Friday, September 19, 2008

Title: Wall Street is burning, but these fat cats will be just fine
Source: Network World
Date: September 18, 2004

From the article:
    With the failures of Lehman Brothers, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac this month, reams of Wall Street IT executives are out of work or soon will be. While financial services CIOs and their staff polish their resumes and ponder what's left of their retirement savings, we thought it might be interesting to look at how much money their bosses made last year. Read on to find out what 9 Wall Street chiefs cost their companies in 2007, once their salaries, bonuses, stock awards and more are added together.

Monday, September 08, 2008

The Vanishing Republican Voter

Title: The Vanishing Republican Voter
Source: NY Times
Date: September 5, 2008

From the article:
    As America becomes more unequal, it also becomes less Republican. The trends we have dismissed are ending by devouring us.