If the S&P Could Have a Mugshot, This is How it Would Look
Greg Mankiw posted the following chart depicting S&P returns since 1825. Since then, S&P stocks have declined more than 50% during two years: 1931, when we were in the throes of the Great Depression, and 2008, during which we have been in the throes of you know what.
Each square on this chart represents one year [...]
Google Eliminates 3,000 Jobs
Google has eliminated an estimated 3,000 jobs, according to Trip Chowdry, analyst at Global Equities research. The reason why it hasn’t been all over the mainstream media is because the jobs that have been cut have been those of contract workers.
Let’s stop kidding ourselves. The only thing that differentiates contract workers who work 35+ hours [...]
The Conundrum of Today’s Corporate Thief
Brother Can You Spare a Dime?: Depression, Hope, and Anger
“Depression, hope, and anger” are the words that Rob Kapilow, author of the new book “All You Have to Do is Listen: Music From the Inside Out,” uses to describe the thematic structure of the tune “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” from the 1932 musical New Americana. The song was one of the top songs [...]
Mary Meeker’s Web 2.0 Summit Presentation
Mary Meeker Web 2.0 Presentation
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Morgan Stanley Internet Analyst Mary Meeker gave her annual 50-slide presentation describing where the tech economy is going. Overall, it is pretty dismal, but there are a few bright spots, like mobile and VOIP.
