Why all Smartphones are priced at $ 199.00
There is an excellent article on why all of the newest and greatest smart phones are priced around the $ 199.00 price point. Read it…
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Pigs Are Trying to Beat the Clock
This comes to you via WSJ: Wall Street bonuses may come early this year. With the specter of higher taxes looming in 2011 and banks…
Colbert Educates Us at His Own For-Profit Colleges
There is nothing better than comedy, a well delivered comedy to drive a strong point across. It applies to one of my pet topics: Focus…
Rubber Band Economy
What is a rubber-band economy? Imagine the rubber material to be hard cash (currency in circulation) – notes, coins etc outside the central banks and…
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Net Neutrality in Plain Telugu
If you are into internet in any which way, you have a vested interest in the future shape of internet. In fact, the very fact…
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University of Fraud?
I don’t need to write much – just watch this ABC news undercover video and see confirmation of whatever I have been saying for a…
For-Profit College Stocks Lose Ground
Chickens are coming home to roost at for-profit schools whose shares are publicly traded. For the last several weeks, the stocks have been week. Last…
Low Interest Rate Policy is a Dangerous Gamble: Says One of Them
Two days after I said that Feds are continuing their war on savers, one of the Fed governors came out and more or less agreed…
Could Wall Street be About to Crash Again?
Making predictions is a suckers’ game. (Believe me, I know). But Brett Arends of WSJ summarizes some serious concerns faced by the market. This week’s…
Jim Cramer at it Again: Yesterday, He Said “Buy”, and the Market Down 260 today
Long before Before Jim Cramer became a TV icon, he used to participate on Silicon Investor bulletin board. Circa 1998-2000 I had a few nasty…
Feds to Continue their War on Savers
With current financial turmoil entering its fourth year, it is time to reflect on things that got us here. Today Ben’s bandits at the Fed…
CNBC’s Fortnight of Hell (March 2009): Updated Aug 5, 2011
Aug 5, 2011 Update On the heels of the 512 point drop in DOW yesterday, one would be tempted to tune to CNBC for hand-holding…
Jim Rogers: CNBC is a Market PR Agency
Jim is a straight shooter. He is one the best minds there is who has uncanny knack with commodities and macro trends. I pay attention…
Bad News to IT Systems Vendors and Consulting companies
Analyst firm Gartner has formed a new advocacy council around the issue of IT maintenance contracts and issued a “code of conduct” it wants vendors…
iPhone Antenna Problem Funny Chinese Animation
Watch it in its entirety. Don’t know if you remember Tiger Woods crashing the car while wife chasing him animation, it has become normal for…