September 2011
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Facebook, I know you had to monetize...
…but is this the way? I don’t know why I had this impression, but I thought FB (at one time) cared about its users and wasn’t looking to make a quick buck. If that was ever the case, it looks like it sure isn’t anymore. Per GigaOm:
It’s official: Facebook is the 21st century Nielsen family
By Colleen Taylor Aug. 15, 2011, 5:12pm PT 5 Comments
Although it’s widely...
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Collapse of solar manufacturing in the US. Blame...
Sept. 23 (Bloomberg) — The collapse of Solyndra LLC has renewed demands from U.S. lawmakers and union leaders that the Obama administration pursue unfair-trade complaints against China for out-sized subsidies to its clean-energy companies.
“The American solar industry is facing unparalleled challenges, and without the leadership of your administration this industry may disappear,” Senator...
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Is Walmart A Magnet For American Mayhem? : Linton... →
npr:
One customer was nabbed by police for sampling raw meat in a Pennsylvania store. A family of five was living in a car at a Walmart in Florida and, at a store in Missouri, a girl had a run-in with a monkey. At any given moment, there are 850,000 Americans inside a Walmart store. Something weird is bound to happen.
*Anybody else see this story title and think of the movie Where the...
Entrepreneurs, pinch yourselves →
In Asia, more left-over women and bare-branched... →
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Colin Powell talks to Al Jazeera - Americas - Al... →
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WatchMakes we want to be waif-ish
thenewyorkher:
Charlotte Ronson Fall 2010 Campaign Video
“New York is my favorite city–you’ve got to make an effort, but it’s accidentally romantic. It’s not really trying to be.”
