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Magazine asks, 'Do we really need Fannie and Freddie?'

Links of note: From the New Yorker via Patrick.net: The New Yorker's thoughtful economics essayist, James Surowiecki, observes that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac "became reckless" with other people's money, notes they have little impact on mortgage rates and asks...

Feed : L.A. Land | Updated : 3 months ago

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Venture Fund Economics: Gross and Net Returns

The comments on my initial post on this topic went right at the VC's compensation - management fees and carry - and their impact on returns. So at Ken Berger's suggestion, I will change my planned post for today and...

Feed : A VC | Updated : 3 months ago

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Rising Oil Prices and Global Warming: Connecting the Facts

[Tom Nelson] The greatest risk to affordable gas prices in the future is the global warming policies being discussed by policy makers. To see the relationship between ever-higher gas prices and global warming policies all we need is a basic understanding of economics and then simply “connect the facts”.

Feed : The Green Files | Updated : 3 months ago

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USDA, DOE Hand Out Biomass Grants

The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Energy announced $10 million worth of grants for 10 places of higher education to help accelerate the use of biomass into cellulosic biofuels. This USDA release has details: “USDA is committed to fostering a sustainable domestic biofuels industry at home in rural America,” [Agriculture Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics [...]

Feed : Domestic Fuel | Updated : 3 months ago

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Ask.com and IAC Beat the Street:: 2Q 2008 Earnigs

Some skeptics have publicly predicted the death of Ask.com. With IAC planning to spin off its properties into four units, that's a bold prediction indeed. For the divisions that will become the new IAC, including Internet services such as Ask.com and Match.com, revenue rose 11% as earnings improved 3%. The Ask-Google partnership is already paying dividends. More people are using Ask more often. Here's how the IAC Search business breaks out: Media & Advertising consists of proprietary properties...

Feed : Search Engine Watch Blog | Updated : 3 months ago

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Associated Press Invests in Mobile News Startup Verve Wireless

A rare strategic investment from Associated Press: it has invested in mobile news services start up Verve Wireless. The first round of $3 million included Associated Press, Iron Capital, and other investors in the Encinitas, CA-based company. Verve is headed by Art Howe, who received a Pulitzer prize while at the Philadelphia Inquirer and was also the former president of Village Voice Media...the firm's President is Tom Kenney, a former VC with BlueRun Ventures (former Nokia venture arm). Its ni...

Feed : paidContent.org | Updated : 3 months ago

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Strategic Challenges Facing Hospital-Based Pathology & Lab Medicine Groups

When browsing the July issue of Laboratory Economics, I came across the following table: What are the biggest challenges pathology groups will face over the next 5 years? I thought that such a list would be a good starting point...

Feed : Lab Soft News | Updated : 3 months ago

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The Legacy Players: Daumann and Seidenberg Try to Brainstorm

This morning at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Half Moon Bay, the opening keynote session was a Q&A between Philippe Daumann, CEO of Viacom (NYSE: VIA), and Ivan Seidenberg, CEO of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), moderated by Andy Serwer. It sorta fell flat for most of the session...maybe it was the sleepy and overcast morning, or maybe the pairing of the two together was a bit too incongruous. Dauman: Great content is never a commodity. With technology and deeper engagement, you r...

Feed : paidContent.org | Updated : 3 months ago

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Half Of UK Mobile Users Surfing The Net

It's a big change in just a few years but it seems that almost 1-in-2 UK mobile phone users are accessing the Web every day while over half are checking their email. The take-up of cheaper 3G services seems to be fueling our desire for mobile Web access, according to a Vodafone survey carried out by ICM Research and the London School of Economics (LSE). More than 45% of respondents access Web sites every day while 62% check their mails. A further 24% are using their mobiles to access their soci...

Feed : Gizmodo UK | Updated : 3 months ago

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Will Mainstream Users Ever Learn About The Browser's Address Bar?

Traffic analytics company Hitwise released search market share numbers for dating websites in June today and two things were striking about the data. Ad supported free site PlentyOfFish is trouncing everyone in the dating game and huge numbers of mainstream users are still afraid to navigate there directly using their browser's address bar. The economics of user ignorance are serious and could have big implications for online innovation. Update: Check out the great discussion on this in the comm...

Feed : Asiakei?RSS????/??? | Updated : 3 months ago

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