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Posts Tagged ‘Adolf Merckle’

"Econocide": The Most Depressing Meme Of The Recession

“Econocide”: The Most Depressing Meme Of The Recession

Words are being created to articulate the terror known as the economy, as some American psychologists have coined the not-at-all sensational term ECONOCIDE to describe…

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Posted by Trista Orchard in Hot Money | March 12, 2009 2:17PM | No Comments »


Porsche Faces Angry Hedge Funds, General Malaise

Porsche Faces Angry Hedge Funds, General Malaise

Porsche are due to face the renewed wrath of the hedge funds they wronged with their VW trade last year, as it emerges that VW…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | February 16, 2009 11:32AM | 1 Comment »


Is Maria Schaeffler The New Adolf Merckle?

Is Maria Schaeffler The New Adolf Merckle?

Schaeffler, the German car parts company, wasn’t doing well a couple of weeks back, and things haven’t got much better since. After trying…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | February 10, 2009 10:55AM | 5 Comments »


Arthur Nadel, Rod Cameron Stringer And Patrick Rocca - This Week's Madoffs And Merckles

Marcus Schrenker Swaps Golden Parachute For Real One

Marcus Schrenker Swaps Golden Parachute For Real One

In a bid to make “Financial Crisis: The Movie”, Marcus Schrenker, a fraudulent Indianapolis financial advisor, has faked his own death in a plane crash. Only he…

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Posted by Mike Smith in Hot Money | January 15, 2009 10:33AM | 1 Comment »


Adolf Merckle Commits Suicide, While Porsche Marches On

Adolf Merckle Commits Suicide, While Porsche Marches On

Adolf Merckle, the German entrepreneur who we followed recently as he struggled to hang onto his empire, killed himself

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | January 7, 2009 10:19AM | No Comments »


Car, Cheese Industries Get Government Bailout

Car, Cheese Industries Get Government Bailout

So first we had banks bailed out. Then guys like Adolf Merckle wanted the personal bailout treatment (not that he

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | December 10, 2008 1:48PM | 2 Comments »


Adolf Merckle Sees Empire Crumble, Tries Not To Explode With Rage As VW Chiefs Collect €25m Payday

Adolf Merckle, Like Some Financial Crisis Jack Bauer, Has Just 24 Hours To Find The Cash To Save VEM

Adolf Merckle – The Bailout With A Human Face

Now that state cash is pumping into various money furnaces across the globe, everyone wants in on the action – General Motors despite…

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Posted by Ben Beaumont-Thomas in Hot Money | November 18, 2008 12:14PM | 16 Comments »