Archive about 'News'
Anne Northup about to lose another election
So for the second time in just seven months, Anne Northup appears to be headed to defeat in an election. But unlike the race for Congress, this time she’s not even going to make it past the primaries.
When Northup lost the congressional race in November to John Yarmuth, I was surprised. She is a tough-as-nails […]
Is Chrysler sale a good or bad thing for local Ford plants?
So Daimler finally threw on the towel on their ill-conceived foray into the world of US automakers, selling off 80% of their stake in Chrysler. The sale values Chrysler at about 1/4 the price Daimler paid in 1998. Less when you factor inflation plus the fact that Daimler will assume most of Chrysler’s bank debt, […]
BART ridership is going to spike for a while
Oh boy, a section of the infamous MacArthur Maze in Oakland has collapsed after a tanker fire. That is not going to be pretty for East Bay commuters trying to get to and from downtown San Francisco. I’m guessing the BART will have higher-than-normal ridership along the trans-bay tunnel line. At least until the highways […]
Should the press mention ethnicity of Virginia Tech killer?
So the Asian American Journalists Association has urged fellow members of the media to avoid mentioning the ethnicity of Cho Seung-Hui in their stories. He is the Virginia Tech student who has been identified as the shooter responsible for the worst mass murder spree in US history.
Now as a fellow Asian (I’m part Filipino, part […]
Katie Couric doesn’t write her own stuff
A producer for CBS News was fired for plagiarism when somebody noticed that a recent episode of Katie Couric’s Notebook was cribbed almost word-for-word from a Wall Street Journal piece. The part that surprised me most was not the plagiarism, that shit happens all the time. What got me is that Katie Couric doesn’t write the […]
Obama raises almost as much as Clinton
Oh yeah baby, the Democratic race is officially a real race now. A leaker from his campaign claims that Obama will report almost $25 million in donations for this first quarter. That puts him on par with what Hillary Clinton raised in the same quarter. This despite the fact Hillary should have had a tremendous […]
Dad returns from war and surprises his little boy
If you haven’t seen this video yet, you should–a sailor returns from a long stint in Iraq and surprises his six-year old son at school. Apparently Mom and the teacher knew but the little boy did not know his Dad was coming home from the war. They wanted to surprise him at school.
When you see […]
Another print mag falls victim to the Internet
InfoWorld just announced they’re ceasing publication of the print magazine. It’s all about the Web site and their events business now. No more ad revenue coming in from the print side of the house.
Most of the news I’ve seen, like the New York Times’ recent quarter, shows that the loss of print revenue is far […]
Wal-Mart caught lying on their bank application
Wal-Mart has abruptly withdrawn their application to open a so-called industrial bank, which would have allowed them to process credit-card transactions in-house rather than paying the fees to ouside banks. It’s typical of their focus on cost-cutting, trying to squeeze out every cost they can in the system.
Of course just about everybody in banking opposed […]
California’s early primary has re-shaped the presidential race
Governor Arnold yesterday signed a law that moves California’s primary all the way up to February 5. As a former California resident, I understand the motivation. It’s a huge state and yet their late primary meant that often the candidates had already been decided before getting to California. Thus candidates could afford to kinda ignore […]