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Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Summer time and lots of people have vacation on their minds. The royal baby certainly captured a lot of news cycles. The future king was born in England at 8 pounds. What's that, like $12.28 US dollars. Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter
When Do You Think the Dow Will Break the 16,000 Level?
What do you get if connect these key "Emotipoints" (Emotional highs and lows)… The 1982 low, 1987 High, 2000 high, 2002 low, 2003 low and 2007 high together? According to Kimble Charting, you get a rare combo of resistance coming into play at Dow 16,000. The Dow industrials has been hitting record highs
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Perception versus Reality … Here is what success really looks like. Afterwards, it might make sense … but getting there can be a journey. Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Why The Happiest People Have the Hardest Jobs and Most Challenging
The Big Mac Index - A Feast of Burgernomics
Image by Simon Miller via Flickr The Economist's Big Mac index seeks to make exchange-rate theory more digestible. They say it is arguably the world's most accurate financial indicator to be based on a fast-food item. The Big Mac index is based on the theory of purchasing-power parity (PPP), according to which exchange rates
How Big Is Amazon?
Image via CrunchBase From the CIA to Your freezer … the Seattle-based e-retailer is not simply a retailer anymore. From books, to cloud services, to the grocery delivery business, Amazon continues to find new products and services to deliver. How Big is Amazon? Bloomberg Businessweek takes a look. There were some interesting
'Ho Lee Fuk' - TV Station Pranked Into Reporting Fabricated Names Of Asiana Pilots
A San Francisco Fox affiliate, KTVU, is dealing with the fallout of a major error. Their report on the deadly Asiana Airlines crash took a turn for the unintentionally offensive when they broadcast the names of pilots in charge of that flight. The mangled Asian-sounding names were, in fact, thinly-disguised expletives mocking the sentiments expressed