Trump Baja Condo Project Goes South

Owen Thomas · 03/07/09 05:00PM

Business blowhard Donald Trump has created an indelible meaning for his world-famous brand: failed real-estate ventures. The latest event to cement the Trump reputation: a failed condo project in Mexico which cost buyers $32 million.

Erin Burnett Makes CNBC Even More Loathsome

Owen Thomas · 03/07/09 01:30PM

Who's to blame for the economic mess? Not CNBC, says CNBC anchor Erin Burnett! "Everyone in this country knew there was a housing bubble," she told Bill Maher last night. Is she the new Santelli?

AIG's $173 Billion Bailout Went in Part to Foreign Banks

Owen Thomas · 03/07/09 01:00PM

Where are insurance giant AIG's bailout billions really going? The White House doesn't want to tell us. But the Wall Street Journal, bless its Rupert Murdoch-owned heart, found out anyway: Foreign banks, lots of them!

TheDismalScience · 03/06/09 10:53PM

Of course, this works best for people that don't read the website or watch the channel. Every single one of these opinions is overridden or matched with a psychotic binge of sudden horrible gloom, like Cramer's "get you money out for the next five years" business or Faber's rantings. It's a bipolar opinion market, not a place where you can sit down for five minutes and know what's going on.

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Start Walkin', the Mexican Border Is South

Richard Lawson · 03/06/09 05:33PM

Every week we get lots of comments, some of which we just can't let through. Because they're dumb or silly or, usually, crazy. Here are our favorite lost voices from this week.

More Job Cuts at Apple?

Owen Thomas · 03/06/09 04:55PM

Something's going on at Apple. Normally a leak-proof ship, the S.S. Steve Jobs has been taking on rumors of layoffs. The latest: Cuts in Mac hardware and software units, says a tipster: