April 2007
36 posts
Apr 23rd
Vanishing honeybees mystify scientists - CNN.com →
Apr 23rd
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The Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan (just between... →
Apr 20th
Researchers debate warming, hurricanes - Yahoo!... →
Apr 20th
Intelligence drugs could be 'common as coffee' |... →
Apr 20th
“No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its...”
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Apr 19th
Are mobile phones wiping out our bees? →
Apr 15th
Einstein was right: space and time bend | UK News... →
Apr 15th
“The future is here. It’s just not widely distributed yet.” —William Gibson”
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Apr 15th
Arctic's tropical past uncovered →
Apr 14th
AutoblogGreen Q&A: Neal Anderson of the Automotive... →
Apr 14th
Egalitarian motives in humans →
Apr 14th
Relatively Deprived →
Apr 14th
Where has all the antimatter gone? →
Apr 12th
Analyzing the Economic and Budgetary Effects of... →
Apr 12th
John Frum and the Cargo Cults →
Apr 10th
Why Not a Wind-up Car? →
Apr 10th
Hero's tale is 'too positive' for the BBC  →
Hero’s tale is ‘too positive’ for the BBC By Chris Hastings, Arts and Media Editor, Sunday Telegraph Last Updated: 11:56pm BST 07/04/2007 Amid the deaths and the grim daily struggle bravely borne by Britain’s forces in southern Iraq, one tale of heroism stands out. Private Johnson Beharry with his Victoria Cross Private Johnson Beharry with his Victoria Cross Private...
Apr 9th
Plutonomics →
Ajay Kapur, global strategist at Citigroup, and his research team came up with the term “Plutonomy” in 2005 to describe a country that is defined by massive income and wealth inequality. According to their definition, the U.S. is a Plutonomy, along with the U.K., Canada and Australia. In a series of research notes over the past year, Kapur and his team explained that Plutonomies have three basic...
Apr 8th
Citigroup Plutonomy Stocks Portfolio →
In the cover story of its January 22nd edition Barron’s delves into the ever growing gap between the rich and poor, and how investors can benefit from its above average growth in recent years. One approach, if investors believe that this trend is to continue, is to invest in a basket of luxury good stocks that Citigroup has assembled. To quote the article: “Citigroup, among other firms, has...
Apr 8th
Microsoft is Dead →
A few days ago I suddenly realized Microsoft was dead. I was talking to a young startup founder about how Google was different from Yahoo. I said that Yahoo had been warped from the start by their fear of Microsoft. That was why they’d positioned themselves as a “media company” instead of a technology company.
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Looking back at three years of Web 2.0 investing →
Apr 8th
Venture Hacks — An entrepreneur’s guide to hacking... →
Apr 8th
“There’s always somebody who is paid too much, and taxed too little - and...”
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Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts -... →
Apr 3rd
OpenLaszlo | the premier open-source platform for... →
Apr 2nd
EMI, Apple To Sell DRM-Free Music for $1.29/song →
Apr 2nd
Legal guitar tabs return to the web →
Apr 2nd
How to live on $1 a day. - By Tim Harford - Slate... →
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