Digg: Business
- Dealership Refusing To Honor Nissan GT-R eBay Motors Sale, Now Threatening Lawsuits
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 07:15 PMUPDATE: Early this morning we received a call from Honda of San Marcos' Pre-Owned manager Ian Jones. We tried to get the dealership's side of the story, but Jones instead focused on our having brought Xao Vang's story to public attention and accused us of slander.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 7 ways to get an industry leader you don’t know to mentor you
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 02:48 PMMentorship is a critical component for many successful entrepreneurs. No matter how smart you are – and how good your idea is – it’s always easier when you have someone who has been through it before (in some capacity).
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AOL’s Q2: Global Advertising Revenue Finally Up Again.
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 07:40 AMInternet access, content and online advertising company AOL reported its earnings for the second quarter of the year. Total revenue came in at $542.2 million, down 8 percent compared to Q2 2010.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 2011 to 2020: The Decade of U.S. Economic Hell
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 11:46 AMThe super-rich get richer, bigger market crashes and class warfare -- that's what you can expect from "America's Worst Decade."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple surpasses ExxonMobil as most valuable company in the world
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 01:39 PMApple has, at least for the moment, taken the place of Exxon Mobile as the most valuable company in the world, measured by market cap, reports MacRumors. Apple’s merket cap hit $341.55 billion in valuation today, while ExxonMobil was valued at $341.42 billion.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The big danger is Europe
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 05:24 AMEurope may no longer be able to save itself. Too many countries have too much debt. Its economic growth — which helps countries service their debts — is too feeble.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Verizon's strike pits its past against its future
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 12:16 PMMore than 45,000 Verizon workers are striking this morning. People are concerned about what the strike could mean for telecom equipment vendors, but a better question is how much will Verizon’s legacy employees drag down the company as it competes against more modern IT companies?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Stock Market Plunges, Taking Tech Stocks Down With It
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 04:29 PMThe freefall in stocks continued on Monday with the Dow Jones losing 5.53% and the NASDAQ dropping 6.9% on news of Standard & Poors downgrading its rating of U.S. government-issued debt.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Inside Bump's Headquarters [Pics]
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 09:05 AMTo date, Bump has been installed more than 45 million times, making it the seventh most downloaded app of all time in the United States
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Summer Job Searching on Decline (aka “those damn kids ain’t workin’ no more”)
Sunday - 08/07/2011 - 06:18 PMSummer jobs are on the decline, and it’s not just the economy. Students aren’t looking like they used to. Since 1989, there has been a sharp decline in the number of 16-24-year-old people even looking for a job over the summer.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Homeless man acquires a $330,000 house for $16 (Video)
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 09:46 PMNeighbors say Kenneth Robinson is a squatter, but he says house is legally his.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tsunami-nomics: How the Disaster Could Set the Stage for Japan's Economic Recovery
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 11:51 AMJapan, having absorbed a massive catastrophe, finds itself with major industries struggling. What's a country to do?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tokyo Power reports $7.4bn loss
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 03:59 AMTokyo Electric Power (Tepco), the owner of the Fukushima nuclear plants damaged in March's earthquake, reports a $7.4bn quarterly loss.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fed to keep interest rate near zero for 2 years
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 02:44 PMWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Reserve said Tuesday that it will likely keep interest rates at record lows for the next two years after acknowledging
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - AOL's Ad Revenue Grows for the First Time Since 2008
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 09:08 AMAOL posted advertising gains for the first time since 2008 in its Q2 2011 earnings report Tuesday, although it still wasn't enough to bring the company back to profitability.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Is Google Gunning for the Right Patents vs. Apple & Microsoft?
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 02:19 PMGoogle has acquired some patents from IBM that don't seem to protect the search engine from Android lawsuits. That is, until you dig more deeply, according to IP experts.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - More Patents More Problems: The Patent Lawsuit Economy (Infographic)
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 11:34 AMPatent litigation is when an inventor or other practicing entity owns a patent, and that patent is infringed upon by a third party.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - S&P Seen Surrendering to Tea Party Costing U.S. Taxpayer
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 11:43 AMStandard & Poor’s, the rating company that downgraded the debt of the United States to AA+ from AAA for the first time, now finds itself assailed by investors led by billionaire Warren Buffett for making a political decision that has more to do with Tea Party politics than the financial stability of the U.S.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - U.S., European officials scramble to calm financial anxiety
Sunday - 08/07/2011 - 10:36 PMThe U.S. downgrade and European debt problems threatened to feed on each other.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Should I buy? Should I sell? What you should do now?
Sunday - 08/07/2011 - 07:37 PMAfter watching last week's stock action, you may suspect that the financial markets are run by a dozen rodeo clowns with freakish senses of humor.
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- The Double Irish - How the Biggest US Companies Bypass The High Income-Tax Rate
Wednesday - 08/10/2011 - 12:03 PMCountries such as the United States are avoided by large technology companies because of their high income-tax rates. The U.S. corporate income-tax rate is 35%, while the U.K.'s is set at 28%.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Leap Year: The Web Series Every Entrepreneur Should Watch
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 10:10 PMThe online series, sponsored by Hiscox USA, tells the story of a few friends who lose their job; instead of collecting unemployment and hitting the want ads.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Apple offers gift cards for old iPhones, iPads, and computers (even PCs)
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 03:22 PMApple has expanded its recycling program options to make it even easier to offload your old stuff. Users can now recycle any computer or display from any manufacturer for free without a Mac purchase, or even trade in an old iPhone or iPad for an Apple gift card.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Infographic: How Small and Midsize Businesses Are Key to Growing the Economy
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 01:09 PMIt's easy to get caught up in the exciting new ideas behind start-ups, and big businesses attract attention because their size makes their impact impossible to ignore. But it might surprise you to know that the businesses that fall between those two categories—especially younger companies who are transitioning from start-up to major enterprise—play a key role in the economy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Oil Prices Slide As World Markets Plunge
Tuesday - 08/09/2011 - 09:56 AMCrude oil posted its sharpest fall since May on Monday as world stock markets plunged after an unprecedented downgrade of the US credit rating fueled fears of a double-dip recession in the world's biggest economy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - S&P Downgrades Fannie and Freddie Credit Ratings, Other Agencies Tied to U.S. Debt
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 11:52 AMStandard & Poor's Ratings Services on Monday downgraded the credit ratings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and other agencies linked to long-term U.S. debt.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Millionaires Don't Pay Taxes? 1,470 of America's Richest Didn't, According to IRS
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 07:06 PMSouthern California has more millionaires than just about anywhere else in the nation, with L.A. coming in at No. 1, Orange County at No. 4, and San Diego ranking No.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Too much cleavage is office boob
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 07:44 AMAS flashing too much cleavage is revealed as the ultimate office fashion boob, we suggst some office-appropriate looks along with a guide to what NOT to wear in the office.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - How the U.S. Credit Downgrade Could Hurt You
Monday - 08/08/2011 - 04:13 AMOne of the problems with the recent coverage of the debt ceiling issue is that it focused so much on the political players involved with the debate and not enough on the trickle down impact to Joe Six-Pack.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- This Is How to Advertise a Motorcycle
Sunday - 08/07/2011 - 07:01 PMFor all of the genuine passion that bike enthusiasts have for their machines, manufacturers tend to rely on trite sayings and played-out advertisements that gloss over the whole purpose of a machine as ludicrous as a motorcycle.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share