Archive for January 15th, 2009
What’s bad for Apple seems to be a tonic for RIM
15 January 2009During the first trading day after the formal announcement about Steve Jobs’ heath-related leave of absense, it is fascinating to see how Apple and Research In Motion are trading, and what that says about the window of opportunity that this terrible situation somehow presents to RIM…at least according to the market.
NASDAQ: about flat
Apple: down 2.3%
RIM: [...]
Put an experienced VC in charge of the TARP funds
15 January 2009News Report: BofA to access more TARP funds
Not that it should come as a complete surprise, but Bank of America (BAC:NYSE) isn’t out of the woods yet. This from Reuters:
Reuters reported that Bank of America Corporation is close to getting billions of dollars more in federal support from taxpayers. As Congress debated the future [...]
Obama makes Kudlow melt
15 January 2009Here is a verbatim report from CNBC, following a dinner that 10 “right wing” writers and TV stars attended at the Washington home of George Will:
“KUDLOW OFFERS DETAILS OF OBAMA DINNER
Wed Jan 14 2009 12:15:47 ET
CNBC’s Melissa Francis: I HAVE TO ASK LARRY, I’M DYING TO HEAR ABOUT IT, YOU HAD DINNER LAST NIGHT WITH [...]
Jobs health odyssey shows how hard it is to sell
15 January 2009AKA Keep an eye on Apple’s Steve Jobs part 5
At 7:11am on Tuesday, June 10, 2008, we posted a comment (see “Keep an eye on Apple’s Steve Jobs“) about Mr. Jobs. I’d seen the video the day before, but the vacuous blog writing gets underway in the early, early am around these parts (the [...]