Blogged From R. Neal at 07. Apr 2007 16:20 under Object, Object, Object, Object
Earlier in the week there was news that Chrysler's sales were down 5% for March 2007 as compared to 2006. Then came the news that DamilierChrysler was under increasing pressure from shareholders to sell the division. Then it was revealed that Chrysler was indeed on the block, followed by news of a $4.5 billion offer. Shortly thereafter it was reported that 4300 Chrysler workers accepted buyouts in a voluntary reduction in force. Another report from earlier in the week said that "Toyota's U.S. sales jumped 11.7 percent last month, boosted by record hybrid sales and strong overall car sales, while Ford's sales dropped 9 percent, DaimlerChrysler sank 4.1 percent and General Motors slid 4 percent." The report says that Ford still managed to hold down the #2 spot[...]
http://www.knoxviews.com/node/4228
Blogged From at 06. Apr 2007 20:05 under Business, Groups, Life, Mixed Reality, Places, Second Life, Security, Watchdog
Excerpt: Users of Second Life will be able to confirm aspects of each other's identities, such as age and legal jurisdiction, if plans announced by the virtual world's maker are implemented. "Hopefully, these features will help Residents as they conform to their own local laws," a Linden Lab rep wrote on the company blog. No further details on the planned identity-confirmation features were revealed, such… Tagged: Business Groups Life Mixed Reality Places Second Life Security Watchdog
http://www.secretlair.com/index.php?/clickableculture/entry/identity_confirmation_features_coming_to_second_life/
Blogged From at 06. Apr 2007 19:33 under Business
Up or down?
http://bonjourpeewee.blogspot.com/2007/04/so-which-is-it.html
Blogged From Tamara Thompson at 06. Apr 2007 19:17 under Public Records, Databases, Business
The income received by executives in publicly traded Standard & Poor’s Super 1500 corporations is digested in the AFL-CIO PayWatch database. [ via beSpacific]
http://pibuzz.com/2007/04/06/database-of-the-day-executive-pay/
Blogged From at 06. Apr 2007 18:54 under Business, Culture, Law, Marketing, Mixed Reality, Places, Second Life
Excerpt: Linden Lab, maker of Second Life, announced via its official blog that it "will not accept any classified ads, place listings, or event listings that appear to relate to simulated casino activity." Previously, residents of the company's virtual world were permitted to advertise in-world casinos. Linden Lab's use of the term "simulated casino activity" is merely a formality in my view, given that the… Tagged: Business Culture Law Marketing Mixed Reality Places Second Life
http://www.secretlair.com/index.php?/clickableculture/entry/linden_lab_cleans_up_second_life_adspace/
Blogged From at 06. Apr 2007 17:53 under Object, Object, Object, Object, Object
Kermit has been having fun with my half-hearted conversion to Judaism. He regularly sends me emails that point out what a rotten Jew I am. I knew I would be a bad Jew as I had no intention of giving up pork, wearing a Yamaha or ever going to Temple.Kermit was curious if I was going to any religious observances this weekend as it is Good Friday, Easter, Passover and God knows what else this weekend. I mentioned that I had the usual weekend planned. Work on the new house Saturday. The LME wants to preview every house in Southwest listed near our proposed sale price so we’re going to look at all 3 of them. We have reservations for brunch at Campiello’s Sunday and then I’ll be installing a new dishwasher in a rental. As you can see, I plan to work on [...]
http://anti-strib.blogspot.com/2007/04/real-american-religion.html
Blogged From Dave at 06. Apr 2007 03:47 under Business
And get them to do a 180. Interesting.
http://www.nixguy.com/?p=2429
Blogged From Dave at 06. Apr 2007 03:07 under Politics, Business
Dispatch: …metropolitan Indianapolis is growing faster and could soon overtake Columbus and central Ohio, according to U.S. Census figures released today. Indianapolis had about 59,500 fewer people than Columbus. But from 2000 to 2006, it grew by 9.2 percent, compared with 7 percent for Columbus. “Indy feels like a bigger town even though it is not as big,” [...]
http://www.nixguy.com/?p=2426
Blogged From Tamara Thompson at 05. Apr 2007 23:20 under Public Records, Research Methods, Business, Government
Charities and non profit organizations are monitored by state agencies and the Internal Revenue Service, and tracked by many private advocacy groups. Even if you’re not particularly interested in a specific charitable organization you might want to know the people and other entities with which they’re associated. Business journalism reporter Bill Smith developed a guide [...]
http://pibuzz.com/2007/04/05/research-charitable-organizations/
Blogged From at 09. Apr 2007 07:05 under Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object, Object