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Goldman Sachs and God

Hard to go past this interview with Goldman Sachs boss Lloyd Blankfein in The Times where he claims bankers are doing "God's work". "We’re very important," Blankfein says. "We help companies to grow by helping them to raise capital. Companies that grow create wealth. This, in turn, allows ...

Seen that? - Earthship Enterprise

Earthship Enterprise at Wandalust New Mexico company Earthship Biotecture specialises in creating environmentally friendly, solar and thermodynamically powered homes, called Earthships. "The Earthship is a completely independent globally orie...

Firefox Portable 3.5.5 简体中文版

• Firefox Portable 3.5.5 简体中文版 • Nero 9 Lite 9.4.12.708 *Free* • Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World • DROID ERIS by HTC Debuts with Verizon Wireless with HTC Sense Experience and an Ultra-Attractive $99.99 Price • Tech titans meet in secret to plug SSL hole • ...

Seen that? - Napkin Folding

Napkin Folding at White Lace Wedding A beautiful folded napkin adds a perfect, elegant finishing touch to a reception table - and is a great way to dress up your table without much extra cost! There are a number of different folding options, and t...

Seen that? - Internet marketing made simple-and cheap!

Internet marketing made simple-and cheap! at BootStrapMe It doesn't cost a lot to get involved in e-commerce, as any good bootstrapper knows. This weekend I attended a (wince) free Internet marketing seminar at the Zollinger Art Center on the ...

Unemployment and the failed stimulus

Back in January, US unemployment was sitting at 7.2% and commentators were saying a stimulus package would fix everything. It hasn't. The latest appalling figures show that US unemployment has hit 10.2%, a 26-year high. Worse still, the total unemployment figure including people who have ei...

Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store

• Apple Announces Over 100,000 Apps Now Available on the App Store • Tumblr 开始限制每天上传图片的容量了 • 35 million netbooks to ship in 2009 • 4 Ways News Organizations are Using Twitter Lists • Personal Droid Data Will Cost $30, Even With Exchange • Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 NAS • Amazon aff...

Waiting for the crash

Just a few days ago was the 80th anniversary of the stock market crash. October 29, 1929, or "Black Tuesday" was the day that resulted in banks collapsing and the once-roaring US economy sinking into the Great Depression. As we think back to the worst stock market collapse ever, it might be ...

Seen that? - Blog Sold for $25 Million

Blog Sold for $25 Million at BlogWealth copyright infoYes that's right...someone sold their blog for $25 million! The blog, Ars Technica, has been around for 10 years and has over 4 million unique visitors a month. It was bought by media giant...

Seen that? - Michelle Wie Blows Another Sony Open

Michelle Wie Blows Another Sony Open at Eagle Par Birdie Courtesy: AP Michelle Wie struggled in the first round of the Sony Open in Hawaii on Thursday and had to claw and fight to a closing 78. She struggled in round two and finished with 76. She ...

你见过？ - 上投摩根：家庭的现金管理

上投摩根：家庭的现金管理 at Independent Money & Investment Guide 图片来自金博会，后面的Logo是上投摩根，但前面这头"牛"，却是华夏基金的。 上投摩根在新近印制的理财手册中提到了家庭的现金管理。其中提到： 通常来说，一个家庭的预留现金，应该是6个月左右的生活费，对于有贷款的人，再预留2-3个月的贷款。这一部分的现金管理，可以在手头略留一部分现金备用，另外的大部分，可以放在货币市场基金中。 在此之上，医疗保障不足，或近期又重大开支...

Seen that? - House Cleaning Business, Cheap Way to Start Earning Big

House Cleaning Business, Cheap Way to Start Earning Big at Home Based Business You don't need to have much money to start a lasting profitable home business. Those in the residential house cleaning services business would surely agree. If you ...

Rafa - "I Don't Have To Win A Trophy"

What a difference a week makes. After having romped to victory over bitterest rivals Man Utd at Anfield, somewhat taking the heat off “in-the-firing-line” manager Benitez, Liverpool have themselves imploded in dramatic fashion against a team in the Premier League which, it must be said, don’t do mu...

Someone Else to Run Your Errands? Time is Money...

© Micah Maziar Time management is a valuable skill that can translate into money saved or earned. Lifehacker had an interesting piece a few weeks ago on a time-saving service. The article actually mentions four services that will carry out your tasks for you: RunMyErrands , DoM...

Infonetics: VoIP Providers Earning Billions

According to a recent report from Infonetics Research , revenue from VoIP worldwide reached $20.7 billion in the last six months alone. That's billion, with a b... "Residential VoIP services remain healthy, comprising the majority of worldwide VoIP services revenue, and subscribers...

Seen that? - Consider flats

Consider flats at Busy with Style I'm a sucker for high heels, as any other woman I don't feel properly dressed up if my feet are not in an elegant pair of pumps. But, since I have to move swiftly around the office, and often go outside to...

Seen that? - July 1 GST/HST Drops to 6% from 7%

July 1 GST/HST Drops to 6% from 7% at Small Business Unplugged On July 1st, 2006, the goods and services tax (GST) rate will be lowered from 7% to 6%. This also means that the harmonized sales tax (HST) rate will be reduced from 15% to 14% in New ...

Seen that? - Sustainable Development for the Future

Sustainable Development for the Future at Audeamus - How dare we... (From National Curriculum) Just a round up of sustainable development news as I clean out my backlog of items here today. *PricewaterhouseCoopers has identified six trends that w...

Seen that? - BIG SUR BONANZA #3

...trouble and the US government had to bail it out with tens of billions of dollars of taxpayers' money, but Thain continued to lavish himself with payments and luxuries. The Daily Beast reports tha...

Virtual Goods Becoming Real Money

The Virtual Goods Summit 2009 wrapped up on Friday. The short story is simple: virtual goods are becoming big money. Virtual goods in games and social apps have taken off and revenues are expected to hit $1 billion in 2009. The summit focused on "the emerging market opportunity for virtual goods a...

$1.26 billion: PepsiCo pays the price of not turning up to court

An extraordinary case where two men who claim PepsiCo stole their idea to sell bottled water and sued the snack and drink maker and won a $1.26 billion judgment last month after the company didn't respond. As the National Law Journal reports, PepsiCo says it was not notified about the case ...

Is Sarah Palin worth $100,000?

Sarah Palin seems to have tickets on herself. Iowa Republicans who wanted to entice her to one of their banquets as a guest speaker are now wincing after discovering she is charging them $100,000 for the privilege of her appearance. As Politico.com reports, Iowa Republicans don't usually s...

Seen that? - Outsourcing to Africa

Outsourcing to Africa at The Outsourcing Weblog Source: www.outsourcingnetwork.netAfrica is trying to make a name for itself in the global offshore outsourcing marketplace. As with other locations in the world, the citizens of the African continen...

Too big to fail is too dumb

The US government is moving on financial firms that are "too big to fail" and where the government has no choice but to "rescue" them when they get into trouble. Its plan is to make it easier for the government to seize control. The Financial Stability Improvement Act needs to be consi...

League Action

Score-lines from the weekend’s football included a 2-2 draw between West Ham and Arsenal at Upton Park, ahead of Arsenal’s rather more bitter London derby this weekend against Tottenham Hotspur. Chelsea trounced Blackburn Rovers 5-0 after a defeat against Aston Villa the week before which keeps the...

Pay Yourself First

© kevindooley It's a basic truth for all personal finance: pay yourself first . Get Rich Slowly had one of the best explanations of this practice I've read in a while. One of the oldest rules of personal finance is the simple admonition to pay yourself first. All the money books tell...

Obama Focusing on Small Business?

...nks. Of course, credit is a big part of the picture being discussed. Since the banks aren't loaning money, maybe the government can... ...

Promoting Yourself: It Can Get You Fired

© Gauldo Personal branding guru Dan Schawbel had an insightful piece recently on how things you can do to promote yourself can also get you fired. Branding has become very personal these days and the relationship we have with our companies is changing very fast, so I think it’s impor...

Obama and Google: a love story

One of the little observed forces in the economy is the love affair between President Obama and Google. For insights into this star-struck relationship, check this report in Fortune . From the time of his visit to the Googleplex during the presidential campaign, to him echoing Google's posi...

Seen that? - Phishing attacks primer for consumers

Phishing attacks primer for consumers at The Social Networking Weblog Spam, viruses, worms and Trojans cause a lot of trouble when they show up in your inbox, and are easily detected (usually) by anti-virus software. Now comes Phishing, a wolf in ...

CIOs trust Microsoft over Google by two to one

The statement in the title requires some additional explanation, as most such claims do. First, the sample size of the polling data is far too small and self-selected for any meaningful result... twelve out of ninety of the TechRepublic's CIO Jury panel (even had all ninety replied it might not hav...

Turning Your Idea into a Business

© egor.gribanov Women Entrepreneur has a good piece recently on how to turn your idea into a business. Lots of people have brilliant ideas for great gadgets, gizmos or thingamabobs, but only a handful end up getting their new products to market. We spoke to a few hardy women entrepren...

Profits are a gift: Soros

The big profits made by the banks did not come through talent or hard work. They're just a free gift, says billionaire financier George Soros. In an interview with the Financial Times , Soros says soaring executive pay needs to be regulated because the banks have been getting hidden subsidi...

Google Chrome Portable 3.0.195.27

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Seen that? - Small Business Taxes

Small Business Taxes at The Personal Finance Weblog April 15th is this Friday. If you won't get your taxes filed on time be sure to get an extension. In light of all things taxes, here is a short article discussing the intention of the IRS to ...

Heroes Season 4 : Ep. 5 - Tabula Rasa

• Heroes Season 4 : Ep. 5 - Tabula Rasa • Lie To Me Season 2 : Ep. 4 - Honey • Massive Famitsu Feature: Fang, Bahamut and Brunhilde • The other new products that Apple released today • RIM is Building A WebKit Browser For BlackBerry, And They Need Help • A Twitter hole lets you Googl...

Seen that? - The TyTN debuts in Germany as the O2 XDA Trion

The TyTN debuts in Germany as the O2 XDA Trion at The Smart PDA Remember the TyTN of HTC I wrote about a few days ago? O2 Germany has just released the Windows Mobile powered smartphone as the "XDA Trion." There are obviously some cosmet...

Seen that? - Registration Open for Second Annual BlogWorld & New Media Expo

Registration Open for Second Annual BlogWorld & New Media Expo at BlogWealth Registration is now open for the 2nd Annual BlogWorld and New Media Expo, which will be held in Las Vegas September 20-21st. Register by June 20th and save 50%! Here ...

Seen that? - How to act in a company takeover ?

How to act in a company takeover ? at Tech Intelligence As a consultant I am often hired by companies that are in the middle of a takeover. In takeover situations companies have a lot to deal with - from changing processes and procedures to differ...

Seen that? - Putters, Putters Everywhere

Putters, Putters Everywhere at Eagle Par Birdie I was searching for some news on the latest golf equipment so I could pass it along here. I came across a site called Golf Review.com on which you can read or write reviews of equipment. I clicked...

你见过？ - 细微之处：如何降低你的基金佣金？

细微之处：如何降低你的基金佣金？ at Independent Money & Investment Guide 你知道自己的购买基金的费率是多少么？对于股票型基金来说，包括1.2%的申购费率，1.5-1.8的次费率（托管和管理费），1.5%的赎回费率。虽然不能将这些费率算术相加，但你可以看到，最后的费率将在4%以上。 实际上其中有一部分是可以节省的。这些包括： 1）股票型基金的申购费率原则上不会变，但是证券公司代销时会给客户返还费用，因此股票方向的基金在证券公司营业部销售时，可能打到2折...

Seen that? - Top online scams to avoid

...ay their consultants fees for taking you on. This may be a sign that the company is only after your money, and not after giving you any. Some companies will often say that in order for you to make mon...

Seen that? - Diabetes Challenges: Dealing With Diabetes On Valentine's Day

Diabetes Challenges: Dealing With Diabetes On Valentine's Day at Daily Diabetic Living with diabetes presents all sorts of challenges, but never more than on holidays. This is an especially big problem in America, where every major holiday is cent...

Seen that? - Pink Panther Cufflinks and many more

Pink Panther Cufflinks and many more at Cool Picking PINK existing since the eighteen century when they were famous for the best hunting coats money could buy. The expression "In the Pink" originates from the pride that English gentlemen...

Seen that? - O2 Mobile TV Trial Hailed a Success

O2 Mobile TV Trial Hailed a Success at The Mobile Technology Weblog O2 and Arqiva have announced the results of their trial of mobile TV in and around Oxford in the UK. Some 80% of people would subscribe to a mobile TV service, according to a tria...

The big gap: Wall Street bonuses and normal pay

While banks have been castigated for their excessive pay levels, the pay gap between the so-called Wall Street superstars and ordinary wage earners is the elephant in the room. Some shocking revelations on this gap from the Huffington Post warrant some attention. Check out the chart! Inc...

Endless unemployment and the new pledge of allegiance

The latest figures show that jobless claims have dipped, suggesting the economy is on the mend but don't start celebrating yet. Dig deeper into the US economy and you'll see that there is a real sickness there that's hard to fix. As Tom Raum at Associated Press reports, high joblessness...

The RFID Coffee Mug: Keep your hands off your wallet

Next time you have your coffee at the local coffee shop you won’t have to take out your wallet to pay for it and all this has been made possible by a college student. This smug mug comes with an RFID tag welded onto a coffee mug which makes it waterproof. All the coffee lover needs to do i...

Download or Text Free mobile ringtones from Bongotones, the ringtone hub

• Download or Text Free mobile ringtones from Bongotones, the ringtone hub • Wamboo • ToReadNext.com - A New Way To Find Your Next Book • ixpk.com - Quality Images For Design • Small asteroid will fly by Earth tonight • Alexa推出中文网站影响了谁？ • New to Google Chrome? • Balloon Boy Gam...

Seen that? - Custom Card Boxes

Custom Card Boxes at White Lace Wedding eBay is not generally the place you think of when looking for elegant wedding decor ideas - it's more of a budget shopping outlet. But, once in a while I find things that surprise me. For example, today ...

Seen that? - The Orchard Expands to Video

The Orchard Expands to Video at Digital Music - The Future The Orchard is one of the largest distributors of independent music. Founded in 1997, the company counts over 700,000 songs in its catalog and sells through 125 digital music stores and 20...

PepsiCo and Anheuser-Busch cooperate in reducing supply chain costs

Indirect cost reduction is a typical first-wave cost reduction activity for procurement organization (because it's relatively easier compared to direct cost). Apparently two of the world's largest beverage makers, PepsiCo and Anheuser-Busch have decided to cooperate in this area to reduce their...

Did brilliant minds create the recession?

Did smart people cause the financial meltdown? It's a point raised by Calvin Trillin in the New York Times . Brilliant people entered the world of derivatives and credit default swaps, lured by the prospect of the kind of money they could never make working as academics or legal-services ...

Green Halloween: What to Give Out Instead of Candy

Halloween is an occasion that is traditionally associated with candy, lots and lots of candy. But really, does it have to be? I know my kids get more fun out of the the activities like treat o'treating, pumpkin carving, costumes and the like. The candies being just the "necessary evil". So I won...

Tweeting wine

So far, Twitter has not produced any strategy for making money. However, they do have a wine strategy. In Twitter's blog , the company's co-founder Biz Stone says it's all about engagement. Stone writes: "For Twitter to be at its peak in utility, people who would have never had access to th...

Big Picture: Venture Capital, Private Equity Still Drying Up

I wrote recently about how rosey the venture capital picture was for greentech firms. Several stories (Venture Beat here and here , TechCrunch ) have stressed the continuing downturn in private equity and venture capital fundng. In the world of venture capital funds, only 17 funds even r...

Could YouTube Finally Find a Way to Monitize the Site?

TechCrunch noted as a few days ago that YouTube could be on the way to monitizing its billion-video online library in the near future. How do they know? Google says so... YouTube is on the path to profitability in the “not-too-distant future,” Google reiterated today during its third quarter earni...

Skype May Buy Gizmo5

TechCrunch's Michael Arrington this week broke the news that Skype is in negotiations to buy VoIP provider Gizmo5 for approximately $50 million. "The purchase is part of a back-up plan to ensure code base for the online VoIP provider in the event that it's lawsuit with Joltid res...

Top 10 Riskiest FDA-Regulated Foods

© thebittenword.com Every so often we hear of outbreaks of food-borne illnesses, the more recent that comes to mind are those of the spinach and peanut butter recalls. The Center for Science in the Public Interest , a nutrition advocacy group lists down the top 10 riskiest foods based on the...

Heroes Season 4 : Ep. 4 - Hysterical Blindness

• Heroes Season 4 : Ep. 4 - Hysterical Blindness • Disney's Retail Plan Is a Theme Park in Its Stores • 360 手机卫士 • Google Building Maker • MySpace 美国独立用户访问量 4 个月减少 20% • 江民杀毒软件发布新品 KV2010 • Introducing Google Building Maker • Pepsi apologises for 'sexist' iPhone app • Dell o...

Madoff gets in prison fight, and wins

Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff might be moving his way up the prison hierarchy with the New York Post reporting that he got into a prison yard fight with a fellow inmate, and won! The fight was about, of all things, the state of the stock market. Exactly what was said is not known but ...

Shared folders and more in Google Docs

• Shared folders and more in Google Docs • 世界眼中的中国 (38P) • iSweat4 where YOU make sports happen | iSweat4 • Typedia: A Shared Encyclopedia of Typefaces • Plogger | open source photo gallery PHP script | free image gallery script • Only 17 venture capital firms raise money in Q3 — few...

Seen that? - Roulette, a laser, a cellphone and 1.3 million later

Roulette, a laser, a cellphone and 1.3 million later at The Gambling Weblog Ritz blitz gambling trio keep their chipsThree gamblers who used laser technology and a mobile phone to scam a casino out of millions have been told they can keep their money Back in M...

Tweetie 2 Lives! Get It While It's Hot

• Tweetie 2 Lives! Get It While It's Hot • CrowdPicks • Trendero: Find & Follow Trends • NeighborGoods.net - Keep It In Your Neighborhood • Social statistics 2.0: Surveys of social aspects of people's life from around the world. Opinion polls • AppBank | Making Money for Social Netwo...

Seen that? - BlogKits

BlogKits at BlogWealth Many bloggers find themselves unhappy with Google Adsense for a variety of reasons. If you're looking for an alternative, try BlogKits. They provide much the same kind of service as Adsense, except the advertisers only p...

你见过？ - 景顺长城：基金买对莫怕贵

景顺长城：基金买对莫怕贵 at Independent Money & Investment Guide 买净值高的基金，还是净值低的基金？这肯定是所有基金公司投资者教育活动中最重要的一点之一。 无奈的是，前一阶段的基金分红浪潮中，一向以投资者教育先锋的基金公司却有利用低净值的错误偏好来诱导人们。 这其中有一个现象值得关注，就是那些合资基金公司，在"分红归一"的促销中绝少见到他们的身影。喜欢喊这一口号的，恰是易方达、广泛、宝盈、银华等公司。内外资优有没有区别？我想这就是...

Seen that? - Fake Office background noise can help your home business

Fake Office background noise can help your home business at Home Based Business A lot of times, our client's perception of a business run from home is inferior compared to a business run in a usual office. An office setting provides them the c...

Seen that? - Can you teach me some board tricks?

... skateboard riding down a long, steep driveway? Without helmets? [...] Read More Earn Money, Teach Something at Web 2.0 What do you know abo...

Seen that? - Another non-starter: Micropayments

Another non-starter: Micropayments at P2P File Sharing Here's another non-starter: Micropayments. Extensive obits have been written. I won't go into that here. See clay Shirky's piece Fame vs Fortune: Micropayments and Free Content for...

Greentech Sees Venture Capital Growth

© Jimmy_Joe Renewable Energy World is reporting that venture capital investment is on the upswing - at least in the green technology sector of the economy. Third quarter numbers are out, and they're encouraging for both VC's and the greentech sector. Q1 this year saw 59 deals wo...