Month October 2009

Fright Night comes early to Wall Street

It’s not even Halloween yet, but Wall Street already has the heebie jeebies. Hedge funds are going into screaming hysterical panic over the Rajaratnam / Galleon insider trading arrest. Why? The feds used wiretaps to build their cases and the…

Top tech firms back net neutrality in FCC letter

Amazon, eBay, Facebook, Google, Twitter and other leading Web and technology companies expressed support Monday for Federal Communications Commission (FCC) efforts to ensure an open Internet. Good. Net neutrality is crucial for the Internet to continue as it is, open…

Not your dad’s electric vehicles

Sparky the Electric Bug was built by Manitou High School in Colorado Springs and runs on 12 volt batteries. Inhabitat features this and other tricked-out EVs. Given that EVs have full power instantly from a standing stop, Sparky can probably…

Wall Street corruption and crime round-up

Something quite extraordinary is happening. The mainstream, regular business people and moderates, are speaking out. They are furious about the corruption on Wall Street and death grip the banks have on DC. The banks won’t win this time. Quiet Coup.…

Medical marijuana. a growth industry?

Jeralyn, a lawyer, at TalkLeft gets several calls a day from people wanting to open medical marijuana dispensaries. The Federal government recently announced they won’t pursue such cases if it’s legal in a state. My iPhone map just returned several…