Uncommon Money News (Vol. 85)

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!

This week, I participated in the Carnival of Financial Planning #125 hosted by the Skilled Investor. The featured posts were: Thoughts On Escaping the Rat Race, Is Bigger Better? Scaling Down The American Dream, and Will the “Fat Tax” Come to a State Near You? Thanks for including my posts in your carnivals.

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Posts Of The Week

Ford Motor Co., the only major U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy last year, reported $2.7 billion profit

Federal Reserve Wanted “National Security” Status Given To AIG Bailout Terms By SEC To Hide Details From Public Scrutiny

Avatar Sinks Titanic!: Avatar Now Top Grossing Film of All-Time

Business

McDonald’s Beats Expectations, Upbeat for 2010

With Kindle, the Best Sellers Don’t Need to Sell

Sam’s Club cuts 11,200 jobs, 10 percent of workforce

Ford Motor Co., the only major U.S. automaker to avoid bankruptcy last year, reported $2.7 billion profit (POW)

In late October, Newsday, the Long Island daily, put its web site behind a pay wall. Three months later, *only 35* people have signed up to pay $5 a week to get unfettered access to newsday.com.

Economy

Obama Seen as Anti-Business by 77% of U.S. Investors