Waze seems to be at the center of quite an interesting bidding war between Google and Facebook, according to a recent article in Computer World. Waze is "the world's fastest-growing community-based traffic and navigation app." And it's at the heart of what looks like a bidding war between Facebook and Google...
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In the L.A. Times, Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton highlight some of the more interesting recent findings in the field of happiness research. Two surprising examples from the article: "A study of women in the United States found that homeowners were no happier than renters, on average. Show More Summary
The intraday reversal in the markets yesterday is of big interest and importance to traders and market technicians. Since the Jon Hilsenrath article, almost two weeks ago, investors have put more weight again on any tapering talk from the Fed.
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Summary: I've read a fair share of how-to articles about how to capture online audiences with great content. And I'd say 99.9 percent of them order you to "be interesting." What on earth does this maddening generality mean? To me, it means a lot of things. Which is why it makes me crazy whenever I see it in an article claiming to have unlocked the secret to great content.
Emerging markets provide plenty of growth opportunities, especially with their higher current and expected GDP growth rates. In this article we will look into three interesting oil and gas companies from two quickly developing economies, Brazil and China. These are Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA (ADR) (NYSE:PBR), China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (ADR) (NYSE:SNP) and CNOOC [...]
Regulation magazine recently published an interesting article on the high costs and market disruptions associated with long-term subsidies to the renewable energy sector. An NCPA review of the Regulation Mag article notes, Subsidies for renewable energy distort markets and are economically inefficient, … Continue reading ?
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By Mike the PhD: (Author's Note: This article continues my Seeking Alpha series on high dividend paying stocks. For those interested, some past articles in this series can be found here, here and here. My blog details more on my investing...Show More Summary
(Ilya Somin) Slate columnist Farhad Manjoo has an interesting article arguing that conservatives are right to complain about the IRS’ use of political profiling, but argues that they should use the same reasoning to rethink their support for racial profiling in law enforcement. As he points out the IRS justification for political profiling is very similar to [...]
Bill Henderson and Kyle McEntee have a couple of interesting articles regarding the ongoing crash in law school applications and enrollments, and the implications it has for law school budgets. Some numbers: First year enrollment at ABA schools: 2010: 52,500 2011: 48,700 2012: 44,481 This fall the 2010 matrics will be replaced by a new [...]
ByJohn Deamer: Microsoft (MSFT) unveiled the new Xbox One game console and it has a lot of bells and whistles. I'm going to ignore most of them for this article and look at one interesting item - used games and how it may affect GameStop (GME). Show More Summary
By Adam Aloisi: I read with interest two articles by Dane Bowler (I,II) and another by Brad Thomas over the past week that examined REIT valuation, specifically that of triple-net kingpin Realty Income (O). Bowler recommended a swapShow More Summary
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By Paid2Trade: It sounds trite to say, but there's never a dull moment in the land of Sirius XM (SIRI). Our recent articles, which outlined scenarios where both Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG) might be interested in the satellite radio giant, have caused quite the stir. Show More Summary
Sexual Behavior and Critics of Consent Theory Over (here) at The Atlantic, Conor Friedersdorf has in interesting take on whether consent is an appropriate litmus test for measuring ethical sexual behavior. Unfortunately, the article’s title — The Ethics of Extreme Porn: Is Some Sex Wrong Even Among … Continue reading ? Feminist Law Professors
Daniel Finkelstein wrote an interesting article for The Times the other day on a subject that I've been banging on about for a long time - the likelihood of another Coalition Government and 'hung' Westminster Parliament after the next general election in 2015. Show More Summary
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