librarian.net (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Remember that puff piece in the NY Times about the librarians that got together to drink in Brooklyn and how wacky it all was “A Hipper Crowd of Shushers”? I hadn’t followed it much since then, but apaprently this crew, The Desk Set, has been doing all sorts of fabulously fun things and it’s worth [...]
Seeker Blog (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
... framework that they could sell to other nations struggling to cut their own emissions. [From NYTimes Gets “Lessons from Kyoto” Right ]
Enda Nasution's Weblog Feed (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
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Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
An OTBKB reader sent along this great tip about a company that buys your old CDs and will give you an iPod or iPhone depending on the quantity. Hey! I thought this might interest you, plus its local!! Here's the link to the Times' article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/nyregion/06shut.html'_r=1&em
24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
Reuters: China remains a top investment place for US firms. Reuters: Suzuki sold a stake to VW. Reuters: The Administration will extend the exisitence of TARP until next October. Reuters: The Congressional Oversight Committee said TARP had done little to promote bank lending. Reuters: Zillow says US home values will become more stable next year. Reuters: General Growth drew a [...]
My Right Word (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
Judaism's most sacred location, the Temple Mount, is more often than not dismissed by the world's media, among them the New York Times. Seems other holy sites of other religions suffer from inaccurate reporting, too. Here's from a NYTimes report on Ayodhya today:- AYODHYA, India — To reach the most hotly disputed religious site in India, a pilgrim must negotiate a maze of caged paths,...
24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | yesterday
Reuters: Citigroup (NYSE:C) and the government are in a dispute over TARP re-payments Reuters: Japan release plans for an $81 billion stimulus package. Reuters: Morgan Stanley’s (NYSE:MS) new CEO will shuffle top management. Reuters: The US pay czar will exempt some AIG (NYSE:AIG) employees. Reuters: GM is in talks to sell part of Saab to China based SAIC. Reuters: The labor [...]
WattHead (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
... out the full, interactive info-graphic at the New York Times here . All graphics in this post from NYTimes. Originally posted at the Breakthrough Institute
24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Reuters: The Treasury says the TARP loss will be $200 billion less than expected. Reuters: Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) will respond to the Kraft (NYSE:KFT) offer on the 14th of December. Reuters: Five AIG (NYSE:AIG) executives may quit over pay restrictions Reuters: The US and Japan will open the options for carriers to fly to Tokyo. Reuters: Dubai will not sell [...]
F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Mikko has been traveling this week, and along the way, he stopped by the New York Times to participate in their Tech Talk Podcast . Here's a direct link to the MP3 file . Mikko's interview starts at about 12m 40s. I enjoyed the entire podcast, particularly Bettina Edelstein's segment on traveling in Amsterdam with only an iPhone as her link to the Internet. Signing off, Sean P.S. Regarding iPhones,...
Michelle Malkin (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
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24/7 Wall St. (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Reuters: Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) may make bonus payments in stock. Reuters: China is worried about sticking to dollar deposits. Reuters: A well-known economist says housing will continue to fall. Reuters: Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) sold over $19 billion in stock. WSJ: Raj Rajaratnam of Galleon was investigated ten years ago. WSJ: Chavez may nationalize banks in Venezuela. WSJ: TARP cash may be [...]...
Memex 1.1 (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
From today’s NYTimes. Now, however, Cisco seems to have found its way with the Flip. A couple of weeks ago, the company began putting out 10-second television commercials and Web clips that show snippets from the lives of both celebrities and “regular people.” The spots for Flip include a nod at the end to Cisco, when [...]
Irons in the Fire (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Anybody surprised? Kristof used Brodniak’s plight to argue for universal health care, decry Brodniak’s deadly lack of insurance (even though he got Medicaid coverage in August), and lambaste doctors for refusing to treat Brodniak due to low reimbursements. Well, OHSU confirmed for me two things: 1) OHSU is a safety-net hospital not far from where Brodniak lives. The hospital accepts all...
Tuttle SVC (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
NYTimes : College-educated black men, especially, have struggled relative to their white counterparts in this downturn, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics . The unemployment rate for black male college graduates 25 and older in 2009 has been nearly twice that of white male college graduates — 8.4 percent compared with 4.4 percent. In the future , perhaps the Walton...
