December 2008
18 posts
It is going to be a Bad Year all Around
Even Bigger Nightmare On Tech Street
Om Malik | Monday, December 22, 2008 | 12:00 AM PT | 2 comments
The technology sector, already rocked by the credit crunch and slowing global economies, is facing a bleak 2009, the impact of which is going to be felt across the entire ecosystem. From PC makers to chipmakers to chip equipment makers, almost everyone is bracing for a...
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If you don’t watch it, the highlight is that dozens of topless Danish women link hands during a skydive to advertise a Siemens washing machine for 4,999.00 DKK
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2009
The price of oil in perspective
Posted by cshirky, December 6, 2008 4:36 AM | permalink
As the price of oil has falled from its dramatic highs of just a few months, ago, I often find myself thinking back to an essay by Yegor Gaidar, an economist and acting prime minister of Russia from 1991 to 1994. The essay, The Soviet Collapse, is subtitled “Grain and Oil” and tells the...