In what looks like a positive initial reaction by markets to the bailout of Spain, agreed at the weekend, the Euro has risen 1% against the dollar. US stock futures are also up. The Bangkok Times reported shortly after markets opened: “The single currency bought $1.2644 and 100.63 yen, against $1.2514 and 99.49 yen in New York on Friday.”
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Money Wise Women
Despite ubiquitous calls for tough network security over the years, it can still be surprising when major companies fall victim to hackers. The most recent LinkedIn security breach just goes to show no matter how big you are the possibility of having your network hacked is quite real.
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With WWDC 2012 upon us, I thought I would take a look at the impact the WWDC and keynote address has on Apple's stock price (in the very short run). The data shows that the Monday of WWDC is a horrible day to buy Apple stock. Since 2003, Apple stock has always closed below where it closed on the Friday before WWDC kicks off. Despite the appeal of the WWDC Keynote amongst Apple fan boys, it seems that investors never think that the presentation meets expectations.
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On Friday, a small group of influential industry leaders and policy analysts gathered in Baltimore, MD to discuss the increasingly complex and poorly coordinated interface between electric and gas markets.
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Tomorrow kicks off the ninth annual Personal Democracy Forum in New York City, a yearly confab of geeks, digital philosophers and policy wonks that plumbs the connection between technology and how we govern ourselves in the modern world. I've been to all but one and and here's what I'd tell the assemblage of high-powered thinkers and doers this year:
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see photosFoster And Partners, AppleClick for full photo gallery: Apple's New Campus The city of Cupertino posted a fresh set of floor plans and renderings Thursday that include more details about Apple’s huge new 'mothership.' The man behind the project, Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs, probably never worried about surviving a zombie [...]
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