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 | 25 may
14:12 | Pharmalot… Pharmalittle… The Weekend Nears
And so, another working week is about to draw to a close. As you know, this is our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans. And this will be a long, holiday weekend on this side of the pond. Nonetheless, our agenda is, as usual, rather modest. We look forward to a long drive in the country, catching up on some reading and spending time...
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 | 25 may
14:10 | Friday Freebie: Goliath by Susan Woodring
Congratulations to Jennifer Gibbons, winner of last week's Friday Freebie, The Chaperone by Laura Moriarty. This week's book giveaway is Goliath by Susan Woodring, a novel Michael Parker (The Watery Part of the World) calls a "careful, contemplative study of the rhythms of collective grief." Here's the plot summary: When Percy Harding, Goliath’s...
davidabramsbooks.blogspot.com 5 minutes ago |
 | 25 may
14:09 | TPM Interview: New York Times Media Columnist David Carr
David Carr, media columnist and culture reporter for The New York Times, talked to TPM about the future of news, the "glorious" view of the Port Authority Bus Terminal from his desk and what would happen if Twitter went dark tomorrow. What is your writing/reporting day like? Today, I spent far too much time on email and Twitter, and far too little...
talkingpointsmemo.com 6 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:09 | Hyscience
Hyscience Friday, May the 25th: It's BlogBurst Friday for Free Speech Day - Also Known As "Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day" $3 Raffle Ticket Can Win You Dinner With Mitt and Donald Chart Clearly Shows Barack Obama's (lack of) Fiscal Restraint (Video) Romney: 'Why Is Obama Attacking Capitalism?' Two Questions For The President, And Why Bain...
bhaktapursansar.com 6 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:08 | The Road to Serfdom: A Lesson for Greece and America
From Cafe Hayek: Here’s a letter to the Wall Street Journal: Few diagnoses of the eurozone’s woes are as compelling as that offered today by David Malpass (“Greece’s False Austerity“). Key is this line: “Europe’s battle comes down to government-guaranteed wages and benefits versus labor flexibility. Europe’s failing governments...
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| 25 may
14:06 | Wonkbook: The bad news Brits
If you have difficulty viewing this newsletter, click here to view as a Web page. Click here to view in plain text. Friday, May 25, 2012 Ezra Klein's Wonkbook Uh-oh: "The eurozone crisis has led to the region's economy contracting at the fastest pace for almost three years and sent German business confidence tumbling this month." That's from the...
washingtondotcom.blogspot.com 9 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:03 | Why Jeremiah Wright Matters — Still
From gopusa.com, By Larry Elder, May 24, 2012 – In the 1967 comedy “A Guide for the Married Man,” Joey Bishop’s wife catches him in bed with another woman. As his wife stands at the bedroom door screaming at the sight, Bishop and the mistress calmly get up, make the bed and get dressed. The mistress leaves. Bishop nonchalantly sits down in...
parkercountyblog.com 13 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:03 | Markets Edge Higher But Euro Crisis Limits Gains
Follow @JasonVanHil LONDON (AP) — European markets edged higher on Friday, though gains were limited by concerns over the lack of a concrete plan to keep Greece in the currency union. A survey showing a rise in consumer confidence in Germany helped market sentiment as it suggested the core of the European economy remains relatively stable despite...
wlnew.blogspot.com 13 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:02 | NI Technology Updates Outlooks for InvenSense, Sequans Communications,...
NI Technology Updates Outlooks for InvenSense, Sequans Communications, Cree, Extreme Networks, and NetApp PR Newswire PRINCETON, N.J., May 25, 2012 PRINCETON, N.J., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), an online investment newsletter focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, has published...
benzinga.com 13 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:01 | Arianna Huffington vs. AOL
Keach Hagey, at The Wall Street Journal: Arianna Huffington acknowledged Thursday that her portfolio at AOL Inc. is being scaled back to include only the Huffington Post, undoing a structure put in place when her website was acquired by AOL last year. After buying the Huffington Post for $315 million, AOL gave Ms. Huffington editorial oversight of...
dcurt.is 14 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:01 | J.P. Morgan unit bet on distressed firms: WSJ
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- A J.P. Morgan Chase unit took bets on distressed firms including recently-bankrupt wireless technology firm LightSqaured Inc., according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed sources, the newspaper reported late Thursday that the investments were made by a separate part of the same unit of the bank...
marketwatch.com 14 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:00 | The inside story: How Facebook panicked and botched its IPO
There’s been a ton of coverage about the Facebook IPO disaster, but very little of it looks at the crucial point two weeks ago where things went terribly wrong. It’s becoming increasingly clear that Facebook itself messed up at that juncture. Facebook CFO David Ebersman The screw-up resulted in a major disappointment in Facebook’s stock...
venturebeat.com 15 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:00 | Businesses struggle to turn Facebook ads into higher sales
That reality, which may have been a factor in the social network's troubled IPO, stems from the complexity of Facebook's advertising technology, analysts say. As the public joined the frenzy aroundFacebook Inc.'s Wall Street debut, well-connected institutional investors were hearing a more sobering message: The social network's main business,...
latimes.com 16 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:00 | Facebook's stock debut shows not all investors are equal
Distrust of the stock market sharpens as word spreads that big investors and wealthy clients of Wall Street giants had received warnings about Facebook that smaller investors had not. NEW YORK —Facebook Inc.'s bungled stock-market debut made it clear that big money still rules Wall Street. But this time, the small money got a look at how Wall...
latimes.com 16 minutes ago |
| 25 may
14:00 | Facebook's stock debut shows not all investors are equal
Distrust of the stock market sharpens as word spreads that big investors and wealthy clients of Wall Street giants had received warnings about Facebook that smaller investors had not. NEW YORK —Facebook Inc.'s bungled stock-market debut made it clear that big money still rules Wall Street. But this time, the small money got a look at how Wall...
latimes.com 16 minutes ago |
| 25 may
13:53 | Crude Oil, Gold May Rise as Risk-Linked Assets Correct Higher
European shares are on the upswing and S&P 500 stock index futures are pointing higher, hinting risky assets are likely to remain supported as Wall Street comes online. This makes for a supportive environment for growth-geared crude oil and copper prices, where correlations with stock benchmarks remain significant.
ibtimes.com 22 minutes ago |
| 25 may
13:53 | Crude Oil, Gold May Rise as Risk-Linked Assets Correct Higher
European shares are on the upswing and S&P 500 stock index futures are pointing higher, hinting risky assets are likely to remain supported as Wall Street comes online. This makes for a supportive environment for growth-geared crude oil and copper prices, where correlations with stock benchmarks remain significant.
ibtimes.com 22 minutes ago |
| 25 may
13:52 | Obama: ‘I am not an overspender’
Of course not. Cowboy Poetry Festivals are of vital importance to our national security. ABC: At a fundraiser for his re-election campaign in Denver tonight, President Obama set out to upend conventional Republican wisdom that his administration has been defined by excessive government spending. “I’m running to pay down our debt in a way...
visiontoamerica.org 23 minutes ago |
| 25 may
13:50 | Today’s Headlines – May 25, 2012
Memorial Day weekend. Enjoy, but first, here are your Friday headlines … Politico: FDA User Fee Bill Passed By Senate With little bickering and no effort to repeal the Obama administration’s health reform law, the Senate passed the massive Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act on Thursday well ahead of schedule. … The $6.4...
kaiserhealthnews.org 25 minutes ago |
| 25 may
13:50 | Egypt's Brotherhood say Islamist, ex-PM in run-off - AFP
AFP Egypt's Brotherhood say Islamist, ex-PM in run-off AFP By Jailan Zayan and Sara Hussein (AFP) – 3 hours ago CAIRO — Egypt looked set on Friday for a run-off presidential vote pitting Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohammed Mursi against Mubarak-era minister Ahmed Shafiq, according to tallies by the Islamist ... Egypt to pick Islamist or...
google.co.in 26 minutes ago |
| 25 may
13:49 | NBC may buy Microsoft's MSNBC.com stake
REUTERS - NBCUniversal is in talks to buy out Microsoft Corp's 50 percent stake in joint venture MSNBC.com, media reports said. NBCU parent Comcast Corp is conducting due diligence and the partnership with NBC News could be unwound by this summer, said Adweek, which first reported the talks. "Discussions are taking place," Amy Lynn, director of...
yahoo.com 26 minutes ago |
| 25 may
13:46 | New Signs of Global Slowdown
by JON HILSENRATH and JOSHUA MITCHELL NEW YORK. (Wall Street Journla). New signs of a global slowdown are darkening the economic outlook. On Thursday, the U.S. reported that businesses were slowing their orders of computers, aircraft, machinery and other long-lasting goods. Measures of business sentiment in Europe slipped, and reports from...
thenationalherald.com 29 minutes ago |
| 25 may
13:45 | Private equity’s evil twin
A funny thing happened on the way to the Facebook IPO. The clash of competing economic ideologies at play in the 2012 presidential campaign got a lot more complicated. With our first-ever private equity honcho running for president in an era of high unemployment and slow economic growth, it was always a foregone conclusion that this year's election...
salon.com 31 minutes ago |
| 25 may
13:43 | Stars and Spoiled Brats
Stars Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub directs us to someone who shows off some photography skill: Click the thumbnail to see Mark Langridge’s photo in full size. Click on the thumbnail to see a large size photo of starlight through dust clouds; blue light is more easily scattered. Spoiled Brats Paul Krugman doesn’t mince words. President Obama has...
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