Daily Archives: April 6, 2009

QuikTrip: Advertising genius

Some day, I need to find the name of the agency that devises QuikTrip’s advertising campaigns. Always catchy, always on point.

Although, I think I’m offended by the latest sign I saw at the store at Douglas and Washington:

“Paninis are for weenies.”

Heh.

Treasury chief: Want more money? Get a new boss

Banks that are looking for additional money from the federal government may have to sacrifice their chiefs in order to get it.

That was the message Sunday from Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner.

“If, in the future, banks need exceptional assistance in order to get through this, then we’ll make sure that assistance comes with conditions, not just to protect the taxpayer but to make sure this is the kind of restructuring necessary for them to emerge stronger,” he said on “Face the Nation” on CBS. “And where that requires a change of management of the board, we’ll do that.”

Obama’s mood sours on banks

This piece from Politico would seem to indicate that President Obama’s patience is running thin with the nation’s Titans of Insolv … uh, Finance.

And here I thought the bread and water routine would be reserved for Ponzi schemers …