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When the Blackberry Comes, You Will NOT Be Spared
2007-04-18 01:49:00 An article from last Friday’s NY Times picks up on a phenomenon that I’ve been observing but haven’t quite been able to put my finger on. Economists like Brian Arthur and Paul David have long argued that similar mechanisms affect the competition between technologies (like operating systems or fax machines) that display what are called ?network ... More About: Blackberry , Black , Berry , Will , Come
China gets blamed for saving money
2007-04-17 18:28:00 As if this is a bad thing. The Chinese save about half their income. Job-cutting at state-owned companies, which once provided lifetime employment and benefits, has eroded income security. An inadequate social safety net requires Chinese to save for retirement, health care and their children’s education…. Chinese reluctance to spend and eagerness to save is the mirror ... More About: China , Money , Gets , Saving , Ving
Hello MOTO: Why You Should Be Looking at Motorola Stock
2007-04-17 13:46:00 If you compare the 1 year charts of Research in Motion (RIMM) and Moto rola Inc (MOT) you’ll see two very different stories. Research in Motion, the makers of the ubiquitous Blackberry, has seen a tremendous growth, with a 52-week low at $61.03 and a 52-week high of $148.95. Furthermore, the stock is holding on to ... More About: Technology , Nokia , Stock
Invest Like Warren Buffett: See What the King of BRK, George Soros and the
2007-04-17 05:47:00 If you want to learn how to invest successfully, Warren Buffett is probably not a bad guy to watch. The Omaha, NE billionaire is currently the 3rd richest person on Earth and company, Berkshire Hathaway, has some stocks that only the world’s richest will buy shares of (BRK.A). However, just because you don’t have the ... More About: The King , What
Student Loans: Is It Worth The Burden
2007-04-17 04:34:00 If you have a student loan ,there is a good chance it is through Sallie Mae and their 142 billion dollar portfolio. Sallie Mae will be taken private by Bank of America, JP Morgan, and a few private equity firms. What makes Sallie Mae a great company is that they profit off us going to ... More About: Student , Loans , Loan , Student Loans , Worth
This is why we love Apple
2007-04-16 21:05:00 Once the software is installed, the mobile phone can be used to control popular programs such as iTunes media management program from Apple Computer, Inc. For example, in controlling iTunes media management program using this solution, the user can use the directional controls on the mobile phone to change listing volume, skip forward and backward, ... More About: Love , This
Goldman needs to get on the ball
2007-04-16 20:41:00 A bit late to the party. The broker told clients that management’s significant increase in quarterly and full-year guidance on Thursday reflects continued execution across the board. Gold man Sachs said it had based its sell rating on the difficulties overcoming the patent expiries but said Merck has handled this in a “superior manner” to other industry ... More About: Need , Ball , Needs
Wal-Mart Tops the Fortune 500, Exxon-Mobil down to #2
2007-04-16 12:22:00 The Fortune 500 list is out and the Walton’s are heading up the charts. The top 20 is rounded out as follows: 1 Wal-Mart Stores 2 Exxon Mobil 3 General Motors 4 Chevron 5 ConocoPhillips 6 General Electric 7 Ford Motor 8 Citigroup 9 Bank of America Corp. 10 American Intl. Group (AIG) 11 JP Morgan Chase & Co. 12 Berkshire Hathaway 13 Verizon Communications 14 Hewlett-Packard 15 Intl. Business ... More About: Tops , Fortune 500
Microsoft?s act of desperation
2007-04-16 05:55:00 Motivated by fear. Despite Micro soft ’s relentless promotion of Vista, manufacturers are still seeing plenty of demand from customers for systems preloaded with XP, especially in the finicky SOHO market. Microsoft knows that Vista is a sub-par OS. Had Vista in it’s current form arrived in 2004 instead of 2007, it may have passed for acceptable. As a ... More About: Desperation , Soft
Wolfowitz: Can?t Stop, Won?t Stop, No Hint of Resignation
2007-04-16 05:28:00 World Bank chief, Paul Wolfowitz , doesn’t want to leave his job, even after he’s been urged by colleagues to resign. “We have to ensure that the bank can effectively carry out its mandate and maintain its credibility and reputation as well as motivation of the staff,” the ministers from World Bank member states said. In a news ... More About: Nation , Resign , Stop , Sign
Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion: Smart Move but Slow Action
2007-04-14 14:58:00 Google retains their lead in the world of internet advertisements by acquiring Double Click for $3.1 billion in cash. However, in hindsight, it’s a smart deal that could have been made earlier and for 1/3rd of the cost. In 2005, DoubleClick was bought by a private equity firm (Hellman & Friedman) for $1.1 billion. Yet, Google ... More About: Google , Action , Smart
Charles Wang and CA: Machiavelli Gone Wrong
2007-04-14 13:41:00 Charles Wang, founder and former chairman of CA (formerly known as Computer Associates), is no stranger to the blame game. Essentially smearing all potential wrong doing on his former business partner, Sanjay Kumar, Wang has been trying to wiggle out of the whole mess scot free. Mr. Wang created a ?culture of fear? at [CA] … and deliberately ... More About: Mac , Gone , Wrong , Arles , Charles
Things apple needs to do
More articles from this author:2007-04-14 08:04:00 Apple, here’s your game plan: 1) Replace all of your regular hard drives with solid state drives. Solid State drives are basically a much larger and faster version of the SD cards you put in your camera. They offer dramatic speed and reliability increases, as well as not having to deal with any moving parts. Your ... More About: Apple , Things , Need , Thing , To Do 1, 2 |
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