What New Yorkers Are Thinking About the Greatest Depression: It Won’t Be Too Bad!
We talked to twenty strangers in Union Square to see how they felt the economy was going to affect them. They were optimistic! (And CUTE.)
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McCain’s Mortgage-Bailout Plan Has Pretty Much Everyone Up In Arms
Doubts are being raised in both liberal and conservative corners about the burden the plan places on taxpayers.
FYI We Are So Going to Be Obsessed With Neel Kashkari
In two days, we've gone from knowing nothing about the man who will save us all to knowing too much.
It Was Inevitable
And we can't believe we didn't think of it first. A Tumblr blog called ‘Sad Guys on Trading Floors’? Come on!
Stocks Plunged Despite Rate-Cut Promises by Bernanke, and AIG Execs Went on Posh Vacation
The Dow lost 200 points in the last hour of trading alone today. But not everybody has been having a bad couple of weeks! Somebody got a MANICURE.
This Depression Is the Greatest (in Bed)
A CNN headline typo about the economy gives us the only finance news we can giggle about this afternoon.
Gasp! Rich People Are Penny-Pinching!
Which means they're probably not buying Louis bags full price.
Fed Announces Intervention in Commercial Paper Market, Stocks Boosted
This morning the Fed said it would create a ‘special purpose vehicle’ to buy up commercial paper, giving the markets confidence.
Buyers Cut Spring Orders; Too Skinny Male Models Banned in U.K.
Also check out Alexander McQueen's first campaign in five years!
Tuesdays Are Always Better Than Mondays
Your Saturday-night hangover is finally cleared, and the anticipated response to the credit crisis on behalf of European banks is like an Alka-Seltzer Morning Relief for the economy.
Gawker Media Fires Nineteen Employees
Owner Nick Denton, in an e-mail to staff, predicts that people will call this the end of ‘the golden age of the blog.’
Robin Givhan Pans Givenchy; Irina Lazareanu to Retire?
Also Naomi Campbell might hit the runway in Paris tomorrow, and Kate Moss doesn't wear underwear. Ever.
McCain Suspended His Campaign and All He Got Was This Lousy Bailout Failure
He aimed to reap the political rewards of a bailout deal, and now stands to lose the most from its continued delay.
Balenciaga Menswear Flops; H&M's Stock Suffers
Also Roisin Murphy wore BRAND NEW Gareth Pugh to the Christian Dior show!
Foreigners Flock to U.S. for Cheap Plastic Surgery
Bernadette from London saved almost $9,000 on her face- and brow lifts by flying to L.A.
First Billionaire of the Apocalypse Alights in New York?
Ron Burkle has set up roost atop the Bowery Hotel, according to a report.
House.gov Has Crashed
Not that we expected any reasonable explanations anytime soon, but it would be nice to be able to check.
Citigroup to Buy Wachovia’s Banking Operations
Though the FDIC is quick to assure customers that Wachovia has not ‘failed,’ the government spent the weekend helping Citigroup finance a deal.
Paris Hilton Launches Eighth Fragrance; Lash Conditioner Hits the Market
Also, a teenage boy is banned from makeup at school, and prestige beauty sales are tanking.
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