Friday, June 21, 2013

How Google hires people - Business Insider

How Google hires people - Business Insider
"Google also used to be famous for posing impossibly difficult and punishing brain teasers during interviews." ... After many employers caught on to this theme, now it says : "Turns out those questions are"a complete waste of time," according to Bock. "They don’t predict anything. They serve primarily to make the interviewer feel smart."

Bank of America Bribed Employees Into Screwing Homeowners - Because Finance Is Boring

Bank of America Bribed Employees Into Screwing Homeowners - Because Finance Is Boring
So, instead of helping homeowners through the program DESIGNED to keep them out of foreclosure (HAMP), the program many members of Congress demanded in order to sign up for TARP, which SAVED BANK OF AMERICA from bankrupty, instead of following the rules and NOT BEING EVIL, Bank of America decided, “Nah, let’s just lie and destory docs and fuck homeowners.
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Time to Buy a House? Not on Your Life! » CounterPunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Time to Buy a House? Not on Your Life! - Mike Whitney 
"Anyone who buys a house in today’s market should be aware of the risks. They should know that current prices are not supported by fundamentals, but by unprecedented manipulation by the Fed, the Obama administration, Wall Street Private Equity investors, and the nation’s biggest banks. If any of these main-players withdraws or even reduces their support for the market (in other words, if the banks release more of their distressed inventory, if rates rise, if PE firms buy fewer homes, or if the Congress curtails current mortgage modification programs), housing prices will fall."