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Reading around — Nov. 14

NY Times: Worst May Be Yet to Come for Citi

NY Times: Hedge Fund Managers Ask for a Few New Rules

Footnoted.org: Some banks are just saying no to bailout money…

Michael Hyatt: 10 Benefits of a Recession

  1. It causes you to get more creative.
  2. It forces you to make the tough decisions.
  3. It thins out the competition.
  4. It makes you realize you can’t take anything for granted.
  5. It reminds you that real wealth isn’t about the stuff you own.
  6. It fosters out-of-the-box thinking.
  7. It makes it easier to abandon business-as-usual.
  8. It brings you back to the basics.
  9. It accelerates change.
  10. It causes you to be less wasteful.

WSJ: PC Makers Scramble as Demand Shrivels

WSJ:Luxury-Goods Makers Trim Prices in U.S.

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Reading around — Nov. 13

CoStar: Retail REITs Feeling Effects of Tenant Fallout & Leasing Slowdown

WSJ: Bulging Waist Carries Risk — if the waist is over 40, you’re at risk.

NY Times: Valleywag to Fold Into Gawker.com, more news of new media weakness, see story from Tuesday from San Francisco: Layoffs at Current Media, Wired.com, Six Apart

Crains Chicago: Buffett was client of accused Deloitte partner

TechCrunch: Online Video: Where’s The Money?

Wired.com —GM Asks Employees to Beg Congress for Money

Footnoted.org — Live blogging hedge fund hearing!

Buzzworthy —The true spam king

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Reading around — Nov. 11

TechCrunch: The iPhone Is Now the Best Selling Phone In the U.S.

WSJ: Defending Against Career Saboteurs

WSJ: Facebook Tries to Woo Marketers

WSJ: You Must Remember This: Forgetting Has Its Benefits

NY Times: In Crisis, Remote Access: A lightweight, solar-powered Internet hookup created by a collaboration of nonprofit organizations provides communication in even the most remote areas.

Footnoted.org: GM’s incredibly sobering 10-Q…

WSJ: Hedge Funds on Hot Seat

Portfolio: The End of Wall Street’s Boom

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Reading around — Nov. 10

NY Times: Google Signs a Deal to e-Publish Out-of-Print Books

NY Times:The Media Equation: How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks’ Power

NY Times: Advertising: Goodbye Seduction, Hello Coupons

TechCrunch: Keystream Unveils SmartAd, Wants To Turn Watching Videos Into A Painful Experience

Wired.com: A History of Microsoft Windows

TechCrunch: Ten Comments You Think Are Cool And Insightful But Aren’t.

Buzzworthy: In search of shorter URLs

WSJ: Paulson, Bernanke Strained for Consensus

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Readings for Nov. 9

Boing Boing: Mark Cuban to Obama: “Entrepreneurs will lead us out of this mess. Talk to Them.”

NY Times: MGM to Post Full Films on YouTube, as Site Faces New Competition From Hulu — On Monday, YouTube will move forward a little, announcing an agreement to show some full-length television shows and films from MGM, the financially troubled 84-year-old film studio.

Wired: Five Useless Gadgets You Should Throw in the Trash Right Now — Printers, Scanners, Built-In Optical Drives, Fax Machines, Landline Phones

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Young entrepreneurs build their future

Shifting Careers blog: Keeping Kids Off the Streets, Through Business

Today, an international organization called the National Foundation for Teaching EntrepreneurshipNFTE, was founded in 1988 by Steve Mariotti, a public school teacher, anti-dropout specialist and serial entrepreneur who says that teaching entrepreneurship to low-income kids serves a few purposes: it teaches skills like math, reading, writing and critical thinking; it provides kids with a vision of how they can control their own futures; and it can also keep kids off the streets and in school.