I was at Rewired State last weekend and so a week or so ahead, I got around to applying to an XML Gateway account in order to get some interesting data out of there - this blog is mostly about a few technical aspects of using the gateway, but first, I hope you’ll forgive a short rant about the dif...

This just floored me: “When I hear the constant vilification of corporate America, I personally don’t understand it,” Dimon said in his speech. “I would ask a lot of our folks in government to stop doing it because I think it’s hurting our country.” That is Jamie ...

Having a solid credit score has been important for quite a while now, but it’s actually becoming more important these days as lending tightens up. There’s a reason that the Fair Isaac Corporation — the organization that calculates the credit score that most major lenders rely on — ha...

After the Senate's 24 hour debate on voter suppression legislation, its important to put a face on the people this unnecessary legislation will affect. The Fort Worth Star Telegram talked with Bessie Jenkins Foster, a 98-year-old African-American woman, who is recovering from gallbladder surgery and...

Younger, Cell Phone-Only Households Listen to Lots More Radio: Nielsen Media Buyer Planner, MD“The findings from the Nielsen pilot underscore the urgent need to include cell-phone-only homes in radio ratings.â€� Clear Channel president and CEO John Hogan made a dig at Arbitron, Nielsen’s co...

Normally I'd try to go to bed and let myself cool down before I try to write anything, but I know I couldn't sleep anyway so I'll try to express my outrage without getting myself in legal trouble. So last night I get an email from wikileaks.org, a leftist web site who's mission is to take anonymous ...

Yesterday, the Huffington Post was first with the news that Sen. Ben Nelson is opposing the just-introduced Employee Free Choice Act, on which the American labor movement appears to be banking its entire future.  Specifically, they reported: Ben Nelson will once again be playing a key role in S...

How does one who is just starting out in the world pay for starting out? I am currently a senior in college who is looking for a job. While I have yet to find one, I am still nonetheless concerned about where I will be living. Namely, I'm concerned as to how I'll be able to pay for everything. I go ...

Remember the wind-powered rotating skyscrapers of Dubai? Well, the building boom in the Emirates is over, thanks to the financial crisis. Most of the huge and expensive construction projects have been cancelled or are on hold. Not only that, foreign laborers are being laid off at an astounding rate ...

Good Evening: Without much more to go on than just the afterglow surrounding yesterday’s stock market rally, our capital markets struggled during most of Wednesday’s session. Stocks did manage to hold on to yesterday’s gains, but it seemed as if investors were waiting for more info...