Off you go… into the purple yonder!

Sometimes Google Finance has its issues - check out INTC’s listing this morning:

CNN has an excellent article by Warren Buffett on the worrying US trade deficit.
He wrote it four YEARS ago.

The New York Times has an interesting article about how Norway is divesting some of its huge pension fund based on ethical considerations - in this particular case, Wal-mart’s turning a blind eye to child-labor at its suppliers, and its anti-union stance.
It’s refreshing to see a huge investor apply ethics deliberately. It’s also particularly [...]

Went to see MaxedOut tonight in a special showing at Harvard Law. Highly recommended - catch it if you can. It’s also very timely now that (subprime) debt is “suddenly” a big issue because a couple of big lenders are in financial trouble. As the film shows, credit card companies and major banks are doing [...]

The LA Times exposes the Gates Foundation as an unethical investor. Read the article - it’s shocking. They are trying to do all this good in the world, and at the same time they have their enormous assets invested in companies that make people sick, are heavy polluters, and grossly overprice the very pharmaceuticals that [...]