Spiegel on the rise of wind power in India.
AdAge covers India’s reaction to Slumdog Millionaire.
Saturday mail delivery might be another recessionary victim (via PEHub).
24/7 Wall Street has released its list of the Web’s 25 Best Financial Blogs.
The Harvard Business Review lists the breakthrough innovations of 2009.
Dell has announced plans to enter the cell phone market with a line of smart phones running Google’s Android once again proving that Apple knows how to anticipate markets better than anyone out… Read more
I live smack dab in the middle of Middle America so I wasn’t surprised when yesterday’s Oprah was censored. While the rest of the country was hearing the lurid details of the fall of evangelical Ted Haggard, I got a rerun on how to… Read more
This article originally appeared at unemploymentality.com. It has since been updated for Business Pundit. Unemployentality’s John Henion claims unemployed people love pundits. So here goes. With the economy being what it is, it’s easy to get… Read more
The New York Times has reported that President Obama stocks his fridge with Honest Tea, an organic, Fair Trade, and unconventional beverage symbolic of the many cultural changes he is making within the White House. The article–read it… Read more
Barack Obama recently passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which broadens employees’ rights vis-a-vis suing for pay discrimination. MartketWatch reports: The Ledbetter law widens the time frame during which employees can claim pay… Read more
The presidential cocktail party took place last night, just in time to celebrate the passage of the new, monopartisan stimulus package. ABC News reports: Six House Democrats, six House Republicans, six Senate Democrats, six Senate Republicans… Read more
Bloomberg reports on how Starbucks will only serve decaf coffee on request after 12:00 noon, as part of a cost-cutting measure: Starbucks Corp., the world’s largest coffee chain, will stop continuously brewing decaffeinated coffee after… Read more
Bankers’ girlfriends have it hard these days. In mourning the loss of their formerly mindless affluence, the afflicted have set up Dating a Banker Anonymous, a support group that meets for lunch and cocktails to share, pine, and vent. They’ve… Read more
Wells Fargo posted its first loss since 2001, but it will maintain a 34 cent per share dividend. CNBC reports: Wells Fargo…said it did not need more taxpayer funds to absorb the troubled lender Wachovia. Shares of Wells Fargo rose sharply in… Read more
The CFA Institute just released its December 2008 CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Level 1 exam results. Only 35% of those who took the test passed. eFinancialCareers has more: A mere 35% of candidates who took the exam last December passed it,… Read more
After reading about yesterday’s Caterpillar, Sprint, Pfizer, and Home Depot layoffs–a grand total of 76,000 people worldwide–and President Barack Obama’s concurrent plans to stimulate the economy, it only seemed reasonable to come up with a… Read more
Drug money has been floating banks through the crisis in some countries. Reuters, via Credit Writedowns, reports: Vienna – The United Nations’ crime and drug watchdog has indications that money made in illicit drug trade has been used to keep… Read more
Web Visions Black Label is a new Web browser released by Bulgaria’s Creative Lines Group. It makes browsing the Web faster and simpler. The Bulgarian news agency Novinite reports: The Bulgarian software company Creative Lines Group officially… Read more
Why Netflix increased its prices.
NPR takes a look at the money, promotion and risks behind Charlie Sheen's antics.
Bing wants to share daily deals, too--and just launched an aggregator to do it.
Forbes offers a solution to the Wisconsin standoff.
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