8.30.2009

New Boyz - You're A Jerk

I love different styles... check the clothes, moves and general swagger.

8.26.2009

Bernanke May Redefine Fed Mission in Financial-Market Stability

#economics
Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Ben S. Bernanke’s renomination allows him to redefine the Federal Reserve’s mission as he expands its power over financial markets and pulls back on a credit surge the central bank used to keep the economy from collapse, economists say.

Bernanke’s agenda during the next four years will include elevating the Fed’s role in reducing excessive risk in major financial institutions, figuring out how to curtail asset bubbles, and scaling back $1.2 trillion of monetary stimulus.

“He will have the opportunity to permanently change the structure of the Federal Reserve system,” said Vincent Reinhart, a former director of the Fed’s Monetary Affairs Division who’s now a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington-based research group.

President Barack Obama nominated Bernanke, 55, for a second term yesterday, lauding the Fed chairman for helping “put the brakes on our economic free fall...”

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8.25.2009

Obama to reappoint Bernanke as Fed chief

OAK BLUFFS, Mass. - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, widely credited with taking aggressive action to avert an economic catastrophe after the financial meltdown last fall, will be nominated by President Barack Obama for a second term, NBC News has confirmed.

Obama plans to make the announcement on Tuesday during a break from his vacation on Martha's Vineyard, NBC and The Associated Press reported.

In remarks prepared for the announcement, Obama praised Bernanke for leading the country through a financial crisis and, with his expertise on the Great Depression, helping to prevent a similar crisis....

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8.16.2009

Blue Scholars - Hi-808

Refreshing #music and #videographic style
Heard a track I like better the other day on Pandora called North by North-West. Google it.

The Fray - Heartless

Sick Video #music #design

The FRAY - Heartless from IE HAGY on Vimeo.