Google Feb. 1 revealed the Art Project featuring 1,000 works of art scanned online using Google Street View, Picasa and App Engine. – Google Feb. 1 said it has begun taking its Street View
Google Maps feature into art galleries to bring images of art works to
consumers’ computers via the Web.
One of the search engine’s famed 20 percent projects, Google’s
Art Project aims to bring more than 1,000 works of art to people who mig…
Connecticut’s new Attorney General George Jepsen agreed not to sue to make Google disclose data the company’s Street View cars collected from Connecticut citizens. – Google Jan. 28 struck a deal with Connecticut
state officials to avoid court for collecting user information via unsecured
wireless networks from 2008 to 2009.
Google, Connecticut’s
new Attorney General George Jepsen and the 40-state coalition Jepsen is leading
to investigate the matter will n…
The stated purpose of quantitative easing was to drive down interest rates on U.S. treasury bonds.But as U.S. News and World Reported noted last month:By now, you’ve probably heard that the Fed is purchasing $600 billion in treasuries in hopes that it…
The Wall Street Journal noted last week:Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Friday ruled out a central bank bailout of state and local governments strapped with big municipal debt burdens, saying the Fed had limited legal authority to help and l…
US stocks fell slightly Friday, after the US unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in 19 months, but the number of jobs added in December still fell below expectations. The Labour Department said the jobless rate dropped to 9.4 percent from 9.8 percent in November, partly caused by people who stopped looking for work. [...]
Obama is replacing his chief economic adviser – Larry Summers – with Gene Sperling.Sperling is currently a counselor to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, and is now being appointed as Obama’s chief economic adviser. He’s been there before: Sperling…
From Katy Perry to Jim Parsons, these days, Sesame Street is chockful of more guest appearance than a November sweeps episode of Glee. Now producers of the longrunning children’s educational program have commissioned Grey’s Anatomy lead Ellen Pompeo to give eternal three-year-old Elmo a lesson on the word “healthy,” just in time for the holidays.
Major US stock indices rose Wednesday after the US government revised upward its estimate of third-quarter economic growth. Gross domestic product expanded by an annualized 2.6 percent in the July-September period, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. The previous growth estimate for the third quarter was 2.5 percent. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average was up [...]
Before They Were Famous: Brad Pitt/Johnny Depp’s TV Moment! Stepping out on the red carpet for the premiere of The Tourist, Brad Pitt and Johnny Depp didn’t exactly seem like the best of friends, but the Hollywood hunks have got a bit more in common than just starring alongside the dazzling Angelina Jolie onscreen. Brad [...]
Google Dec. 17 declined to give e-mail, password and Web browser information its Street View cars accidentally collected to Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. – Google Dec. 17 refused to give personal data accidentally
collected from Connecticut citizens to the state attorney general, a move that
could precipitate legal action.
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Dec. 10 issued the search engine a civil investigative demand to retrieve data Google’s
Str…
Mainboard-listed Amara Holdings, the homegrown integrated lifestyle group, says it has embarked on a $32 million asset enhancement plan and repositioning exercise for its Amara Shopping Centre located at 100 Tras Street.
Bill Gross, Nouriel Roubini, Laurence Kotlikoff, Steve Keen, Michel Chossudovsky and the Wall Street Journal all say that the U.S. economy is a giant Ponzi scheme.Virtually all independent economists and financial experts say that rampant fraud was lar…
Connecticut state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Dec. 10 compelled Google to turn over data collected from Connecticut citizens via insecure WiFi networks with Street View. – Connecticut state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Dec.
10 ratcheted up his July request for data Google collected from Connecticut
citizens via insecure wireless networks by demanding the search engine cough it
up.
Blumenthal’s office issued a civil investigative demand,
or the equivalent o…
Alan Greenspan, William Black, James Galbraith, Joseph Stiglitz, George Akerlof, Chris Whalen and many other economists and financial experts all say that the economy cannot truly recover unless those who committed fraud are prosecuted.So we should be…
Now here’s a dream casting we’d pay 10 bucks to see, Johnny Depp says he’s willing to make a cameo in the new 21 Jump Street movie! Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum will headline Columbia Pictures’ big screen reboot of the popular ‘80s TV series, which followed a team of babyfaced rookie cops who work [...]
Google Earth 6 includes integrated Street View imagery, more than 80 million 3D trees and more searchable historical imagery. – Google Nov. 29 released
Google Earth 6, which integrates Street View and adds historical imagery and 3D
trees to bring more realism to the Web service.
Google Earth is the search engine’s digital atlas, allowing
users to search for places all over the globe and see satellite views of the
sky, …
Elmo hobnobs with former Alias star Jennifer Garner during his latest celebrity playdate on Sesame Street. Watch as Mrs. Affleck learns to stretch with the cutest crimison-colored character to hit Public Television since Clifford: The Big Red Dog.
After running street battles, police in Rio de Janeiro say they control a shanty town where drugs gangs had gathered in the face of an ongoing crackdown.
Armed officers used tanks and helicopters to push into Vila Cruzeiro, where gangs had regrouped after being flushed out of other favelas.
Nursing homes may not provide the profits that buy-out firms expect
THEY are best known for eyeing glittery targets such as swanky retailers and landmark buildings. But private-equity firms have also recently shown interest in a much less glamorous business: nursing homes. Since 2005 there have been at least 46 buy-outs of nursing-home operators worldwide, according to Dealogic, a research firm. Private-equity firms now own three of the five largest chains of homes in the United States, including the biggest, HCR ManorCare, which was bought by Carlyle for more than $6 billion in 2007.
The buy-out firms reckon there is money to be made from the ageing of populations in rich countries. In 2009 Americans spent $104 billion on nursing-home care, up 20% from 2005, according to Kalorama Information, a research firm. Since people are living longer but not necessarily healthier lives, demand for residential care will keep increasing. Nursing homes have stable cashflows, since much of their revenues come from government reimbursements and are thus relatively immune to economic downturns. …
