September 2008
9 posts
How J.P. Morgan steered clear of the credit crunch →
NEW YORK (Fortune) — It was the second week of October 2006. William King, then J.P. Morgan’s chief of securitized products, was vacationing in Rwanda. One evening CEO Jamie Dimon tracked him down to fire a red alert. “Billy, I really want you to watch out for subprime!” Dimon’s voice crackled over King’s hotel phone. “We need to sell a lot of our...
Nintendo to launch camera, music-capable DS →
TOKYO - Japanese video game maker Nintendo Co Ltd plans to launch a new model of its DS handheld machine that can take pictures and play music by the end of the year, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.
The move would pit the top-selling portable game gear with Apple Inc iPod and camera-embedded cellphones in general.
BCS? Not so fast, USC — Oregon St. stuns No. 1 →
Suddenly, the Utes’ run at an undefeated season just got a LOT harder. I’d love to know how Oregon St. seems to have USC’s number…. amazing.
Chocoholics sour on new Hershey’s formula →
Products such as Whatchamacallit, Milk Duds, Mr. Goodbar and Krackel no longer have milk chocolate coatings, and Hershey’s Kissables are now labeled “chocolate candy” instead of “milk chocolate.”
What’s going on here? On Friday, TODAY consumer correspondent Janice Lieberman reported that Hershey’s has switched to less expensive ingredients in several of its products. In particular, cocoa butter —...
Study pins oil-price volatility on speculation →
An independent study of oil markets concludes that speculation by large investors was a primary reason for the surge in oil prices during the first half of the year and for the more recent price declines.
Kohl Calls On Celll Phone Companies to Justify... →
I’m sure that the big 4 cell companies will have fun responding to this inquiry from the Senate Antitrust Committee. Sounds like a creative writing assignment!
The 65 mpg Ford the U.S. Can't Have →
An interesting read… it makes you wonder if we should be rethinking diesel fuel here in the US.
Google backtracks on Chrome license terms →
Thank heavens…. as of yesterday, it was a pretty sweet browser with a pretty freaky EULA. Sounds like the toned down version will be much more palatable…
Utah cracks the top 25 in both football polls →
It got a bit ugly at the end, but still, a win at the Big House is still a big win.