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Category Archives: General Business

Doddsville: The Intelligent Investor

Simple, logically self-sufficient, and reflective of norms now outside much financial thinking: focused the values of transparency and simplicity.  If you are at all into investing (or want to understand … Continue reading

December 28, 2009 · Leave a comment

The false temptations of a wealthy company

Response to DealBook entry on having large cash-rich technology companies dividend back to shareholders rather than use it to make acquisitions.

April 7, 2009 · 1 Comment

Innovation on Wall St.

The weekend’s financial and popular press was rife with it: “Soros sees no bottom for world financial ‘collapse’” screamed one Reuters’ headline that received wide syndication.  But the NYTimes counterposed … Continue reading

February 23, 2009 · 1 Comment

No more mail.com

Losing the papertrail…

December 17, 2008 · Leave a comment

What a brief statistical analysis of the web tells you about the world

Note that I’m not responsible for anything written there but I’m going to send you anyway.  This is by us is a user-generated content site that shares ad revenue with … Continue reading

July 31, 2007 · 1 Comment