Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is in advanced talks to buy the NBA?s Memphis Grizzlies, CSNBayArea.com reported on Saturday. Ellison made a failed bid almost two years ago to buy the Golden State Warriors, and he subsequently made an unsuccessful bid for the New Orleans Hornets. The site asserts that according to two sources, Ellison has ...

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 21:53

At least it appears that ?s move to the ability to censor Blogger posts on a country by country basis has broken Disqus as a comments system in some manner. The basic change is both simple and worthwhile and described here. The basic point is something I?ve been going on about for years. We?re not ...

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 18:23

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by , a Forbes managing editor who oversees the channel, with an unusually intriguing offer. He wondered if I'd be interested in talking on camera with Diana Henriques, author of The Wizard of Lies, about her jailhouse correspondence with Bernie Madoff, a correspondence that will soon be ...

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 18:55

Despite the great promise of medicine to extend life and combat aging, the fact remains that despite the fervent wishes of transhumanists, death will come to us all.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 03:54

Evercore Partners analyst Patrick Wang late Sunday raised his rating on Nvidia to Equal Weight from Underweight, with a new target of $15, up from $12. The stock closed Friday at $14.60. The stock is down about 11% over the last month. The analyst notes that the stock has underperformed the market dramatically year to ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 05:23

Say what you will about the benefits of clean energy or the costs of pollution, the jury has returned an ambiguous verdict on the greening of the commercial real-estate market.?? The niche has become mainstream. ??Anyone who says green buildings, which are certified by third-party verifiers as demonstrating superior environmental performance and resource efficiency, are ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 05:23

The medium and the message of legal innovation for women is an app.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 05:23

On St. Patrick?s Day, everyone wanted to be Irish for the day. If Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan had his way, foreign executives would be Irish every day. Under Noonan?s controversial Special Assignee Relief Programme and the Foreign Earnings Deduction, certain multinational employees who take key jobs in Irish-based companies would receive a significant portion ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 04:25

One is do or die, the other is un-die and do damage. ??It?s March Madness vs. ?The Walking Dead:? A shoot-out. And according to Trendrr.tv, ?The Walking Dead? Season 2 finale fared a lot better than the zombies did on the show. Despite, or maybe because of, going up against the last games of ?March ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 19:27

Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF (AMEX: JNK) where we have detected an approximate $209.3 million dollar inflow ? that?s a 1.8% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 295,523,812 to 300,823,812). Click ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 17:24