Archive for July 11th, 2007
John Mackey is out of his organic mind
11 July 2007I constantly remind myself that our main aim here at Wellington blog central is to use this forum to share information about topics of relevance to the types of people that seem to be visiting the site. News and instructive stories from our portfolio companies, lending/borrowing tutorials, tech trends, public policy issues of relevance [...]
iPhone Versus the Curve
11 July 2007I had a chance to play with the iPhone at a crowded Apple store in Santa Clara, California this past weekend and compare it with my Blackberry Curve 8300. Now, this is really Apple & Berries type comparison – two very different target markets (consumer versus enterprise), so it isn’t a fair review of either.
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ARMs are the next shoe to drop
11 July 2007Yesterday, Moody’s and S&P awoke from their summer slumber and swung into action, downgrading (or placing under review, likely for later downgrade) billions of investment grade bonds backed by subprime mortgages. With 1) delinquency rates above 13% at the end of 2006, and 2) tens billions of $ of currently performing subprime U.S. mortgages [...]