.. early risers don’t need caffeine immediately upon jumping out of bed, but can benefit from having their first cup about an hour after waking.
via Why You Shouldn't Drink Coffee In The Morning | Fast Company | Business + Innovation.
Month: February 2014
At These Companies, Interns Make More Than The U.S. Median Household Income | Fast Company | Business + Innovation
The Internationalist » The Obama Administration Must Act Fast to Prevent the Internet’s Fragmentation
Worldwide, dozens of governments are developing doctrines and capabilities to conduct “information operations.”
This includes, of course, the United States, which has established a robust Cyber Command within the Department of Defense.
Egypt’s 2011 uprising is a cautionary tale for Ukraine – The Term Sheet: Fortune’s deals blogTerm Sheet
Neither Egypt’s 2011 uprising nor the recent demonstrations in Ukraine was principally about economic grievances.
Egyptians poured into the streets wanting to live in a freer and more just society.
IBM Starts Cutting U.S. Jobs in $1 Billion Restructuring – Bloomberg
Rometty is seeking to transform IBM as clients shift to storing their data and applications offsite, or in the cloud, rather than buying their own servers.
via IBM Starts Cutting U.S. Jobs in $1 Billion Restructuring – Bloomberg.
Creeping Russia Takeover in Crimea Seen More Likely Than Assault – Bloomberg
“An all-out Russian invasion of Ukraine is probably impossible because much of Russia’s military is in bad shape and Ukraine is a huge country; it’s not like grabbing South Ossetia”
via Creeping Russia Takeover in Crimea Seen More Likely Than Assault – Bloomberg.
Gold Fix Study Shows Signs of Decade of Bank Manipulation – Bloomberg
“The structure of the benchmark is certainly conducive to collusion and manipulation, and the empirical data are consistent with price artificiality”
via Gold Fix Study Shows Signs of Decade of Bank Manipulation – Bloomberg.
EU-U.S. trade talks face growing hostility, ministers warn | Reuters
The European Union and the United States already trade almost $3 billion in goods and services each day
via EU-U.S. trade talks face growing hostility, ministers warn | Reuters.
A Key NSA Overseer’s Alarming Dismissal of Surveillance Critics – Conor Friedersdorf – The Atlantic
.. Snowden never took an oath to protect national-security interests.
As a CIA employee, he did take an oath to protect and defend the Constitution.
via A Key NSA Overseer's Alarming Dismissal of Surveillance Critics – Conor Friedersdorf – The Atlantic.
A history lesson for Bitcoin: Column
In 1100, Henry I of England issued an edict that going forward, taxes could only be paid using tallies — wooden sticks cleaved in half between debtor and creditor.
The sum of money was to be represented by a carefully prescribed abacus of notches of various sizes.
For the next seven centuries, wood passed as proxy for money and the English even evolved a sophisticated system of government financing based around tallies.
NSA surveillance hurting tech firms’ business
The National Security Agency, and revelations about its extensive surveillance operations — sometimes with the cooperation of tech firms — have undermined the ability of many U.S. companies to sell products in key foreign countries, creating a fissure with the U.S. government and prompting some to scramble to create “NSA-resistant” products.
Credit Suisse CEO Joins Wall Street Clueless Club – Bloomberg View
If you were to ask the average guy on the street what Swiss banks do, there’s a good chance he would say something like:
Hide money for rich people with secret bank accounts.
via Credit Suisse CEO Joins Wall Street Clueless Club – Bloomberg View.
Is ‘Call of Duty’ Worse for Kids Than Soft Drinks? – Bloomberg View
.. the U.S. tax code favors of some activities while discouraging others, often for no good reason besides the influence of connected lobbyists.
via Is 'Call of Duty' Worse for Kids Than Soft Drinks? – Bloomberg View.
The SEC Should Really Start a Hedge Fund – Bloomberg View
.. bigger question is why are so many SEC employees trading stocks in the first place?
via The SEC Should Really Start a Hedge Fund – Bloomberg View.
Fed Thought the Housing Bubble Was Hilarious: Ritholtz Chart – Bloomberg View
I wonder what the Fed is laughing about now …
via Fed Thought the Housing Bubble Was Hilarious: Ritholtz Chart – Bloomberg View.
The One Percent Should Pay for Faster Growth – Bloomberg View
Free-market advocates assume that taking money from the wealthy and transferring it to the less fortunate is bad for growth — that it will reduce the size of the economic pie.
Today’s economists are not so sure.
via The One Percent Should Pay for Faster Growth – Bloomberg View.
I Still Believe in Bitcoin – Bloomberg View
No government is likely to be happy about competition in supplying money.
For Bitcoin’s biggest boosters, breaking up the state monopoly on money, with its constant manipulations of value, is precisely the point.
What Good Are Airports If You Can’t Get There? – Bloomberg View
We are building a 21st century economy on a 19th century rail network.
Some old wooden train tracks are still in use;
signal systems are antiquated; and
trains move too slowly and hit too many bottlenecks.
via What Good Are Airports If You Can't Get There? – Bloomberg View.
Taxing Big Banks Won’t Make Them Safer – Bloomberg View
Problem is, the tax is a blunt instrument.
via Taxing Big Banks Won't Make Them Safer – Bloomberg View.
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