Archiv ‘USA’
Sonntag, 4. September 2011
Wie man Finnen so richtig ärgert
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people started sending Linus money directly. I’m not sure they did it out of gratitude, however, since they usually sent personal checks from the US. As Linus quickly learned, Finnish banks really, really hate checks. Especially personal checks. Particularly personal checks from the US. They invent all sorts of bureaucratic pit-falls and rules and fees to make it difficult and expensive to use checks. If you want to make trouble for a Finn, send him a personal check from the US. And that’s not a joke.
Quelle: Linux Anecdotes
Tags: Finanzen, Finnland
Labels: Funny, Linux, USA
Samstag, 3. September 2011
China verkauft dem Alkoholiker weiterhin Alkohol
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Savings aren’t bad, but they can be invested poorly. Take China. Its government is using its citizens‘ savings to lend to the largest bankrupt nation in the world. That’s not too smart.
Quelle: Savings Are Bad, Mmkay
Tags: China, Dollar
Labels: USA
Sonntag, 24. Juli 2011
Osama 1, USA 0
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Jeder Glücksspieler würde von einem solchen Gewinnverhältnis nur träumen:
Osama bin Laden and his henchmen probably spent the pittance of just $500,000 on organising the September 2001 attacks, which killed 3,000 people and directly cost the US economy an estimated $50bn to $100bn. In 2003, President George W Bush proclaimed that the Iraq war would cost $50bn to $60bn. Governments that go to war invariably underestimate the cost – but rarely on such an epic scale.
Quelle: The IMF: Leading the Way to Financial Ruin
Tags: Afghanistan, Krieg, Pakistan, Terror
Labels: USA
Sonntag, 19. Juni 2011
American Nightmare
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As we alluded to above, politicians and civil servants love to get in on the action too. In the US, this took the form of making the ‘American Dream’ an American reality. What they got was a nightmare. Massive mortgage companies were set up and backed by the government to create artificial demand for mortgages. Banks were required to lend to sub-prime borrowers by legislation. Central banks kept interest rates low. And homebuilders had a field day.
Quelle: The Baby Boom Bust Cycle
Tags: Finanzkrise
Labels: USA, Wirtschaft
Freitag, 17. Juni 2011
Der grosse Bruder der Griechen
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[Greece:] Unemployment is around 20%. People dodge taxes. Government workers don’t show up for work. Households spend too much. And the government is going into debt so deeply and so rapidly it can’t possibly get out.
Hey… It’s just like the US!
Quelle: The Likelihood of a US Default
Tags: Griechenland
Labels: USA, Wirtschaft
