Rich Harvard, Poor Harvard
For years, administrators at Harvard University could throw money at anything that tickled their fancy. A new medical school building for $260 million? Sure. A massive, Robert A.M. Stern—designed addition…
US ‘anti-Taliban’ textile bill criticised
The US has passed a bill that will free up trade restrictions on goods into the country specifically from Pakistan’s North West Frontier province. Barack Obama, the US president, hopes…
Reasons why Twitter is a Mirage
by Osden Coolidge Twitter is not the end all be all of human existence, in fact its a little bit stupid: 1) Twitter cant keep their servers up for more…
How to Monetize Social Media Websites – Mashable
This article is a must read for anyone interested in social media- especially VCs, entrepreneurs or users of social media. 5 Business Models for Social Media Startups from Mashable Author…
Secular bear market could last into 2010, maybe through 2020
Investors whose retirement nest eggs have taken a beating during the last two recessions shouldn’t count on the markets bouncing back any time soon. As several experts have noted, there…
Green Shoots?
Ha! Only green shoots I see are the piles of cash being used by Merril Lynch and B of A bonus bailout babies to buy new Ferrari’s on the backs…
China passes US auto market in first-half sales
BEIJING (AP) — China surpassed the United States as the world’s biggest auto market for the first half of 2009 after June sales soared 36.5 percent from a year earlier,…
Sunshine in Gloomy Economic Times? New VC Firm for Cloud Tech Companies
by Bruce Fenton Marc Andreesen, founder of Netscape and Mosaic and his business partner Ben Horowitz have launched a new VC firm, as announced on Marc’s blog. Andreesen has certainly…
Fireworks: Fourth of July, $90 million Up in Smoke – Millions Homeless
by Osden Coolidge Okay, I have no idea how much all the fireworks cost this weekend, but bet its a heck of a lot more than $90 million. Millions homeless…