Hipstamatic is giving everyone access to its Oggl photo-sharing application, ending its invite-only policy more than two weeks since it launched. Users can download the app for iOS devices and... Keep reading ?
Katie Mathews, the youngest of my three children, graduated from law school two weeks ago. That ends for me 22 years of college touring, SAT fretting, application essay reading, rejection angst, acceptance relief and tuition paying. I still worry about the job market, but barring an appointment to the Federal Reserve Board, that is beyond my influence. Read full article >>
A 'Resident Evil' actress joins 'Transformers 4,' how Abrams and Co. kept the 'Star Trek' villain a secret, Peter Jackson teases an end for 'The Hobbit,' and more in this week's wrap up.
Is there life after porn? Last week legendary Francois Sagat (pictured) hung up his jock and told us he’s going to concentrate on his clothing line and being a professional muse for artists, photographers and clothing designers (now that is a great gig!). What’s the track record on this very unique job change? We found mixed [...]
After an impressive run last week, Bank of America is ending this week down almost 2%. Though the first few days of trading were looking up for the bank, some troubling news and speculation killed B of A's chances of gaining more. Though...Show More Summary
Everyone brace yourselves because the broad-based S&P 500 is set to end the week down for the first time in a month. A mixture of profit-taking and concern that the Federal Reserve may wind down its bond-buying program sooner than expected has investors spooked. The Fed's bond purchases create a sort of catch-22 for investors. Show More Summary
Succinctly summarizing the positive and negative news, data, and market events of the week... Positives Yahoo acquires Tumblr for $1.1 billion, stock now down 3% Goldman hikes S&P PT to 1750 by year end Foreign banks have plenty of cash...Show More Summary
The 2nd worst week of the year (2nd only to Cyprus) for US equities was accompanied by Treasury buying as the JPY carry trade unwind continues in every risky-or-'yieldy' product. On an admittedly low volume day (typically good for a magical levitation in stocks), Treasury markets closed the day unchanged (and 30Y bonds ended the week unchanged). Show More Summary
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors file their 13Fs with the SEC to disclose many of their long equity positions in U.S. stocks as of the end of the previous quarter. Even though the information in 13Fs is a bit old, we have found that it is [...]
Very light data week despite all the noise. Succinct Summations for the week ending May 24. Positives: U.S. jobless claims fell 23k to 340k v expectations of 345k. Housing remains a significant tailwind in the U.S. as existing home sales increase 0.6% m/o/m in April to 4.94M units, the highest reading since November 2009. U.S....Read More
It’s been a quiet week on IAYB! I ended up taking an unintended mini-hiatus while I’ve been focusing my energy on last minute details for Yoga Festival Montreal, the community-driven, fiercely local yoga event that I co-founded last year. The second edition goes down in just one short week, May 31 to June 2 (omg!). [...]
For the second time this week, a player has suffered a torn Achilles in OTAs, and could be lost for the season. This time, it was Seahawks tight end Anthony McCoy, according to Mike Garafolo of USA Today. McCoy underwent surgery Thursday to repair the damage, and is expected to miss at least six months. The…
It’s the end of a week and time for a treat. Here’s the Sexy Cosplay of the week and this week it’s America’s Momo Kurumi. Don’t let her name fool you, this Midwestern maiden is as American as apple pie and just as sweet, and her passion is all about cosplaying. With numerous award wins Momo, has been recognized [...]
Before we sign off for the Memorial Day long weekend (yes, we get away from the internets from time to time), we wanted to end the week with a little love, that is, some BJ Love! Episode 5 of his Pretty Lit podcast series features a mash-up of poetry and tunes (perfect beach material). Cutting [...]
Seattle’s Once Sold Tales is currently offering $10, $12, $18 and $20 book grab bags for readers. As we wrote earlier this week, the owner is struggling to find homes for 500,000 books before her warehouse closes at the end of the month. Show More Summary
Even though earnings season unofficially ended last week with Wal-Mart's (WMT) report, there were still plenty of key reports this week. In the S&P 500 alone, 25 companies (5%) reported. Of those 25, 15 (60%) beat EPS forecasts, while only five (20%) missed, and five (20%) were inline. Show More Summary
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds and other major investors such as Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway file 13Fs with the SEC, disclosing many of their long equity positions as of the end of that quarter; check out Berkshire’s most recent 13F on the SEC’s website. Our database tracks hundreds of 13F [...]
By Emerging Money: By Tim Seymour The latest fund flow data is out, and emerging market funds have posted a small increase ($0.02 billion) for the week ended May 22. Overall, the picture is very moderate with the last 10 weeks showing five weeks of inflows and five weeks Complete Story »
Happy Friday, SocialTimes readers! The YouTube Spotlight channel been pumping out funny videos all week long for YouTube Comedy Week, a celebration of YouTube’s most hilarious creators that started on Sunday and ends tomorrow. As per...Show More Summary
Well, it's official—LES bar Max Fish will shutter its Ludlow Street location at the end of July. The bar's owner, Ulli Rimkus, told The Lo Down about the July closure earlier this week, and a doorman confirmed it for us last night. [ more › ]