Hey bloggers! I chose Yahoo
1) What was the company's stock at before the recession started (Fall 2008)? It was very high 4.6 billion
2) How has the company's stock fared post 2008? They were at a high peek.
3) Did the company receive TARP funds? Yes
4) What was the company's revenue and profit just before the crash and what is it today? drop in profits. Now increase
5) Was the company involved in subprime mortgage lending? Yes
6) What is your overall sense of the company in relation to the financial crisis? It has a big part to it because yahoo makes most of the money.
7) Any other info you find important and/or interesting.

April 21

Or should we try to purchase more U.S. goods as U.S. consumers?

Hey lovely bloggers,
       Should we try to purchase more U.S goods as U.S consumers? Yes, to a certain extent we should because we are from the us. If we just depend on other places out of the us it is not going to be good for us when we realize that we cant outsource. But we should also by things out of the US because the people who work at sweatshops need jobs and if we didn't out source they wouldn't make a living.
                Talk to ya soon
                       Mel

Hey bloggers, 
        Knowing what I know about sweat shops it does make me think about changing my consumer habits because people have to go through long hard days to make some of the designer clothes. They sometimes even risk their life because the machines are unsafe. What I can do personally is try to limit what and how much I buy at certain stores and read the labels and tags where I go shopping and see where it is made. Thanks for reading guys!
               Mel :)

Consumer Worksheet

Hey back again. Forgot to write a post about what I found interesting on the Consumer worksheet we did in class. What I found out about people who make the clothes we wear is that they barely get paid and they have to work in rooms filled with chemicals. The companies are also all over the world and they don't really care about the workers. I don't understand how companies can treat their workers like that. Its crazy.
           Talk to ya soon!

Introduction of Me.

       Hey my name is Melissa,  my major is Animal protective officer. My career aspirations are to finish my  general ed in less than 2 years and then go back to SJSU. What I want to learn from English 1a is how to structure my papers. This blog will help me acomplish my goals because it will be a reminder of what I need to do.
        Talk to ya soon! :)