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Obama’s State Of The Union Address and Income Inequality

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…And the trees are all kept equal By hatchet, axe, and saw. Rush—“The Trees,” Hemispheres President Barack Obama was right when he said, “The long-term unemployed are not lazy. They’re not lacking in...

The End of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules, at Least For Now

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As most commentators, myself included, predicted last fall, a federal appellate court has vacated the FCC’s controversial 2010 “net neutrality” rules, holding that the agency wildly exceeded its...

Display Ads are as Compelling As TV Spots

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In the lobby of Google’s Building 900 at its Mountain View headquarters, there’s a display of Google-colored squares and rectangles that looks like a bland abstract-art piece. It turns out these are...

Are you Buying Fitness Wearables From Electronics Companies?

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Having spent the week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), it would appear that fitness & sport tech has started to reach mainstream prominence.  In a way it has, in others...

The Cloud is Powered by Coal

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“Americans use too much energy” is one of the most politically correct things you can say—but it’s wrong. My favorite response to that complaint is by the great energy commentator Robert Bryce, who...

Toshiba Completes OCZ Acquisition

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Toshiba has announced that it has completed the purchase of the assets left over after OCZ field bankruptcy last year. OCZ is a maker of SSDs and the purchase landed Toshiba all of the assets the...

Are You A Billionaire Looking To Make A Deal? Call this Guy

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“You gotta meet Demetri while you’re in town.” The text message had come from an entrepreneur and investor I knew. One of those guys with enviable and inexplicable links to business heroes and at...