Money fair showcases $100,000 bills, rare coins In an economic downturn, it might be tough to get your head around this: rare sheets of $100,000 bills, fabulous gold treasures dating back to the California Gold Rush era, rare coins including those tied to the first stirrings for America’s independence and federal government securities worth more […]
Hollywood’s 10 Highest-Paid Actresses
Hollywood can be a tough town for women, but these 10 actresses manage to bring in the big bucks. To figure out earnings we talked to agents, managers, producers and lawyers to determine what stars earned as upfront and back-end pay from June 2009 to June 2010. We also looked at earnings from things like […]
What’s gone wrong with smartphones
If we are buying so many smartphones these days, why is the phone industry smarting so much? Just after the mid-point of 2010, a year marked by the re-emergence of Motorola (MOT) and design savvy of HTC (2498.TW), we are witnessing notable hardware departures from Microsoft (MSFT) and, gasp, Google (GOOG). Even Apple (AAPL), which […]
Weakest Property & Casualty in the U.S.
Data Date: Second Quarter 2009 Name State Total Assets ($) 1st Auto & Casualty Ins Co WI 29,811,501 1st Choice Auto Ins Co PA 10,497,267 AAA Mid-Atlantic Ins Co PA 24,720,306 AAASouthern New England Ins Co RI 61,618,240 AAATexas County Mutual Ins Co TX 61,308,797 ACA Financial Guaranty Corp MD 418,183,284 Academic Hlth Professionals Ins […]
What’s on Sale When
Sales used to be relatively predictable. A popular 1975 book could say with assurance that luggage went on sale in March and the best month to buy a baby carriage was January or August. But these days, with stores pumping out weekly sales circulars and manufacturers introducing new models as fast as they can get […]
Google and China Square Off
U.S., Google and China square off over Internet SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING (Reuters) – Google’s threat to quit China over censorship and hacking intensified Sino-U.S. frictions on Wednesday as Washington said it had serious concerns and demanded an explanation from Beijing. China has not made any significant comment since Google, the world’s top search engine, said it […]
Hesh Rabkin
“You’re talking to the wrong white man, my friend.” Because he’s Jewish he can never be a made man, but in every other sense Herman “Hesh” Rabkin is an important part of Tony’s crew. He was a trusted advisor of Tony’s father, and Tony seeks his counsel as well; it was Hesh who told Tony […]
EPISODE 403 “Shut Down”
Airdate: 2008-09-08 In a remote area, a furious Michael confronts Self. The data card they’ve obtained is useless. It means nothing without the other five Scylla cards. Self is unaware of the additional cards. Yet he threatens Michael that he will return to prison if he doesn’t come up with the remaining five cards. Michael […]