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Let’s all discuss the Twitter IPO and Twitter’s real value

A ton of bandwith will be taken up on the Interwebs today breathlessly discussing Twitter, its IPO, and what that means for the future of technology, society, your sex life, and much more. I cannot make any claims to be… Continue Reading

Blackberry seems to be going the way of Kodak, other epic business fails

Blackberry is abandoning efforts to sell itself, and the CEO is stepping down. As noted in the embedded video with that piece, Blackberry had half the U.S. smartphone market just five years ago; now it has roughly one percent. You can call this… Continue Reading

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Amazon.com doesn’t really make profits, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing

Second verse, same as the first (lil’ bit louder and a whole lot worse): for the latest quarter, Amazon’s revenues are up, but their profits are non-existent.They’re “the teacher’s pet” of Wall Street: stratospheric valuation (the stock has increased 32… Continue Reading

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What can we do about U.S. unemployment?

Just like this morning’s post about mortality rates was close to my heart due to recent brushes with family and death, so too is this post about the current state of the U.S. labor market. I’m technically a full-time student… Continue Reading