Tishman Speyer Properties and its co-investors just walked away from the largest real-estate deal in US history, simply defaulting on the properties and the loans that bought them and leaving their creditors in the lurch. The properties, Manhattan's 56...
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Doritos Unlock Xbox finalists narrowed to two
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I would totally play Harm's Way. That sounds like an awesome game!
We hate to pick sides, but we think we've already settled on a favorite competitor of the two Doritos Unlock Xbox finalists. See if you can detect which one.
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I think maybe part of the reason you're so angry is you keep demanding that you get screwed and then, not surprisingly, you keep getting screwed
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Love it. While i love that insurance companies have money to pay for my industry's products and generally keep some people healthy, i would prefer that everyone be healthy and that slightly less money went from my wages to insurance co...
Your ugly snow shovel violates our community rules
Is a snow shovel left on the front porch a violation of neighborhood association laws? This email exchange shows what happens when suburbanites stop being polite ... and start getting real.(Thanks, Mark B.!)
How Often Is the Gas Tax Raised? Most Americans Have No Clue
The federal gas tax. It needs to be raised. We’ve hammered this point home enough. Our infrastructure needs help, and that help involves money, and that money has to come from somewhere. Politicians know this. But they won’t touch the gas tax with ...
Fine crappy foods
This video deftly skewers the food industry's current fixations, including This-Is-Why-You're-Fat-grade hamburgers, fancy TV dinners, and junk food masquerading as wholesome:
We take the finest ingredients and put them in a bowl with salt and butter...
Microsoft Sues TiVo
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Dear Microsoft and TiVo, I would love it if you resolved this little quarrel by allowing Windows Media Center to serve as a Tivo Extender. Because really TiVo, the TiVo Desktop software is kind of crappy.
Microsoft has filed suit again...
The financial has always been wrong about the dangers of regulation. – By Daniel Gross – Slate Magazine
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File under "History Repeats Itself: Some more"
A study of recent—and not so recent—financial reform and regulation yields two rules. Rule No. 1: The banks have no idea what kind of regulation is good for them. Rule No. 2: If you ev...
Planet Definition Doesn’t Apply Beyond the Solar System
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Pluto will be a planet once again!
Imagine living on a South Pacific island and naming all aquatic life in your lagoon “fish.” But your definition was so specific it didn’t apply to whatever creatures lived in the rest of the oce...