stimulus didn’t help

Entertainment Money News

Hollywood sign $12.5 million bailout

Herbalife: We Didn’t Mean to Pay the Hiltons

Celine Dion’s Home — The Ultimate Water Park

Gisele Bundchen & Tom Brady’s $20 Million Dream Home

A Nightmare of Elm Street Makes A Killing At Box Office

Offbeat Money News

Thrifty Engineer Leaves $2 Million to Charity

Yakezie

Money, Loyalty and Investing

Nick Vujicic Shows Us How to Get Up and Never Quit

Is College Worth The Cost