tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post9184616931405707693..comments2024-01-15T12:16:41.302+00:00Comments on HousingPANIC - The Housing Bubble Blog with an Attitude Problem, 2005 - 2008: BUBBLETALK - Open thread to talk about the housing crash, mortgage meltdown and other stuffbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06585266242070350399noreply@blogger.comBlogger305125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-61315865708247822442008-08-02T06:35:00.000+01:002008-08-02T06:35:00.000+01:00Wolfson Microelectronics slashes jobs as profits t...Wolfson Microelectronics slashes jobs as profits tumble<BR/><BR/>http://www.theherald.co.uk/business/<BR/>news/display.var.2412517.0.Wolfson_<BR/>Micro_slashes_jobs_as_profits_<BR/>tumble.phpAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-33549420639499830312008-08-02T06:33:00.000+01:002008-08-02T06:33:00.000+01:00Sees More Job Cuts at Dellhttp://blogs.barrons.com...Sees More Job Cuts at Dell<BR/><BR/>http://blogs.barrons.com/<BR/>techtraderdaily/2008/07/31/<BR/>dell-cowen-upgrades-<BR/>raises-ests-sees-more-job-cuts/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-62136654442144750022008-08-02T06:27:00.000+01:002008-08-02T06:27:00.000+01:00Lockheed Martin warns of layoffshttp://www.tcpalm....Lockheed Martin warns of layoffs<BR/><BR/>http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/<BR/>aug/02/lockheed-martin-warns-layoffs/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-14224312150361831552008-08-02T06:18:00.000+01:002008-08-02T06:18:00.000+01:00Kemet Corp will layoff 640 jobshttp://www.thestate...Kemet Corp will layoff 640 jobs<BR/><BR/>http://www.thestate.com/business/<BR/>story/476386.html?RSS=businessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-90879122441830250542008-08-02T06:16:00.000+01:002008-08-02T06:16:00.000+01:00SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc will have a reductio...SiRF Technology Holdings, Inc will have a reduction in force of 7-9%<BR/><BR/>http://biz.yahoo.com/<BR/>prnews/080724/aqth548.html?.v=2Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-55389144418042690412008-08-02T06:11:00.000+01:002008-08-02T06:11:00.000+01:00Silicon Graphics will layoff 7%http://www.chippewa...Silicon Graphics will layoff 7%<BR/><BR/>http://www.chippewa.com/articles/<BR/>2008/07/24/news/<BR/>doc4885f5cf31242908348766.txtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-69082983531188156612008-08-02T06:10:00.000+01:002008-08-02T06:10:00.000+01:00Lantronix will layoff 17% http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/...Lantronix will layoff 17% <BR/><BR/>http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/<BR/>080729/147343.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-23338622311145619062008-08-02T04:55:00.000+01:002008-08-02T04:55:00.000+01:00Hey Keith I think you've pissed somebody off. ...Hey Keith<BR/> I think you've pissed somebody off. When I try to quick link HP through favorites in Google, I get an official looking window, over your site, saying that your web page is unavailable and IE will now close. If I hit the "CLOSE" button to shut down that window, your page, still in the background, shuts down. If I just "x out" the window, your page comes through fine. I don't know if anybody else is having this problem.<BR/>Tell everybody to hit X, not CLOSE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-8593454639049064682008-08-01T19:40:00.000+01:002008-08-01T19:40:00.000+01:00"If the path to the better there is, it begins by ..."If the path to the better there is, it begins by looking at the worst."<BR/><BR/>Thomas HardyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-27375322414077610972008-08-01T16:27:00.000+01:002008-08-01T16:27:00.000+01:00Now obama wants to give out a $1000 tax credit to ...Now obama wants to give out a $1000 tax credit to help people with their energy costs.....<BR/><BR/>Is the guy a complete idiot? Doing so helps to sustain the current high prices. it is just another method of price control.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-58385542066337249812008-08-01T05:42:00.000+01:002008-08-01T05:42:00.000+01:00Are-NOLD has promised to sign an executive order e...Are-NOLD has promised to sign an executive order eliminating all state temp positions, cutting out over-time and reducing state employees to the federal minimum wage <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>ONE PROBLEM ANON 4:31<BR/><BR/>THATS ONLY NON ESENTIAL PERSONNAL. THE $200,000. A YEAR FIREMEN WILL STILL GET PAID THEIR $200,000. A YEAR TO WAX THEIR DAMN FIRE TRUCKS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-88829576059379073462008-08-01T01:38:00.000+01:002008-08-01T01:38:00.000+01:00Isn't it strange that INFLATION is a measure of th...Isn't it strange that INFLATION is a measure of things that you do not need to purchase, and things that you do purchase regularly like FOOD and GAS are excluded from CPI calculation.<BR/><BR/>How many of you go out a purchase a car every two to three years. Yes, due to high price of gas truck price are going down.<BR/><BR/>More likely you purchase things to maintain your car like oil, battery, tires, and etc. <BR/><BR/>Did you noticed those kind of things that you use to maintain your car are going up in price.<BR/> <BR/>You don't fix your own car perhaps you noticed that car service charges have been going up for auto dealerships to make up for slowing sell of cars. <BR/><BR/>If you do need to purchase an used fuel efficient cars those cars prices have gone up or have you not noticed. <BR/><BR/>How many of you go out to purchase a new TV or computer every three years.<BR/><BR/>More likely you go out and buy games and/or go to the movies.<BR/><BR/>Did you noticed tickets, candies, soda at the movies, or popular games are going up.<BR/><BR/>Yes high end clothes have been going down, but since food prices have been going up you probably eating less, so you probably losing more weight and can fit back into to those old clothes you once like to wear. <BR/><BR/>Don't even think about those discount clothing stores, everybody else are going there so prices are going at those discount clothing stores.<BR/><BR/>Yes, due to the softer housing market housing price has gone down, but most house that you would want to move your family into are priced out of reach.<BR/><BR/>So exactly is the CPI calculated. If it is calculated based on things that people do not normally use or buy then why publish a CPI number at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-84897257112568806412008-07-31T22:21:00.000+01:002008-07-31T22:21:00.000+01:00We need to pretest this housing bailout in masses....We need to pretest this housing bailout in masses. That is the only way to change things. We need a leader to organize the pissed off massesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-62559085751541410762008-07-31T19:56:00.000+01:002008-07-31T19:56:00.000+01:00OH MY! GDP UP 1.9%. It's like 1933 all over again....OH MY! GDP UP 1.9%. It's like 1933 all over again.<BR/><BR/>How's everyone's gold and oil investments doing these days? shoulda listened to me and bought banks.<BR/><BR/>DOPESAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-80171054707432227732008-07-31T18:09:00.000+01:002008-07-31T18:09:00.000+01:00MANDATORY READINGOversupply and Compression: How t...<B>MANDATORY READING</B><BR/><BR/>Oversupply and Compression: How the Median House Price Will Fall from $215K to $70K <BR/><BR/>http://tinyurl.com/5toy3sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-14541619314040656382008-07-31T16:31:00.000+01:002008-07-31T16:31:00.000+01:00Are-NOLD has promised to sign an executive order e...Are-NOLD has promised to sign an executive order eliminating all state temp positions, cutting out over-time and reducing state employees to the federal minimum wage because of California’s budget problems. All this he CAN do due to a unanimous state Supreme Court decision!<BR/><BR/> Of course the big, all-powerful state worker’s unions are in an uproar, and the democratic state comptroller has promised to keep paying regular salaries, the law be damned.<BR/><BR/> Love it!<BR/><BR/> Wouldn't it be great if Arnold simply started bankruptcy filings for the state due to the budget impasse? You'll be able to here the union pigs at the greed trough squealing all the way over to the east coast!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-54241268175133510652008-07-31T15:12:00.000+01:002008-07-31T15:12:00.000+01:00http://tinyurl.com/6f6neqHousing Bill to Aid Democ...http://tinyurl.com/6f6neq<BR/><BR/>Housing Bill to Aid Democratic Ally<BR/>The housing bill signed by Bush will provide public funds to nonprofit groups that assist distressed homeowners. One of the biggest beneficiaries, despite Republican objections: Acorn, a housing advocacy group that also helps lead ambitious voter-registration efforts benefiting Democrats.Devestmenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13704339847524381868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-4764594560891882702008-07-31T08:50:00.000+01:002008-07-31T08:50:00.000+01:00wow! its amazing.wow! its amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-83208323247736108872008-07-30T23:25:00.000+01:002008-07-30T23:25:00.000+01:00keith, Jim Cramer is on his mad money show right n...keith, Jim Cramer is on his mad money show right now, 30 July 2008, calling a bottom on the stock market. How does this man continue lying like this, day in and day out? How can anyone listen to him and believe this nonsense?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-59697543459651333592008-07-30T16:27:00.000+01:002008-07-30T16:27:00.000+01:00SIGNED!WOOHOO! SOCIALISM REIGNS!!!The best part i...<A HREF="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25928299/" REL="nofollow">SIGNED!</A><BR/><BR/>WOOHOO! SOCIALISM REIGNS!!!<BR/><BR/>The best part is, all it will do is worsen and prolong, pushing the eventual bottom even lower.<BR/><BR/>The buying opportunity of a lifetime looms just a tad further off; let's get <B>ready.</B>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-30529490839401536252008-07-30T15:32:00.000+01:002008-07-30T15:32:00.000+01:00Hey Keith--I didn't see any news about this, but j...Hey Keith--<BR/><BR/>I didn't see any news about this, but just yesterday, the House was talking to some credit reporting experts about how to add in things like utility payments to boost credit scores now that credit is important to getting loans. One of the reps from Cali wants to force Experian et al to include any positive payments to anybody so that people "don't get duped into buying a house that they can't afford." I saw it on one of the C-Span's yesterday. This is potentially pretty big.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-46682282486108802072008-07-30T14:15:00.000+01:002008-07-30T14:15:00.000+01:00A spot-on essay about the "Extreme Foreclosure" by...A spot-on essay about the "Extreme Foreclosure" by Hank Stuever:<BR/><BR/>http://tiny.cc/jWeVNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-1602597679625578582008-07-29T22:26:00.000+01:002008-07-29T22:26:00.000+01:00McCain=McBushhttp://wapurl.co.uk/?QNXI59YMcCain=McBush<BR/>http://wapurl.co.uk/?QNXI59YAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-62844292463676507292008-07-29T20:17:00.000+01:002008-07-29T20:17:00.000+01:00Moderate earthquake in SoCal today ... how long be...Moderate earthquake in SoCal today ... how long before Reid and Pelosi blame Bush and global warming for the quake?<BR/><BR/>LOLFrank Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625929422222490759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18675105.post-72796083215009938702008-07-29T13:12:00.000+01:002008-07-29T13:12:00.000+01:00Interesting Bailout Idea....The suicide solutionht...Interesting Bailout Idea....<BR/>The suicide solution<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/57q44c<BR/><BR/>"if you can’t pay your debts or afford to play your role as a consumer, and if, in addition you’re no longer needed at the workplace, then there’s no further point to your existence. I’m not saying that the creditors want you dead, but in a culture where one’s credit rating is routinely held up as a three-digit measure of personal self-worth, the correct response to insoluble debt is, in fact, “Just shoot me!”"<BR/><BR/>Op-Ed Piece in response to this story, http://tinyurl.com/5llsa5<BR/><BR/>Seems there might be a way for the REIC to save on those costly foreclosures....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com