TAG: money
Craigslist Meets WallStreet...Classic
An economic look at marrying rich.
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Deal Note: Twitter's Nonexistent Business Model (Or, How to Invest in Media)
"Rather, next-gen investors are better off understanding why and how value creation and value capture will shift over the next 2-5 years - and then invest in plays which can dominate those shifts."
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Is wealth really the best form of birth control?
"What if this economic/demographic phenomenon is just a blip while people (in, say, the UK) are rich enough to want the benefits of child-free leisure but not quite rich enough yet to afford childcare?"
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New York Times on how checks get split.
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Jane Siberry's "you decide what feels right" pricing
"The Canadian folk-pop singer Jane Siberry has a clever system: she has a “pay what you can� policy with her downloadable songs, so fans can download them free  but her site also shows the average price her customers have paid for each track."
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Moscow's suburb for billionaires
"Most people in Britain are now familiar with the scruffy, boyish and invariably unshaven features of Roman Abramovich, owner of Chelsea football club, and Russia's most famous billionaire."
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The American consumer is twice as likely to carry his mobile phone as he is to carry cash
"For those aged 18-34, the average is four times as likely."
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The Value of a New York Dollar
(And why it’s worth only 76.2 cents)
What portion of Google's revenue is Search versus Contextual?
"Google derives about 78% of its advertising revenue from Search, and the remaining 22% comes from other sources, primarily Contextual."
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Just in! Facebook worth more than Antigua and Barbuda
"Yes ladies and gentlemen, Facebook is reportedly valued higher than the GDP of Antigua and Barbuda."
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A Little Learning Is an Expensive Thing
A former president of Emory and Wesleyan Universities tells the truth about college.
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Rich people spend less time lying in bed trying to fall asleep than poor people.
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"Why wouldn’t Google (or Yahoo, or any other company with a large enough stream of user intentions - toolbar and spyware companies, even) open a side business as a hedge fund or just use the information to secure a superior return on investment?"
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Aa ATM equation to get your money: "To make a withdrawl, please solve for x: y=264^15/99xyz*2n+1-(Pi+Phi). Then press ENTER."
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"You really should be paying your users for the value they create, but if that value is still an acquisition or advertiser base down the road, keep in mind that for many, being cool or prominent trumps being paid"
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Google Checkout Supports Its Core Search Business
"I believe that it’s [Checkout} actually positioned to solve a perplexing and core problem at Google – how to drive more search ad revenues, especially in the retail sector where search spending is plateauing for top keywords."
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Warren Buffett's lesson to the rich.
Discussing the new (somewhat bizarre) design chosen as the winner in the Swiss banknote redesign competition.
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Negroponte: Laptop for Every Kid
An interview about the $100 laptop program.
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On the Value of Design: A look at Stationery Package Creative Fees
"It is up to the creative community to stand their ground and educate and/or reinforce the value that design and creativity brings to the table."
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Everytime you buy something with your Bank of America debit card they'll round up to the nearest dollar and transfer the extra money to your savings account.
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Some incredibly honest statements about what it means to be poor. A humbling read.
"This fountain is connected to money currency rates on the internet. It is realtime! Refreshed every five seconds."
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"These are the celebrity victims of the new-economy bust."
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It’s a great time to be an entrepreneur
Bnoopy: "There’s never been a better time to be an entrepreneur because it’s never been cheaper to be one. "
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"Late-night infomercial clown Matthew Lesko has authored nearly 100 books on government grants. His formula? “I don’t write,� he says. “I plagiarize.�"
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The Five Things I Learned In Business School
A VC: "I learned five things in business school. They are five important things, but there are only five that I can list."
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Old Nantucket Warily Meets the New
The New York Times examines the class divide on Nantucket
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There's real money to be made selling unreal stuff, such as digital weapons and land, to online gamers. It's a controversial market.
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The Most Expensive Zip Codes 2005 - Forbes.com
94027 Atherton, CA tops the list with the most famous, 90210 coming in at 15.
A tale of customer service, justice and currency as funny as a $2 bill
A man who tried to pay with $2 bills at Best Buy as a form of pseudo-protest ended up arrested
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Inconspicuous consumption is where real happiness comes from
Top Earning Fictional Characters
Top Characters Gross $25B