Business Pundit

PC World reports speculation the President Barack Obama is getting an ultra-secure Sectera Edge–basically, a Blackberry pimped out to NSA standards–as his mobile communication device: The Sectera Edge is a smartphone made by a defense… Read more

Reuters reports on how Condoleezza Rice just signed on as a client of the William Morris Agency: Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has made a key step in her post-Bush administration career: The William Morris Agency announced Wednesday… Read more

The Times of India reports: Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor and music director A R Rahman have been sued in a Patna court for allegedly calling slum dwellers names in their award-winning movie, ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. One Tapeshwar… Read more

U.S. Bancorp, like many in its industry, has been slammed by profit losses.The St. Louis Business Journal reports: U.S. Bancorp, holding company for St. Louis’ largest bank, said Wednesday its profit fell 65 percent in the fourth quarter of… Read more

Got unemployment insurance? You may want to load your monthly payments onto a Reliacard Visa, a prepaid, reloadable US Bank card through which the Department of Labor distributes insurance funds. Huliq has the details: The Reliacard functions… Read more

I hope everyone is staying away from peanut butter (even cookie dough and “all-natural” stuff have been affected). Apparently, they put up a peanut butter pet food recall too, for a certain brand of dog treat. I thought nuts were bad for dogs,… Read more

WOMEN-omics launched last week, but it’s not just for women. This new global web portal is smart, slick, and focused on the economic power of women. Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, corporate gender expert, publisher, and founder of the new… Read more

From Ananova: An inmate escaped from jail in Germany by posting himself out of prison in a giant FedEx box of dirty laundry. Drug dealer Hans Lang, 42, hid in the laundry room after other inmates had finished work there and bundled… Read more

The Financial Times reports: Carlos Slim Helu, the second richest man in the world, threw a $250m lifeline to the New York Times on late Monday evening, but extracted a steep interest rate for easing the group’s impending financing… Read more

Michelle Obama’s retro dress caught some serious eyeballs during today’s inauguration. The Los Angeles Times reports on Michelle Obama’s inauguration dress: Just as President Barack Obama turned the page on American history Tuesday in… Read more

The Financial Times reports on the US stock market’s dismal performance today: US stocks were on course on Tuesday for their worst inauguration day performance since the assassination of John F Kennedy, led by more heavy losses among… Read more

Here’s the full text of Obama’s inaugural address, as posted on the Washington Post: My fellow citizens: I stand here today humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our… Read more

Here are 25 excellent Barack Obama quotes, in celebration of our 44th President taking office today: 1. A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say,… Read more

From Ananova: A US woman who checked her late husband’s lottery tickets after his death discovered he had won a $10 million jackpot. Donald Peters, 79, bought two tickets hours before his death from a heart attack at a grocery shop in… Read more