Read a little. Learn a lot. • Tightly-written news, views and stuff • Follow us on Twitter • Be a Facebook Fan • Tumble us!

03 Apr 2010 10:08

tags

Biz: Like big financial companies, Pfizer designated too big to fail

Pfizer marketed painkiller Bextra for use after surgeries, despite the FDA not approving it for that. But when push came to shove, the Feds didn’t go for the kill. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

24 Mar 2010 10:47

tags

Biz: Must’ve been the snow: New home sales unexpectedly fall

  • 2.2% dip in new home sales in February source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

30 Jan 2010 11:25

tags

Biz: Designers, photographers say creation’s a decimated market

  • Seemingly overnight, a publisher who wanted a picture of a sunset could choose from thousands on any number of databases. Why pay a photographer hundreds, or thousands, of dollars to go out and shoot a new one?
  • L.A. Times columnist James Rainey • Regarding the change in the graphic design and photography freelance market, which has led to people not being able to make a living wage in the business. With the rise of lower budgets and outsourcing and sites like iStockPhoto, it’s just not reasonable for many to make a career out of selling their content anymore. Which sucks for people who rely on the work. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

20 Oct 2009 10:12

tags

Tech: Be prepared for a market saturated with Google Android

  • 51 Google Android-based phones will be on the market soon source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

01 Sep 2009 21:06

tags

Biz, Tech: Facebook and MySpace pretty much own the online ad market

  • 21% of online ads run on social media sites source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

14 Jun 2009 11:51

tags

World: Pakistan’s looking like a pretty violent place right now

  • 7+ number of people dead after a marketplace bombing in Dera Ismail Khan; many are injured
  • 31+ number of militants reported killed by Pakistani forces in the last 24 hours source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

28 Apr 2009 21:22

tags

Biz, Tech: Microsoft and Apple: Two suitors fighting for Verizon’s attention

  • MS has a phone of its own it’s trying to get Verizon to sell. As we’re sure you heard, then fawned over, Apple apparently has some cool new products that it’s offering exclusively to Verizon. But they’re not alone. Microsoft wants a piece of that vertical horizon action, because Verizon is everything they want and everything they need. MS has a cool phone, code-named “Pink,” which they want you to fawn over, too. Whoever wins, keep this in mind: If it doesn’t work out, we hear Lauren’s available, and a great catch … source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 

20 Apr 2009 10:23

tags

Tech: Adobe wants to expand Flash’s reach beyond the PC

  • currently Adobe’s most valuable cash cow has transformed from being the driving engine behind Animutation to being the driving engine behind online video sites such as YouTube and Hulu.
  • next They aren’t ready to settle for that; they want a much bigger piece of the pie – the set-top television market. Adobe’s CEO will address the National Association of Broadcasters today. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

02 Apr 2009 10:12

tags

Biz, U.S., World: Five quick highlights from inside the G20 summit

  • one Steps are being taken to make sure countries avoid protectionism with funds.
  • two Countries are hashing out details on the level of regulation of global financial institutions.
  • three Some countries want everyone to agree on regulating tax havens, such as Hong Kong.
  • four A bunch of money – $100 billion more – is being put aside to help world trade.
  • five Obama said the U.S. would not be a “voracious consumer market” again. source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

17 Mar 2009 10:10

tags

Biz: Well, they’re building new homes again. But is that good?

  • +22% increase in housing starts in February – not huge but pretty good
  • +82% increase in apartment building, which drove the overall gains source
Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink
 
 
top tags
older >>