Bi-Coastal Watercooler Chat on Yahoo, Apple, Digg, Google and More

It wouldn’t be a day at TechTicker without a check in on Yahoo-Microsoft and the upcoming, highly anticipated shareholder meeting. While we’re at it, we threw in an update on the Steve Jobs health

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Paulson’s Covered-Bond Bonanza: ‘A Tiny Patch for a Big Hole’

Two weeks (and a day) after announcing his plan to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was at it again. In concert with the nation’s four largest banks, Paulson announced plans Monday to jumpstart a covered bond market in th

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How Hot Is Cuil?

A new startup has the Valley all aflutter today. It’s called Cuil and that’s pronounced “cool” and according to Valley insiders it’s very cool indeed.
Cuil is the brainchild of Tom Costello, Anna Patterson and Russell Power. …

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The End Is Nigh: Peak Oil Proponent Forecasts Grim Future

“I think it’s an awful story, and I hate to be the one to tell it.” So says Chris Nelder, an editor at EnergyandCapital.com and co-author of “Profit from the Peak,” who maintains that peak oil — the concept that global oil pr

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Excluding Financials, Homebuilders, and Carmakers, Economy Is… Weak

From ClusterStock, July 28, 2008:More horrendous news from companies like Crocs (CROX), Costco (COST), and Toyota, and more banks going belly up (two small ones on Friday), so it’s time for an update on the economy at large. Bulls love to say that, outsid

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No Relief from $120 Oil Anytime Soon — or Ever, says Energy Expert

With oil prices retreating from their all-time high of $147 a barrel on July 11 (although they edged up past $124 again this morning), there’s talk that the oil bubble has finally burst. “Keep dreaming,” says Chris Nelder, co-author of “Pro

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‘Sky’s the Limit’ for Crude, says Peak Oil Advocate: Buy Drillers, Avoid Majors

Buying drillers like Transocean and Diamond Offshore is the best way to “Profit from the Peak,” says Chris Nelder, co-author of a book of the same name, who recommends avoiding major integrated oil companies like Exxon. …

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Why now, Henry?

Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’s plan to IPO is nothing new - the company filed its paperwork to do so a year ago. So why should the storied firm of private equity titan Henry Kravis (pictured) choose now to tap this battered market? Problems at its Amsterdam-listed fund are also hardly new. Shares of the fund, set […]

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