Archive for April, 2009
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If you have an iPhone or a G1, Google has just announced a new version of their Product Search specially formatted for those phones. Here’s a video demonstrating how the mobile version looks and functions. [Google Mobile Blog via IntoMobile]
Come On, Ladies and Gentlemen
I was reading the NY Post this morning, as I normally do, (a very underrated business section in the Post and I am not kidding, the Sports and Page Six are unbeatable as many know) and I came across an article “Insider Trading Raiding”. It says the SEC is continuing its investigation of Siebert Financial [...]
Amazon Deletes Reviews That Mention Pay For Play Review Schemes [Amazon]
After buying an anti-snoring mouthpiece from a third-party seller on Amazon, reader Bob received an email from the company offering him a free mouthpiece in exchange for a five-star review. He noted this attempted bribe in his Amazon review, and Amazon deleted it. Twice.
Rest in Peace David
David Kellerman was one of the funniest and smartest guys I ever met, and I met a lot of smart and funny guys. I got to Freddie Mac in 1999 and worked pretty closely with Dave. In just one year we built a lot of real good stuff together for our group, Security Sales and [...]
Acting CFO Of Freddie Mac Found Dead This Morning [Freddie Mac]
David Kellermann, a former Freddie Mac senior vice president who had been serving as the acting chief financial officer of the mortgage buying company since its takeover by the federal government last September, was found “hanging in the basement of his Reston home, dead from an apparent suicide” early this morning. Police were called to [...]
Don’t Worry, We’ll Make Sense of it All
Look, this might post seem to get a little long but read it to the very end. You won’t be disappointed.
Kellogg Agrees To Tone Down "Frosted Mini-Wheats Are Brain Food" Nonsense [Kellogg]
What? It turns out that giving your kid a bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats will not guarantee a nearly 20% uptick in classroom attentiveness, despite what Kellogg claims on packaging and TV? I probably should have figured that out on my own, but I rarely eat Frosted Mini-Wheats for breakfast, so I am quite likely retarded. [...]
What a Mess.
I guess there’s a positive side to everything. Take this economic disaster we are currently embroiled in. It’s awful on just about every level you can imagine. However, with disaster comes discovery. What we are discovering is that just about any place where there’s money there’s a bunch of dirtbags stealing with both hands, often [...]
Chrysler Financial Accused Of Turning Down Government Loan To Avoid Executive Bonus Restrictions [Bailouts]
The Washington Post has just published a story accusing executives at Chrysler Financial of turning down a $750 million government loan because they “didn’t want to abide by new federal limits on pay,” and instead opted for more expensive private sector financing, “adding to the burdens of the already fragile automaker and its financing company.” [...]
The Banking Crisis is Now Officially President Obama’s
I’m not sure if he realized that over this weekend, with “All the Presidents Men” on the Sunday news shows, President Obama has taken full ownership of what is to become of our banks and hence, what is to become of our economic future. Both Rahm Emanuel, the President’s Chief of Staff, and Larry Summers, [...]
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