July, 2009

The History of the Stock Market

In recessions and booms alike, stock markets are always at the forefront. Newspapers and financial publications are awash in headlines about the Dow Jones, S&P 500, NASDAQ, rising stock indexes, falling stock indexes, buying, selling, and so forth. And it is tempting to think of a stock market as an impersonal mechanism in the sky, ...

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UPDATE: Stormy Daniels’ Senate Run Turns Deadly

Stormy Daniels for Senate - are you in? The fur's beginning to fly for Ms. Stormy (Photo: scrapetv.com) Remember the story I ran a few months ago about adult film star Stormy Daniels (real name Stephanie Clifford) and her race to become a Senator from her home state of Louisiana? Ms. Daniels is sticking to the plan, ...

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N.Y. Attorney General Details Bonuses At Bailed-Out Banks

Citigroup Inc., which received $45 billion in government bailout money, gave employees $5.33 billion in bonuses for 2008, Andrew Cuomo said. The bank gave 738 of its employees bonuses of at least $1 million each. Bank of America Corp., which also received $45 billion, paid $3.3 billion in bonuses.» E-Mail This     » Add to Del.icio.us Read ...

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Do Experiences Lead to Greater Happiness Than Material Purchases?

The August issue of the Journal of Consumer Research arrived in my mailbox yesterday. It contains an interesting article from Nicolao, Irwin, and Goodman entitled “Happiness for Sale: Do Experiential Purchases Make Consumers Happier than Material Purchases?” This is a topic we’ve skirted at Get Rich Slowly, but never fully explored. Many readers have offered ...

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Ruby’s Diner Donates to Muscular Dystrophy Research

Ruby’s Diner and CureDuchenne team up Good food for a good cause. Ruby’s Diner, a casual dining chain based in Newport Beach, Calif., has teamed with CureDuchenne to raise money to find a cure for Duchenne Musuclar Dystrophy. If you print out a flier from the CureDuchenne web site and bring it into Ruby’s Diner in Corona ...

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