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What New Orleans Can Expect When Its Newspaper Goes Away

forbes.com — The news is spreading here in New Orleans and across the journalism world: the fabled Times-Picayune, as we all know it, may cease to exist. Visitors tour Hurricane Katrina front pages from The Times-Picayune newspaper in New Orleans and the Sun Herald of Biloxi and Gulfport, Mississippi, as part of the [...]
What we're reading: in wake of Newhouse bulletins, Micheline Maynard on what it means to lose the daily paper http://t.co/sRlnMDSy
What New Orleans Can Expect When Its Newspaper Goes Away - Forbes http://t.co/yLTB6Ftt via @sharethis
As an industry, the question has to be: What do we do now? Focus is now. Focus is now and improving now. http://t.co/owPb4xVl
What New Orleans Can Expect When Its Daily Newspaper Goes Away - Forbes http://t.co/njeTeuXE
Yikes. ..What New Orleans Can Expect When Its Newspaper Goes Away http://t.co/q3M9E9uE
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The Case Against AOL, In Numbers

forbes.com — Starboard Value, the activist hedge fund that seeks to replace three of AOL's directors with its own nominees next month, has laid out its disagreements with the internet giant's current management in a 96-page presentation to investors.
Hat tip to @JeffBercovici for Starboard Value's SEC filing on AOL http://t.co/y1TJ8dro A brutal indictment of Tim Armstrong et al.
So Patch had $13 mil in revenues last year, and cost $160 mil http://t.co/ZQO3lT5r #thefuture
RT @nbj914: Looks like Huffington Post is back in the red. Revenue is climbing, but Arianna is quick w/ the checkbook http://t.co/w16p19YC
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The Digital Future of The Times-Picayune

forbes.com — I spent most of my journalism career at The Times-Picayune and have many friends there, so the news that its owners are slashing the staff, dismissing top editors, and cutting back publication days is very difficult to process. My heart goes out to my valiant former colleagues, and to the [...]
RT @johnmcquaid: Latest post: is corporate talk of The Times-Picayune's digital future just smoke and mirrors? http://t.co/W3Sf0eEP
The key to this story is the phrase "Advance Publications, the owner of The Times-Picayune..." Future of Times-Picayune http://t.co/sTzHuqpn
Latest post: is corporate talk of The Times-Picayune's digital future just smoke and mirrors? http://t.co/W3Sf0eEP

38 Studios Lays Off Staff, Shuts Down Big Huge Games - Is This The End?

forbes.com — Following weeks of bad financial news at game developer 38 Studios, it appears the fledgling studio is laying off all its employees and may be shutting down for good. We've been reporting on the implosion of Curt Schilling's fledgling game developer 38 Studios over the past few days, and now it appears things are on the verge of collapse.
Curt Schilling's 38 Studios swing and a miss? Reportedly laying off its staff. http://t.co/grpsu9xk @Forbes
Curt Schilling's 38 Studios reportedly lays off its entire staff. http://t.co/k94Gy8XD

Wedding Day Confessions: Best Advice For The Bride and Groom

forbes.com — With Memorial Day weekend comes the unofficial start to wedding season in the U.S., along with all the hopes and nerves of soon-to-be married couples and their teary-eyed mothers. I will be one of those brides in just two weeks, bringing together family and friends from far-flung corners of the world to a scenic hamlet overlooking New York's Hudson River.
Wedding Day Confessions: Best Advice For The Bride and Groom from @Forbes writers http://t.co/A8xYGr0H
Wedding Day Confessions: Best Advice For The Bride and Groom http://t.co/JLnFvMki

Surviving Wedding Season: A Guest's Guide To Avoiding Financial Ruin By Labor Day

forbes.com — Average cost to be a bridesmaid: $540 More than 61 million Americans will attend at least one wedding this year, and they'll spend at least $30 billion in the process. According to new research by American Express, the average guest will shell out $339 to attend each wedding they're invited to-and that's [...]
RT @ForbesWoman: Surviving Wedding Season: A Guest's Guide To Avoiding Financial Ruin By Labor Day http://t.co/X3wJSmgj
How not to go broke this wedding season: A Guest's Guide To Avoiding Financial Ruin By Labor Day - @Forbes http://t.co/jKUlSY0i

We Have Jobs, Says CEO With $24 million in His Pocket

forbes.com — Huddle CEO Alistair Mitchell, who runs his fast growing company out of east London, is one of a rare breed of European software entrepreneurs. He really, really wants to scale his business, and to do that he just took on $24 million of investment. He'll double employment there in 2012 and again, probably, in 2013.

Solar Trade War Heats Up As China Accues U.S. Of Violating Rules

forbes.com — (Image credit: Getty Images Europe via @daylife) The solar trade war heated up Thursday when China's Commerce Ministry of Commerce published a preliminary finding that government renewable energy polices in U.S. states violate free-trade regulations. The finding, published on the Commerce Ministry's website in Chinese and reported by the Associated Press and [...]
Solar Trade War Heats Up As China Accuses U.S. Of Violating Rules. My Forbes post: http://t.co/whallRty
Solar Trade War Heats Up As China Accues U.S. Of Violating Rules. My Forbes post: http://t.co/whallRty

Warren Buffett and Newspapers: Infatuation or Cold Calculation?

forbes.com — "For most newspapers in the United states, we would not buy them at any price," -Warren Buffett in 2009. "I've loved newspapers all my life -- and always will.... Berkshire will probably purchase more papers in the next few years." -Warren Buffett in 2012. Will the real Warren Buffett please stand up?
Warren Buffett and newspapers: Infatuation or cold calculation? Yes. http://t.co/rHb09snC

Sheryl Sandberg To Harvard Biz Grads: 'Find A Rocket Ship'

forbes.com — Yesterday, Harvard Business School grad and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg imparted words of wisdom to her alma mater's graduating class. She didn't say much about her company's rocky week on the stock market, beyond kiddingly telling the newly-minted MBAs that "keep[ing] in touch via Facebook [is] critical to your future success," adding "And since we're public now, could you click on an ad or two?"

Euro Can Survive A Greek Exit, But It Won't Be Pretty (VIDEO)

forbes.com — In Thursday's Forbes Markets Desk, Investing Editor Matt Schifrin and I talked about the ongoing turmoil over whether Greece's days of euro membership are numbered, Hewlett-Packard's 27,000 job cuts and a warning from Tiffany & Co. about decelerating growth: Stock averages were little changed in New York Thursday, as markets got something of a breather amid ongoing pressure from Europe's sovereign debt crisis.
Today's markets desk video: Can the euro survive a Greek exit? http://t.co/0bGk0J4u $FXE

Welcome to Twitter, Goldman

forbes.com — Goldman Sachs just sent its very first tweet this morning, it was adorable: Anyway, thought I'd chime in with a few quick tips and suggestions... 1. Be cool. Not everything on your stream has to be PR 2. Tweet research like UBS @UBSAmericas 3. Also join StockTwits and be sure to blast some equity [...]

Taxmageddon: Delay In Hitting Debt Limit Could Upset Balance Of Power In D.C.

forbes.com — WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 02: A Senate staffer carries a sign through the U.S. Capitol on August 2, 2011 in Washington, DC. Yesterday the House of Representatives passed the bill to raise the federal debt limit, and the U.S. Senate will later vote today on an agreement to extend the [...]
Taxmageddon: Delay In Hitting Debt Limit Could Upset Balance Of Power In D.C. - Forbes http://t.co/YEJJFFzf via @sharethis

Could Selling Amazon's Kindle Save The UK's Largest Bookstore Chain?

forbes.com — Just five months ago, the newly installed head of UK bookstore chain Waterstones was decrying Amazon as the enemy of the publishing world, telling an interviewer the retail giant was "a ruthless, money-making devil." In the same breath, James Daunt claimed Waterstones - the UK's Barnes & Noble, with 300 outlets - was working on its own e-reader to compete with Amazon's Kindle.
A bold move, whatever happens: Could Selling @Amazon's Kindle Save The UK's Largest Bookstore Chain? http://t.co/hJwHXDHZ via

What Ails Geothermal? Let's Count the Ways

forbes.com — Geothermal is in many ways the best option when it comes to generating clean, carbon-free energy. The problem comes in the details. The chasm between the promise and challenges facing geothermal are underscored in the latest annual report from the Geothermal Industry Association. Geothermal plants--which essentially extract heat from below the surface [...]
What Ails Geothermal? Let's Count the Ways. New from @MikeKanellos on Forbes: http://t.co/njCtuAL5

Solar Power More Competitive Than Decision-Makers Or Consumers Realize

forbes.com — Are the decision-makers entrusted with determining the future of energy infrastructure operating under an outdated understanding of the cost-competitiveness of solar power? In many cases, the answer is yes, according to a paper released last week by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). In "Reconsidering the Economics of Photovoltaic Power," (PDF) BNEF [...]
Solar Power More Competitive Than Decision-Makers Or Consumers Realize. New from @JustinGerdes on Forbes: http://t.co/Q6htvnIU

5.44% of Portland Workers Bike to Work

forbes.com — Bloomberg Rankings has released a list of bike-to-work rates in 25 major U.S. cities and Portland, Ore., came out on top. In 2010, nearly 16,000 workers biked to work. That's 5.44 percent of the city's total workforce and it represents an increase of 1.29 percentage points from the 2006 survey.

Duke Energy Teams Up With China's ENN For 'Eco-City' Projects

forbes.com — When Duke Energy's chief technology officer David Mohler visits China next week, he'll stop by the city of Langfang to check out a project that aims to show what a city of the future might look like if it incorporates coal-based and renewable energy generation, biofuel production and water recycling.
Duke Energy Teams Up With China's ENN For 'Eco-City' Projects. New from @UciliaWang on Forbes: http://t.co/zxcCkK7e

New Electric Car Conversion Kit Will Charge Your Car (and Wallet)

forbes.com — PITTSBURGH - That old Honda in your driveway - maybe it's in need of a valve job? Transform it with an electric conversion. A team at Carnegie Mellon University here in Pittsburgh has come up with an all-included kit to make your 2001-2005 Civic a zero-emission battery car.
New Electric Car Conversion Kit Will Charge Your Car (and Wallet). http://t.co/4wDNbQ1C

'Men in Black 3' Poised to Knock 'The Avengers' From The Top Box Office Spot

forbes.com — The Avengers has dominated the box office for the past three weeks bringing in over $1 billion globally. With the Memorial Day holiday upon us, it looks like the Marvel film is finally going to face some real competition. Exhibitor Relations predicts Men in Black 3 will top with $82 million in box office earnings over the long weekend.
Gonna' see it just for Jemaine. 'Men in Black 3' Poised to Knock 'The Avengers' From The Top Box Office Spot - Forbes http://t.co/f3PmYqPm

The RIAA: Do Not Believe a Word They Say, Ever, For They're Claiming $72 Trillion in Damages

forbes.com — It's possible to be aggressive in the pursuit of your goals, it's even possible to be righteously harsh on those who have damaged the economic prospects of your membership. And then it's possible to be the RIAA and fall off the edge into economic insanity. For in the case against [...]
"LOL." - Limewire MT @popcultini: RIAA wants $72 TRILLION from Limewire http://t.co/PV59kJ3U

Paramount Angers Fans By Moving 'G.I. Joe 2' To Next Year

forbes.com — Yesterday Paramount announced that Dwayne Johnson's next movie, G.I. Joe 2, will hit theaters next March instead of in June. Those extra months will give the studio time to retool the movie into 3-D. According to Deadline Hollywood, 3-D should help the film abroad and The Hunger Games recently earned $637 million with a March opening.
Paramount Angers Fans By Moving 'G.I. Joe 2' To Next Year - Forbes http://t.co/WuFD2yIn via @sharethis

Top 10 Influencers in The Business of Sports

forbes.com — We all love a good list. Last week Forbes released their annual list of most powerful celebrities. Earlier this year, Forbes also gave a rundown of baseball's most valuable teams. Another thing we love is sports analogies. The sports analogy is often used in business to emphasize goals, strategies, obstacles, personal motivation and teamwork.

The Digital Future of The Times-Picayune

forbes.com — I spent most of my journalism career at The Times-Picayune and have many friends there, so the news that its owners are slashing the staff, dismissing top editors, and cutting back publication days is very difficult to process. My heart goes out to my valiant former colleagues, and to the [...]
Will @NOLAnews "integrate #journalism into the digital world" as it shifts away from print? http://t.co/4Sb2fVQm Will all news orgs do this?

Who Wins More From The Google Car: Cities or Suburbs?

forbes.com — There has been a lot of discussion lately about the impacts of autonomous vehicles on society. Tim Lee and Matt Yglesias have some interesting thoughts on the likely effects on public transportation and how this will reshape cities. One question to consider is whether the end result wil be to [...]

Mark Cuban Buys 150K Facebook Shares For 'Trade,' 'Not An Investment'

forbes.com — Mark Cuban: Billionaire stock pundit. Billionaire investor Mark Cuban disclosed at the tail-end of a lengthy blog post about the Facebook IPO that he bought 150,000 Facebook shares in the open market: 50,000 at $33, 50,000 at $31.97 and 50,000 at $32.50. "It's a trade, not an investment," he writes.

Four Ways to Avoid Another Facebook Flop

forbes.com — Who lost face over the Facebook IPO? Wall Street certainly did -- again -- as regulators are hovering and the lawsuits are flying. Was Facebook properly valued at the offering? Was earnings information not fully disclosed? As with a number of issues with Wall Street, transparency isn't what it should be and [...]

QB Guru Steve Clarkson Can Make Your Kid A Football Star

forbes.com — Quarterback coach Steve Clarkson's protegees include: Matt Cassel, Jimmy Clausen, Josh Freeman , Matt Leinart, Jake Locker, J.P Losman, Terrelle Pryor and Ben Roethlisberger. These guys have signed deals worth more than $300 million in the NFL. His latest star, David Sills, got offered a scholarship to USC when he was 13.
Protegees of QB guru Steve Clarkson have signed NFL deals worth $300+ mil. Can he make your kid a star? http://t.co/ZMfaxYso

Custom Wheelchairs Inspire Confidence - Fighter Jet Seat Chair, Anyone?

forbes.com — Brent Greathouse suffered from a rare form of Parkinson's disease. Along with his brother, Lance, the two worked at repairing life support and medical equipment as a business. When Brent became wheelchair-bound, Lance noticed that people treated him differently than before he was sick. As a long time maker, Lance [...]
Custom Wheelchairs Inspire Confidence - Fighter Jet Seat Chair, Anyone? - via @Forbes http://t.co/3n78M3X9

38 Studios Employees Still Unpaid, Health Coverage Ends Thursday, Senior Executives Quit

forbes.com — Rhode Island gov. Lincoln Chafee says the shakiness of 38 Studios is a tragedy for Rhode Island (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Things are going from bad to worse in the ongoing meltdown of fledgling game developer, 38 Studios, the studio behind the mildly successful Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. We recently discussed the massive [...]
RT @ForbesTech: 38 Studios Employees Still Unpaid, Health Coverage Ends Thursday, Senior Executives Quit http://t.co/EfhlDDKp

Evaluating ETFs? Get on Board

forbes.com — Ask any advocate to run through the advantages of exchange-traded funds and you'll likely hear some notions about passive management, tax efficiency, and cost. Ask that same person to slow it down a bit and you're likely to hear some nuances worth questioning. Writing specifically for ETF board members in the April issue [...]
Think like an ETF board member and don't be surprised by the mechanics - http://t.co/o2uK7oZi

Meet the Mechonoids

forbes.com — The Geek Picture of the Day is fixing the Time-Space Visualiser.
The Geek Picture of the Day meets the Mechonoids http://t.co/tmJxYHIm

Catalog Choice And Its Junk Mail-Zapping App Acquired by TrustedID

forbes.com — Catalog Choice, the Berkeley, Calif., non-profit startup with a smartphone app that zaps junk mail, has been acquired by TrustedID, a Silicon Valley company that provides credit monitoring and identity theft services. Over the past five years, Catalog Choice has processed more than 22.5 million requests from consumers to stop unwanted [...]
Catalog Choice And Its Junk Mail-Zapping App Acquired by TrustedID. My Forbes post: http://t.co/EXrGjWEX

"Mobile Is Going To Crush Facebook"

forbes.com — Yesterday, Mark Cuban wrote a really interesting post giving his post-mortem on the Facebook IPO. He made several points. I thought the most interesting was this one: Mobile is going to crush Facebook. The logic for Facebook's price decline is that they have a problem in mobile.
Thought provoking analysis of online trends... "Mobile Is Going To Crush Facebook" - Forbes http://t.co/Q9glX2mV via @sharethis $FB $GOOG

Bank Profits Get Healthier, FDIC Says, But Outlook Still Cloudy

forbes.com — The FDIC's quarterly reading on American banks painted an improving portrait, with profits up and the number of troubled institutions down during the first three months of 2012, but the encouraging Commercial and savings banks covered by FDIC insurance booked a combined profit of $35.3 billion in the first quarter of 2012, up 22.9% from a year earlier, though loan balances declined 0.8% to $56.3 billion after expanding for three straight quarters.
Bank Profits Get Healthier, FDIC Says, But Outlook Still Cloudy - Forbes http://t.co/4b9LYSr8

Germany's Gun, Greece's Head. Who Isn't Looking to the Exit Now?

forbes.com — There' a strand of thinking around the German position on the Euro that says compromise is inevitable. A growth package will emerge from the discussions going right now in Brussels. That same line of thinking says, look, the French have thrown out Sarkozy and replaced him with a pro-growth socialist.
Germany's Gun, Greece's Head. Who Isn't Looking to the Exit Now? - Forbes http://t.co/dTWw18Dc via @sharethis #euro #eurocrisis

We're All Infrastructure Socialists

forbes.com — I'm grateful for the many thoughtful responses to my post yesterday about broadband policy and infrastructure socialism. A few people (including Adam himself) suggested that my title, "Adam Thierer, Infrastructure Socialist," was meant as an insult. This was not my intention. To the contrary, the point of the post was that [...]

Small Modular Nuclear Reactors By 2022 -- But No Market For Them

forbes.com — The Department of Energy will spend $452 million-with a match from industry-over the next five years to guide two small modular reactor designs through the nuclear regulatory process by 2022. But cheap natural gas could freeze even small nuclear plants out of the energy market well beyond that date.
Small Modular Nuclear Reactors By 2022 -- But No Market For Them. http://t.co/esHTjicj

Will Smith Invested $1.2 Mil Into School with Scientology Ties in 2010

forbes.com — I've reported before about Will Smith's donations to Scientology organizations in the past. But in none of the filings for the Will Smith Foundation was there ever listed a donation to the school he started with wife Jada Pinkett Smith in Calabasas, California. That school, New Village Leadership Academy, has [...]

Kickstarter's Sting In The Tail: Tax

forbes.com — If I have a worry about the runaway successes we've seen recently on Kickstarter, the latest of which is the $10.2 million raised by e-ink watch Pebble, it's that project owners could end up suffering because of the sheer scale of their success. One particularly important issue, which has gone [...]
RT @Suw: some useful links being posted on yesterday's crowdfunding/tax post: http://t.co/6cPLLfVi

Sheryl Sandberg Is The Valley's 'It' Girl - Just Like Kim Polese Once Was

forbes.com — Yesterday, SAP (SAP) bought Ariba (ARBA). It reminded me of the old Valley start-up from the mid-90s called Marimba, led by its buzz-worthy CEO Kim Polese. If you weren't around for the dot-com bubble, I have to first say - you missed a great party.

Some Background For The Kleiner Perkins Discrimination Lawsuit

forbes.com — Alphonse Fletcher, Jr. profiled in FORBES in 2009 Ellen Pao, a junior partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, has filed a lawsuit against the storied venture capital firm, with detailed allegations about gender discrimination, harassment, retaliation and other charges at the firm. Pao, who joined Kleiner Perkins in 2005, is [...]
RT @tomiogeron: Some Background For The Kleiner Perkins Discrimination Lawsuit - http://t.co/z9a6incV

FedEX Delivers On Green Goals With Electric Trucks

forbes.com — Those ubiquitous white, blue and orange FedEx delivery trucks are getting greener. On Wednesday, the first of nine electric trucks were set to roll out of a FedEx distribution center in Silicon Valley. By year's end 34 of the $150,000 Navistar E-Star lithium-ion battery-powered vehicles will be dispatched throughout the San [...]
good piece by @greenwombat on FedEx and electric trucks. Electricity-powered mobility is a thing now. http://t.co/Fjml7mDy
FedEx Delivers On Green Goals With Electric Trucks. My Forbes post: http://t.co/d0Q5e6de

Two New 'The Dark Knight Rises' TV Trailers Reveal New Footage

forbes.com — VideoAs the July 20th release date draws ever nearer, Warner Bros. is ramping up marketing for the upcoming Christopher Nolan trilogy-ending Batman film The Dark Knight Rises. After the recent reveal of seven new posters for the movie, now we've got two brand new trailers made for TV, and they [...]
RT @markhughesfilms: On my @Forbes blog tonight: 2 New THE DARK KNIGHT RISES Trailers Reveal New Footage! http://t.co/jYNQ8Lij #thedark ...

Facebook Ownership Structure Should Scare Investors More Than Botched IPO

forbes.com — For all the huffing and puffing and blown around houses associated with Facebook's ugly IPO, there's a looming problem associated with the company that's getting lost in the mix. That's a pity, because over the next few years it promises to have a more profound influence over the fortunes of Facebook investors than anything else.
Facebook Ownership Structure Should Scare Investors More Than Botched IPO - Forbes http://t.co/J6M0h5l5 Shades of Murdoch/News Corp
Facebook Ownership Structure Should Scare Investors More Than Botched IPO - Forbes http://t.co/liIrmkei via @sharethis

Natural Gas Smothering 'Clean Coal' and Carbon Capture

forbes.com — Natural gas is dominating the headlines. But five years ago it rested firmly on the back pages. The budding issue back then had been how new technologies would keep coal at the top of the energy hierarchy and how its associated emissions could be minimized and its carbon releases buried.

Title IX At 40: Where Would Women Be Without Sports?

forbes.com — Where would women be without sports? If you ask Lalia Ali, former world champion boxer and president of the Women's Sports Foundation, she will tell you that she knows where she wouldn't have been - and that's in trouble.

Transcript Of Meg Whitman's Video Message To HP Employees

forbes.com — HP Confidential Today, we announced financial results for Q2 FY12. To provide you additional context on our results, I've recorded a short video message. For those of you outside the firewall or who wish to access the information via your smartphone, a transcript of my remarks is provided below.
Transcript of Meg Whitman's video message to HP employees... http://t.co/elYxnCtc

Sheryl Sandberg Is The Valley's "It" Girl - Just Like Kim Polese Once Was

forbes.com — Page 3 of 3 If I was a friend of Sheryl Sandberg and she asked me for my advice, I'd say: you don't want to be the next Kim Polese. Maybe you should tone down the public appearances for a while and just keep your head down at Facebook.
RT @cjc: Eric Jackson to Sheryl Sandberg: "Tone down the public appearances for a while and just keep your head down" http://t.co/486mTUGS
Sheryl Sandberg Is Valley's "It" Girl - Just Like Kim Polese Once Was - http://t.co/HjUJHWz5 "Girl," ugh. Both *women* deserve their kudos.

Richard Florida Is Wrong About Creative Cities

forbes.com — This is the claim in Enrico Moretti's new book "The New Geography of Jobs". This book is excellent, I strongly recommend it. I could write dozens of blog posts about this book, and indeed I think I will write several. But one interesting argument he makes is that Richard Florida is wrong [...]

Seven Things I've Learned From 20 Years Of Marriage

forbes.com — When Jenna Goudreau, who is getting married in a few weeks, recently invited FORBES colleagues to share their best advice for the bride and groom (or couple) on their wedding day, several staffers fired back with one word: "Elope!" I heartily disagree.
A colleague asks for #wedding advice. I say: Seven Things I've Learned From 20 Years Of Marriage http://t.co/OsQBu4Ut
Seven Things I've Learned from 20 Years of Marriage by Deborah Jacobs. http://t.co/myGNLiQR

Karl Rove's Plot To Take Youth Vote From Obama Just Might Work

forbes.com — The Millennials can't get down with Mitt Romney. Not yet, anyway. A recent national poll of 18- to 29- year-olds by Harvard's Institute of Politics shows President Obama with a 17 point lead over his presumptive opponent: 43% to 26%, up from an 11 point lead in November.
The Rove Scouts? Karl Rove's Plot To Take Youth Vote From Obama Just Might Work - Forbes http://t.co/dI5HFUET via @sharethis

How Hollywood's Amanda Peet Became The Celebrity Spokeswoman For The Power Of Vaccines

forbes.com — Ask actress Amanda Peet why she has been doing public awareness campaigns for a United Nations effort to get kids in the developing world vaccinated, and you get the same answer you'd get if you asked Bill Gates why he is spending so much to get children their shots: "It's so bewildering and frustrating, that we have the medicine and it's just not getting to children," she says.
it's about time!! RT @DrJenGunter: How Hollywood's Amanda Peet Became Spokeswoman 4 Vaccines http://t.co/CuARbQlR @matthewherper
How Hollywood's Amanda Peet Became The Celebrity Spokeswoman For The Power Of Vaccines http://t.co/YBhe4i3L

Wall Street Made A Fortune Off The Facebook IPO

forbes.com — The Facebook IPO increasingly looks like it will cement the notion that the stock market is a rigged casino in the minds of Main Street investors. Morgan Stanley and the other banks have made a fortune off the IPO, which has handed losses to just about anyone else who invested in Facebook on Friday, when it first started trading on Nasdaq.

IBM Study: If You Don't Have a Social CEO, You're Going to be Less Competitive

forbes.com — The list of the world's CEOs regularly includes celebrities, billionaires, big egos, risk takers, and failures. What it does not include are social media experts; but that's about to change. When IBM (NYSE: IBM) conducted its study of 1709 CEOs around the world, they found only 16% of them participating [...]
RT @benasmith: IBM Study: If You Don't Have a Social CEO, You're Going to be Less Competitive http://t.co/3usBKVPU

HP To Cut 27,000 Jobs; Beats Q2 Earnings, Sales Ests.; Shares Up 11.7% [Updated]

forbes.com — Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Meg Whitman unveiled a restructuring plan that will shed 27,000 jobs at the Palo Alto, Calif.-technology conglomerate as the company posted second quarter results Wednesday that beat analyst expectations. HP shares rose 6.5% in after-hours trading. The technology conglomerate posted net income of $1.6 billion, or 80 cents a [...]

Mark Zuckerberg Is Learning That Public Companies Have No Privacy Settings

forbes.com — Zuckerberg's roadshow included paparazzi moments like this. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) For a guy obsessed with transparency and sharing, "going public" has always been a big worry for Mark Zuckerberg. For the better part of a decade, as Facebook became first the darling of Silicon Valley, then later pretty [...]
RT @Forbes: Mark Zuckerberg is learning that public companies have no privacy settings, writes @danbigmanforbes. http://t.co/iZRU9LrA
RT @ForbesTech: Mark Zuckerberg is learning that public companies have no privacy settings, writes @danbigmanforbes. http://t.co/3t39AHeC

The Wisconsin Lie Exposed - Taxpayers Actually Contribute Nothing To Public Employee Pensions

forbes.com — Pulitzer Prize winning tax reporter, David Cay Johnston, has written a brilliant piece for tax.com exposing the truth about who really pays for the pension and benefits for public employees in Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker says he wants state workers covered by collective bargaining agreements to "contribute more" to [...]

Inside Forbes: The 5 Real-Time Screens That Help Us Run The New Newsroom

forbes.com — All the President's Men: A great scene that's representative of the newsroom power structure. If you watch the movie, there's a newsroom meeting that says it all. Trust me, you'll recognize it. Journalists are a protective bunch, especially when it comes to their newsroom meetings. The invite lists typically enforce the [...]
RT @ksablan > Inside Forbes: The 5 Real-Time Screens That Help Us Run The New Newsroom http://t.co/1Nr27GSC (cc @larrynista)
Very cool: The 5 Real-Time Screens That Help Forbes Run The New Newsroom http://t.co/2u8o8FK0 (via @jodiontheweb)
This is pretty fantastic RT @niemanlab: Here are the 5 real-time screens that power the @Forbes newsroom http://t.co/bQ4KlRri
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Why Trend Micro Founder Eva Chen Is Not On The List Of Taiwan's 40 Richest

forbes.com — As the founder and CEO of antivirus software firm Trend Micro, Taiwan-native Eva Chen was named one of Forbes Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen in 2012. However, she has never appeared on Forbes Asia's annual list of Taiwan's 40 Richest - including the newly released 2012 list of Taiwan's 40 Richest.
Why Trend Micro Founder Eva Chen Is Not On The List Of Taiwan's 40 Richest http://t.co/k0qDqwgT via Laura He

Banishing Facebook's Eduardo Saverin Harms U.S. More

forbes.com — U.S. Senators Chuck Schumer and Bob Casey Yes, the Facebook IPO was noteworthy. But just as noteworthy was the decision by Eduardo Saverin to renounce his U.S. citizenship on the eve of the historic IPO and become a permanent resident of Singapore, where there is no capital gains tax.

Facebook Fallout: Knight Capital Estimates $30-$35 Million Loss On IPO, Blames Nasdaq

forbes.com — Several class action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of Facebook investors just a few days after the company went public, and after the closing bell Wednesday the story took another turn when trading firm Knight Capital Group disclosed a loss related to the botched debut of the company's shares.
If you missed it yday, Knight Capital says it will lose $30-$35 mil on Facebook IPO, blames Nasdaq http://t.co/oM7MIfyJ $KCG $FB $NDAQ
Facebook Fallout: Knight Capital Estimates $30-$35 Million Loss On IPO, Blames Nasdaq - Forbes http://t.co/oM7MIfyJ

Prime Burger, Adieu

forbes.com — The news that New York's Prime Burger will be closing is a shock - the venerable burger joint with the weird swing-out tray tables and the courtly, white-jacketed waiters has always felt as solid, as timeless as the gray stone pile of St. Patrick's Cathedral, which it overlooks across East 51st Street.
working hard to make us weep, @billbarol: Prime Burger and the soul of a city: http://t.co/nX1MUsja For Bill, Ron Givens and me, our place.

Forbes Games: Zynga's Facebook Problem

forbes.com — It wasn't too long ago that game developer Zynga was a sweetheart stock and industry leader -but as of late the picture's been not so pleasant. Many of Zynga's top titles have been losing users, and the trend does not appear to be reversing; has the novelty worn off for gamers?
What is the Forbes Games team talking about today? Diablo's boom, Zynga's bust, and why you shouldn't be a snob. http://t.co/esHJyvma

America's Richest Women Got $550 Million Richer As Wal-Mart Hit 10-Year High

forbes.com — Wal-Mart shares continue to soar following an impressive first quarter report, hitting a 10-year high this week and closing at $64.57 on Wednesday. Two shareholders in particular can cheer a little louder than the average investor as a result: Christy and Alice Walton, America's richest women, who both saw their fortunes rise with the big-box giant's stock.
America's Richest Women Got $550 Million Richer As Wal-Mart Hit 10-Year High - Forbes http://t.co/UaV8B6Yp via @sharethis

How to Take Advantage of Changes Coming to a Retirement Plan Near You

forbes.com — We've been seeing a lot of new innovations in employer-sponsored retirement plans lately, including greater use of auto-enrollment and escalation, a shift from traditional balanced funds to target date retirement funds, and the addition of managed accounts. If you haven't seen some of these new features yet, chances are you will soon.
How to Take Advantage of Changes Coming to a #Retirement Plan Near You - #401k Forbes http://t.co/HeZTizI4 via @sharethis

Losing The War On Meth And Sudafed At The Same Time

forbes.com — If you have the sniffles and you want medicine that contains pseudoephedrine--a chemical that dries up the hardest cases of congestion--you have to submit yourself to a mild privacy violation and a sometimes major inconvenience. Sudafed contains a key ingredient used by amateur chemists to produce the illegal drug methamphetamine or [...]
RT @charlesornstein: RT @ddiamond: Painfully true. MT @WhelanHealth: Losing The War On Meth, Sudafed At The Same Time http://t.co/L0R7naUg
RT @WhelanHealth: Losing The War On Meth And Sudafed At The Same Time - a new entry from my blog on Forbes http://t.co/atSMIUWU
Losing The War On Meth And Sudafed At The Same Time http://t.co/gXZ3VyKG a fantastic @WhelanHealth take on cold medicine and type II error.
Losing The War On Meth And Sudafed At The Same Time - a new entry from my blog on Forbes http://t.co/atSMIUWU

Celldex Therapeutics Breast Cancer Drug Shows Strong Results, But Only In Some Patients

forbes.com — An experimental breast cancer drug being developed by tiny Celldex Therapeutics of Needham., Mass., appeared to show a potent tumor-shrinking effect in four women who had both an especially hard-to-treat form of breast cancer and whose tumors had high levels of the protein targeted by the drug.
Celldex Therapeutics Breast Cancer Drug Shows Strong Results, But Only In Some Patients http://t.co/YjZ8o4o0 $CLDX

Tin: The Secret To Improving Lithium-Ion Battery Life

forbes.com — Poor battery life and the need to recharge smart phones often remain a huge pain for consumers. Help could be on the way. Researchers at the University of Washington said Wednesday they have figured out how pack more energy into a lithium-ion battery and boost the rate of charging it.
Tin: The Secret To Improving Lithium-Ion Battery Life. New from @UciliaWang on Forbes: http://t.co/GknWglK4

Welcome To The New Blog

forbes.com — First I want to thank Forbes for having Karl and I here, and especially Jeremy Bogiasky and Coates Batemen for seeking us out. It is an honor join the team of smart Forbes bloggers like Josh Barro, Tim Lee, Art Carden, Tim Worstall, and Erik Kain. For our regular readers things [...]

Why Closing Medicare's 'Donut Hole' is a Terrible Idea

forbes.com — Many conservatives believe that George W. Bush betrayed their cause. Exhibit A, these conservatives say, is the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. That law established Medicare's prescription-drug benefit plan without offsetting spending cuts or tax increases, adding $16 trillion to our unfunded liabilities.

FEMANOMICS: The Top Women in Venture Capital and Angel Investing

forbes.com — cindy gallop - (Photo credit: Eva Blue) At Forbes, we love our lists. We have lists for just about everything. One of our more popular lists is "The Midas 100" of top tech investors. It's actually a great list, but sadly, there is something lacking. Women. Apparently there are only 5 [...]
Awesome!! #tops RT @pakman: The amazing @marissa is recognized by Forbes as one of Top Women in VC! http://t.co/c1J8dPFQ

How To Say No At Work

forbes.com — see photosiStockClick for full photo gallery: How To Say No At Work When Beth Cronin started out as an associate at the law firm Trenam Kemker, she never once told a partner that she was too busy to do a project. Instead, she learned the right way to say no.
From the Do something better with your life dept.: Somebody actually spent the time to write "The Book of No" http://t.co/zPdIpxPQ

Parenting With A Brain Disease: Inside the Mind of Frontotemporal Degeneration

forbes.com — A young patient with a rare brain disease tells what it's like to be a husband and father, while watching his capabilities and his freedoms dwindle. More patients will share their stories in the coming weeks. At 44, Matt Rouse has the kind of laid-back, boyish charm that might lead you to mistake him for a post grad type from across the room.
RT @HowardGlick: Young minister with FTD Parenting With A Brain Disease FTD: Forbes FTD Patient Series http://t.co/w7JDtylY via @sharethis

When the White House Leaks Classified Information to Hollywood

forbes.com — Film director Kathryn Bigelow after a showing of her film The Hurt Locker, 2009 Seattle International Film Festival. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Sure, the White House has pursued a relentless campaign against leaks of classified information, but when it comes to burnishing its own achievements things are different. According to emails FOIAed [...]
Latest post: White House prosecutes leakers while leaking to Hollywood http://t.co/Ia4Q1kKf

Study: Stress In America

forbes.com — see photosBloomberg via Getty ImagesClick for full photo gallery: America's Most Stressful Cities Early this year, the American Psychological Association's (APA) released a report, Stress in America™: Our Health at Risk, paints a troubling picture of the impact stress has on the health of the country, especially caregivers and people living with [...]
Study: Stress In America - via @Forbes http://t.co/E61O5j98 >and the #makerspaces that can help you reduce it.

America's Most Affordable Cities

forbes.com — On the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a million dollars can get you as little as an 895-square-foot one-bedroom apartment. In Los Angeles, a 2,250-square foot three-bedroom abode in Hollywood Hills. But in Dayton, Ohio, a million dollars fetches luxury: a 12,000-square-foot estate just outside of the city limits equipped with personal gym and home theater, nestled on five acres of land.
Dayton, Ohio: No. 1 on Forbes list of America's Most Affordable Cities http://t.co/f8hH6IWC

Sometimes The Best Way To Beat The Competition Is To Cheat

forbes.com — Sometimes the best way to beat the competition is to cheat. According to a survey by Ernst & Young released Wednesday, a growing number of chief financial officers are willing to accept bribes and pay for contracts to keep business. India is the worst of them all, with nearly a third of Indian executives willing to accept bribes.
Thx RT @BRICBreaker: @lucymarcus http://t.co/x4cUkNbM Lucy...this Ernst & Young study on corruption, CFOs, might interest you. Excerpted

Andrew Keen: Why 1984 Is Upon Us (Digital Vertigo)

forbes.com — Andrew Keen (Photo credit: Wikipedia) In 2007, before Nicholas Carr and Jaron Lanier, Andrew Keen published a prescient critique of Web 2.0 culture titled The Cult of the Amateur, a book that anticipated many of the problems of the web today. It was, thankfully, a runaway bestseller. I read that book [...]
smart piece by @ryanholiday about Digital Vertigo & 1984 http://t.co/V952h17N Can't wait for Ryan's book later this summer.

Facebook IPO Investors Can Blame The Government For Missing Out On Big Gains

forbes.com — With Facebook's shares plummeting after its IPO, it is increasingly becoming clear that in the investment world, the biggest winnings produced by Facebook will largely be enjoyed by the investors that bought pre-IPO stock in the social media company.
Why are "little guys" at end of Facebook's wealth chain? Blame gov't rules unwittingly aiding the rich. http://t.co/AZAjk0Gq @NathanVardi

The Game Art Of Noah Bradley

forbes.com — Noah Bradley helps create the worlds where gamers live. As an environment concept artist and illustrator, he imagines the look and feel of places like Westeros and Greyhawk; his paintings appear in games like Dungeons & Dragons and the Game of Thrones card game, or serve as concept art that helps video game designers craft interactive universes.
Sweet gallery of the game art of Noah Bradley http://t.co/xNOjpnww

Urban Agriculture Redefined, Growing Crops In Recycled Shipping Containers

forbes.com — PodPonic's recycled shipping container now growing lettuce Take an unused parking lot in the middle of downtown Atlanta, Georgia on Ponce de Leon Avenue, put five 320-square foot recycled shipping containers tricked out with proprietary technology to reduce overall energy consumption and increase crop yield and then grow three tons of [...]
Urban Agriculture Redefined, Growing Crops In Recycled Shipping Containers. http://t.co/f8whwrZE

Nissan To Build All-Electric Delivery Vehicle

forbes.com — Nissan says it will commence production of an all-electric version of its NV200 cargo van at its assembly plant in Barcelona, Spain beginning in 2013.

'Wired' Attacked For Geek Dad Cover: What About All The Mommy-Centric Parenting Rags?

forbes.com — Parents (magazine) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I used to keep a running tally of the affronts against fathers perpetuated by so-called parenting magazines: the mom-only contests, the snarky articles suggesting ways to use child-rearing techniques to train husbands, the beauty tips. Every once in a while I'd hit a breaking point and [...]
'Wired' Attacked For Geek Dad Cover. Fine. And What About All The Mommy-Centric Parenting Rags? via @brianreid @Forbes http://t.co/uqyoMY3g

Google Enemy #1 - Forbes

forbes.com — see photosForbes ImagesClick for full photo gallery: The Google Search Evolution Google's enemy is not Facebook or Microsoft or Apple. Enemy number one for Google is the black hat spammers. The guys are like the guys from 'Fight Club' and wear no gloves when they fight. The search giant probably spends [...]

Piggish Pricing by Wall St. And Insiders Ruins Facebook IPO

forbes.com — IPOs are supposed to leave room for the public to enjoy a little kiss. But, the Facebook offering, so bloody ballyhooed to the point of lunacy just plain hurt all the disappointed small individual buyers who were given a small ownership at the absurdly inflated price of $38 a share.
Morgan Stanley "were fatuous idiots" Bob Lenzner weighs in on the $FB IPO http://t.co/yxH6rZ17

The Perfect Craft Brew To Drink With 'Diablo III'

forbes.com — For obvious reasons, I nominate Stone IPA as the perfect craft brew to drink while playing Diablo III: Of course, Stone IPA is also a great beer to drink doing most other things as well (except driving, of course.) It's a devilishly hoppy India Pale Ale that may not be as [...]

Facebook Lawsuits Start Flying: Targets Include Zuckerberg, Morgan Stanley

forbes.com — Pretty much anything that does not go exactly according to plan in the securities markets these days is likely to spark a frenzy of lawsuits, and Facebook's rocky public debut is no exception. At least three lawsuits have been filed over the company's initial public offering, including one in the Southern District of New York on behalf of three purchasers of Facebook common stock.
Good conversation in the comments on my story about the $FB lawsuits. Nice to get some different opinions on the issue http://t.co/NeBtDqX2
Facebook Lawsuits Start Flying: Targets Include Zuckerberg, Morgan Stanley - Forbes http://t.co/NeBtDqX2

The Rare Bipartisan Health Idea: Affordable Concierge Medicine

forbes.com — A doctors stethoscope. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A rare bipartisan health care idea that brings an affordable price to concierge medical care is gaining some attention in Washington. It's called direct primary care whereby doctors contract directly with patients to provide all of their primary care needs free of insurance interference at a [...]

Ouch! Facebook Slapped With Sell Rating

forbes.com — As more and more messy details emerge from Facebook's fizzled IPO, now the newly public social network must contend with another blow: a sell rating by a Wall Street analyst. Scott Kessler of S&P Capital IQ this morning slapped a sell on Facebook, giving it a 12-month target price of $30, [...]
Ouch! Facebook Slapped With Sell Rating - The New Persuaders/Forbes http://t.co/xS1luY1f #facebook $fb #ipo

Adam Thierer, Infrastructure Socialist

forbes.com — I recently came across this old blog post, one of my first efforts to come up with a coherent libertarian theory of infrastructure policy. At the time, Verizon was busy tearing up peoples' lawns to make room for its new FiOS network-in many cases without the permission of the affected [...]

Arise, Sir Jony Ive Of Apple

forbes.com — It's the thing to do when a Brit finally makes a success of themselves - quietly hope they'll get a message in the post saying they're now important enough to become a knight or a dame. Apple's lead designer Jony Ive, arguably the second most important person after Steve Jobs to have helped make Apple's products a global success, recently got the memo.

Durham, N.C. - TJ McCue - Forbes

forbes.com — Duke University Photography/Chris Hildreth Durham, N.C. 15.5% of workforce 41,560 workers employed The Raleigh-Durham-Cary area, otherwise known as the Research Triangle, hosts Duke University and the third-highest percentage of adults with at least a bachelor's degree.

An Intriguing Sports Car Deal Between Fiat And Mazda

forbes.com — Say, "Alfa Romeo" and iconic visions fly through your head, of men in sunglasses behind the wheel on the Autostrada, and women in headscarves gliding their convertibles through the streets of Rome. Say, "Mazda Miata" and an entire generation will smile, thinking of the little roadster that made rag tops fun [...]
Ever see those little Japanese two-seaters? An Intriguing Sports Car Deal Between Fiat And Mazda - Forbes http://t.co/fwEfEVEa

Facebook Shares Finally Climbing After Two-Day Free Fall

forbes.com — It would seem that Facebook has finally found a bottom. After three trading days where the stock went from $45 to $30.94, the stock is rallying in pre-market activity. It is up 1.9% at $31.63. Since the week began, shares have fallen 18.6%.
Facebook is climbing, after 2-day free fall. Stock is up 1.5% in pre-market. $FB http://t.co/vIH9wgZ4

Malicious Ex-Boyfriends Are So Much More Horrible In The Internet Age

forbes.com — Let's hope your ex finds a healthy way to deal with his pain and doesn't decide to go down the dark path taken by Shawn Sayer of Maine. After he and his girlfriend split in 2006, he harassed her for years, notably by crowd-sourcing his revenge.
RT @kashhill: Malicious Ex-Boyfriends Are So Much More Horrible In The Internet Age http://t.co/qmOdQrZt

Car Sharing As A Buzz-Builder, In Europe And America

forbes.com — It's long been standard practice for car companies to use rental car fleets as mini-test markets. Putting new models in the hands of renters has provided valuable early feedback, sometimes even before the vehicles get to customers. But now, the automakers are using car-share companies to build buzz for some vehicles [...]
If you could drive a Leaf or a Fiat 500 for a few hours, would you? My latest @Forbes. http://t.co/SwfWs2Uj
Car Sharing As A Buzz-Builder, In Europe And America - my latest @Forbes http://t.co/SwfWs2Uj

Brad Pitt Back in Oscar Race with Witty, Bloody 'Killing Them Softly'

forbes.com — When did Brad Pitt become such a good actor? He nailed it in "Moneyball" and got an Oscar nomination. As Cogan, a literate hit man in Andrew Dominick's "Killing Them Softly," he's magic, a real old fashioned leading man who's integrated character actor choices into his repetoire. Cogan doesn't even come [...]
Brad sporting a nice wig, extensions, patches, plugs and thingamajigs. What a guy. Castrated by that termagant... http://t.co/wRMhKQZD

As SpaceX Launches, Hybrid Engine May Have A Cheaper Solution To Space Travel

forbes.com — The launch of SpaceX's Falcon 9 yesterday was a landmark moment for the commercial exploitation of space. But the company's founder, PayPal billionaire Elon Musk, isn't the only entrepreneur looking to open up a viable market for an industry that, till now, has often been forced to justify its own existence.
RT @SteveForbesCEO: Innovation and entrepreneurship at work in private space flight. See @parmy Olson’s report http://t.co/RfGJ4sm8
As SpaceX Launches, Hybrid Engine May Have A Cheaper Solution To Space Travel http://t.co/GJiy5z5J

IBM STUDY: If You Don’t Have a SOCIAL CEO, You're Going to be Less Competitive

forbes.com — The list of the world's CEOs regularly includes celebrities, billionaires, big egos, risk takers, and failures. What it does not include are social media experts; but that's about to change. When IBM (NYSE: IBM) conducted its study of 1709 CEOs around the world, they found only 16% [...]
IBM Study: If You Don't Have a Social CEO, You're Going to be Less Competitive - Forbes http://t.co/9RzU9gsC
RT @Niketa: Interesting...IBM Study: If You Don't Have a Social CEO, You're Going to be Less Competitive: http://t.co/CMS3PmwW
RT @bugis: IBM Study - If your CEO is not #social you are seen as less competitive. http://t.co/LlxOdR35
IBM Study: If You Don't Have a Social CEO, You're Going to be Less Competitive - http://t.co/8WgU19fj (via @Forbes)
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$25 Computer - Cheaper Than A Tank Of Gas

forbes.com — Dell, HP, and Best Buy are all reporting lackluster Q1 results; this $25 computer might boost sales and profits. The Raspberry Pi is a relatively new microcomputer that may live up to its plans to change the world. Beside the catchy name, the Pi is a robust little computer that has [...]
$25 Computer - Cheaper Than A Tank Of Gas - Forbes http://t.co/qjuyBPnJ