Comments on: Citi Analyst Based Walmart Downgrade on Research Funded By Lobbyist Astroturf Group

By: Teddy Partridge

Teddy Partridge — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:29:45 +0000

Sam Stein now reporting on Rachel’s show that Citi plans to hold an EFCA-related conference call next week for labor leaders.

Maybe they’ll ask them to call their Congressmen to fight EFCA?

Or maybe they’ll recommend they buy WallyMart stock?

Or recommend they shop at WallyMart?

By: prostratedragon

prostratedragon — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:16:28 +0000

I’ve been holding out hope (on this and a couple other venues) that eventually someone will unleash such a cosmic fart of illegality that some prosecutor no one would have expected will realize that they just have to make a case. Citi is bouying my spirits, we may be getting close.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:06:44 +0000

They lied about their fiances they deceived investors last year. Many of them lied again this year. I think we got them:)
I am wondering when the lawsuits will flood in Cumo seems like the only prosecutor who might file.

By: prostratedragon

prostratedragon — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:01:22 +0000

Let’s see, today we had holding company chairman Parsons singing the evangelist part. Yesterday was banking CEO Pandit doing so, in the form of a memo that, though leaked, seemed to have been written to be leaked and to just miss being a false report of some legal requirement like quarterly earnings. (As Yves notes in the link, there is no two-month reporting requirement.)

Good thing I’m the type to just take everything at face value and not trouble myself looking too deep beneath the surface, or I’d think this was something other than a rather artless attempt to stay rico-legal.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:52:05 +0000

GE stock sucks I’m sure they are pushing Obama for big nuclear power plant contracts. But while the Government might give loan guarantees I’m not sure any contractor has the cash to build, or a bank willing to finance such a project.
Plus no new nuke plant has been built since 3 mile island every new plant since then was already on the drawing board or in construction already.
Outside of engineers and contractors working outside the country we don’t have anyone under 60 with experience building them.
Not to many 60 year olds want to walk steel to check welds and on a nuke plant in could not be more crucial having experienced workers and engineers.

By: KayInMaine

KayInMaine — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:51:36 +0000

Here’s some good news:

http://www.boston.com/news/loc.....p_Emailed3

I hope this kind of thing goes viral around the nation. As pointed out by Clif on my blog, we are ALL in this boat together and it the boat sinks we all sink. ;-)

By: sadlyyes

sadlyyes — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:44:32 +0000

otherwise open all the prison doors and let out the petty crimminals

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:44:17 +0000

Although Debby as a Citi top dog must have had Citi stock in her retirement fund and Citi stock options I’m not sure her assets are now worth more than her debts.
I’m sure her house has also dropped in value.

By: sadlyyes

sadlyyes — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:43:12 +0000

this aint purty

http://finance.yahoo.com/echar.....E;range=5y

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:41:28 +0000

I knew that you would like that:)