The New York Times: Google's Sale of Its Shares Will Defy Wall St. Tradition |
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IBM Linux Portal News |
I call bullshit. The lady is way too optimistic.
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Google Form S-1 |
Hmm. The SEC website is slow as a snail right now. I guess everyone is taking a look under Google's covers. |
Why US troops have new shoulder pads | csmonitor.com |
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The New York Times - Gretchen Morgenson: Why Not Restate Bonuses? |
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NYTimes: Send Jobs to India? Some Find It's Not Always Best |
Outsourcing is not a silver bullet. It certainly adds to the uncertainty unless you've worked with the outsourcing firm before. |
Will Senator John Kerry become the next President of the USA? |
According to Presidents Bio - William Harding, William Harding and John F. Kennedy are the only two seated senators elected President of the USA. Now if you look at the circumstances of those two elections 1920 USA Presidential election, 1960 USA Presidential election, their opponents were not the incumbent President. Kennedy did beat the vice-president at the time. It seems state governors tend to be elected President more than U.S senators. Perhaps it's because they have 'CEO'-type experience? Or an installed base of supporters? So unless Kerry starts a new precedent, George W. Bush should be elected to another term. Should be interesting... |
The New York Times : Studios Rush to Cash In on DVD Boom |
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MSNBC - White-collar crime sentencing goes overboard? |
You won't get much sympathy from me. White-collar crime affects way more people than blue-collar stuff, unless you can arrest one of the ringleaders. "No blood, no foul" has been used as an excuse for too long. |
TheStar.com - Mogilny puts mansion up for sale |
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Microsoft.com: Windows Security Updates for April 2004 |
Whole slew of of bundled security updates. I wonder how long it'll take for the black hat hackers to develop an exploit? Looks like MS04-011 is the worst of the lot, including the size of the patch (6.8MB). In fact all of the patches look much larger than many of the patches from 2003. Probably due to the bundling of various fixes. |
The Globe and Mail |
Hmm. So the Bank of Canada's rate is the same as after 9/11? Is the country's and the global economy in a similar situation? No. Mr. Dodge should have left rates where they were. He's too quick to react on minor bits of trailing indicators. Sheesh.
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CNN.com - Man�to bet all on Vegas roulette spin - Apr 8, 2004 |
Dumbass |
The Globe and Mail: Housing starts climb 14% |
So interest rates are going lower, if long term rates head down too, then housing will continue to thrive |
TheStar.com - Canadian dollar drops about one full U.S. cent |
Bank of Canada was on the sidelines for most of 2003 after jacking up interest rates early in 2003. They are going to be dropping the rate as fast as possible in 2004. I expect rate cuts into the summer since the Bank of Canada is in pure reactive mode, so they are going to oveshoot on the downside as they overshot on the upside. The Bank of Canada thinks they're driving a speedboat, but they're driving a fully-loaded oil tanker.
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The New York Times: China, as Summer Nears, Braces for Power Shortages |
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MSNBC - Woman performs own Caesarean to save baby |
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Without a genetic fix, the banana may be history |
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nearwildheaven.com: The State and Future of GNOME |
This is a lame article. The authour keeps on harping about how simple various features of GNOME are. But he doesn't explain why those things ARE simple. Sure, some of the dialogs are smaller and less cluttered than the equivalent Windows versions, but why are they simpler? The article is a response to a blog entry criticizing open source software usability. But the authour hardly touches on how GNOME has improved its usability. Weak. Very weak. Big hat, no cattle. It's like lipstick on a pig. They think they get it, but they don't. |
CNN.com - Brawl breaks out at anger management assembly - Apr 2, 2004 |
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