Although the popular micro-blogging platform Twitter owes much of it’s success to third party applications, developers are not feeling the love. Last week, instead of thanking developers for their support, Twitter’s top investor Fred Wilson referred to their creations as “hole fillers” and went on to say that Twitter would be better off making it’s own applications.
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According to recent surveys, 21% of men that earn less than $35,000 annually are involved in extramarital affairs. That number increases to 32% when you raise the annual compensation to $300,000. In other words, a roughly tenfold increase in income correlates with being 50% more likely to cheat on your wife and these are just the numbers from cheaters honest enough to admit their infidelity. An evolutionary biologist would probably tell you that men with less money don’t cheat as much, because they have less options in finding mates.
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Back on February 27, a massive 8.8 earthquake rocked the South American country of Chile causing approximately $30 billion in damage. Prior to that Chile’s economy grew at a disappointing 2.7% – much smaller than expected – for the month of February. Now thanks to all the destruction, Chile’s central bank bank is holding off on raising rates and the government is contributing a third of the $30 billion needed for post-quake reconstruction which should be in full bloom by Q3. I smell money in Chilean copper, says Mr. Obvious.
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Don’t look now GOP, but it appears that under Speaker of The House, Nancy Pelosi, Congress will reinstate the currently lapsed estate tax spawning another nightmare scenario for ultra wealthy conservatives aside from the obvious – the amalgamation of the fire breathing, blood spitting Kiss co-founder, bass man and real life serial capitalist, Gene Simmons, with the insurance industry.
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The Bloom Box fuel cell is made of beach sand converted to ceramic disks, coated with special green and black ink. The disks are separated by an inexpensive metal alloy and are fueled by methane (or other hydrocarbons) and oxygen. They are then heated to 1,000 degrees Celsius producing clean electricity delivered without the use of power lines and with no emissions.
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It’s been twenty-three years since Oliver Stone first introduced us to Gordon Gekko and his morally bankrupt mantra of “Greed is good.” Reprising the role that scored him an Oscar, Michael Douglas returns as the infamous Gekko, in this sequel to the 1987 motion picture classic, Wall Street.
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According to Bloomberg’s CHART OF THE DAY, NYSE volume fell to lowest level of the day (1 million shares) as investors took a time out to watch Tiger Woods televised speech from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, for his “repeated irresponsible behavior.”
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