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One in four American children on food stamps

...n eight Americans and one in four children are now on food stamps. The NYT reports: "More than 36 million people use inconspicuous plastic cards for staples like milk, bread and cheese, swiping them...

Seen that? - A black and gold pump

...Conrad Black. And on the balance of things, he has come off second best in the lead up to his multi-million fraud trial kicking off next month. Black and three business partners have been charged with...

Seen that? - CFIB States 2 Million Jobs To Be Impacted Due to Lack of a Succession Planning

... CFIB States 2 Million Jobs To Be Impacted Due to Lack of a Succession Planning at Small Business Unplugged According to a study by Canadian Federat...

Seen that? - Social Enterprise, Sunday Roundup

...er of links to stories in the social enterprise realm. *From CSR Europe, this item that the Toyota Fund for Europe is [...] Read More Incentive Based Recycling and other social enterpri...

Seen that? - Phil Ivey and The Corporation win $16.6 Million

... Phil Ivey and The Corporation win $16.6 Million at Internet Poker According to Card Player Magazine, Andy Beal was back in Vegas at the Wynn Casino...

Seen that? - Alienating your best fans: Music, P2P, & LinkedIn

...ness executives and professionals. LinkedIn is the world's largest business network with over 8 million executives and professionals worldwide. Membership to both LinkedIn and the group are free. ...

Berlusconi fights on

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will be on trial this week on charges of paying a $600,000 bribe to David Mills, his former British tax adviser. That's after they overturned the law that he had pushed through Parliament last year, giving himself immunity from prosecution. But he'...

Dubai: what's ahead?

...'t be able to raise a penny again from the international investment community," one hedge fund manager told The Guardian . This is likely to end up in the courts. Most of the foreign bondholders in...

Seen that? - Stream TV IPTV service launches in Russia

... an undisclosed Indian incumbent telco and in various Indian hotels. In the first phase of the 200-million-Euro project, dubbed netTV, [...] Read More ...

The Story Of Amatoya

...oogle Wave Sucks, And Why You Will Use It Anyway • A Million Toons at ToonDoo! • Google 因播放欺凌残疾人视频在意大利遭起诉 • Mininova Deletes All Infringing Torrents and Goes 'Legal' • Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 ...

Mininova Goes Legit

...sure one of the most popular — if not the most popular — torrent sites on the web, clocking 633 million page views in August and serving more than 10 billion torrents since being launched in early 200...

Google Chrome Extensions: Aviary Screen Capture

...ally • Hulu and Facebook Shatter Online Video Records • LinkedIn Signs Up 3 Million Users In UK, • Mass Effect 2 DRM and PC requirements Announced • Dubai World Asks for Time to Reorganize...

The Dubai con job

...make it a crime to damage the country’s reputation or economy, punishable by fines of up to 1 million dirhams (about $272,000). Some say it is already having a chilling effect on reporting about the c...

Seen that? - Doubletree Grand Hotel, Florida

...urn customers would be happy to know that the Doubletree Grand Hotel has just completed it's $5 million renovation. Guest rooms and meeting spaces have been lavishly transformed to give [...] Rea...

News Corp. - If You de-Index Will They Still Come?

...wth Flattens, While WordPress' Picks Up • Mozzler - Real-time news, images, videos and chat • BugsVoice - turn bugs into opportunities • Yellowise.com • Employee Evaluation and Performance...

Seen that? - Up march Option Expiration

...affluent. As of Sunday night, CBS said its NCAA March Madness on Demand (MMOD) served more than 14 million streams of live video from the 2006 NCAA® Division I Men's Basketball Championship. It l... ... Up march Option Expiration at The Hedge Funds Weblog The implications are that Option Expiration is up...for March. March 14th Indexes Have had buying through o...

Sarbox Lite or the end of Sarbanes-Oxley?

...om SVP Research . He points out that the permanent exemption covers companies worth less than $75 million and that most individual investors don't own stock in companies that size. Still, it's hard ...

Adconion Media Group 收购 Joost

Joost 是一家在线视频服务商，基于 P2P 技术，用于提供各类共享的电视节目和其他视频内容。创办人是原来 KaZaA、Skype 的创始人 Janus Friis 和 Niklas Zennstroem，在两年前推出内测的时候，曾经火了一段时间。不过很快，Joost 就淡出了人们的视线，无论是 Hulu 还是 YouTube 的蒸蒸日上，已经让停滞不前的 Joost 陷入了尴尬的境地。 昨天的消息称 ， Adconion Media Group 已经正式确认收购了 Joost，收购的细节尚未公布，原先 Joost 的团队中，只有 12 人将会加入 Adconion，其余的将...

Vive Nano Secures $3.8 Million in Funding

... © kevindooley Toronto-based Vive Nano has received $3.8 million in funding from the Province of Ontario 's Ministry of Research and Innovation . "Vive Nano expects to create 19... ... © kevindooley Toronto-based Vive Nano has received $3.8 million in funding from the Province of Ontario 's Ministry of Research and Innovation . "Vive Nano expects to create 19...

Climategate was no conspiracy

...he emails. There is no evidence of any worldwide conspiracy, no mention of George Soros nefariously funding climate research, no grand plan to ‘get rid of the MWP’, no admission that global warming is...

Seen that? - Monaco Formula 1 Grand Prix

...ike a character in a James Bond movie. However, you don't have the financial backing of MI-6 to fund your baccarat playing. Yes, Monaco is not a cheap place. It's status as a tax haven makes i...

The British Are Coming! (Paul Revere Drove an Aston Martin)

...ve. Among the highlights will be this 1959 Aston Martin DB4 GT, which RM estimates will sell in the million dollar range. The original Aston Martin DB4 was unveiled at the 1958 Paris Salon. The ...

PureLux Receives $100,000 from NC Green Business Fund

...ased nanotech company PureLux has received a $100,000 grant from the North Carolina Green Business Fund . Founded in March of 2007, the company is a spin-out from the Center for Nanotechnology and M...

Seen that? - Chinese Venture Capital Ushers in Thunder & Rainmakers

...t China Venture News Hangzhou based Sinomen, has received US$1 million in funding and will soon receive another US$1 million investment, according to Pacific Epoch... ...arks throughout the Middle Kingdom. [...] Read More For China's Poor- Venture Capital Funds for Digital Deliverance at China Venture News Ha...

Seen that? - Globetrotter

...ctivity in 2004 on a global scale. You can download it here (pdf). - GEM research estimates that 73 million adults are either starting a new business or managing a young business of which they are als...

Hedge funds and brokers turn to poker

...g and poker have often been compared. But it's not surprising that financial recruiters for hedge funds and broking houses are scrutinizing professional poker to find talent and analytical tools. As...

China with the most English speakers

...rting that China is about to get more English-language speakers than India. Whereas an estimated 55 million speak English in India, China is increasing its English language speakers by 20 million a ye...

Seen that? - Silicone in our hair

...re, silicone bracelets were popular because they're oftentimes used by cause-oriented groups in fund-raising programs. These bracelets are worn by people who want to impart certain concerns to the...

Seen that? - What exactly is a smartphone, and what exactly is a PDA?

...ly-applied blue diamonds (over 50 of them!), the Diamond Crypto Smartphone Project costs over $ 1.3 million, easily a lot more than the Black Diamond. Russian company JSC Ancort and jeweler Peter Aloi...

Seen that? - Money talks: Health report cards do not improve patient care

...ng health care needs of the expanding senior population. In twelve years there will be more than 70 million seniors [...] Read More The doctor as patient: Dr. Charles shares his experien... ...gs that has been "relegated to ideology," when it is actually one of the "matters of fundamental international competitiveness" for the U.S. "The simple fact is that GM and Fo...

Seen that? - AOPA Online Gallery

...vate. Surprising, according to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), more than 166 million people use general aviation annually, which includes private or corporate jets. 4. Wireless ...

Seen that? - FROM HEAD TO FOOT

...Diabetic Amputations at Daily Diabetic With nearly 25 million Americans already diagnosed, America is in the throes of a diabetes epidemic that's quic...

Firefox 3.6 Beta 3

...se's Revolution Money For $300 Million • Digg CEO: Profitability Is Not A Problem Anymore • Why imeem Really Sold Out • The Nokia N900 is now available to US consumers • How to Manage a Gr...

Breaking News - Button to join Hamilton at McLaren

...News that Brawn were not able to fund a new wage deal for champion Jenson button and keep him in the team has received mixed reactions from racing fans, not least British ones. It has been said that...

就这样吧，谷歌也就是家中国公司

...ing expansion • Finding the laws that govern us • TypePad Takes on Tumblr With Free Microblogging Feature • Fedora 12 (release notes) • Stephen Fry talks Twitter - "human shaped, not busin...

Apple overtakes Nokia in phone profits

...for MMS Photo Sharing (But Only in UK) • Adobe Releases Flash Player 10.1 And AIR 2.0 – Both Include Multi-touch Support • Adobe Flash Player 10.1 • Adobe AIR 2.0 ...

49 million Americans go hungry

...Department of Agriculture, America is struggling to feed its population. The report says that 17 million US households were going without food at some time during the year. Indeed, 6.7 million hous...

2012 原声：2012 the End of the World

...id 2.0 Source Code Released • Zune to launch outside US • Central Desktop integrates Zoho Sheet • Samsung unveils Galaxy Spica (I5700), its newest Android-powered smartphone • VHD Attach ...

Seen that? - Connecting the Pieces with SOA

...and another group calling itself Connecting Rural America, over the status of the Universal Service Fund (USF). The focus of the debate, Logan writes, is "whether the expansion of wireless phone ...

Seen that? - Virus Fears with Skype

... Please welcome Skype's cross platform support which enables its 113 million to make free video calls world wide by using either the Macintosh or Windows platform. The b...

Seen that? - Currency trading with Retirement money

... Currency trading with Retirement money at The Hedge Funds Weblog I saw a story the other day , How Retirement Funds are looking into the world of C...

StarCraft II Expansions, Diablo III Coming in "Next Few Years"

... WordPress Now Knows Where You Are • GeoAPI • Flowlett • Sizable Send Large Files for FREE - Send 20GBs per session, 2GB max per file - Unlimited Usage • Checkfront - Distributed Online A...

Seen that? - YOU SHOULD FOLLOW CASINO NEWS

... Shuffle Master recently purchased two RFID-related patents for $12.5 million. Shuffle Master provides gambling supplies to casinos. An article in Gambling Magazine illu... ...G ON CASINO STOCKS at Play Las Vegas Source:www.mutualfunds.about.com I always considered the stock market more of a gamble rather than an investment. Peo...

AT&T responds to Verizon’s Ad Campaign

...s that customers realize the following facts: AT&T's wireless data coverage reaches some 303 million people or 97% of the U.S. population, where they live and work. Data coverage consists of 3 d...

Gartner Says Worldwide SaaS Revenue to Grow 18 Percent in 2009

...Million Xbox Live Players Banned • Canon's First Hybrid Stabilized Lens Reviewed: It Works, Mostly • EastEnders doc plays Bond in game • How we really designed the look and feel of Windows 7 ...

Is China about to collapse?

... Hedge fund manager James Chanos will go down in history as the first to predict that Enron was a disaster in the making. Chanos is in the business of scrutinizing companies for their flaws a...

What Not to Say When You Hand Out Pink Slips

© Mykl Roventine BusinessWeek ran a good article this week on things not to say when the time comes to hand someone their pink slip. People are getting laid off. Right and left, east and west, all over the place. And it's not always because they deserve to be let go. Job cutting ...

The Trade War That Wasn't

© kludgebox Remember the Obama Administration's new tariff on tires made in China? When it was announced back in September, analysts said it was going to be the start of a new trade war . In case no one noticed, that hasn't happened... China appears to have little inclination to escala...

More Rumours

...er come January, and, with a desire to play in England, clubs entering the bidding war for the £12 million-rated striker will be Chelsea, Liverpool and Birmingham, who have recently come into some mon...

Big Tobacco extends its reach

Big tobacco has hit upon a brilliant strategy with reports that Reynolds American Inc, maker of Camel cigarettes, is planning to buy a company that's stopping people from smoking. The manufacturer of cancer sticks is apparently in talks to buy Swedish maker of nicotine gum Niconovum AB. No...

Seen that? - Beau Rivage to Repoen In August With Poker Room

...cently opened a poker room in late December 2005 for the first time since the mid 80's. The $12 million project includes a spacious poker room and separate tournament area. Twenty-five big screen ...

Seen that? - Online Dating Sites

... some projections how this market should develop. According to comScore Media Metrix, more than 45 million Americans visited online dating sites in May 2003, up from about 35 million in December 2002... ... The online dating business model finally takes off. While there has not been anything fundamentally new, it's interesting to see how online dating becomes mainstream in US (article r...

EA 出价 4 亿美元收购 Playfish

EA 发表声明称 ，将以 4 亿美元的价格收购游戏厂商 Playfish ，后者专业开发用于 Facebook 网站的游戏。EA 将首先支付3亿美元来收购 Playfish ，如果后者能达到特定的盈利目标，则将再支付最多 1 亿美元。 分析师称， EA 的这桩收购交易是对社会化网站游戏的押注，认为这种游戏将成为行业增长的推动力。今年截至目前为止，游戏机游戏的销售已经下滑了 12%。据美国投资公司 ThinkEquity 的数据显示，到2012年，由 Playfish 和 Zynga、Playdom 等竞争对手所组成的社会化网站游戏市场总额将达 20 亿美元，较当前水平增长近两...

Seen that? - Gordon’s Jewelers Grants Wishes

...ggishly" turning their backs on the city, adding the strike could cost the city more than $400 million a day." National Jeweler reports that jewelry stores were feeling the pinch early in t...

Goldman Sachs and God

... $3.4 billion in the last quarter. Average pay there is $700,000 and the top rainmakers pull in millions. In 2007, Blankfein was paid $68 million. Blankfein defends the massive pay packets, saying t...

Galleon scandal: just the beginning?

...tomers' Afternoon Letter with closing prices. Now it has come to the point where firms are spending millions and putting wicked fast computer servers next to exchanges so they can have an edge and, th... ... The biggest prosecution of hedge fund insider trading went into overdrive this week with 20 people, including Galleon Group LLC co-founder Raj Rajaratnam, getting hauled up on criminal charges....

Seen that? - Hubbert Peak v. Actual Peak

...ed and demand is ever growing especially [...] Read More logiENERGY launches Peak Oil Fund at The Hedge Funds Weblog Hedge fund investor, lo...

Sprint Reports Losses Despite Improvements

...te an improved selection of phones and cheaper rates. According to the release, Sprint lost $478 million in the quarter, compared to a $326 million loss in the same period of 2008. They also lo...

RedLynx Intentionally Leaked Trials HD to P2P Sites

...its 150,000 of Trials since its launch 18 months ago — which at $9.99 per unit is just under $1.5 million, so not bad considering almost the whole game was made available for nothing on the day it lau...

Linux to Overtake Windows in Netbooks by 2013

© viagallery.com A new report from ABI Research finds that Linux currently has 32 percent of the global netbook market, and will overtake Windows in 2013. "Sales of low-cost netbooks are being increasingly driven by sales outside of the U.S. where Windows is not as prevalent, a...

Fall Hedge Fund Networking Event At Nikki Midtown

... Yesterday's Fall Networking Event attracted 200+ investors, hedge fund managers, and other industry professionals for a night of food, drink, music and mingling with other members of the alter...

LKW mit Oldtimern umgekippt

...eider allesamt zu Schrott gefahren wurden. Der Schaden soll laut Newsblogger bei mehr als einer Million Euro liegen: Auf der norddeutschen Autobahn zwischen den Anschlussstellen Meyenburg und Pu...

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

...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 W...

Facebook and scammers

Facebook has announced in its developer's blog that it is cracking down on scammers. It's not before time, given the publicity and uproar. We've had instances like phishing campaigns where users are robbed of their Facebook user names and passwords, we've had instances where users have...

Obama dismantles post-Enron reforms

...of staff Rahm Emanuel was pushing wants Democrats to let small public companies worth less than $75 million avoid complying with Sarbanes-Oxley. And now the House Financial Services Committee voted ...

1950 Aston Martin DB2 Brings $910,745 at Battersea Auction

...On October 28 RM visited London's Battersea Evolution , selling 69 of 84 cars for a total of $18.2 million. Topping the sales charts at $1,020,034 was a rare 2006 Mercedes CLK GTR Roadster, one of ju...

Joel Klein To Receive The 100 Women in Hedge Funds' Effecting Change Award

... 100 Women in Hedge Funds’ Board of Directors today announced that Joel Klein, Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, will receive its 2009 Effecting Change Award at its New York ...

Emanuel presses for another Sarbanes-Oxley exemption

... staff Rahm Emanuel wants Democrats to spare, yet again, small public companies worth less than $75 million from complying with Sarbanes-Oxley. And you would have to say that with the economy is going...

US Chamber of Commerce exposed on Facebook

...r of members you have tenfold?" "How can you expect to have any credibilty when you say you have 3 million members when you only have about 300,000?" "You lie about your membership = I don't believe...

Flixster Expands Its Reach By A Factor of 8 Million

...s successful Android app. The announcement represents the company's simultaneous addition of 8 million mobile users. The beta version of Flixster for the Blackberry is already among the smartpho...