Media Centers: Alternative, Open-Source, Cross-Platform Solutions - A FLOSS Comparison

Looking for an open-source alternative to proprietary media center solutions from big brand names like Microsoft and Apple? Tired of buying into their own closed and proprietary business strategies? Here is a report ... -comparison-guide-intro.jpg Photo credit: ishook A media center is a multimedia hardware/ software combo [more...]

Date: 2008-11-14 09:30:00

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Corporate Bonds

Corporate bonds are firmer once again as the march of buyers continues. Trading volumes remain light as many are in year end mode. Participants uniformly report that the flow of business is skewed to the buy side and selling ... for the market and will provide some real world data points to observe if credit market rehabilitation [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 19:53:38

"McCain Is The Real Health-Care Reformer"

According to the Wall Street Journal,"It's good politics for Mr. Obama. But it's bad policy. Mr. McCain's proposal -- to give every American the tax credit businesses get for buying health ... who get their health insurance at work has been shrinking. In August, the Census Bureau reported [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 23:21:07

Today in Russian Business - Jan 14th, 2009

The financial crisis is having a dire effect on migrants who depend on money from their employers to support their families back home, ... is trying to encourage residents to buy apartments, saying that reports of anticipated price drops ... had its credit rating lowered to 'junk' by Standard & Poor's. The government wants to counter [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:33:41

More Important Than Lipstick, Take 3

by hilzoy From the NYT: "Tracey Minda needed cash to buy clothes and school supplies for her 6-year-old son before the 2006 school year ... , banks and credit cards remain in business. I wonder how? According to this CBS report ... her debt. Ohio lawmakers sought last spring to aid borrowers like Ms. Minda by capping annual [more...]

Date: 2008-09-13 04:07:30

Flextronics Shrs Plunge; Sanmina, Celestica Also Crumble; Report All Three Companies Losing Alcatel Business

If the world is going to cut back buying PCs, cell phones and all other things electronic, ... targets. Credit Suisse’s William Stein lowered his target to $4, from $6, while keeping his Outperform ... billion in revolving credit lines. In an attempt to explain the massive selling in the sock, he says “ [more...]

Date: 2008-11-20 12:12:00

Good news, bucking the trend and the 3 P’s

As usual in any new year there seems to be lots of customers out there buying lots of cars but hold on aren’t we supposed to be in a recession? ... of used cars and writing finance business to support it then we will obviously report ... in trouble long before the “credit crunch” and talk [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 14:08:09

Credit Crisis Sequel, Global Bank Bailout, Emerging Markets Still a Buy?, Gas Wars and More!

Ghosts of the fourth quarter haunt global financials… so begins the second act of the credit saga… Even the IMF needs a loan… $150 billion to back ... and notprofitable) segments of the business. Robert Rubin, who among other things helped create this “ ... predicted today. According to Morgan’s report, profits at HSBC will decline “sharply” this year [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:28:24

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