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Flying cars? Just give it 20 years
By Thomas FreyTransportation technology is progressing at a much slower pace than some of the other sciences such as information technology, biotech, and nanotechnology. As an example, the world’s human speed record was set in 1969, a full 37 years ago, when Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Gene Cernan flew in Apollo…
09.02.2010Bubble bonds
By Jeff ThredgoldOne investment “rule of thumb” that has traditionally developed is smaller investors are usually late to the game—and thus expose themselves to higher levels of risk when a market bubble leaks, bleeds or bursts. Such a time could easily be approaching in regard to the purchase or continuing ownership of…
09.02.2010Growth at a snail’s pace
By Bill GreinerThere is an old economic phrase which reminds us of the current economic malaise in our country: “growth recession.“ The term refers to an economy which is growing so slowly that it creates net unemployment. The term was created by Dr. Solomon Fabricant of New York University. While technically the…
09.01.2010Top 10 tips for executive-level networking
By John HeckersEveryone at an executive level knows that almost the only way to find a great executive job is through a network, Job boards don’t work, the internet is a joke and headhunters only have a few of the top jobs (though you should always take a headhunter’s call). No, if…
09.01.2010Stressed out by distressed assets?
By Brian W. TuiteWith rising credit defaults and the economy making only fits and starts toward a recovery, companies that extend consumer and commercial credit are facing a growing pile of distressed assets and uncertainty over how to shrink it.
Charged-off consumer receivables, for example, remain at historically high levels as banks and…
09.01.2010Dave on film: “Takers” has nothing to give
By Dave TaylorReview: Takers
The premise of Takers couldn’t have been better tailored to my cinematic interests. A team of criminals who engineer and pull off perfect robberies, with timing down to the fraction of a second, deciding to do one last job, even as they’re suspicious of the source of the…
08.31.2010Signature pages? There’s got to be a better way
By Brad FeldLast night I printed, signed, scanned and emailed two signature pages. As is my custom of not keeping anything around, I tore up and tossed the sig pages and then deleted the files.
This morning I woke up to an email saying, “We didn’t get your signature pages. Can you…
