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Breaking the last racial taboo - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com Bill de Blasio puts interracial marriage on display Google Brings Back The Growth In The Third Quarter. It looks like Google's firing on all cylinders. Obama wins first…

In one of my latest posts I said “greed is not good.” Quite frankly, I looked at this statement as self-evident in the wake of an economic catastrophe where greed was a defining element. Yet, a remarkable number of people commented in…

Below is a YouTube clip featuring Elizabeth Warren, the chair of Congress’ oversight panel of TARP (the Troubled Asset relief Program), the bailout started by Hank Paulson and passed by Congress.  In it she talks about her fears…

This photo from Yves Smith’s antidote du jour was too good to pass up. You can think of the cat as the recovery stalking its prey and the bear as, well, a bear. The cat looks pretty tame though. Let’s hope this bear doesn’t come right back…

FT.com - John Gapper - A credibility problem for Goldman pre-earnings thoughts on Goldman AT&T Continues Its Attack Against Google Voice With A Second Letter To The FCC More on the Google threat World Cup,…

I recently switched from a Windows Mobile telephone to an Android-based mobile phone.  When I was making the switch, I had to decide whether I was going with the iPhone, which my wife uses. or to run with Blackberry or Android, a…

Easter Island: Rapa Nui déjà vu | The Economist Too many tourists like in Machu Pichu As Facebook Nears 100M U.S. Visitors, Twitter Falls Further Behind In The Rear-View Mirror Is Facebook winning? I am skeptical. Kunden räumen…

Pete Cashmore launched a blog called Mashable from his home in Scotland in 2005.  You may have seen the articles from the site in the links from time to time. Well, this happens to be the number 1 social media-focused blog on the…

Roger Bootle sat down with the Telegraph and ran through a few themesregarding the stock market, the financial crisis, government debt, currencies and compensation in the financial sector.  He has a lot to say, in particular on banks,…

You Know You’re A Cool Geek When…. Are you a geek? C'mon. you know you are. FT Alphaville- Mystery Meredith Whitney Goldman downgrade - update It's price: my rationale as well Gold price hits fresh high Silver above 15-month…