• Names and narrative: A catastrophe by any other name | The Economist
  Language has always been an interest of mine. The figuratives and literals of different cultures can make such a difference in communication. I tend to listen…
  (tags: language economist linguistics foreignrelations)
• Wall Street Lukewarm to Hulu IPO Plans
  Hulu needs a business model to make sure their IPO goals don't crumble…
  (tags: 2010 hulu onlinevideo finance)

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• Think Progress » Reid: ‘I really do believe President Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had.’
  “I think you just have to call things the way you see them,” he said. “I really do believe President Bush is the worst president we’ve ever had.” – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
  (tags: politics georgebush harryreid)

• Obama Arrives in Style – washingtonpost.com
  Are you kidding me?! –The family had asked to stay at Blair House, a guesthouse near the White House where the president-elect typically lives just before inauguration. But they were rebuffed by the Bushes, who said the building was already booked “by White House officials, the State Department and its Office of Protocol for various events.”
  (tags: obama politics)

• MediaPost Publications – Advertisers, Marketers Brace For Obama’s Regulatory Impact – 01/05/2009
  There will probably be more power to oversee marketing at the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission, and more rules about everything from product placement to behavioral marketing.
  (tags: mediapost obama advertising adregulations marketing)

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• MediaPost Publications – Automotive Marketer Of The Year: Subaru – 01/02/2009
  With automotive industry sales down 35% in November, Subaru‘s minus-8% performance looks damned good–something like a positive 27%. The company also exited November with 1.9% share of the U.S. market–almost an all-time record, according to Kevin Mayer, director of marketing.

  Good news for my favorite auto manufacturer! I’ll get that Subaru soon.

  (tags: subaru automotive automanufacturer autos mediapost marketeroftheyear)

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• Is Carbon Capture and Storage the Fix? – BusinessWeek
  Promoted in Europe, the technology for storing CO2 emissions underground could someday transform electric utilities and other industry into eco-friendly businesses. Removing 800,000 tons of CO2 from the atmosphere annually is definitely a venture worthy of investment. Keep it out of the atmosphere until we can figure a better way to dispose of it. Hyper-growing plants with CO2 maybe?
  (tags: green carbonstorage carbon capture energy businessweek)

• Algeria’s Carbon-Capture Experiment – BusinessWeek
  Not all gas projects may be suitable for the technology being pioneered at In Salah. Some gas fields don’t have high CO2 concentrations. And having the right type of reservoir, such as the one that lies beneath Krechba, also helps make the project viable economically.
  (tags: algeria energy green co2emissions gas fuel)

• MediaPost Publications – Restaurateurs Find A Mixed Washington Outlook – 12/29/2008
  Increasing taxes on upper-income households could hurt many small restaurant operators who report their business income as part of their personal tax statements, he said, while supporting corn ethanol as an alternative energy source could result in further increases in food prices.
  (tags: mediapost obama politics publicpolicy restaurants food tax ethanol)

• USC Annenberg School’s Center for the Digital Future
  This year’s report contains a large module looking at on-line communities and social networking in great detail. Readers can compare the social networking data and correlate it to seven years of attitudes and behaviors on-line. As usual, the report continues to track off-line media use, purchasing both off-line and through e-commerce, social and political activity and a wealth of other data.
  (tags: USCAnnenberg CenterfortheDigitalFuture communication internet research future technology socialnetworking society trends web2.0 digital media statistics web)

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• MediaPost Publications – Fiscal Crises Shape Gen Y’s Views Of Marketing – 12/24/2008
  “They’re not losing a lot of money out of a 401(K), but the deteriorating job market is where the financial impact will hurt them the most,” Josh Martin, marketing director at Media Logic, tells Marketing Daily. “They’re coming out of college with huge student loans and huge credit card debt.”
  (tags: mediapost marketing financialcrisis jobs generation-y)