October 2010
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Wall Street Bailout Returns 8.2% Profit Beating... →
The U.S. government’s bailout of financial firms through the Troubled Asset Relief Program provided taxpayers with higher returns than they could have made buying 30-year Treasury bonds — enough money to fund the Securities and Exchange Commission for the next two decades.
Hopefully they don’t waste it on strippers, blow or porn.
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Happy Birthday Nintendo →
So many good memories from the NES; Super Mario Brothers, Contra, Zelda…
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When I am working on something important late at...
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Suddenly, Bing Has What Google Doesn't: Data From... →
Medhi demonstrated that if you’re looking for a steak house in San Francisco, Bing wil be able to look at your friends’ likes and dislikes to rank certain restaurants higher or lower.
Cool and scary at the same time.
Now read, “Report: A Facebook Share is Worth $2.52”
This morning Eventbrite released new data compiled over the past 12 weeks which illustrates the value...
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“The half-hearted attempt at the end to present all sides of the story was, well,...”
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Ouch. Tumblr user stranter takes issue with our cell-phone polling story. (And while we’re rewarding dissent, zigziggityzoo has a good pop at our piece on Mexican gun-running). You’re an argumentative lot. (via theeconomist)
It’s cool. You guys are still awesome.
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“Only old ladies answer the phone.”
– A pollster explains why the future of political polls is looking very dark indeed. (via theeconomist)
The Economist, I love you because you go in depth on issues that I don’t really understand but want to learn more about - but when you say stuff like this;
That is likely to lead to a...
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