Finance Geek http://financegeek.com Come Get Some . . . ™ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Gadget Lab Podcast: E-Cigarettes, a 3-D Food Printer, the Future of Digital Music http://financegeek.com/gadget-lab-podcast-e-cigarettes-a-3-d-food-printer-the-future-of-digital-music/ http://financegeek.com/gadget-lab-podcast-e-cigarettes-a-3-d-food-printer-the-future-of-digital-music/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:14:03 +0000 wiredtechbiz http://financegeek.com/gadget-lab-podcast-e-cigarettes-a-3-d-food-printer-the-future-of-digital-music/ This week, Michaels Isaac and Calore discuss Facebook’s looming public stock offering, take a gander at a 3-D printer that outputs to a unique fried-food format, and dig into high-definition alternatives to MP3 audio. But the show, quite dramatically, opens with a big puff of smoke.




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]]> http://financegeek.com/gadget-lab-podcast-e-cigarettes-a-3-d-food-printer-the-future-of-digital-music/feed/ Employee or Employer: Who Owns the Twitter Followers? http://financegeek.com/employee-or-employer-who-owns-the-twitter-followers/ http://financegeek.com/employee-or-employer-who-owns-the-twitter-followers/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:14:03 +0000 wiredtechbiz http://financegeek.com/employee-or-employer-who-owns-the-twitter-followers/ A blogger may be on the hook for hundreds of thousands of dollars in economic damages after allegedly hijacking his former employer’s Twitter followers.
A lawsuit brought by South Carolina-based PhoneDog Media, a mobile-phone review site, raises a novel legal issue asking the simple question: who owns an account’s Twitter followers, the employee or employer? For the moment, it looks like the employer does.




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]]> http://financegeek.com/employee-or-employer-who-owns-the-twitter-followers/feed/ Halftime in America? Stockman Doesn’t Buy Auto Recovery Story http://financegeek.com/halftime-in-america-stockman-doesn%e2%80%99t-buy-auto-recovery-story/ http://financegeek.com/halftime-in-america-stockman-doesn%e2%80%99t-buy-auto-recovery-story/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:44:04 +0000 yahootechticker http://financegeek.com/halftime-in-america-stockman-doesn%e2%80%99t-buy-auto-recovery-story/ Follow Yahoo!’s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! More than three years after it took a hard fall, there are signs that America’s industrial economy is getting back on its feet and regaining a bit of its lost swagger. New orders at factories rose smartly in December, and were up 12.1 percent in 2011 from [...]

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]]> http://financegeek.com/halftime-in-america-stockman-doesn%e2%80%99t-buy-auto-recovery-story/feed/ Giant Thermostat Company Sues ‘Nest’ Creators http://financegeek.com/giant-thermostat-company-sues-nest-creators/ http://financegeek.com/giant-thermostat-company-sues-nest-creators/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:44:03 +0000 wiredtechbiz http://financegeek.com/giant-thermostat-company-sues-nest-creators/ Honeywell, a company long known for its commercial and residential thermostats, filed a patent infringement lawsuit on Monday against Nest Labs, the outfit that launched the highly publicized Nest thermostat last October.




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]]> http://financegeek.com/giant-thermostat-company-sues-nest-creators/feed/ Is Obama Back? New Poll Puts Him Ahead of Romney, Gingrich http://financegeek.com/is-obama-back-new-poll-puts-him-ahead-of-romney-gingrich/ http://financegeek.com/is-obama-back-new-poll-puts-him-ahead-of-romney-gingrich/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:14:03 +0000 yahootechticker http://financegeek.com/is-obama-back-new-poll-puts-him-ahead-of-romney-gingrich/ Follow Yahoo!’s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! President Barack Obama leads both GOP front-runner Mitt Romney and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in a hypothetical general election matchup, according to the latest Washington Post/ABC poll. Fifty-two percent of voters surveyed chose Obama over Romney’s 43 percent. Obama has a 15-point advantage over [...]

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]]> http://financegeek.com/is-obama-back-new-poll-puts-him-ahead-of-romney-gingrich/feed/ As Greece Nears Deal For Latest Bailout, Markets Yawn http://financegeek.com/as-greece-nears-deal-for-latest-bailout-markets-yawn/ http://financegeek.com/as-greece-nears-deal-for-latest-bailout-markets-yawn/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:34:04 +0000 yahootechticker http://financegeek.com/as-greece-nears-deal-for-latest-bailout-markets-yawn/ Follow Yahoo!’s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! There isn’t a sentient being on the planet who believes Greece will ever pay its debts, and, thankfully, that condition has been dropped from the latest round of negotiations. Now, Greece is trying to negotiate a “voluntary” restructuring with its creditors, one that will result in those [...]

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]]> http://financegeek.com/as-greece-nears-deal-for-latest-bailout-markets-yawn/feed/ Over 3 Years Later, ‘Deleted’ Facebook Photos Are Still Online http://financegeek.com/over-3-years-later-deleted-facebook-photos-are-still-online/ http://financegeek.com/over-3-years-later-deleted-facebook-photos-are-still-online/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:29:02 +0000 wiredtechbiz http://financegeek.com/over-3-years-later-deleted-facebook-photos-are-still-online/



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]]> http://financegeek.com/over-3-years-later-deleted-facebook-photos-are-still-online/feed/ Commentary | Scoble: I’ll Go Down With The Ship http://financegeek.com/commentary-scoble-ill-go-down-with-the-ship/ http://financegeek.com/commentary-scoble-ill-go-down-with-the-ship/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:59:02 +0000 wiredtechbiz http://financegeek.com/commentary-scoble-ill-go-down-with-the-ship/



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]]> http://financegeek.com/commentary-scoble-ill-go-down-with-the-ship/feed/ Who Is President Matters Much Less Than We Think: Freakonomics’ Stephen Dubner http://financegeek.com/who-is-president-matters-much-less-than-we-think-freakonomics%e2%80%99-stephen-dubner/ http://financegeek.com/who-is-president-matters-much-less-than-we-think-freakonomics%e2%80%99-stephen-dubner/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:24:03 +0000 yahootechticker http://financegeek.com/who-is-president-matters-much-less-than-we-think-freakonomics%e2%80%99-stephen-dubner/ Follow Yahoo!’s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! On Tuesday, Nov. 6, Americans will head to the polls to elect the next President of the United States. Millions of dollars have already been spent on the election. Super PACs representing both President Obama and the Republican presidential candidates are experiencing a flood of monetary contributions [...]

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]]> http://financegeek.com/who-is-president-matters-much-less-than-we-think-freakonomics%e2%80%99-stephen-dubner/feed/ The Haze Surrounding the Unemployment Data http://financegeek.com/the-haze-surrounding-the-unemployment-data/ http://financegeek.com/the-haze-surrounding-the-unemployment-data/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:24:02 +0000 realclearmarkets http://financegeek.com/the-haze-surrounding-the-unemployment-data/ Economic data are subject to error, and employment statistics are no exception. Each month the employment figures are reported and discussed in the media down to the last digit as though blessed with divine perfection. But they’re not.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reports two monthly employment series: nonfarm payroll jobs collected from employers, and civilian employment collected from household interviews. Both are valuable in assessing the condition of labor markets and guiding policy decisions. But users would be better off, and gain better perspective, if they…

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