The Senate just passed a stupid bill and called it financial reform. [via CBS Marketwatch] The mammoth legislative package — which passed 59 to 39, with three Republicans voting for the bill — requires “too-big-to-fail” banks to install new capital restrictions and divest their derivatives units, sets up a government board to assign credit raters […]
Today (May 20, 2010) on Wall Street The pounding continues in Asia (9:08 PM, May 20, 2010) What is going on? Sovereign debt crisis, leading to disintegrating Euro, leading to major currency crisis. More on this on Friday, May 21st MMGL.
The single largest reason why people give up on their entrepreneurial aspirations and continue in a job is delay in breaking out after college. [The following article is via liveMINT.com] On The Job | Sanjeev Bikhchandani The author is co-founder and chief executive officer, InfoEdge (India) Ltd, which runs the Naukri.com website. He writes a […]
A tendency to see attractive people as more intelligent, competent, morel, and a sociable than unattractive people. Attentive people are generally perceived more positively than unattractive people. They receive more attention from opposite sex, receive more affection from their mothers, receive more leniency from judges and juries’ and receive more votes from the electorate than […]
When taking a test and we don’t know the answer, most of us leave it blank. But these academic heros, God bless ’em, decided to reach for the educational stars! What would your answer have been? [nggallery id=10]
If you are familiar with theonion.com, you won’t be surprised. If you are new to theonion.com, enjoy this new classic video on “New Google Service” . Onion is probably the finest satire website out there. New Google Phone Service Whispers Targeted Ads Directly Into Users’ Ears
Snapping a screenshot of a web page is simple enough but capturing the entire page if it extends beyond the borders of a single screen is a hassle. Capture Full Page screenshots entire pages, no manual editing required. Capture Full Page (CFP) is a web-based service for taking screenshots of web sites so that the […]
In the era of “evil corporations” and full-scale assault on free markets and capitalism, I thought I would share a video of Friedman debating a student at Cornell about self interest and corporations’ profit motive. In the first video, the student quizzes Friedman about a power company that turned off service for non-payment of bills that resulted in […]
Says who? James Galbraith, son of legendary James Galbraith. Well, this is a late realization for my fellow academic. For at least 14 years I have been saying, “Real world is a special case for the economists.” Here is an insightful testimony to be given to Congress by Galbraith: (via Alternet) Why the ‘Experts’ Failed […]
Solders are one of the most wanted and paid profession in the world. So here are some beautiful women solders from around the world. You will find that some of them are really good lookers 😉 [nggallery id=9]
Some one ought to get an award for this. We know the facts, but this brings perspective quickly, doesn’t it? I believe each cube is a tea spoon. [nggallery id=8]
Words of wisdom through comedy. Ladies and gentlemen, Louis Black! The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Here is the video that Mohan garu mentioned on MMGL
By now you probably heard about zero-loss trading days for four major banks. If this is not a rigged market, what is? Jon Stewart explains it all! The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Hoarders www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party
Finally a super phone on Sprint that eats any phone for breakfast on specs alone. Not to mention the added Adobe flash support, 8 mega pixel camera and a whopping 4.3 inch screen. For starters, Sprint is the only carrier offering a 4G network in the US, which is 5 times (at least) faster than […]
