This Week’s Links

Criterion Ventures on building a cash market in healthcare.

Mashable on how to measure social media ROI.

Joe Hodas: How to advance your career without selling your soul.

Rio de Janeiro is turning to China to finance its Olympics.

Minyanville knocks some sense into armchair central bankers.

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This Week’s Weird Jobs

Image: Confluence Sometimes, people pay you to be who you are. These jobs can be the best kinds of gigs…if they pay more than a pittance. This week’s jobs demonstrate that you can make money being a hateful Alaskan resident, someone who needs… Read more

How Google Used Microsoft to Make Chrome

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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!?… Read more

GDP Grew 3.5% During Q3. What Does That Really Mean?

The Commerce Department today said the economy grew at 3.5% during the third quarter of this year. This is the first time that gross domestic product (GDP) has been positive since Q2 2008. It is also the fastest rate of growth since Q3 2007…. Read more

Google Music (a.k.a. Onebox) Streams Songs in Search Results

Image: Blogoscoped Google is rolling out Onebox (or Google Music), its new music search engine, today. When you google songs, albums, an artist name, or lyrics, Google will generate links to full songs at the top of its search results. You can… Read more

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… Read more

Photo Crasher

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How the Pros Defend Their Brand Reputations: An Interview with Levick’s Dallas Lawrence

I hate the Example Company. Their product killed my dog. Their customer service gave me road rage, which in turn made me wreck my car. They bilked me out of a $5,000 insurance payment. They are a great vampire squid wrapped around the face… Read more

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… Read more

Success Depends on Your Response to Failure

The Harvard Business Review’s David Silverman is documenting peoples’ recovery curves after they face unexpected career hardship. As part of his project, he has been interviewing CEOs’ experiences with failure. Here’s an excerpt from his recent… Read more

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… Read more

Why One Wife Now Chooses to Shop Alone

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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… Read more

High Costs Force McDonald’s Out of Iceland

McDonald’s will close all of its restaurants in Iceland next week, after high ingredient costs, high import taxes, and a depreciation of the Icelandic krona have made the national Big Mac the most expensive in the world. The Guardian has more:… Read more

 

Business Notes

Ford stock jumped to $7.50/share today, after the company posted a surprise profit.

Apple is killing it with its new iMac, Magic Mouse, and Mac mini.

GM will shut down Saturn as a result of the collapsed Penske deal.

Google has purchased reCAPTCHA, which could help its text scanning project.

The postal service is offering workers up to $15,000 to leave their jobs.

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