LaidOffCamp is a support-type event for those laid off created by Chris Hutchens:
Hutchins, 24, said that yesterday’s wave of layoffs inspired him to try building a community for the unemployed and to “create resources for people who need to figure out what to do with their lives after being laid off.” Hutchins hopes to sponsor [...]
Unemployed Techies Hope To Help Themselves At LaidOffCamp
January 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Creative Ideas, Linked List
Tags:economy·laid off·laidoffcamp·san francisco
News Flash: Circuit City really is Dying!
January 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Technology, Uh oh!, Uncategorized
As of about 3:54pm (EDT), Circuit City’s website (circuitcity.com) has gone down for maintenance – or so it appears.
Maybe they are updating their website with their liquidated prices.
It’s liquidation time! Well, As long as it’s approved.
For those of you who are unsure of what is going on, read this: “Circuit City joins CompUSA in death”
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Tags:circuit city·economy·liquidation
Circuit City joins CompUSA in Death
January 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
It’s been very obvious – for a long time – that Circuit City isn’t going to last much longer. Personally, I’ve never been a big fan, and their employees don’t all disagree.
A source in the know informs us that no matter how exactly things move forward from here (it’s still murky as to the logistical [...]
Tags:circuit city·closures·economy
Chrysler’s Hidden Coffers
December 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Linked List, WTF
Unlike Ford and GM, Chrysler is owned by a private equity firm whowipeswith twenty-dollar bills.
Buried on the business page ofThe New York TimesSaturday were the details of Detroit’s biggest snow job yet–literally as well as figuratively. Turns out that Cerberus CEO John Snow, who spent three-and-a-half lackluster, and some might say lap-doggish, years as President [...]
Tags:auto bailout·bailout·cash·cerberus·chrysler·economy·money
Don’t Vote
October 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Creative Ideas, Politics
Tags:celebrities·economy·election·ice caps·important·polar bears·Politics·vote







