All Posts Tagged With: "Lehman Brothers"

Economic Crisis or Clean-up? President’s Scare Tactics Again!

(Post by BT) Crisis or clean-up? That’s the real question here. I think it’s more about a clean up. Unfortunately, I wasted my precious time to hear president Bush “speak to the nation” and the “American people” the other day, and it was all too familiar. I began to reminisce a time not too long [...]

16Oct2008 | | 1 comment | Continued

Bad Craig’s List Real Estate Ad of the Month: ABC’s of Selling House Online - Funny, too

(post by BT) As a Realtor who always look to pounce on a helpless seller who just can’t do without me, I scan Craig’s List daily for leads. I’d like to start sharing with you some of the funnier or more ridiculous Craig’s List real estate posts I come across. Well, here is one from [...]

10Oct2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Lower East Harlem – LEH: Uptown Manhattan’s New Sub Neighborhood

(post by Ardie) Since Lehman Brothers lost their ticker original symbol (LEH is now LEHQ), I decided to use the acronym to describe what I call the Lower East Side of Harlem of New York. This area is different from most of Harlem because in the recent two years it has seen the most explosive [...]

24Sep2008 | | 1 comment | Continued

Did Average Lehman Brothers’ Employee Really Make $322K? And What Does That Buy You in NYC?

(post by Dee) One part of the Lehman Brothers collapse, bankruptcy and sale that has been controversial is a stat published on the average income of Lehman Brothers’ employee salary: $332,000. How does a company going under pay so much to people that basically let it fail? Beats me!
So I decided to poke around [...]

19Sep2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

Will the Prices of Real Estate Go the Wall Street Way and Fall Even More?

(post by Dee) Everyone has the same question to ask? Will the prices of real estate fall even more, and if yes, in what markets, what properties, and how much? And what about other assets, like stocks and bonds? Wall Street meltdown of the past three days (Dow down 1000 points!!!) leaves everyone wandering: where [...]

18Sep2008 | | 0 comments | Continued

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