Eubie's notes

WSJ: Google, P&G Swap Workers — two different corporate cultures, but both are successful

FT.com: Oil groups expect $40 barrel – CNOOC head

WSJ: Online Retail Spending Slows

WSJ: Ex-MSNBC Chief Launches Consulting Firm

CSMonitor: Auto giants up against bailout fatigue

USA Today: Offended moms get tweet revenge over Motrin ads

Fortune: Wal-Mart may sell iPhone — will it still be as cool?

IDD Magazine.com: Vanguard founder talks about the current market, speculation and how investors need to adjust their expectations — one of the financial gurus I listen too.

NY Times: China’s Auto Industry Presses for a Bailout From Beijing

TechCrunch: Poll: More Than Half Of Twitter Users Would Pay

NationalPost: Military researchers use nanoscaffolding to regrow limbs, organs — this is amazing.

Google: LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

NY Times: Newest Veterans Hit Hard by Economic Crisis

NY Times: Economix: How Many Jobs Depend on the Big Three? — claim that 1 in 10 jobs is based on the auto industry is for all in the car industry, not just GM, Ford or Chrysler.

NY Times: Web Sites That Dig for News Rise as Watchdogs — As newspapers shrink, rival operations have arisen in several cities, forcing the papers to follow their lead.

CS Monitor: Where should bailout dollars go?

CS Monitor: A lone bright spot in real estate: farmland

USA Today: More hotels go completely smoke-free

NY Times: Why G.M. Needs an Orderly Chapter 11

Yahoo Finance: Florida pension fund loses a quarter its value — Well that makes me feel better. It’s not just me.

CNN: Builders’ confidence sinks to new low

ReadWriteWeb: Murdoch: The Future Of Newspapers Goes Beyond Dead Trees

Publishing 2.0: Hulu to Match YouTube’s Revenue: Ten Observations For The Future of Media

Bloomberg: China Passes Japan as Biggest U.S. Treasuries Holder

graphicdesignr: Newspaper turns off Twitterfeed, gains followers — Other newspapers have had great success using Twitter as a conversation tool — not an RSS feed.

Wired: EPA Coal Decision Levels Playing Field for Wind, Solar

Wired: Study Shows Drivers Feel Free to Ignore Speed Limits — we know they’re set low, so we give ourselves permission to speed.

WSJ: Just Say No to Detroit

TechCrunch: Twitter’s Hockey Stick Moment

NY Times: Tech Companies, Long Insulated, Now Feel Slump

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.

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

WSJ: Some Firms Suspend 401(k) Match

WSJ: Google Unveils Flu-Bug Tracker

BoingBoing: Music helps heart health

Wired.com: Google Chases Skype With New Gmail Video Chat

TechCrunch: One Billion Tweets Later: It’s A Private Message

BoingBoing: Malcolm Gladwell’s new book Outliers

Shifting Careers: Keeping Up, When Your Industry Changes

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

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

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