June 12, 2008
Words cannot expressed my indifference to the Yahoo/Google deal. Words cannot expressed my indifference to the Yahoo/Google deal. Words cannot expressed my indifference to the Yahoo/Google deal. Words cannot expressed my indifference to the Yahoo/Google deal. Words cannot expressed my...
Two quick media notes for people who have these things called "televisions" -- and I know that many of you don't. For the former group, I am guest-hosting on CNBC's The Call tomorrow morning from 8am to 9am PST. I...
Microsoft is doing some heavy-handed spinning of its new decision to not buy Yahoo at any price. Here is Microsoft from today's release: As stated on May 3rd and reiterated on May 18th Microsoft was not interested in rebidding for...
You have to shake your head at how this Microsoft/Yahoo misadventure has ended up. Yahoo turned its nose up at a huge 50% premium, then Microsoft handled negotiations about as clumsily as a contractor after Friday drinks , and then...
This quote caught my attention today on the ever-illiquid airline industry: Nine small airlines have gone into bankruptcy or stopped operating in the last six months, crushed by the doubling of fuel prices in the last year, but so far...
Here is a great factoid, if not entirely surprising, about the profits exchanges earn from trading versus trading data. The moves by NYSE and Nasdaq OMX come at a time when the exchanges are seeking to generate as much revenue...
Here is the flip side of my earlier chart on oil consumption trends from 1965-2007. This one is a dynamic look at oil production during the period. Don't forget to set the bubble size to "barrels", and you can hover...
Here is a nifty chart showing the declining percentage of global market capitalization made up by the S&P 500. I'd love to see something similar for trading volumes too, but this is still eye-opening. [via Bespoke]...
If you, like me, watch in gob-smacked amazement at the continuing impressive ratings pulled by the fantasy-land real estate shows on TV, then read a piece in today's NY Times. Among other things, it contains this keeper of an unintentionally...
