…the format informative and I think will continue the conversation. To avoid any confusion I will label ‘open threads’ as such for any subject, and use the term ‘topical threads’…

…cost “a quarter of a trillion dollars” perhaps hoping people are still scared by the label rather than the number. Because in the context of a $750 billion TARP package…

…there is a column equating to ‘Income – Cost’ which is labeled ‘Net increase during the Year’. Now the Trustees don’t label this as ‘Surplus’ but there is little doubt…

…purchasing companies] were known as “leveraged-buyout operators.” But LBO became a bad name. … Their new label became “private equity,” a name that turns the facts upside-down: A purchase of…

…other part of the financial market. So you have a two-tier financial system, and then you have a series of issues that I would put in a general label of…

…white label website development. A local flower shop is considered a retail business. This is true but, it is also a manufacturing business. The design of your shop’s storefront is…

…the past several months: hope and change. In the end, did Ms. Parker know she was so prophetic? That’s potent medicine. It also should come with a warning label: “May…

…show prices, but sizes of items. Lempert says packaged goods makers should have to put the word “new” on the label if they take away even 1 ounce and explain…

…was on page 257 of a previous edition): UPDATE: I wasn’t clear enough in my initial post, so I’m pulling vtcodger from comments: Mankiw has a chart there. The label…

…Mae and Freddie Mac) and not (private-label MBS) means it will have eventually sold or pledged half of its Treasurys, limiting how many more of these tricks it can pull…