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Columbia Sportswear stock highest in almost a year

11. September 2009

Columbia Sportswear Co.’s stock value reached it’s peak at almost $70 in 2007 and fell ever since together with the rest of the economy. The past six months however have been particularly good for the footwear and apparel company. With the purchase of Zappos by Internet giant ebay, Columbia shoes has seen a boost in [...]

Jim Cramer Takes It On The Chin

13. March 2009

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Jon Stewart took it to Jim Cramer once again last night. This time he did it face to face. I have read a lot of articles and watched the debate. Jim Cramer feigned that he was contrite but this was not difficult to see through. It was very enlightening to see how Cramer really reacts when faced [...]

Run On The Banks?

5. March 2009

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Call me crazy but I just saw that the Standard & Poor’s 500 index is now down 56.4 percent from its peak in October 2007, making it the second worst slide for the index since its fall of 86.2 percent from 1929-32. With Citibank trading at or around $1 a share, what happens if it goes [...]

Is It Time Again to Invest In Oil Stocks?

5. March 2009

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Today Exxon Mobile reported how it plans to keep the world supplied with oil. Rex Tillerson, the CEO of Exxon reported a bunch of new findings and outlined his plan for the future. From the Tillerson report, I heard that for the fifteenth year in a row, it had more new discoveries than current production. [...]

Turnkey Log House to Ireland!

9. January 2008

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Turnkey Log House to Ireland! In time before Christmas 2007, FINNHOLZ Log Homes give a House on a turnkey basis constructed Log house in Ireland at the builders is handed over. This Log house from laminatet squared timber in the strength 183 mm was produced from FINNHOLZ Log Homes near Dublin. The start for this on a [...]

Changing Lives in Googley Fashion

12. November 2007

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The story of Bonnie Brown, a San Francisco-based masseuse, just blew my mind. Her life turn, for the better (oh!, way better), happened thanks to Google. Get this: Through happenstance, Mr. Brown answered an ad for an in-house masseuse part-time job at Google. That was in 1999, when the company had 40 employees. Fast-forward to 2007 and [...]

In Fashion Dollar is Passé

6. November 2007

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There is no doubt that Brazilian top-model Gisele Bundchen seamless proportion stir jealousy among women. Some Wall Street titans might share a similar feeling. (Keep in mind that she takes home $30 million a year). Now she is showing off her prowess in forex. La Bunchen’s latest move signals a new take on investing. According to The Wall Street Journal, the beauty demanded [...]

Zero Is Worth More than One

26. October 2007

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Can’t afford a studio apartment in New York? Try shopping for a one-bedroom then. Get this: Per some estimates, the square footage of studios in some Manhattan neighborhoods is more expensive than that of one-bedroom apartments. Go figure. Pulling data from Radar Logic, a real estate data analysis firm, The New York Times reported that studios in the [...]

Denton versus Grigoriadis – Chapter II

19. October 2007

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It didn’t take long for Nick Denton to react to Grigoriadis’ “Everybody Sucks” cover feature at New York magazine Oct. 22. issue. For him, having his gossip blog profiled in “one of the last bastions of old-school journalism” is “something of a rite of passage.” His tone hints annoyance at the announcement of his sexual inclinations [...]

No good deed goes unpunished

18. October 2007

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“Any publicity is good publicity” seems to be Nick Denton’s mantra. If you haven’t heard of Denton, check www.gawker.com, a five-year old blog that is setting the tone in the blogosphere. With nearly 20 call-outs filled with insults, borrowed from Gawker.com, New Yorkmagazine’s profiled the blog and the man behind it in its cover story. “Greasy, Self-absorbed [...]

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