After much back and forth, and sound bits denounching the stimulus bill, the House of representativs and the Senate passed the bill, the last Democrat, returning from Ohio for his mother's funeral, cast his vote on Friday night around 11;00pm. or so. Three epu The bill will now be sent to President Obama's desk to be signed possibly on Monday of next week. Only three Republicans in the Senate signed on to pass the bill. This bill may be thought of as huge by regular standards, but there are those who think, including moi, that is is just a drop in the bucket. This problem that the U. S. is facing a much, much larger problem, than most people can imagine. An analyst at CNBC said last year that the financial could run into a cost of seven trillion with a "T". But the bill is a start and let's just hope that once it is set in motion, things will show a small sign of improvement.

Nobel economic prize winner, Paul Krugman, also writer for the New York Times, stated on MSNBC's 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, that if there had been no bill passed, all hell would have broken loose. He also said, in another interview on Bloomberg News, that the bill will add three to four million jobs that we would not have and reduce the unemployment rate by one to one and half points. The size of the bill is not proportionate to the size of the problem, he further added.

Larry Summers, reportedly says that President Obama's mortgage plan will focus on reducing monthly payments.

The Peanut Butter Corporation of America, has filed for bankruptcy. Nine people have died so far from salmonella poisoning, linked to the company's products, with hundreds being sickened. The plant owned by the Corporation in Texas has been shut down due to inspection problems.

A Continental airliner, Flight 3407, crashed into a home in New York, killing fifty people, forty-nine in the plane and one person on the ground. It is thought that the plane had serious icing problems on the windshield and other parts of the plane. A spokeswoman for the wives of the victims of those killed on 9/11 was on the flight. She was a strong advocate for the those left behind, and helped to fight for the 9/11 commission.

Sirius XL may be looking into filing for bankruptcy.

Citi-group and J. P. Morgan will be freezing foreclosures on a temporary basis, reportedly.

Air France may cut two thousand jobs, due to greater than anticipated losses in the quarter.

Donald Trump and his daughter, resigned from the board of directors at Trump Entertainment, as the board is supposed to force the company into bankruptcy next week.

President Sarkosy of France reportedly popped the question to his now wife Carla Bruni, the first night they met, oh that
love at first sight.

A message from the Supreme Court, reportedly stated that the pancreatic cancer that Justice Ruth Ginsberg is sufffering from, has not spread to her lymph nodes. She is expected back on the bench later this month. Best wishes for better health.

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