Archive for 'General'
How do you spend $700 B – fast
By now (unless you returned to earth from another planet an hour ago) everyone knows where the $700B figure comes from. Obviously, the financial stimulus package passed by congress awhile back. But, have you given any thought as to how really hard it is to spend $700B even for the federal government, the experts in […]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under General.
Tags: bailout, finance, money, stock market
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Sorting out Politifacts, Politifiction and a Winner
While it seems the political ads have been going on forever with the election is less than a month away. The attacks, charges & counter charges and down right lies are going to get increasingly desperate over the remaining days. Trust me; living in a battleground state isn’t really much fun. So where does someone […]
Posted: October 11th, 2008 under General.
Tags: election, facts, fiction, mccain, obama, politics, president
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Mobile tracking reveals spending
Back at the end of May I wrote a posting describing a UK product that tracked shoppers as they walked around a store. The stated purpose as to provide feedback to the store on shopper habits. Well, the first results are. According to recent report by the BBC the UK company, Path Intelligence has discovered […]
Posted: October 10th, 2008 under General.
Tags: cellphone, location, market research, privacy, security, security threat, tracking
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