eBay buying Skype instead of Kinkos (for about the same money I might add) was a horrible decision but then the kind of thing I might have expected from Meg Whitman.   Some of the conclusions in this list you can't draw.  Sure, Ross Perot could have bought out Bill Gates for $50 Million but we all know Gates is who M...more

Not long ago MSN advised us to hold AAPL, but now it looks like a buy again.  I'm glad they didn't scare me to bail @ $400 when one of the MSN cronies said AAPL had no future.   Compared to Google, AAPL is a bargain with its dividend.  You'd really have to have a lot of faith GOOG is the real growth stock of the two ...more

And I heard on the radio this morning that Germany is handing out incentives to keep women in meaningful positions in the workforce and at the same time allowing them to raise their families. Making it easier for hard working families to raise their children in a good environment.  That's paying it forward but it do...more

As I drive by something like an oil refinery or a power plant, it occurred to me that it takes lots of technical know how to keep something like that running, and if the future generation showed no interest in science whatsoever, we'd go from an oil based economy to the bedouin ways of the nomad. Okay, that's an ext...more

Normally when I see a company investing heavily into sponsorship, I run the other way - quickly.  Let's just say I won't be buying Nike shoes anytime soon, and you know why Red Bull costs $2 a can.  My money is staying in my pocket and not going to some overpaid athlete or entertainer. But the USPS?  Despite this bl...more

And I'm the sucker you sold it to.  They recommended we get in at $515 when it pulled back from $700, I finally decided it was a great deal at $456 and look where it is now. FOrtunately I bought *only* 10 shares, but to me, that was a lot of money.

iPod, iTunes, iPhone, iPad. What's the next i?

Or a reputable local credit union or bank. Believe me, the closer your lender is to your home, the better. Yes, I'm speaking from experience here.

Sounds great until you learn the corprification of America is attempting to dismantle the post office and then the price of a stamp will go out of sight.   The USPS is doing their best to keep postage costs reasonable but even so, it costs 46¢ for every bill you pay.  Join a credit union or local bank, and you can ge...more