Cosby sweaters to raise money for charity

How ‘bout someone just donate the sweaters to good will and give the charity money. Who would want one of those 80s sweaters, Cosby or no Cosby?

Will someone please tell Kirk Kerkorian that he’s an old fart. The billionaire turned 91 last Friday and he’s going after Ford. At 91 can he really have big plans for the company, or does he just like fucking with people and buying incredibly big ass shit just to blow peoples minds?

Hording gasoline qualifies as a not so great speculation.

Gas hoarding eyed as cause of Dartmouth apartment fire –SouthCoastToday.com via BoingBoing.net via Consumerist

If you want to lock in gas prices, try buying a futures contract, or you could have just bought a Chrysler.

A new book about Michelangelo has an asking price of $155,000, no original artwork, just one seriously fancy ass book.

Buffett’s big bet –Fortune

Will a collection of hedge funds, carefully selected by experts, return more to investors over the next 10 years than the S&P 500?

That question is now the subject of a bet between Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, and Protégé Partners LLC, a New York City money management firm that runs funds of hedge funds - in other words, a firm whose existence rests on its ability to put its clients’ money into the best hedge funds and keep it out of the underperformers.

Wine as commodity –Gaping Void

This is a comic, but the included commentary considering the magnitude of competition in the wine business begs the of whether or not today’s wines will ever be collectible. Collectibles get that way when people don’t think to collect the item when it’s created. Stamp collectible on something and it’s sure to never be.