Tweek, the German startup behind the eponymous iPad social TV app launched from closed beta at the London Web Summit Monday, are applying their talents to television at an interesting time. According to Clay Shirky?s book??Cognitive Surplus, around 200 billion hours is spent watching TV in the United States alone. These hours are, according to ...

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 23:25

Lemme sketch out the governing variables that determine whether the market takes out old highs north of 1,500 on the S&P 500 made in 2000 and 2007.

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 23:25

Before there was Toyota, there was Datsun. Its first cars went on sale in 1931, a half a decade before Toyota?s, and were a key part of the global car market until 1986, when the brand?s owner, Company, controversially phased it out completely in favor of its own name. But Datsun is now set to ...

pubblicato il: 20/03/2012 - 23:25

It says here that HBO's The Wire, which ran from 2002-2008, is the greatest television drama of all time. The show, essentially an historical-fiction style documentary on the tragedy that is Baltimore (MD), notably appealed to all sides of the political spectrum. Liberals of the American variety seemed to like it for ...

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The rabid investor interest in pre-IPO consumer Internet companies has resulted in a fast-growing and busy market for private company stock. But one firm went too far, according to charges filed last week by the SEC.

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Every business can learn from what Apple did right, and what both Google and Dell did wrong over the last 5 years. It's about investing in taking innovation to market, and not being afraid to move beyond defending and extending what you already know.

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Walter Isaacson, the biographer of , has a terrific 6,000-word article out at hbr.org today, and in the forthcoming issue of Harvard Review, titled ?The Real Lessons of .? He discusses the many qualities that set apart from all other innovators ever, but what most struck me reading the piece is the repeated mention of ...

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Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the Vanguard REIT ETF (AMEX: VNQ) where we have detected an approximate $127.7 million dollar inflow ? that?s a 1.1% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 175,796,873 to 177,805,709). Among the largest underlying components ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 16:26

The Car: 2012 Buick Enclave Where I drove it: Four out of five boroughs, and??Long Island, too. First Impressions: I've watched the "Cars" movie at least 17 times over the past three months. I have a three year old, and this is the only program he wants to see during his allocated television time. I ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 16:26

Rising fuel costs are expected to slash airline profits. Don't assume you can make up for it by using flyer miles.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 16:26