As “Cash for Clunkers” approaches its accelerated denouement, car salesmen will once again have to hone their pitches and bring their A-game. That’s where this video comes in – a little gem from the Chevrolet Productivity Network on how to pitch. Granted, it’s a leftover from the 1989 Chevy Celebrity. Enjoy: (h/t to Josh W [...]
Entries from August 22nd, 2009
At Least We’re Not These Guys
August 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · bailout
In a time where companies are going belly-up left and right all around the developed world, one country stands apart from the crowd: Italy. Yes, that Italy. How are they doing it? By bailing out f*@#&ing everything. Nineteen companies sitting on at least 5.7 billion euros ($8.1 billion) of debt have said since April their [...]
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Friday Fun!
August 21st, 2009 · 5 Comments · links
I’m still on vacation (yes, I really did take most of the month off – you’d think I was from France or something) but here’s some hopefully-entertaining fodder: – Japan turns to taxi drivers to help them sell bonds. Hey, NYC has those little automated credit card kiosks in the back of cabs, you know [...]
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Eddie Lampert – Next In Line For The Bailout Gravy Train
August 20th, 2009 · No Comments · retail
Sears reported today. Surprise! Visible losses! Nowhere to be seen were the record profits from the groundbreaking “MyGofer” warehouse/showroom concept that LOLFed was so counting on to be The Next Big Thing (I will pour another one out on my stoop for SHLD as well). No, this is more like what we’d expect when we’re [...]
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So Switzerland Just Sold You Down The River
August 19th, 2009 · 5 Comments · all ur bankz, loller dollar
I’ll be pouring one out on the stoop of my Colorado River cabin this eve for the good old days of no-compromise Swiss bank secrecy (as Jason pointed out earlier this week, I suck at taking vacations), as UBS caves in and coughs up the names of about 4,450 Americans who were in ur Switzerland, [...]
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