Economic Sounds and Sights

September 2011: Economic Drama Update

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 18:07:00 +0000

I rarely post anything on this blog - - after the economic crisis in 2008, I tried to become better informed about economics and finance, but soon learned that even the "experts" no longer were...

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Old news about Rupert Murdoch and previous difficulties

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 02:38:00 +0000

I haven't kept up with this blog, but the news about Rupert Murdoch's recent "scandals" got me interested learning more about his far-reaching influence around the globe. I'm interested in how...

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I'll update this blog with a few new posts soon!

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:09:00 +0000

I haven't been able to keep up with this blog, but I have a couple of posts in the works and hope to post on this blog at least twice a month. In the meantime, feel free to follow me on Twitter...

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A sampling of videos about Goldman Sachs and the Economic Crisis

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:05:00 +0000

Goldman Sach, News from October 2008: July 9, 2009 In-Depth Look - Stealing Secrets from Goldman Sachs - Bloomberg Febuary 11, 2010 Is Goldman responsible for Greek crisis? February...

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Sad Guys on Trading Floors: Full of pictures of sad & funny pictures of Wall Street traders

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 20:17:00 +0000

I'm not really keeping up with this blog, but I thought I'd share these recent economic sights: You'll have to visit the Sad Guys On Trading Floors website and read the captions to truly...

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Dubai Crisis

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:54:00 +0000

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A Problem of Leadership: Insider Trading Scandal- Raj Rajaratnam, Robert Moffat, Rajiv Goel, Anil Kumar, McKinsey & Company, IBM, Intel Corp...Who can we trust?

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 01:48:00 +0000

SCANDAL HITS CORPORTATE ROLE MODELS IBM, MCKINSEY -Ritsuko Ando, 10/16/09, Reuters I haven't kept up with this blog, but I felt I needed to post about the recent scandal regarding the...

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Update on Marcus Schrenker: Affinity Fraud

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:09:00 +0000

According to a recent article, "Indiana Money Manager Faces More Trouble at Home", Marcus Schrenker, a money manager who tried to fake his own death, used the good faith of his friends and relatives...

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Economic sounds & sights: Too complex to keep up for now!

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:52:00 +0000

I haven't been able to keep up with this topic lately! The economic ups and downs over the past months have been quite complex, with so many things going on. Teachers are being laid off, while...

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Taking a Break - Starting a Wellness and Health Care IT blog-filing cabinet

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:37:00 +0000

I've decided to slow down the pace of my blog entries on this blog. I'll post here from time-to-time, and I will continue to use the information and resources I've posted here over the past 6 months...

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It's Going Too Fast!

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:30:00 +0000

I've been extremely busy and haven't been able to keep up with all of the drama in Washington DC about the stimulus package. There is so much going on! I promise that I will select a few sounds and...

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Dateline NBC's Inside Financial Fiasco Series begins on March 22; Transcript of recent Dateline about financier Marcus Schrenker

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:02:00 +0000

Inside the Financial Fiasco, a 3-part series on Dateline, begins on Sunday, March 22. Here's the related video from from Chris Hanson's site. On another note, Dateline recently aired a show...

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Charlotte N.C. Area Investment Fraud: $30 Million Gone, Swindler Bruce Kramer Committed Suicide

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:01:00 +0000

From the Charlotte Observer: Man swindled $30 million, lawsuits say The late Bruce Kramer of Cabarrus spent investors' money on cars and more, filings in Mecklenburg say. Kirsten Valle, Charlotte...

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A Glimpse of March 10th's Economic News

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:55:00 +0000

Latest news from the New York Times: Madoff to Plead Guilty; Charges Carry a Life Sentence New York Times Graphic: Where Madoff Found Investors The Wall Street Journal Dow Surges Nearly...

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Killer Economy: Greenspan's Body Count

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:36:00 +0000

What is Greenspan's Body Count? W.C. Varones has been reporting the various deaths, mostly suicides, related to the current economic crisis, on his blog of the same name. As of March 3rd, 2009, the...

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Update: Allen Stanford and his Fictional Billions; What was Laura Pendergest-Holt's role in the alleged Ponzi scam?

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:01:00 +0000

Muckety Map of the Stanford Financial Group Scam muckMapWidth="400"; muckMapHeight="400"; muckMapCtx="http://www.muckety.com/Java";...

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British Economic Comedy: John Bird and John Fortune's Routines about the Economic Crisis

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:49:00 +0000

John Bird and John Fortune are a British satirical team that participated in a four-part mini series in November 2008, called Silly Money. Their humorous sketches reflect truths about the ongoing...

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The Quant who Killed your IRA: David X. Li and the Guassian Copula Function: The Risk Management Model that Imploded

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:38:00 +0000

When the economy started to collapse, one of the first things I wondered was how it could happen so fast, in so many sectors. I was baffled that so many bright math & finance minds did not...

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Animated visualization : "Crisis of Credit" by Jonathan Jarvis & Links to two related podcasts

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 02:12:00 +0000

Jonathan Jarvis created a series of animated shorts as a project for his work as a graduate student in the Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design. He started exploring the concept of...

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Allen Stanford and his Billions

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:26:00 +0000

Allen Stanford, a Texas billionaire,was accused of defrauding 13,000 clients of his company, Stanford Financial, this week. Clients thought that their money was invested in certificates of deposit,...

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Ballad of Bernie Madoff Video, via Flinch Studio and Blog Maverick

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:15:00 +0000

In keeping with the "Economic Sounds and Sights" theme of this blog, I'm sharing the following parody of a familiar ad, highlighting the Ponzi scheme created and maintained by Bernie Madoff. ...

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Via Flowing Data: Sculptural Data Visualization: Derivatives volume and GDP, 2007, created by Andreas Nicolas Fischer - and related information

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:18:00 +0000

The top layer of the map represents the derivatives volume, and the bottom layer represents the GDP. Andreas Nicolas Fischer: "This sculpture is a statistical map, a hybrid between physical and...

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4 Different Looks at Job Losses During Recessions: Via Flowing Data

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:00:00 +0000

The following charts were posted by Nathan on his Flowing Data blog , inspired by a debate on Barry Ritholtz' blog, The Big Picture about the extent of the job losses experienced during the current...

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David Faber's "House of Cards" Special Report on CNBC: Slicing, Dicing, CDO's and the Economic Crisis

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:50:00 +0000

I plan to watch David Faber's "House of Cards", a CNBC Special Report, takes a close look at the slicing and dicing of mortgages. It premiers on Thursday, February 12th, at 8p. If you miss it, it...

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The late Pierre A. Rinfret's "blogs" on Wayback Machine

noreply@blogger.com (Lynn V. Marentette) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:26:00 +0000

I came across the late economist Pierre Rinfret's website pages recently and found them to be informative and amusing. During the last several years of his life, Rinfret shared his experiences...

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