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Category Archives: Economics
Smartphone Theft
Smartphones represent a $69-billion-a-year industry in the U.S., the DA notes. About half of that — some $30 billion a year — comes from replacing lost or stolen devices.
Middle Class
Middle Class.
Permanent Temp
Next America
The Next America.
The Unemployment Puzzle
Where Have All the Workers Gone?
NASDAQ Butt
Does this NASDAQ make my butt look big?
The Good Life
Below-freezing temperatures, with wind chills plunging under negative 50 during the winters.
The Chart
The chart superimposes the market’s recent performance on top of a plot of its gyrations in 1928 and 1929.
IBM
A series of columns by Robert X. Cringely about the decline and impending demise of IBM
Not your father’s IBM
Something’s rotten in IBM Dubuque
Magical thinking at IBM
How to fix IBM in a week
We’re all just lab rats to IBM
By 2015 IBM will look like Oracle
Fulfilling customer requirements is a weapon at IBM
The New IBM — vampires in our midst
IBM to customers: Your hand is staining my window
The Decline & Fall of IBM
IBM sells Intel server business, company is doomed