Jobless claims jump, productivity soars | Financial News | Yahoo! Finance
In light of the remarkable string of bad news that has emanated from the American economic system for the past three years, one wonders who on earth found the sudden increase in unemployment “unexpected”. When every major economic indicator has been heading down for over two [...]
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The Microsoft Zune: Are You Playing It or Is It Playing You?
Posted in Business, Primordial Soup on Sep 3rd, 2008
Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune | Bits | Technology | New York Times Blog
As if Microsoft had not provided its users sufficient reasons to abandon the Windows platform, it has now provided the ultimate reason. Microsoft is contemplating building a digital rights management scheme that will disable or erase content [...]
Bennigan’s, Steak & Ale Close, File for Bankruptcy Protection | WSJ.com
It is indeed difficult to mourn the demise of two lousy restaurant chains that marketed lousy food and pathetic atmosphere as a good time.Let’s keep our fingers crossed for the demise of TGI Friday’s, Applebee’s, Chilli’s and the like. Could this effect an improvement in [...]
The Economic Oracles Speak
Posted in Business, Political Prognostication, Politics, Primordial Soup on Jul 16th, 2008
BBC NEWS | Business | US economy at a glance
Perhaps the only thing gloomier than this picture is the fact that no American news source can be bothered by the simple process of consulting publicly available data from the government. The Brits seem to have grasped the utility of the internet browser better than American [...]
IP Addresses Are Personal Data, E.U. Regulator Says | washingtonpost.com
The diametrically opposed directions that the European Community and the United States are taking ought to be extremely disconcerting to those who reside in the United States. The United States, the country that invented the internet and the addressing protocol that identifies computers on the internet [...]
Toyota vs GM: Round 2
Posted in Business on Dec 25th, 2007
Toyota announces plan to sell 9.85M vehicles in 2008 | USATODAY.com
Toyota’s public announcement of its plans to go for General Motors’ jugular is bold. Even though it is a safe bet according to consensus, the announcement runs counter to the typically conservative Japanese way of conducting business. Whatever the outcome, the two facts in this [...]
US demands air passengers ask its permission to fly | The Register
This is an absolutely incredible step that the United States government is taking against the airline industry. It is hard to conceive of how a complete passenger manifest can be produced 72 hours before a flight is to take off, yet the Transportation Safety [...]
Microsoft Updates the Zune Player | New York Times
Shockingly, Microsoft’s update of the Zune media player more like the iPod. Streamlined interface, more vibrant colors, and simpler graphical menus. Whether it will sell enough for it to become a “sociable” remains in serious doubt.
The Zune’s advertising slogan is “welcome to the social” because it allows [...]
Apple’s Ace in the Hole: Music Industry Stupidity
Posted in Business, Primordial Soup on Sep 17th, 2007
Technology News: Music: SpiralFrog Hops Into Digital Music Pond With Free Downloads
Undoubtedly, the greatest challenge to Apple’s dominance of the digital music market has come from the Russian pseudopirates allofmp3.com. Fortunately for Apple, allofmp3.com was shut down recently by a Russian court responding to international charges of piracy, but unfortunately for Apple, another Russian court [...]
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