The Nokia 1100 is a nondescript cell phone first released in 2003. At its peak, the monochrome candybar phone sold for around $150. Now hackers are reportedly paying $32,000 for models built in a particular Nokia factory in Germany. ...READ»
Here's a new approach to teaching financial literacy: a video game in which you play the business manager of a free-spending celebrity, trying to satisfy her wish list while keeping her out of the red.
The game is no World of ...READ»
30 January 2009
Jose D. Roncal
www.financialspeculation.com
Lawmakers are looking for a quick fix for the banking and credit markets. No fix will be clean or easy. Every option comes with big hits to taxpayers, partisan bickering ...READ»
16 January 2009
Jose D. Roncal
www.financialspeculation.com
I remember the good old days when banks used to lend money to “we the people.” Now we’re being forced to lend money to them. Not so long ago, banks were eager to get ...READ»
Hunting and Firearms Superstore - Armed and Equipped
With a wealth of experience and professional capability we are considered a resource outsourcing hunters and shooting as well realworld firearms and security training, ...READ»
When the government came out and said no short selling, well that was a bit to much.
First people have the wrong reason for the market decline. It isn’t short sellers, it is bad management decisions by financial companies such as ...READ»
A Kick In the Career: In this week's column, humorist and career expert Tom Stern takes a stab at the banking industry, but promises there's light at the end of the tunnel.READ»
Sometimes, when seeing an ad whizz by you on a bus, or hearing a spot on the radio, you can reach straight through the ad to the creative brief -- and in a good way. A creative solution to a well-defined business problem can have a ...READ»
I have chosen a much-debated idea for my first blog entry for two reasons: 1) it is an important topic that demands discussion and 2) what better way to start? In my organization, a regional financial services company based in ...READ»
