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16 Mar 08

Wikileaks Publishes FBI VoIP Surveillance Docs

  • An anonymous reader writes “The folks on wikileaks have published a new interesting and shocking report: FBI Electronic Surveillance Needs for Carrier-Grade Voice over Packet (CGVoP) Service. The 88 paged document, which is part of the CALEA Impl... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-16
15 Mar 08

Spending down debt: The snowball effect

  • Filed under: Banks, Cards, Debt
    This repost is part of our series on strategies you can adopt to free yourself from burdensome debt.
    Do you want to pay down debt, but aren’t sure how to do it? One of the ideal methods out there is called the snow...     - schmoe0 on 2008-03-15

Spending down debt: Use the round robin plan

  • Filed under: Cards, Debt
    This repost is part of our series on strategies you can adopt to free yourself from burdensome debt.
    Are you thinking about buying a home, but you need to improve your credit score in order to get the best interest rate? Paying...     - schmoe0 on 2008-03-15
13 Mar 08

Spending down debt: The ideal way to pay depends on your goals

  • Filed under: Cards, Debt
    This is part of our series on strategies you can adopt to free yourself from burdensome debt.
    There is no doubt that the hardest part about getting out of debt is finding the extra cash to do it with. Most of our posts here on ...     - schmoe0 on 2008-03-13
12 Mar 08

Intel (INTC) makes its case to Europe authorities

  • Filed under: Law, Competitive strategy, Microsoft (MSFT), Intel (INTC), Advanced Micro Dev (AMD)
    Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) is finally making its case to European Union authorities, saying its practices in the region were not anti-competitive. It may be a ha...     - schmoe0 on 2008-03-12

The Motley Fool and MSN Money Combine Resources to Create ‘Fantasy

  • The Motley Fool and MSN Money Combine Resources to Create ‘Fantasy Earthtimes - Author : Microsoft Corp. REDMOND, Wash., March 12 — The Motley Fool and Microsoft Corp. today announced the kickoff of The Motley Fool CAPS MSN Stock Challeng... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-12
08 Mar 08

Me.dium among early web apps optimized for IE8

  • Filed under: Microsoft, Social Software, Beta

    The huge announcement at this week’s MIX08 conference was undoubtedly Microsoft’s latest version of Internet Explorer, IE8. With all the questions flying around about standards support and what...     - schmoe0 on 2008-03-08
05 Mar 08

Sporting Connections: social network for athletes

  • Filed under: Web services, Social Software
    Sporting Connections is a social network site for athletes, teams, and sporting-event coordinators that is designed to connect people based on sport interest. Teams can connect their team members via a team pa...     - schmoe0 on 2008-03-05
04 Mar 08

Big money still flowing into private equity

  • Filed under: The Blackstone Group, KKR, Raising money, Texas Pacific Group, Apollo Management, Bain Capital, Private equity industry
    With the severe credit crunch, the private equity world has come to a screeching halt. Sure, there’s some dealmak...     - schmoe0 on 2008-03-04

Sobule turns to fans to finance making new CD

  • Sobule turns to fans to finance making new CDJohnson City Press - NEW YORK — In making six CDs, singer Jill Sobule has worked for two major record companies that dumped her and two indie labels that went bankrupt beneath her. Now she’s turning to p... - schmoe0 on 2008-03-04
03 Mar 08

Simkl: instant message archiving now open to public

  • Filed under: Text, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0

    Simkl is a web service that saves your instant message history to its servers so that you can access that searchable history from any computer with World wide web access. You’ll need a Si...     - schmoe0 on 2008-03-03
01 Mar 08

'Fast Money' Recap: Miami Nice - TheStreet.com

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29 Feb 08

Barron’s: The private equity celebration ain’t over yet!

  • Filed under: Raising money, Private equity industry
    This week’s Barron’s reports that private equity funds are still raising plenty of money. The third quarter of 2007 saw a record level of money flowing into private equity funds, over $66 ...     - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29

Best Buy: China will be our largest market outside the U.S.

  • Filed under: Competitive strategy, China, Best Purchase (BBY)
    Ideal Buy, Inc. (NYSE: BBY) continues to remain dominant in the U.S. when it comes to massive consumer electronics stores, but that doesn’t mean that’s ignoring other potentially...     - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29

JP Morgan raises $750 million for Asia-focused private equity fund

  • Filed under: Management, Raising money
    The private equity scene in the US continues its freeze. So many firms are looking for opportunities overseas, especially in Asia. For example, according to a piece in The Wall Street Journal, TPG is finishing up ...     - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29

Citigroup may sell private equity portfolio

  • Filed under: Raising money, Investments
    Still losing money by the billions, Citigroup (NYSE: C) has been scrambling to raise capital. Foreign investors have been welcome investors, and the bank has cut jobs and raised fees in a major effort to maintain...     - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29

M&A update: Landry’s Restaurant receives acquisition proposal from Chairman

  • Filed under: Raising money, Investments, Value and lack thereof
    Landry’s Restaurant (NYSE: LNY) received a letter from Tilman Fertitta, Chairman, President and CEO of LNY to acquire all of the company’s outstanding common stock for $23.50. ...     - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29

Apax puts Tommy Hilfiger IPO on hold

  • Filed under: Raising money, Apax Partners
    Apax Partners, which took clothier Tommy Hilfiger private in 2006 and had planned to take the company public again soon, has shelved (subscription) those IPO plans in light of the weakened capital markets.
    The ...     - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29

M&A update: EchoStar shares near 18-month low on reduced buyout chatter

  • Filed under: Rumors, Raising money, Shareholders, Public or private?
    EchoStar (NASDAQ: DISH) closed at $28.64. Smith Barney says, “three ‘anti-M&A’ events have removed any take-out premium - Tax-free spin SATS, insider selling, a...     - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29

Coca-Cola needs a bubbly domestic market

  • Filed under: Consumer experience, Competitive strategy, Coca-Cola (KO), PepsiCo (PEP)
    Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) really needs to get things going in the North American territory. If you take a look at Coke’s latest earnings report, you’ll see...     - schmoe0 on 2008-02-29
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