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Facebook valuation cut 75%?

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:08:22 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Obviously i have no idea if this is true, but if Facebook is now being valued at $3-4B, how does Microsoft feel about investing at a $15B valuation?

Clip Source: voices.allthingsd.com

Now Mike Arrington reports that Bill Dagley, a California money manager, is repping a seller with a block a stock they’re willing to part with at a “value far less than $15 billion.” He then cites a source that says the valuation Dagley’s client is looking for is in the $3 billion to $4 billion range.

Tags: facebook, internet, web, microsoft

Anderson Cooper on Robert Mugabe

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:55:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A well said, strong statement by Anderson Cooper. It will be very interesting to see how long the world sits back while this brutal violence continues to be used to thwart democracy. This type of behavior cannot be tolerated.

Clip Source: ac360.blogs.cnn.com

It is hard to watch what is happening in Zimbabwe. Sickening to see thugs armed with steel clubs beating people whose only crime is to want a fair election.

Robert Mugabe helped bring independence to Zimbabwe, but he makes the mistake all tyrants do. He believes he is indispensable, he believes he has a right to rule. He has been president for nearly 30 years. Enough is enough. The people have a right to replace him…

The United Nations Security Council has finally condemned the violence, but their outrage is not backed up by the threat of force. South Africa’s president and the leaders of other African countries have repeatedly turned a blind eye to Mugabe’s tactics, and without greater involvement from them, it’s unlikely much pressure will be brought to bear.

Tags: robert mugabe, zimbabwe, politics, democracy

Bush's attempt to keep us hooked on oil

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:09:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Man, Tom Friedman just nails it. This is exactly what the Bush administration is trying to do and it scares the heck out of me. I strongly suggest that you click the source link to read the entire article.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Two years ago, President Bush declared that America was “addicted to oil,” and, by gosh, he was going to do something about it. Well, now he has. Now we have the new Bush energy plan: “Get more addicted to oil.”

Actually, it’s more sophisticated than that: Get Saudi Arabia, our chief oil pusher, to up our dosage for a little while and bring down the oil price just enough so the renewable energy alternatives can’t totally take off. Then try to strong arm Congress into lifting the ban on drilling offshore and in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

It is hard for me to find the words to express what a massive, fraudulent, pathetic excuse for an energy policy this is. But it gets better. The president actually had the gall to set a deadline for this drug deal:

Tags: bush, oil, alternative energy, politics

Why we need high oil prices

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:11:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I know this sounds crazy, but i honestly believe that high oil prices in the short term (1-5 years) is a very good thing if it forces us to find alternatives. I am definitely concerned that if oil prices drop temporarily, the momentum behind alternatives such as wind and solar will die off - leaving us exactly where we are today - way too dependent on oil and way to harmful to our environment.

Clip Source: www.ft.com

If the Democratic party were correct about speculation and gouging, it should be demanding a Nobel Prize for futures traders and oil titans. They have done more for the planet than Al Gore, making the pump price of petrol so unthinkably expensive (almost half as dear as in Europe!) that the country has started to economise. Americans are driving less and buying smaller cars.

If ever there were a case for the maxim, get prices right, this is it. The way to curb carbon emissions is to add the environmental cost of carbon to the price of energy. The current oil price offers a good opportunity: when it falls (as it probably will) a carbon tax could be used to set a floor, making the transition to correctly priced energy much easier.

Tags: alternative energy, oil, politics

Top law firm pulls "hottest lawyer" contest from company blog

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:52:40 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is funny. For those who don't know, Skadden is a MAJOR law firm in new york city. Apparently they were blogging about their annual "hottest lawyer at the firm" contest and a bunch of higher ups got pissed off. I'm so curious to know who won. Anyone with a photo, please share

Clip Source: www.law.com

Who's the hottest young woman lawyer at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom? Last week that question sent the New York firm into a bit of a tizzy. On Feb. 4, Skadden Insider, a blog written by two anonymous firm employees and dedicated, unofficially, to all things Skadden, announced the winner of its weeklong poll to decide the firm's "Hottest Female Associate." The contest was hardly Skadden Gone Wild -- most of the photos of the eight contestants were relatively innocuous head shots. The winner, a blond litigator, drew 400 votes from Skadden cognoscenti.

But the firm was not amused. On Feb. 7, Skadden of counsel Henry "Hank" Baer, the firm's employment adviser, sent an e-mail to all Skadden lawyers in the United States, chastising the blog.

Tags: law firm, law, funny, skadden, hot

Filling up your car with ELECTRICITY!!

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:10:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: When we can fill up our cars with electricity instead of gasoline - and generate electricity through wind and solar power - and transmit more electricity over the grid - we will have truly changed global dynamics.

The amazing thing is that it may not be more than a few years away! Any additional help we can get from Washington will make a huge difference. I hope to see this be a central issue in the upcoming election.

Clip Source: www.marketwatch.com

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Get your sockets ready -- plug-in electric cars are coming soon to a garage near you, according to car makers and power company officials who met in the nation's capitol last week to discuss the technology's future.

Backers point out that electricity is significantly cheaper than oil right now and that a surge in electric-powered cars could reduce national oil consumption by millions of barrels a day while curbing tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases.

For auto makers 2010 has become the goal for getting plug-in hybrid vehicles into consumers' hands

The power grid will also need work to sustain the additional demand for electricity plug-ins will generate.

Tags: alternative energy, plug-ins, cars, oil, batteries

Clipmarks now available for Firefox 3

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:51:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Just wanted to make sure everyone knows that we released a new version of clipmarks (version 3.5) that supports the just-released Firefox3. We made some real nice improvements to the orange lines so they should more accurately outline elements on the page to clip.

If you don't have the latest version of clipmarks installed, you can get it here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1407. There's a review section on that page, so if you have anything nice to say, don't hesitate

FYI...we're getting loads of new clippers today, so if you get a chance, check out the newest clips section and welcome some new users with some pops and comments.

Clip Source: addons.mozilla.org

Clipmarks 3.5.0

Instead of copying and pasting links, Clipmarks is like adding a pair of scissors to your browser, letting you capture exactly what you want others to see (text, images or video). Your clips are saved on clipmarks.com and can easily be syndicated to FriendFeed, Twitter, Facebook or other sites. You can also post anything you clip directly to your blog (supports Wordpress, Blogger, Typepad and more) or send it directly to friends or co-workers via email. Clipmarks also gives you a way to help the environment by printing only the parts of a page that you need. By printing just what you need, you'll save ink, paper and trees, thus making a contribution to a cleaner environment.

Tags: clipmarks, firefox, firefox 3

If there was any doubt about alternative energy

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 22:00:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This sector is picking up momentum at an incredible pace. Feel like i have front row sites to the most exciting game in town - watching the world evolve to new, clean, renewable sources of energy is awesome!

Clip Source: biz.yahoo.com

Chip maker Intel Corp. said Monday it is spinning off assets to create a company, to be known as SpectraWatt Inc., that will make solar cells.

Tags: alternative energy, solar, intel

Very scary headline!!!

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:30:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Would the U.S. really go for this? I just can't fathom it.

Clip Source: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

Second President Bush floats prospect of a third

Tags: bush, politics

Fast moving to a new India

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:22:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Clipped from an interesting article in the NY Times about Mukesh D. Ambani, the most powerful business person in India.

I think it 's fascinating and exciting to see how a connected, exposed world (largely due to the Internet) is leading to massive changes in customs and practices that have lasted centuries.

The combination on the Internet and alternative energy should make the 21st century prove to be a bridge between the old and the new.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

“Can we really banish abject poverty in this country?” he mused aloud in a rare interview at his headquarters here. “Yes, in 10, 15 years we can say we would have done that substantially. Can we make sure that we create a social structure where we remove untouchability? We’re fast moving to a new India where you don’t think about this caste and that caste.”

Tags: india, caste, mukesh d. ambani

Buy stocks on bad employment report??

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 01:30:36 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Interesting. I hope this guy is right. He's saying that the market's interpretation of the employment report was wrong. I would assume that regardless of the employment report, the big spike in oil must have spooked the market today.

Clip Source: www.bloomberg.com

``The surge in unemployment is probably an aberration,'' Thomas J. Lee, the New York-based chief U.S. equity strategist at JPMorgan, said in an interview. ``It's not because there were fewer jobs, it's because there were more people looking for jobs. Stocks are completely misreading the situation.''

The strategist said the Dow industrials posted a 30 percent average gain in the 12 months following a jump in the unemployment rate by half a point or more since 1950.

``Surges in unemployment happen at the end of the cycle,'' Lee said. ``This is showing you what happened in May, it's not telling you what's going to happen in the next 12 months. Unfortunately a lot of economic data is backward looking.''

Tags: stock market, oil prices, unemployment

A $45T Clean Energy Revolution

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:52:23 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Oh yeah....this is huge! Bigger than the internet and telecommunications revolution...the energy revolution seems poised to be the defining innovation of this century.

In addition to creating a much more stable source of energy and helping the environment, the opportunity for investment and new jobs makes this the most exciting opportunity i've ever seen.

Clip Source: biz.yahoo.com

The world needs to invest $45 trillion in energy in coming decades, build some 1,400 nuclear power plants and vastly expand wind power in order to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, according to an energy study released Friday

The report by the Paris-based International Energy Agency envisions a "energy revolution" that would greatly reduce the world's dependence on fossil fuels while maintaining steady economic growth.

Environment ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized countries and Russia backed the 50 percent target in a meeting in Japan last month and called for it to be officially endorsed at the G-8 summit in July.

"If industry is convinced there will be policy for serious, deep CO2 emission cuts, then these investments will be made by the private sector," Gielen said.

Tags: alternative energy, wind power, renewable

China and U.S. agree on energy and environment plan

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 07:12:48 GMT

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clipper's remarks: No idea what type of implications this may have, but it sure seems huge to me. Man, the energy revolution is kicking into high gear!!!!

Clip Source: www.forbes.com

China and the US will sign a landmark energy and environmental agreement later this month, according to Zhu Guangyao, China's deputy commerce minister.

Tags: alternative energy, united states, china, environment, energy

The social web - power to the people!!!

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:45:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Oh yes, a truly revolutionary web we are weaving. My hat is off to people in places such as Egypt who brave the potentially dire consequences in order to spread the truth. Their words will hopefully lead to more democratic, free societies in places that have for so long kept their people bottled up.

Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

Nevertheless, Egypt's bloggers, who rarely conceal their real identity, have taken on the role of bridging the gap between civil society's desire for democracy and workers' demands for better pay and working conditions.

In a country where there is little access to live and independent Egyptian reporting, blogs and "real time" social networking sites like Twitter provide regular but unverified updates on events, such as elections and protests.

Tags: social web, internet, power, egypt, democracy

Scary statistics for Obama supporters

Sat, 31 May 2008 13:50:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Seems to me that the point of having Superdelegates was to make the wisest strategic decision if the primaries didn't result in a clear winner. Speaking objectively, you would have to think these statistics are weighing heavily on the minds of those in support of Obama.

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

The latest state-by-state battleground polls (published May 21-23) by other respected polling organizations verify Gallup's findings that Sen. Clinton is significantly stronger against Sen. McCain in the key states that a Democrat must win to gain the presidency. According to various poll data within the last 10 days:

- Pennsylvania: Sen. Clinton leads McCain 50%-39%; Sen. Obama and Sen. McCain are effectively tied.

- Ohio: Sen. Clinton leads Sen. McCain 48%-41%, Sen. Obama is down 44%-40%.

- Florida: Sen. Clinton leads Sen. McCain 47%-41%; Sen. McCain leads Sen. Obama 50%-40%. (Sen. Clinton has a net advantage of 16 points!)

- North Carolina: Despite a substantial primary victory, Sen. Obama is down 8% vs. Sen. McCain, (51%-43%), while Sen. Clinton leads by 6% (49%-43%).

- Nevada: Sen. Clinton up 5%, Sen. Obama down 6%.

Tags: politics, superdelegates, obama, clinton, election