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Apple’s rumored ‘Mac Tablet’ augurs the next phase of the Netbook craze

Posted on July 27, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Today, the Financial Times reported that Apple is planning to release a tablet computer as soon as this September.

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What you might not know about the Recovery Act

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Washington SIX months ago, when President Obama and I took office, we were confronted with an economic crisis unparalleled in our lifetime.

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It’s 3 a.m. do you know where your climate bill is?

Posted on July 23, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Kevin is skeptical that we need to worry about the market in carbon derivatives that will be created by cap and trade, observing that most of these instruments will be relatively simple contracts like futures, and that “Waxman-Markey has some pretty good language regulating them in any case.” Well, Waxman-Markey had some good language regulating carbon and other energy derivatives. Most of it was authored by Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan, who wanted to eliminate over the counter (OTC), or unregulated, derivatives altogether and force trading onto exchanges.

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Sex Ads Are Spec Ads, Okay?

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Look, it is a scandalously explicit blowjob-oriented advertisement for the Sprite beverage! But wait, Twitterererers: this is a spec ad.

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The Management Consultants Who Will End Condé Nast As We Know It

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

That was quick. Here is the grim memo that Condé Nast Chuck CEO Townsend just sent out announcing that it is bringing in McKinsey & Company to “develop new perspectives on optimizing our approach to business.” This will be brutal.

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Ron Paul Questions Fed Governor Elizabeth Duke at Financial Services Hearing 7/16/09

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

http://www.house.gov/paul http://CampaignForLiberty.com Congressman Ron Paul questions Federal Reserve Governor Elizabeth Duke at the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology hearing on July 16, 2009 entitled, “Regulatory Restructuring: Safeguarding Consumer Protection and the Role of the Federal Reserve.” http://www.youtube.com/v/-mnYmMaB2AA&f=standard&app=youtube_gdata Read the original post: Ron Paul Questions Fed Governor Elizabeth Duke at Financial Services Hearing 7/16/09

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Newsweek CEO Must’ve Skipped the ‘How Not to Fire Employees’ Seminar

Posted on July 16, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The way Newsweek employees get fired now: Shamelessly and publicly, via mass emails from their boss singing the praises of their incoming replacements while encouraging their co-workers to wish their shit-canned asses “bon chance” on the way out the door. A tipster forwarded us this email from Newsweek CEO Tom Ascheim announcing the firing of six top managers. It begins: To note the obvious, we find ourselves in transformational times.

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2009 Home Run Derby Results: Prince Fielder Beats Nelson Cruz

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The 2009 MLB Home Run Derby took place in St. Louis.

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Matthew Robson Report: Teens Snub Twitter, Enjoy Viral Marketing

Posted on July 13, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Large numbers of media executives and investors were admitted into hospital for respiratory problems the morning of Monday, July 13, 2009. Eyewitness reports say they had all stopped breathing upon seeing the front page of today’s Financial Times: a research report written by… read more

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