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Sean Greene speaks at SBA to the Startup Visa group
Sean Greene speaks at SBA to the Startup Visa group ...
At SBA @DaveMcClure explains the Act
At SBA @DaveMcClure explains the Act ...
Meeting with the SBA about the Act.
Meeting with the SBA about the Act. ...
NASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits at Moon's North Pole; Additional Evidence of Water Activity on Moon
NASA Radar Finds Ice Deposits at Moon's North Pole; Additional Evidence of Water Activity on Moon ...
Digital Capital Week: It’s Coming to DC in June
Digital Capital Week: It’s Coming to DC in June: I am pleased to announce the creation of Digital Capital Week (DCWEEK), a 10 day festival in Washington D.C. focused on technology, innovation and all things digital in our nation’s capital. It's been something that has been on my radar of...
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CEO Left Out Of Bonus Bonaza For GE (GE) Execs
Jeff Immedt, GE’s Chairman and CEO did not take a bonus for 2009. That did not keep the rest of the conglomerate’s management from becoming richer. Immelt collected a base salary of $3.3 million which is the same as it was for 2007 and 2008. Keith Sherin, GE’s CFO, received an extraordinary $14 million...
CBO: Obama Debt Estimate $1.2 Trillion Short
The CBO says that over the next decade, the national debt will rise $9.8 trillion. That is $1.2 trillion more than the White House estimate. A picture is worth a trillion words. By Douglas A. McIntyre Illustration from CBO Filed under: Economy [[ This is...
SEC Filing Show Google Management To Take $1 In Salary
Google (GOOG) disclosed that Chairman & CEO Eric Schmidt and founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page will each be paid $1 in base salary for 2010 in an 8-K filing. Brin is Google’s President, Technology and Page is President, Products. Several other Google executives will do better. Patrick Pichette, the CFO;...
Hewlett-Packard Slashes Profits On Litigation Costs, No One Cares
American corporations have a habit of releasing bad information late on Friday afternoon. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) announced that it has revised its previously announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31, 2010, following developments in litigation involving Electronic Data Systems Corporation which HP acquired in August 2008. The revisions reflect an increase...
Lockheed Martin (LMT) CEO Made $23 Million As Net Income Slipped
Robert J. Stevens, the CEO of Lockheed Martin (LMT) made $23 million last year, according to the company’s proxy. Part of his compensation included use of corporate aircraft for personal reasons. Lockheed Martin had a mediocre year. Net earnings fell to $3 billion, or $7.78 per share, from $3.2 billion, or...
AMD CEO Makes $4.5 Million As Firm Profits From Intel Settlement
AMD (AMD) CEO Dirk Meyer made $4.6 million last year as his company made a profit, but only because of a legal settlement with Intel (INTC) over antitrust matters. The money probably should have gone to general counsel Thomas McCoy, who made only $1.1 million. The AMD proxy reports that Meyer’s...
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A Natural Gas Company Leaving Investors in the Dark
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Every Shareholder Should Read This Now
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One Stock That's Better Than Gold
Where's the best place to invest as the dollar weakens? ...
The Easiest Money You'll Ever Make
How to bank $410,000 doing next to nothing. ...
The Motley Fool's Weekly Editors' Picks
Three of the week's most educational, amusing, and enriching articles. ...
Joystiq [Xbox]
Red Ringed Xbox transforms into robot (sculpture)
When your Xbox 360 suffers from the Red Ring of Death (and it will), there are a great many things you may want to do to it. You might feel like hurling it from the roof into a waiting wood chipper. You might feel like drowning it in your own...
Xbox Live Code of Conduct updated: sexual orientation terms now permitted in Gamertags and profiles
The times, they are a-changin'. In an open letter to Xbox Live members, Microsoft's Marc Whitten has announced that the Xbox Live Code of Conduct has been altered to allow members to "more freely express their race, nationality, religion and sexual orientation in Gamertags and profiles." Looking over the updated...
Divinity II: Flames of Vengeance add-on coming this August
If you just so happen to be the square wheel that couldn't get enough of Divinity II: Ego Draconis last year, you're in luck. Publisher dtp entertainment has announced that an add-on will be released later this year, adding more than 30 brand new quests and about 15 hours of...
Michael Ironside: Splinter Cell: Conviction's story is 'more human'
Michael Ironside is like one of those dudes you respect so much, he could show up at your house, eat the last of your Nilla Wafers, break your Solid Snake figurine collection while tracking mud all over the house and you'd still love him afterward. He's got unlimited clout...
Zeno Clash trailer brings the co-op pain
There's an old saying: "Beating the snot out of people is better with friends." At least, we think that's a saying. It really doesn't matter, though, as the video above pretty much proves it anyway. When Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition lands on XBLA, it will bring with it new...
Sorry, we're all out of Blur codes ... again!
[Update: And that's it, folks. That batch lasted longer than thirty minutes ... but not much longer. Thanks for trying out our new Enhanced Code Giveaway Delivery Engine 3000[TM]!] Weren't quite fast enough to snag a Blur multiplayer beta code this morning? We only had 1,000 and they were gone in...
Engadget
Kojiro humanoid goes musculoskeletal in a big way
We just found a new friend. Kojiro, a humanoid being built by the University of Tokyo's JSK Robotics Laboratory, has a detailed musculoskeletal system built to mimic the human body. It works on a system of artificial bones, muscles and tendons to create a robot that is theoretically more light...
MSI caught showing off VoIP video conferencing phone running Android
There are already plenty of fish in the sea when it comes to VoIP picture-frame phones, and only a few have succeeded in arousing us, but this well-guarded fella here at MSI's CeBIT booth seems to have some potential with its unusually large touchscreen. According to the label, the MS-9A31...
VU Meter finagled into a PSP, reminds us of a time when the PSP was sexy
Sure, the PSP is still a mighty attractive piece of hardware. "Handsome," you might say, but that heart-pounding allure is all but gone these days. While we wait a few more years for Sony to rectify that with a PSP 2, we can drool over another mod by "f00 f00."...
Samsung Go N315 grabs a Pinetrail processor
Samsung hasn't yet abased itself to competing head-on with the lowest price netbooks out there, but its Samsung Go can at least vaguely keep up with the times spec-wise, notching up from the N310 to the N315 model name in the process. The $429 rubber-clad netbook has been bumped to...
Keepin' it real fake: HP Mini 5101 knockoff is almost as good, almost as expensive as the real thing
Coveting a beautiful new netbook but can't quite manage the $399 for a new HP Mini 5101/5102? Maybe this knock-off would fit your budget, looking more or less indistinguishable from the real thing. The ports have a slightly different layout (with some of them looking a wee bit askew) and...
Viliv S10 Blade tablet unboxed and multitouched (video)
Viliv's latest touchable objet d'gadget is the S10 Blade convertible tablet, a slim and sophisticated little thing that looks like it will elevate the company out of the ultraportable business and into the realm of things that take up a little bit more room in your messenger bag. Chippy over...
Slashfood
Editor's Picks - Best Links of the Week
Filed under: Newspapers, On the Blogs, Food News Brian Boitano in Precita Park. Photo: Gary Soup, Flickr A few of the best links on the Web this week: The 2010 IACP Cookbook Award finalists have been announced and, surprisingly, Momofuku is not among them. Alain...
Corn Growers Talk Back to "Food, Inc."
Filed under: Farming, Television/Film Photo: Getty Images It's not often that midwestern farmers speak out against a motion picture, but the movie Food Inc. may have hit a bit too close to home. Inspired by the blockbuster books The Omnivore's Dilemma and Fast Food Nation, the movie's criticism -- that industrialized crops...
Gun-Control Debate Brews at Starbucks
Filed under: Business, News Getty Images Gun owners and gun-control advocates are duking it out in an unlikely place these days -- Starbucks. Bearers-of-arms have begun gathering at Starbucks in Northern California after Peet's Coffee & Tea and California Pizza Kitchen put policies in place to ban firearms on the premises, CNNMoney.com reported....
Policeman Endorses Eating Doughnuts
Filed under: Bakeries Photo: policedoughnuts.com Ron Henderson maintains it's a myth that police officers eat a disproportionate number of doughnuts, but his entrepreneurial fantasy involves cops selling lots of them. Henderson recently took over Police Doughnuts from a fellow retired officer, and hopes to spin the Louisville storefront into a franchise. While he...
Shrimp Po' Boy with Spicy Mayo
Filed under: The Skinny Chef, Recipes Photo: The Skinny Chef Catfish po' boys are one of my favorite sandwiches and I always crave them around Mardi Gras. Hot fried filling, cool mayo, all on a chewy bun with crisp greens -- yum. My local grocery store doesn't always carry catfish, so I...
Beer Caves and Slaw Dogs: The L.A. Times In 60 Seconds
Filed under: Newspapers, In Sixty Seconds, In 60 Seconds, News Chocolate Oscar dresses. Photo: Getty Images If wine lives in cellars, beer lives in caves. Slaw dogs take the humble hot dog to surreal, avant-garde heights -- and they're fantastic. If you've...
Forbes.com: Personal Finance News
Hiring Protection From The IRS
If you want a licensed and regulated tax pro, consider hiring an EA--someone who might even be an ex-IRS agent....
Metals Prices Face China Threat
Shipping rates indicate metals sell-off may be underway....
Time To Rethink That Cash-Back Credit Card
With rebate terms getting worse, consider a low-rate card instead....
Financial Crisis Books Beat Up Usual Suspects
Financiers, pols demonized; spendthrift consumers get free pass....
How To Build A Better Financial Planning Practice
Use these business metrics to ensure smart growth....
Banks Failing To Fess Up To Commercial Property Losses
Big risks not always well-disclosed in financials....
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Iraqi Election Begins With Deadly Attacks
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California Player Wins $133M Mega Millions Jackpot
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Teacher Accused of Sending Nude Photos to Student
Police say a New Hampshire English teacher emailed naked pictures of herself to a 15-year-old, who then forwarded them to classmates.Police say a New Hampshire English teacher emailed naked pictures of herself to a 15-year-old, who then forwarded them to classmates.Indecent Exposurehttp://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/5/652265/1267921147032.JPEGAP]]>...
Convict's Testimony in Knox Case Blames Mystery Man
A murderer jailed with one of the three people convicted in the death of Amanda Knox's roommate says someone else did the crime.A murderer jailed with one of the three people convicted in the death of Amanda Knox's roommate says someone else did the crime.Latest Twisthttp://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/5/652259/1267913628411.JPEGGetty]]>...
Conservatives Condemn Liz Cheney's Attack Ad
A spot produced by Liz Cheney's organization draws fire for suggesting Attorney General Eric Holder hired al-Qaida sympathizers.A spot produced by Liz Cheney's organization draws fire for suggesting Attorney General Eric Holder hired al-Qaida sympathizers.Video Controversyhttp://o.aolcdn.com/photo-hub/news_gallery/6/5/652252/1267898476116.JPEGAP]]>...
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Big Ben Is Officially Brain Dead
Filed under: Steelers, NFL QuarterbacksExcuse me for mixing sports metaphors, but for Ben Roethlisberger -- who quickly has evolved into the dumbest quarterback ever to win multiple Super Bowls -- it's three strikes, and you're out. Yeah, you heard right. He's definitely dumb, and he most certainly is...
Blue Devil Seniors Exorcise Demons
Filed under: Duke, North CarolinaDURHAM, NC -- When Jon Scheyer was finally finished, after 36 grueling minutes of his brand of basketball, bouncing his wiry frame off everything on the court like a cue ball ball in a billiards game, he hugged everyone within reach in the waning minutes of...
East Tenn. State Wins Atlantic Sun Title
Filed under: NCAA TournamentMACON, Ga. (AP) -- East Tennessee State earned its second consecutive trip to the NCAA tournament, beating Mercer 72-66 in the Atlantic Sun Conference title game Saturday behind 18 points from reserve Justin Tubbs. Tommy Hubbard added 14 points and tournament MVP Micah Williams had 13...
Appel Sits Out Stanford Pac-10 Finale
Filed under: Women's BasketballJayne Appel sat at the end of the Stanford bench in street clothes with a walking boot on her right foot. But her uniform was in her bag, just in case. The No. 2-ranked Cardinal defeated rival Cal, 63-48, in the final Pac-10 game of the...
Winthrop Earns Its Ninth Trip to NCAA Tourney Since 1999
Filed under: NCAA TournamentCONWAY, S.C. (AP) -- At home or on the road, as the underdog or the dominating favorite, Winthrop just keeps winning Big South Conference titles. The Eagles beat Coastal Carolina 64-53 on Saturday to win the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, their fifth trip...
Spurs' Parker Breaks Bone in Right Hand
Filed under: Spurs, NBA InjuriesMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- San Antonio guard Tony Parker left Saturday night's game against the Memphis Grizzlies with a broken bone in his right hand and could miss six weeks.Parker broke the fourth metacarpal -- the bone between the bottom knuckle and the wrist -- near...
TV Squad
Gil Gerard and Erin Grey Are Sorta Back on 'Buck Rogers'
Some of you really old folks like me might remember a science fiction series of the late 70's/early 80's called 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.' The stars were Gil Gerard as Buck and Erin Grey as Wilma Deering. Well, they're back and this time they're Mr. and Mrs. Rogers. In...
What's On Tonight: 'Survivors,' '48 Hours Mystery,' 'Wanda Sykes Show'
Here's tonight's TV lineup (all times Eastern). Bravo has a 'House' marathon all night. At 7, Cartoon Network has a new 'Bakugan.' At 8, FOX has a new 'Cops.' HGTV has a new 'Divine Design' at 8. ...
Who's Coming and Going on 'Desperate Housewives'?
Marc Cherry, the creator of 'Desperate Housewives,' would probably appreciate this reference. In the 1932 Oscar-winning movie 'Grand Hotel' -- which became a Tony-winning musical on Broadway -- one character, Dr. Otternschlag, who lives at the hotel and observes the action, comments wryly, "People come and go. Nothing ever happens."...
NBC Renews 'Community,' 'The Office,' and '30 Rock'
NBC already renewed 'Parks and Recreation' in January, and today they also renewed the other sitcoms on their Thursday night lineup, 'Community,' 'The Office,' and '30 Rock.' No real surprise, though 'Community' could have gone either way. Creator Dan Harmon told the cast about the renewal and recorded it. Look...
'Ghost Whisperer' - 'Implosion' Recap
(S05E15) "Wow! It must be really really interesting to be you." - Delia to Melinda It may be interesting to be Melinda, but it's also scary, stressful and demanding. Melinda's gift does allow her to help people, but it also comes with a price. This week's milestone episode put Melinda and...
'Caprica' - 'Know Thy Enemy' Recap
(S01E06) Yes, that was James Marsters (Spike from 'Buffy' and 'Angel') with the brunette hair and the distinctly non-British accent. The fangirls get a moment to squeal before we continue. Tonight's episode was a lot of set-up and/or continuation of previous storylines. It didn't feel like anything major happened. There are...
Business and financial news - CNNMoney.com
Friday's jobs report showed some glimmers of a recovery but If you're among the 8.8 million Americans still unemployed after nearly four months, you may have been left scratching your head....
New Yorkers may not get to see Oscars
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Jingle Punks: Cheaper TV soundtracks
Like many aspiring rock stars, Jared Gutstadt, 32, used to split his life in half. He held down a day job editing television shows for clients like Disney, MTV and VH1. He kept his nights free for what he really wanted to do: make music....
How a decade of war has created a new generation of elite young executives. Five military officers share how they've taken their field experience into the office....
Obama budget to add $10 trillion to debt
If President Obama's 2011 budget were put into effect as proposed, the U.S. federal government would add an estimated $9.8 trillion to the country's accrued debt over the next decade, according to a preliminary analysis from the Congressional Budget Office....
Apple closes in on $200 billion
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DailyFinance
Google Takes Another Shot at Microsoft Office
This week, Google acquired DocVerse, which develops collaboration software for Microsoft Office products. While the price tag was not disclosed, the rumor is that it was around...
Crashpadder Creates Bed-and-Breakfasts for the Recession Era
Got the itch to travel, but you can't afford (or don't like) a chain hotel room? Meet Stephen Rapoport, London-based founder of Crashpadder: a booking site for...
M&A: Buyers With Cash, Eyes Wide Open Set to Profit From Upturn
M&A activity is set to pick up as cash becomes more available and the economy improves. Buyers will find bargains if they make a careful match between...
The Urge to Merge Is Strong Overseas
While the M&A activity has been relatively quiet in the U.S., dealmaking is hot and heavy overseas. Foreign acquirers have cash and their capital is in search...
Why the Fed's Zero Interest Rate Policy May Be Dangerous
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has pledged to keep interest rates near zero to stimulate the economy, but is this policy doing more harm than good? The...
Legal Briefing: Rumsfeld Faces Suit Over 'Enhanced Interrogation' of Whistleblowers
According to the complaint filed against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, two men employed in Iraq by Shield Group Security (SGS) allege that their employer bribed Iraqi...
Autoblog
Video: Standing water + train = car wash!
Filed under: Etc., Videos, Humor, South America Luckily, no one on the overpass appears to be driving a convertible - Click above to watch the video after the jump What happens when you combine a flooded underpass, a traffic-jammed overpass, and a passenger train in Buenos Aires, Argentina? You get a real-life...
Conqueror II: Hamann builds second rendition of Range Rover Sport
Filed under: Aftermarket, Performance, SUV, Geneva Motor Show, Land Rover, Luxury Hamann Conqueror II - Click above for high-res image gallery There were so many debuts at the Geneva Motor Show this year that a few new cars were bound to slip through the cracks. We happened to miss this custom Range...
Report: Saab deal helps put Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris back on track
Filed under: Performance, SUV, GM, Saab, Spyker, Luxury Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris concept - Click above for high-res image gallery We're all well aware that the recently sealed deal between Spyker and General Motors means good things for the ailing Saab brand - in fact, without Spyker's eleventh-hour intervention, the Swedish automaker would...
Report: GM builds 100,000th Chevrolet Camaro
Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Plants/Manufacturing, Chevrolet 2010 Chevrolet Camaro SS - Click above for high-res image gallery No matter which side of the Mustang/Camaro divide you fall on there's no arguing that Chevrolet's reborn entrant in the pony car wars has been a hit. It's been less than a year since production...
Peekaboo: Cadillac CTS-V Wagon spied in L.A.?
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Spy Photos, Performance, Wagon, Cadillac, GM Well, it sure looks like it. All credit for this one goes to one Aaron P., who emailed the following to us: So I was walking down Grand Avenue in Downtown LA, and they were shooting a Caddy commercial. There...
Autoblog Weekender: 'Around the World in Video' Edition
Filed under: Etc. The Autoblog Weekender - Click above to find out what you missed It's a feast of moving pictures this week, an ensemble cast telling 18 tragi-comi-dramatic stories such as: Volvo doing some naughty things forward and backward in its new S60, capitalist Communists in love with the Porsche Cayenne,...
Cinematical
Movieman's Final Predictions For The 82nd Annual Academy Awards
Every year we think we all have it figured out. Even before the votes have been cast we figure to know where the waters have shifted and must sit back idly waiting for the inevitable to occur. Those on the Oscar beat writing about it day-in and day-out find ways...
Directors We Love: Leo McCarey
Throughout cinema history, comedians and comedy filmmakers have always suffered from the impulse to do something serious. They all eventually come to realize -- perhaps through watching themselves not get nominated on Oscar night -- that their efforts to make people laugh will never reap any meaningful rewards. The long...
SXSW Exclusive: New Images from Indie Mind-Bender 'Wake'
Roy's Motel is not what it seems. In writer/director Chad Feehan's debut film Wake, a young couple on the road, played by Josh Stewart and Jamie-Lynn Sigler, stop for the night at Roy's on the road to California, hoping for a warm bed and hot coffee, and end up in...
Free Flick of The Day: 'St. Elmo's Fire'
Nostalgia can sometimes be a dangerous thing. Well, at least it is for me, because it's usually why I end up watching an old '80s gem like St. Elmo's Fire, which SlashControl just added to their slate for the low, low price of free. So don't bother telling me how...
Our brothers and sisters over at TV Squad have busted through the boob tube and brought with them the following juicy bits of must-see eye candy. Crack open some Slurm and rejoice! The new episodes of Futurama are going to be hitting Comedy Central on June 24! ...
'Precious' Sweeps the Spirit Awards
The 25th Independent Spirit Awards were held in Los Angeles last night, and our friends at indieWIRE were there to celebrate the big night for the little guys. They covered the ceremony minute by minute, so whether you missed the broadcast of the awards on IFC or just want some...
TechCrunch
Packrati.us: A Dead Simple Way To Make Delicious Bookmark The Links You Tweet
We just came across Packrati.us, a simple bookmarking service that allows you to essentially sync your Twitter feed with your Delicious bookmarks. Once you sign up with you Twitter and Delicious accounts, Packrati will follow your Twitter feed, and whenever one of your tweets contains URLs, the site will add...
Etacts Launches First Implementation of oAuth For Gmail IMAP Accounts
Earlier this week, we reported on a number of new security enhancements that we expect Gmail to launch in the next few days, including oAuth support. It looks like we were right: a small startup called Etacts, which launched last month, has just implemented oAuth for Gmail IMAP accounts,...
It’s Time For Microsoft To Turn Itself Upside-Down
There was recently a little skirmish on the web regarding the question of whether or not Microsoft has stopped innovating — whether the internal corporate culture there has thwarted new ideas, and so on. Well, I think we can all agree that Microsoft hasn't exactly been an innovation machine in...
Andreessen’s Advice To Old Media: “Burn The Boats”
Legend has it that when Cortes landed in Mexico in the 1500s, he ordered his men to burn the ships that had brought them there to remove the possibility of doing anything other than going forward into the unknown. Marc Andreessen has the same advice for old media companies:...
Duckshead Revisited: Apple Approves DuckPhone App After Minor Changes
Remember that guy who made the DuckPhone iPhone app? And how his app was rejected due to "Minimum User Functionality?" Well, Apple just approved his app after he added some news streams and a twitter feed from the stars of Jersey Shore. It just goes to show that one man's...
Replicators, Innovators, and Bill Gates
My last post triggered some interesting debates in the blogosphere about whether entrepreneurs were a product of nature or could be nurtured. It’s not black or white. People are a product of their upbringing and education. Average humans can achieve extraordinary feats when they really try. I’ll concede that, like...
Fast Company
How Much Green Innovation Does $100 Million Buy?
Earlier this week The Upswing brought you news--and a real purdy picture!-- detailing the five hottest cities in the country in terms of generating green jobs. Today, we'd like to offer yet more good news in this area. Seems the Department of Energy just dropped a $100 million check on...
Today in Most Innovative Companies
Daily news of note from our Most Innovative Companies, including BMW, Walmart, and Netflix BMW Group DesignworksUSA: Alas, there's a fix to uncomfortable crowded planes: the Boeing Business Jet 2. Sure, it'll set you back $55 million, but with a luxurious interior designed by BMW, how can you resist? The plane...
Konbit: A Skill-Indexing Communications Platform for Haitians
The recent earthquake in Haiti may not be at the forefront of our minds anymore, but the rebuilding process in Port-au-Prince and elsewhere has barely begun. Two students at MIT hope to move things along with Konbit, an interactive communications platform that lets locals report their skills via text, phone...
Toxie Awards Go To BPA, Lead, Pthalates and More
Just in time for the Oscars, Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy have announced the winners of the Toxies, an actual red carpet event that honored so-called "Bad Actor Chemicals" or toxic compounds found in many everyday products. Some of the winners: Worst Breakthrough Performance and Viewer's Choice Award for...
tvChatter Makes It Even Easier to Read Oscar Twitter Commentary (If That Is Indeed a Good Thing)
To hear the sound of wind getting knocked out of millions of chests when The Hurt Locker topples Avatar for best picture, you may want to download tvChatter, a real-time Twitter viewer that's organized by TV show. The new app developed by frog design has developed a special section for...
Green Groups Capture Hollywood's Attention With Avatar Sands Ad
One of the reasons why Avatar has been such a success (besides the mind-numbingly beautiful scenery) is that it has a simple story. The David versus Goliath plot can--and has already been--applied to situations around the world by activist groups eager to hitch their wagon to the blockbuster film. But...
BloggingStocks
Is It Finally Time to Be Bullish on Disney?
Filed under: Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades, Walt Disney (DIS), Viacom (VIA), CBS Corp 'B' (CBS), News Corp'B' (NWS)I haven't been bullish on Disney's (DIS) stock for quite a while. I own a long-term position, but I haven't added to it for years (I do, however, allow the annual dividend payout,...
Earnings Highlights: AutoZone, Ciena, Fannie Mae, PetSmart, Sotheby's ...
Filed under: Earnings Reports, AutoZone Inc (AZO), Ciena Corp (CIEN), Federal Natl Mtge (FNM), Urban Outfitters (URBN), Take-Two Interactive (TTWO)Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage on BloggingStocks: AutoZone Inc. (AZO) reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings, as well as sales and gross margin growth. ...
Filed under: Pfizer (PFE), Stocks to BuyI really wish I had several thousand dollars to play with right about now. If I did, I'd plunk the entire wad down on Medivation (MDVN) and let it ride. Why would I do that? My reasoning is simple. I'd do that because the recent...
Small Cap #2: Priceline.com (PCLN)
Filed under: Stocks to Buy, Stock PicksPriceline.com (PCLN) has won over consumers by allowing buyers to name their own price for everything from airline tickets to rental cars to cruises. Priceline.com keeps the difference between the price paid by the individual and what Priceline.com paid for the ticket or hotel...
Earnings Highlights: Berkshire Hathaway, Costco, Safeway, Staples, Wendy's ...
Filed under: Earnings Reports, Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Safeway Inc (SWY), Costco Wholesale (COST), Staples Inc (SPLS), Wendy's Intl (WEN)Here are some highlights from this past week's earnings coverage on BloggingStocks: Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK.A) announced improved results year over year, with book value up nearly 20%. ...
Small Cap #1: Credit Acceptance Corp. (CACC)
Filed under: Stocks to Buy, Stock PicksCredit Acceptance Corp. (CACC) works with more than 3,000 independent and franchised automobile dealers in the U.S. and provides capital for auto loans to people with substandard credit. It originates more than 1.7 million loans per year. As consumer confidence improves and pent up...
People.com Latest News
Sandra Bullock Wins 2 Razzies on Oscar Eve
Bullock and Bradley Cooper are named worst screen couple and she's worst actress, in All About Steve...
Oscar DJ Joel Madden Keeping Set List a Secret
Madden tells PEOPLE he's not taking the gig with Hollywood's elite lightly...
Predictions: Who Will Win at the Oscars
It's Avatar vs. The Hurt Locker, Sandra Bullock vs. Meryl Streep and more...
10 Best Celebrity Quotes This Week
Apolo Ohno busts Pam Anderson's Dancing hopes, plus Lady Gaga and more mouth off...
Gossip Girl's Kelly Rutherford & Matthew Settle Bond Off Screen
The two recently single stars 'support each other' and relate to being parents to young kids...
Which Couple Should Make Their Red Carpet Debut Oscar Night?
Scarlett and Ryan, Renee and Bradley, Kristen and Rob, Miley and Liam, and Carey and Shia are all due!...
AOL Beta
AIM 7.2 beta 2 is now available! Based on your feedback, the AIM Team delivers performance and experience improvements in this release. Our thanks to everyone who's enjoying AIM 7.2 and helping to make AIM 7.2 a success!Check it out at the AIM 7.2 for windows beta area...
The Webmail team is proud to announce that the Webmail beta site has introduced support for Facebook chat. Just like the other recent releases of AIM, you'll now be able to chat with your Facebook friends through the AIM Widget in Webmail!Check it out at beta.webmail.aol.com and let the team...
AIM now has integrated Facebook Chat!
Attention Testers - After much anticipation from the community, the AIM Team is proud to bring you 3 new releases of AIM: AIM for Mac 2.1 beta 3, AIM 7.2 beta, and AIM Express 7 beta!These are no ordinary betas! Following up on the popularity and excitement users expressed over...
The AOL Client Windows Team is preparing 9.6 for beta release and, in advance of bringing you Beta 1, we have a special request; please download, install and use 4337.162, our "beta 0" build. For more information, please check out the AOL 9.6 page at Beta Central....
We have several new things in the works here at AOL, and we need your help to test them. Currently in beta, we've opened AOL® Desktop 10.1 to support additional email systems. So you can use AOL 10.1 with any of the following email domains: mcom.com, goowy.com and compuserve.com!For more...
Your MCOM email is now available for use with the AOL Desktop 10.1 software now in Beta. We could use your help to make sure everything works as it should within the Desktop client, so we invite you download the latest Desktop 10.1 Beta and let us know if you...