Archive for June, 2010
Investment Firms Grab Stock Data First, and Use It Seconds Before Others
June 4th, 2010This is an easy to understand piece about high frequency trading. Via: Wall Street Journal: Some fast-moving computer-driven investment firms are getting an edge by trading on market data before it gets to other investors, according to market players and researchers who have studied the trading. The firms gain that advantage by buying data from […]
Lawyers Claim Google Wi-Fi Sniffing ‘Is Not an Accident’
June 4th, 2010Via: Gizmodo: Lawyers suing Google claimed Thursday they have discovered evidence in a patent application that Google deliberately programmed its Street View cars to collect private data from open Wi-Fi networks, despite claims to the contrary. “At this point, it is our belief that it is not an accident,” said Brooks Cooper, an Oregon attorney […]
France: Possible Link Between Arms Sales and Political Campaign Funds; Sarkozy Allegedly Involved
June 4th, 2010Via: BBC: French opposition MPs have called on President Nicolas Sarkozy to give details of any links to suspected commissions on arms deals allegedly used to fund political campaigns. The calls follow a report from Luxembourg police alleging Mr Sarkozy approved the creation of firms which received money from the commissions. They allegedly financed then […]
And Now: 26-Foot Tall Statue of Anubis, the Egyptian God of the Dead, Installed at Denver International Airport
June 4th, 2010Denver Airport Murals Denver Airport Underground Via: 9News: Ever since it was first installed at Denver International Airport, the 32-foot-tall blue “Mustang” has been the talk of the town, but a new addition is sure to get plenty of attention. A crew is installing a seven-ton, 26-foot-tall concrete sculpture of an Egyptian god at the […]
Universities Are Offering Doctorates but Few Jobs
June 4th, 2010Via: Los Angeles Times: Graduates frustrated by the lack of tenure-track positions available amid budget cuts are looking off campus. Many find work that wouldn’t have cost them years in school or put them deep in debt. As they walk in hooded robes to the strains of “Pomp and Circumstance,” many students getting their doctorates […]
BP Puts Containment Cap on Gushing Gulf Well Pipe
June 4th, 2010This seems like good news, but all we really have to go on is what BP and the government are saying. CNN reports, “Early Friday morning a non-stop cloud of oil was still spewing from the pipe.” Via: Reuters: After failing days ago to plug the well, BP Plc managed on Thursday to shear away […]
James Cameron on BP Oil Spill: “If you’re not monitoring it independently, you’re asking the perpetrator to give you the video of the crime scene.”
June 4th, 2010Via: Reuters: Film director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron said on Wednesday that BP Plc turned down his offer to help combat the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “Over the last few weeks I’ve watched, as we all have, with growing horror and heartache, watching what’s happening in the Gulf and thinking […]
May Earnings
June 4th, 2010May earnings came to a total of $911.85. Many thanks to all cash contributors and to those of you who conducted business via Cryptogon affiliate links. There must be a few dozen of you who are clicking through to Amazon via Cryptogon. It’s amazing how the commissions, from even the smallest purchases, add up. Thanks […]
National Debt Tops $13 Trillion For First Time
June 4th, 2010Via: CBS News: The National Debt topped $13-trillion for the first time in U.S. history – reflecting the surge in government spending that will push the Debt to increasing highs through the rest of the decade. Posted on the Treasury Department website this afternoon, the National Debt hit $13,050,826,460,886.97 as of June 1st. Tallied against […]
Bilderberg 2010: Plutocracy with Palm Trees
June 4th, 2010Via: Guardian: Another year, another Bilderberg. The first “participants” (as the delegates are known) won’t be arriving until Thursday, but already the Hotel Dolce in Sitges is buzzing with anticipation. This Catalan seaside town hasn’t hosted an event as large and politically sensitive as Bilderberg since the legendary 2008 Foam Party at the Mr Gay […]
