Posted by: wordbeeps on: October 6, 2008
The mark of a good writer is one who can put you there, in the scene they are witnessing. Diane Francis can do that. It’s good she is a business writer, likely the best known business writer in Canada. Good business writers are needed now. Francis wrote this story, October 3, Wall Street Melting. Diane [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 20, 2008
One mayor of a municipality I covered for a small newspaper told me that no one new on council ever asked questions about the budget. Budgets for the municipality were under $30 million. Sure enough, budget time rolled around and the new councillors looked thoughtful, listened to the debate, but asked no questions. Why? There [...]
Posted by: wordbeeps on: September 15, 2008
Looking for a video lead for this post. Found the best one on Aljazeera, of all places. Fed moves to deal with financial crisis, from Associated Press From Bloomberg.com http://www.bloomberg.com/news/index.html Headlines from Reuters include “Struggling to Survive” and “Wall Street mauled by Lehman bankruptcy, AIG fears” “Problems at Lehman spill over into several Canadian companies” [...]
