October 2009
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10 Fatcats Who Profiteered from the Credit Crunch
Bankruptcy, foreclosure, repossession – just a few of the words that come to mind when we hear the phrase ‘credit crunch’. But for a select few the global financial crisis has generated cash, acquisitions, bonuses and, er… $1000 garbage bins!? Take a look at Business Pundit’s round up of the biggest winners (and one loser). […]
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First Time Home Buyer Tax Credit Extended to April 2010, Previous Homeowners
A new Senate proposal will offer a first time home buyer tax credit extension to homes under contract by April 30, 2010. The former deadline was November 30, 2009. The home buyer tax credit will also be offered to people who have lived in the same home for five years, according to the proposal, which […]
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Schwarzenegger Offers CA Legislature Cryptic F-You
Image: TechCrunch Arnold Schwarzenegger’s office sent this veto letter to San Francisco assemblyman Tom Ammiano. Read horizontally, it looks innocent enough. But when you read vertically, it says “I Fuck You.” According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Schwarzenegger’s press secretary, Aaron McLear, insisted Tuesday it was simply a “weird coincidence.” He sent us veto messages […]
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Motorola/Verizon Launch Droid Phone Today
Image: PC Magazine Motorola launched its first Android-based smartphone, the Droid, today. It will cost $199 with a 2-year contract and $100 mail rebate. PC Magazine has more: …the Droid is a large, slim (0.5-inch thick) phone with a 3.7-inch, 854-by-480 capacitive touch screen and a sliding keyboard. It has a built-in 5-megapixel camera, DVD-quality […]
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8 Most Epic Abuses of Work Email Ever
As they say, never email anything you wouldn’t want on the front page of the newspapers. So if you’re considering using your work email to send military secrets, a character assassination or even an erotic proposition, then think again – the end result could cost you your job, as well as your dignity. These chumps […]
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Yahoo to End Search Submit Pro after Microsoft Merger
This is a guest post by Resource Nation‘s David Liu. Yahoo has announced that it will end its paid inclusion program, formally called Search Submit Pro, by the end of 2009. The move comes after complaints against the search engine that claimed that having paid advertisements included in organic search results generated biased results for […]
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After Controversy, Disney Issues Baby Einstein Recall
Image: The Reading Nook Disney is offering a DVD upgrade or moneyback guarantee to everyone who purchased a Baby Einstein DVD between June 5, 2004 and September 4, 2009 (the day the notice was put out). The recall, if you want to call it that, came about after interest groups pressured the company to offer […]
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The 8 Best Viral Advertising Videos of 2009 (So Far)
Also check out: The Cheat Sheet For Not Computer People Viral videos are one of the Internet’s best entertainment mediums. They teach, impress, and–perhaps most importantly–help you pass the time. Companies know this. When they commission top international advertising firms to produce Internet videos, they use “going viral” as a measure of success. Marketing videos […]
