Posts Tagged ‘George’

How scrapping the SDC to save money will cost the taxpayer a fortune | George Monbiot
The decision to stop funding the Sustainable Development Commission is the definitive false economy Saving money can cost a fortune. The government’s decision to scrap the Sustainable Development Commission will save £3m a year. It is likely to cost the taxpayer many times more. The environment department’s announcement that it would stop funding the SDC coincided this morning with the …

Read more on Guardian Unlimited

Soros Investing in Petrobras and Potash Corp.; Sells Shares of Wal-Mart and Research in Motion, Buys Shares of Best Buy, Desarrolladora Homex, and RR Donnelley & Sons (Bloomberg News)

President Bush announced $13.4 billion in emergency loans to prevent the collapse of General Motors and Chrysler, and he said that another $4 billion would be available for the automakers in February. The entire bailout rests on whether the companies can reorganize to show that they can return to profitability. If the companies don’t come up with “a viable plan by March 31st,” they would be forced to repay the loans as soon as possible

Zapata George teaches you more about the stock market in 5 minutes than you will learn in 10 years. The first in a series of lessons on investing from one of the best in the business.