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12th Anniversary of “Irrational Exuberance”

7 December 2008

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A moment of silence please as we reflect on the 12th anniversary of  Alan Greenspan’s famous comment about irrational exuberance made on December 5, 1996: Clearly, sustained low inflation implies less uncertainty about the future, and lower risk premiums imply higher prices of stocks and other earning assets. We can see that in the inverse [...]

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Shipping Cost Gobbly Gook

6 December 2008

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Snapfish says about ordering prints of photos: To calculate the shipping cost for your print order, add the above tiered prices to your base price for each set of ten prints (not including the first five prints). Tiered prices apply to all delivery methods. See pricing tables. Shipping & Handling: Prints & Enlargements   standard [...]

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Real Life Scandals, Swindles and Secrets

3 December 2008

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Scandals, swindles and secrets entertain fans of crime stories and  film noir movies. Here are some real-life dramas: From TechCrunch: “Last week, Danish Computerworld awarded IT Factory … with the prestigious Denmark’s Best IT-company 2008. This week, the company has been declared bankrupt and its managing director Stein Bagger went missing in Dubai while under [...]

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Business Needed: Tech Solutions for Managing Layoffs

18 November 2008

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Numerous tech companies serve the Human Resources market. Jobster sells online recruiting tools to help companies manage job prospects (their current model after having gone through other concepts).   Payscale is in the business of helping set salary ranges for jobs.  Salary.com is similar.  There are more. Mostly, these companies are all about gung-ho hiring. Given the [...]

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The End of Wall Street’s Boom

12 November 2008

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The End is the best thing I’ve read about recent financial trainwreck called Wall Street.  Written by the author of Liar’s Poker.

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Business Idea: Document Shredding

28 October 2008

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A business I wish someone would start:  Drive-Up Document Shredding On-site shredding while I watch so I know it gets shredded and I get the satisfaction of the paperwork getting obliterated.  Real, high security shredding into tiny little bits of paper.  In this age of identity theft and the need to keep your personal data [...]

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VC Fund Whiner Jerkins Tells It Like It Is

16 October 2008

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Hilarious. Whiner Jerkins All Hands Meeting Powerpoint deck tells it like it is. Well sort of.

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Woe Goes Seattle

14 October 2008

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Seattle’s Recent Lame Track Record: Washington Mutual:  hometown bank the largest banking failure in US history (for now at least) Boeing machinists union: on strike since September Seattle Mariners: lost 101 games, finished 39 games out of first place Washington Huskies: 0-5 Washington State Cougars: 1-6 Seattle Seahawks:  1-4 Seattle SuperSonics: RIP (left town after [...]

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Spirit of the SuperSonics Seeks Justice

10 October 2008

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Harnessing the power of voodoo and other mystical powers, Seattle area basketball fans have begun to extract justice on those who lied, cheated and stole the Sonics: Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake Energy Corp., was the most obnoxious of the den of thieves that stole the SuperSonics from Seattle. McClendon’s wealth came from 30 million [...]

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Country First: Bank? Mortgage Company?

9 October 2008

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McCain rally with bank ad no, mortgage company, no, campaign slogan as backdrop. Not the best of times to look like, or look like you are sponsored by, a bankor mortgage company. 

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