Image: Gizmodo Barnes & Noble’s new e-reader, the Nook, goes on sale next Tuesday. Wired calls it a Kindle-killer: The reader…looks a lot like Amazon’s white plastic e-book, only instead of the chiclet-keyboard there is a color multitouch screen, to be used as a keyboard or to browse books, cover-flow style. The machine runs Google’s […]
Image: Brand Engine Plum Organics has issued a recall for its Apple & Carrot baby food after discovering a potential botulism contamination. Here’s the recall letter from the company, which has the details: Dear Parents I wanted to let you know that, today, Plum Organics voluntarily recalled a small portion of our Apple & Carrot […]
kaChing, an investing website started under the name FSX in 2008, has automated the process of imitating successful investors (something Warren Buffett calls “riding coattails”). Simply select the portfolio of one of kaChing’s certified “investing geniuses,” then set your own portfolio to mimic it. kaChing’s website describes how they select geniuses: Leveraging its “Radical Transparency,” […]
Whether you’re close enough to retirement to make the 62 vs. 65 debate, or you’re just initiating a 401K, Dr. Thomas Perls’ Living to 100 life expectancy calculator might throw you for a loop. The calculator, associated with a New England-based study on the characteristics of centenarians, estimates your mortal years based on stress levels, […]
Image: Temple University Six state attorney generals are suing the federal government for ownership of unclaimed bonds. The AP has more: Most American families bought at least one bond (during the national World War II bond fundraising effort) and many never cashed them in — thanks in part to a 40-year maturity in the bonds. […]
Image: Happyworker October 16 is National Boss’s Day, the day employees thank their bosses for their contributions to the workforce. To honor the day, we’ve created a list of five characteristics good bosses share. Where does yours fit in? 1. Flexibility. Bosses, from middle managers to C-level executives, face changes during the course of their […]
Image: Wikipedia Hall of Fame basketball player and legendary coach John Wooden turns 99 today. Best known for coaching the UCLA Bruins through 27 winning seasons, Wooden mastered the tenets of leading successfully. Below are 12 John Wooden quotes that will inspire leadership success, regardless of field: 1. Never mistake activity for achievement. 2. A […]
Gibbs Technologies brings you one step closer to living like James Bond. That’s not their tag line–they promote themselves more discreetly than that. But when you tear up the highway in your sports car, drive it into the water, flick a switch, and glide down a river, perhaps stopping to wave at passing gawkers, you […]
Cisco will acquire networking products company Starent for $2.9 billion. Tech consolidation fever continues. The Wall Street Journal has more: Cisco will pay $35 a share for Starent, a Tewksbury, Mass., maker of software and gear for wireless carriers. That represents about a 21% premium over Starent’s closing stock price of $29.03 Monday on the […]
Image: El Economista Oliver Williamson and Elinor Ostrom both won this year’s Nobel Peace Prizes in Economic Science. The New York Times has more on the research that won the professors their honors: Mr. Williamson’s work focuses on the boundaries of the firm, and the reasons for economic activity inside of firms: Why is there […]
