I imagine the folks at YouTube won't be taking Mark Cuban on their roadshow anytime soon. The brash maverick blogging mogul put a crimp in the #2 video site's efforts to primp itself for acquisition. In his inimitable fashion, Mr. Cuban let loose at a NYC advertising conference yesterday: "'...anyon...
Filed under: Portable Audio Now that Samsung swung the doors wide, Scitec can step through with their own version of the MP3 player with integrated speaker. The 25-gram SSF-512 with OLED display brings an FM tuner, voice and line-in recorder, 10-hour playback off AAA battery, and a piddling 512MB of...
Cory Doctorow: Adam sez, "Counterpoint is a think tank, sponsored by the partially government-funded British Council. Today (29th Sept) they're publishing a Creative Commons-licensed ebook by Rosemary Bechler (Contributing Editor to openDemocracy) bringing together thoughts on new approaches to copy...
The skinny star of Pirates of the Caribbean is set to star in a movie penned by her very mother. From Contact Music: KEIRA KNIGHTLEY is set to star in a new movie written by her playwright mother SHARMAN MACDONALD. THE BEST TIME OF OUR LIVES is based on a real-life incident in 1945 involving poet DY...
A dispute is brewing over the characterization of the departure of some of the Pirate Capital staffers, and litigation might be brewing:Pirate founder Thomas Hudson, in a letter sent today to investors, didn't say what led to the departures. He'll......
Bloomberg: - OPEC, seeking to stem a two-month plunge in oil prices, said Venezuela and Nigeria will cut crude production by a combined 170,000 barrels a day. - Pirate Capital founder Thomas Hudson, seeking to calm investors after half of his staff left, told clients of the hedge-fund company that h...
Things are getting done even through the turmoil at Pirate Capital. Today they filed an amended 13D for PW Eagle and now own a 22.5% stake, up from 20.5% on August 31 -- with purchases made through yesterday.In August, Pirate......
Fed chatter Just don't worry about the core "A good third quarter in any year is unusual and one in a mid-term election year is even more unusual. But there's no historical record of what it means for the fourth quarter." - Jeffrey Hirsch 14 of the last 16 years have produced positive S&P 500 return...
