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Bank Failure Tally for 2010 Hits 50
Filed under: Industry, Recession, Financial Crisis
Eight more banks failed last week, bringing the 2010 total to 50. Three of the failures were in Florida, and two were in California. Massachusetts, Michigan and Washington had one bank failure each.
In Florida,...
Twitter Claims Its New Ad Model Is Different
Filed under: Internet, Google (GOOG), Starbucks (SBUX), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Best Buy (BBY), Media World
When Twitter announced its search-based advertising model, little more than a Google (GOOG)...
Catastrophe Bond Issuance Gap Is upon Us
Filed under: Deals, Allstate Corp (ALL), Goldman Sachs Group (GS)
Catastrophe bond capacity is maturing, and not much of it is coming back. In the first quarter, $1.8 billion in cat bond risk capital matured, and only $508 million returned in the form...
Five Reasons Twitter App Developers Fear Twitter
Filed under: Internet, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Technology
Life was so much easier when Twitter wasn't worried about making money. Some spectacular venture capital deals propelled the company's value to over $1 billion, and user trends shot bragging rights up proportionately....AIG Derivative Exit Costs $2 Billion
Filed under: Goldman Sachs Group (GS), Amer Intl Group (AIG), Financial Crisis
Last year, American International Group (AIG) lost up to $2 billion because its Financial Products group unwound most of its remaining trades with Goldman Sachs (GS)....Bank Failures Hit 42, Expected to Exceed 2009′s 140
Filed under: Bad News, Economic Data, Financial Crisis
Friday marked the failure of another bank, pushing the 2010 total to 42. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation took over Beach First National Bank in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The...
Four Implications of the Leaked Twitter Redesign
Filed under: Consumer Experience, Internet, Competitive Strategy, Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Technology
Twitter's new look won't be limited to the redesigned Twitter home page. Doug Bowman, creative director at the social media company,
Twitter Acquires Tweetie, Loren Brichter
Filed under: Deals, Internet, Apple Inc (AAPL), Technology
Last year, Twitter said it had two goals for 2010: generate revenue and make acquisitions. At the time, the company was still sitting on a significant portion of its last round...
LinkedIn Says Ninjas Are on the Loose in the Jobforce
Filed under: Internet, Technology
Have sword, will travel.The number of ninjas on LinkedIn is on the rise. According to the latest post on the company's blog, new job titles are popping up on the popular business social networking site....
International Growth to Fuel Twitter Revenue
Filed under: Internet, Media World, Technology
More than half of Twitter's users aren't from the U.S. Matt Sanford, lead engineer or the company's international team, writes on Twitter's blog that 60% of its user base comes from outside the U.S....
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