Screw This Housing Market! Black & Decker Sucked into the Housing Abyss
I was talking earlier in the week with a colleague in the construction business in Orange County. He currently has work but tells me that “he has no pending projects lined up after this one is done.” There is a decorum that we have and I don't go telling everyone about the housing decline or yelling at him, “get thee to another industry!” In fact, I rarely comment on the housing market to those unless they ask (that is, aside from the blog world of course)...
http://www.doctorhousingbubble…d-into-the-housing-abyss/
BEN MUST BE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE ECONOMY
DON'T ever let them see you sweat!
That's always good advice, especially if you happen to be monetary policymakers. But in the case of the Federal Reserve, the ring of perspiration is quite noticeable right now.
On Tuesday the Fed gave Wall Street what it wanted - another rate cut - but the dose was apparently not enough for market participants who are desperately trying to maintain their paltry annual gains (and thus bonuses) for another two weeks...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/12…_about_the_eco_876115.htm
'Desperate' stores slash prices for Christmas
Retailers are offering their biggest pre-Christmas discounts as the credit crisis takes its toll on High Street spending.
Prices are being slashed at big-name stores, including Argos, BHS, Debenhams, Halfords, Toys R Us and Boots, with 80 per cent off the cost of some gifts in a "desperate attempt" to woo reluctant shoppers.
Figures compiled for The Daily Telegraph by accountancy firm Ernst & Young highlight, for the first time, the scale of the discounting.