Friends For Sale
Posted on 05. Jul, 2010 by feistyfranny in Dis & Dat, Lifestyle
RentAFriend.com is a website devoted to finding you a friend. They will only help you to find a platonic buddy so don’t expect to find a ” friend with benefits” situation. Though the site has only been around for 6 months, they are already getting 100,000 hits/month. A person who pays the membership fees of [...]
Galleon’s Rajaratnam Arrested for Insider-Trading
Posted on 16. Oct, 2009 by rubber chicken in Business, News
Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon Group, has been arrested in what U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara is calling ”the largest hedge fund insider-trading case ever charged criminally.” Rajaratnam has been charged with four counts of conspiracy and eight counts of securities fraud. Five others have also been charged in connection with the insider-trading: Intel’s Rajiv Goel, McKinsey [...]
What the Hell is Automated Man…
Posted on 15. Oct, 2009 by Chuck Rocker in Business, Comedy
You know the feeling when you go to the grocery store, walk up and down every isle, pack your shopping cart full and then get home only to realize you forgot to get f@%#ing deodorant!!! It’s a major pain in the ass right? Your only options were to drive all the way back to the [...]
American Wins Nobel Prize in Economics?
Posted on 12. Oct, 2009 by Chuck Rocker in Business, Dis & Dat, News
Some said it couldn’t be done and some were just too damn broke to care. Nevertheless on Monday, Elinor Ostrom became the first American woman to win a Noble Prize in Economics. Ostrom shared this award with fellow American, Oliver Williamson, for analyzing economic governance – the rules by which people exercise authority in companies [...]
Limbaugh Makes Bid for St. Louis Rams
Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by rubber chicken in Business, Sports, Video
Overinflated airbag Rush Limbaugh confirmed today that he and a group of investors, including St. Louis Blues owner Dave Checketts, have made a bid to buy the St. Louis Rams. In a statement he said: “Dave and I are part of a bid to buy the Rams and we are continuing the process. But I can [...]
Gourmet Magazine Starves to Death
Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by rubber chicken in Business, Lifestyle, Video
Conde Nast publishers have announced Gourmet Magazine is being shut down after 70 years. The foodie favorite is yet another casualty in the war between print media, television, and the internet. Instead of subscribing, many would-be-readers of Gourmet just flip on the Food Network or log onto any number of free websites devoted to cooking [...]
2016 Olympics City Announced
Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by rubber chicken in Business, News, Sports, Video
The International Olympic Committee announced the host city for the 2016 Olympics, and despite President Obama’s personal visit with the committee earlier this week, Chicago will not be taking home the gold. Rio de Janeiro will be the site for the 2016 Olympics, making Brazil the first South American country to host the Olympics. Seems [...]
Skype to be sold to Andreeseen Horowitz Investor Group
Posted on 01. Sep, 2009 by jessica in Business, Dis & Dat, News, Tech
The winner for the most pressing digital sales news this week goes to the upcoming sale of Skype to investor group, Andreesen Horowitz. Sources such as Brad Stone and Claire Cain Miller claim that the deal will be publicly announced today. For those of you unfamiliar with Andreesen Horowitz, here are a few key facts: Marc Andreeseen [...]
Disney Buying Marvel Comics for $4 Billion
Posted on 31. Aug, 2009 by rubber chicken in Business, Entertainment, News
Disney announced today that it has made a deal to purchase Marvel Comics for $4 billion. This will give the Disney studio ownership over such classic comic book characters as Spider-Man, X-Men, The Hulk, Captain America, Iron Man, and over 5,000 others. That adds up to a lot of potential box office blockbusters and approximately [...]
Cash for Appliances Starting up Soon
Posted on 24. Aug, 2009 by rubber chicken in Business, Lifestyle, News
Congress’s Cash for Clunkers program has proven to be a success. Now appliance companies like Whirlpool and Electrolux are hoping a similar Cash for Appliances program will save them from bankruptcy. States have until October 15th to file applications for inclusion with the Energy Department. Details of the program will vary state by state. Sometime [...]
