CNBC

  • 800-GOT-PCs

    Even the machine is toast. http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2091333,00.html I remember tuning in to CNBC last year to watch Steve Jobs live. The event: the I-Pad. Steve sat leisurely on stage, showing us on-screen all the touching touchy features. The Apple II inventor inadvertently declared the death of PC (not right away, but it’s the beginning of the…

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  • strip tease

    A Canadian lady, on her insurance-paid leave for mental distress, walked into a bar. Not just any bar, but a male strip tease bar. And she posted her excursion in Facebook to share with “friends”. Among the uninvited  “friends” was the Insurance adjuster. So, her insurance checks stop coming. Reason: “we have joy, we have…

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  • Smart brand

    Given everything that has been going on, recent news that Ford turned the corner on North American market was quite remarkable. Ford, as American as Coca Cola and apple pie, has done a number of things right: – it cross-pollinated ideas and markets (Smart in US vs Fiesta in Europe) – it stuck out while…

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