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16 Apr 2010 16:38

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Biz: Super-investor Warren Buffett directly feels Goldman Sachs’ SEC fail

  • $950 million drop in Buffett’s personal wealth today source
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16 Apr 2010 14:20

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Tech: Dear AP Stylebook: “Web site” is not “website.” Please no changey

  • Responding to reader input, we are changing Web site to website. This appears on Stylebook Online today and in the 2010 book next month.
  • The official Twitter @APStylebook account • Regarding a minor language change that has us all riled up. We’ve spent the last six years going out of our way to type “Web site” instead of “website,” to the point where we way preferred it that way. Now these jerks want to change it. We’re offended. Even worse, Twitter largely agrees with them. We’re gonna throw something if this style stands. Where’s our AP Stylebook when we need it, and is there a way to make it easier to break something with it? source
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16 Apr 2010 13:46

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Politics: Daily Show’s war on Fox News takes on issues of logo design

  • Can we stop comparing logos to other logos and trying to draw meaning from the conclusions? Seriously. Next think you know, someone’s gonna start calling us commies because we use a lot of red in our site design.
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16 Apr 2010 12:09

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Tech: How Ning could learn from Moveable Type’s licensing folly

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16 Apr 2010 11:41

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World: Kyrgyzstan’s president gives into the pressure, formally resigns

Kurmanbek Bakiyev, looking dapper in that suit-no tie getup of his, left for Kazakhstan yesterday. His resignation calms a potential crisis. source
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16 Apr 2010 11:32

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U.S.: Charlie Crist plays Russian Roulette with teacher pay law veto

  • The people spoke, and they spoke loudly, and boy, did I hear from them this week.
  • Florida Gov. Charlie Crist • On his move to veto a Republican-backed education bill which would tie teachers’ pay to their performance. The move was controversial on all sides of the aisle – the GOP strongly stood behind the bill, while teachers werelargely against it. Even some bizarro hippies didn’t like it. The decision is raising speculation that our boy Charlie will run as an independent in the gubernatorial election, where he has a genuine shot of winning against bizarro hippie-endorsed Marco Rubio (who’s leading Crist handily in the Republican primary) and Democrat Kendrick Meek. source
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16 Apr 2010 11:20

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U.S.: Some random federal judge nicks the National Day of Prayer

  • She calls it unconstitutional, but Obama’s still proclaiming it anyway. Wisconsin-based U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb brought down a decision that should have atheists cheering and religious types hoppin’ mad, after she sided in favor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation on the National Day of Prayer. The plaintiffs have sued often about this issue, by the way, in an attempt to block the prayer. Despite the decision, it won’t work, at least this year. They should get the “Under God” guy involved. source
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16 Apr 2010 11:18

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Biz: Goldman Sachs’ stocks look like a waterfall this morning

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16 Apr 2010 11:09

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Biz: Why Goldman Sachs is feeling the SEC’s wrath this morning

  • one Goldman Sachs
    reportedly offered a
    mortgage to its
    customers, then bet
    against it on Wall Street.
  • two It managed to
    profit handily, staying relatively unscathed during the worst of the financial crisis.
  • three The SEC sued them
    this morning, making
    some fairly damning
    claims after noticing
    funny stuff. source
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16 Apr 2010 11:01

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Biz: Sign Goldman Sachs is having a bad day: It’s a trending topic



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