Posted on November 30th, 2008 by moneyvsdebt
The Times of London reports the details of an intricate pending Microsoft-Yahoo deal, in which Microsoft would buy Yahoo’s search business for $20 billion and install Jon Miller and Ross Levinsohn to run the company. The concept sounds reasonable (Microsoft buying Yahoo search), but the price sounds ridiculous (Yahoo’s whole market cap right now is [...]
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Posted on November 30th, 2008 by moneyvsdebt
NBC still hasn’t sold any Super Bowl spots since September, when it crowed about a faster-than-usual pace.
Traditional Super Bowl advertisers FedEx, Garmin., Salesgenie.com and GM aren’t buying commercials this year, reports the AP.
NBC (GE) says it is negotiating with other potential advertisers for the eight 30- second advertising spots that remain open.
‘We’re hearing from a [...]
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Posted on November 30th, 2008 by moneyvsdebt
Around 1284 in Italy, Salvino D’Armate is credited with inventing the first wearable eye glasses. The earliest pictorial evidence for the use of eyeglasses, however, is Tomaso da Modena’s 1352 portrait of the cardinal Hugh de Provence reading in a scriptorium. Another early example would be a depiction of eyeglasses found north of the Alpes [...]
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Posted on November 30th, 2008 by moneyvsdebt
Money flowed into equity mutual funds in the latest week, reversing the outflow of the previous week, according to data released a fund research firm.
A net of about $10.4 billion came into equity mutual funds in the week ended Nov. 26, according to Trimtabs Investment Research. That compared to $19.5 billion going out of the [...]
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Posted on November 29th, 2008 by DebtAway
Sometimes you read something and it makes you sick to your stomach.
New York Times Article
A 34 year-old Walmart temp employee was killed by Black Friday shoppers when they rushed into the store and trampled him.
Like I mentioned, it makes me sick to my stomach. Those people wanted deals so bad that [...]
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