Friday, November 28, 2008
When I saw the first commercial, I thought it was a joke. I see Rosie in a feather boa with a small harem of gay men (not that there is anything wrong with that) talking about a new variety show she is going to star in. To me the idea of Rosie O’Donnell in a [...]
Friday, November 28, 2008
It seems these days that tech is out of favor. No one is interested in what most technology companies are doing at the moment. This won’t last long. After some time passes, and people will be looking for the latest and greatest companies. With the imminent demise of Yahoo!, people will be looking for where [...]
Friday, November 21, 2008
Now that the stock market has plummeted, there are legions of folks professing the demise of the individual investor an the entire concept of investing as pure gambling. It’s no surprise. In the wake of financial explosions right and left, someone has to say “I told you so.” Gambling at it’s core is purchasing a [...]
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Almost one year ago, I forecast Circuit City’s demise. In it I berated Circuit City for firing it’s most experienced workers and sales staff, and replacing them with low wage replacements as a cost savings effort. In retrospect, Circuit City stockholders would have found far better results if the management at Circuit City replaced itself [...]
It would be sad if it weren’t so funny. In an earlier post, I outlined that Yahoo’s deal with Google was a huge strategic fuck up. Now that Google has backed out of the deal that Yahoo! so desperately needed, Yahoo! is headed for disaster. Yang has sold the deal as the salvation of Yahoo. [...]