Driven to Distraction: At 60 M.P.H., Office Work Is a High-Risk Job
Sep 30, 2009 Object
For those who have turned their vehicles into wired offices, the convenience of constant contact and work efficiency outweighs the risk of a wreck.
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Comcast said to be weighing NBC bid; denies report of $35 billion deal
Filed under: General Electric , Comcast, Time Warner
Comcast (CMCSA), the nation’s largest cable company, is reportedly in talks to buy NBC Universal, the entertainment giant, from General Electric (GE) in a blockbuster deal that — if true — would reverberate throughout the media world. Comcast, which has been on the hunt for a content-rich media company, has been scrutinizing NBC Universal’s books for some time, according to the Los Angeles Times.
But Comcast denied a report from The Wrap’s Sharon Waxman saying the cable giant had sealed a deal to pay $35 billion for NBC Universal. If consummated, the tie-up would marry NBC Universal’s vast stable of content, from music to movies, with Comcast’s giant digital-distribution network.
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How to make a greener Apple: Change the batteries, Steve
Filed under: Company News, Apple
I read with some amusement an article published by BusinessWeek highlighting Apple’s (AAPL) big plans to become a more green company. Apple CEO Steve Jobs pointed out in that article that his company was releasing more information on its total carbon footprint. That omission had earned Apple raspberries from the environmental community and low ratings in big green company rankings from the likes of Newsweek, among others. Jobs also argued strenuously the carbon-footprint rankings were missing a piece by leaving out the actual downstream carbon impact of the phones, computers and music players once they left the factory.
I couldn’t agree with him more. Which is why I was so amused. The easiest way for Apple to reduce its carbon footprint would be to encourage customers to buy less hardware. Instead, they could pay for software, or so-called firmware upgrades, that would improve devices like iPods and iPhones. But Apple pushes for the opposite, driving customers to swap out old products for new ones every 18 months.
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Third quarter report card: Financial stocks were hot, telecoms so not
Sep 30, 2009 Object
Filed under: Investing
The third quarter is now in the books and here’s what we’ve learned about U.S. equities over the last three months: Riskier stocks are still hot, defensive names are not, and the so-called reflation trade is alive and well.
Oh, and September isn’t always the cruelest month for equities.
The broad market, as measured by the S&P 500, produced a net total return (which includes reinvested dividends minus withholding tax) of nearly 16 percent for the quarter as of Tuesday’s close, according to Standard & Poor’s. (Returns don’t include the last day of trading this quarter, but even without Wednesday’s action the figures are essentially the same.)
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eBay Find of the Day: Epic custom Chevy SSR thinks it’s a Porsche GT3
Sep 30, 2009 Object
Filed under: Aftermarket, Convertible, Truck, Europe, Chevrolet, Porsche, Specialty
Chevrolet SSR with a Porsche complex - Click above for image gallery
If you like Porsche sportscars, may we suggest that you avert your eyes. Ironically, we’d still recommend the same if you aren’t a fan of Stuttgart’s Cayenne. Because if you thought that Porsche having an SUV was tough to swallow, that ain’t nothin’ compared to what’s been done to this Chevrolet SSR.
Outfitted with the wheels, brakes and what appears to be a number of interior pieces from the Porsche 911 GT3, this particular SSR seems to be suffering from something of an identity crisis. (We dare not ask what the donor Porsche came away looking like). But that’s not all: the owner appears to have made some unique modifications to the body as well, including a whale’s mouth (ostensibly in, um… “tribute” to the GT3’s whale tail spoiler, which rather surprisingly has not been fitted to the Chevy’s bed cover) and rather small (presumably high-intensity discharge) headlamps.
If you’re wondering when you might happen upon the unique creature, this mod job is far away from U.S. roads in R
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Bill Gates tops Warren Buffett on Forbes list of richest Americans
Bill Gates got a little poorer last year, but when you’re worth $50 billion, who’s counting? Well, Forbes is, of course, and despite the $7-billion decline in his fortune, Microsoft’s (MSFT) co-founder remains America’s richest citizen, according to the magazine’s annual list of the nation’s wealthiest people. America’s No. 2 moneybags, investor Warren Buffett, got an even bigger haircut, with his holdings shrinking $10 billion to $40 billion, reveals The Forbes 400. In fact, it was a crummy year for most of the
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Say farewell to those business-class airfare bargains
Filed under: Economy, American Express
Companies feeling flush enough to send their employees on business trips have been doing so on the cheap in 2009. Fares in premium classes have tumbled in tandem with passenger traffic, giving corporate travel departments great deals on the best seats at the front of the plane. A British Airways sale this summer let business-class travelers fly round-trip from San Francisco to London on the serene upper deck of a 747 for just over $3,000, more than half off the usual premium fare.
But the cheap corporate travel bonanza is coming to an end, says a report Wednesday from American Express, which operates one of the world’s biggest travel agency networks. Amex (AXP) sees prices on long-haul domestic and international business-class flights originating from the U.S. rising anywhere from 3 percent to 8 percent in 2010, “as the world begins to show signs of emerging from the recession.”
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VIDEO: People get all jumpy when it comes to their new BMWs
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, BMW
Question for BMW owners: Have you ever been so excited about your Bavarian beauty that you went all Tom Wopat and dove into the driver seat without opening the door? We’ve been in quite a few Bimmers ourselves, and while the driving experience is usually pretty damn good, we’ve always just opened the door.
After the jump, a new commercial gets creative by showing BMW owners of all walks of life getting physical with their German wheels. If a Golden Girl jumping through the X5’s moonroof and a guy leaping off a roof into a 1 Series makes you want to perform stupid stunts with your BMW, please reconsider, and if you still must, kindly make sure to have cameras rolling. We’re sure Tom Bergeron is anxiously awaiting your video.
[Source: BMW]
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Daily U-Turn: What you missed on 9.30.09
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Review: 2010 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport Convertible is just right Bridging the gap between the base Corvette and the track-focused Z06, the Grand Sport - unlike the aluminum chassis Z06 and ZR1 - is available in both coupe and convertible form, giving ‘Vette lovers another way to enjoy motoring al fresco. |
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Review: Moto Guzzi V7 Classic is an Italian beauty you can live with With the V7 Classic, Moto Guzzi has created the most Italian UJM ever. And while that might be a contradiction in terms, its blend of power and comfort can’t be denied. |
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Grassroots Motorsports’ Tim Suddard picks ten future Japanese collector carsk What if future collector cars weren’t limited to American muscle or exotic Europeans? What if relatively cheap and reliable Japanese cars were the new must-haves at auction? GRM’s Tim Suddard lists off the top ten Japanese vehicles bound for collectors’ garages, and we weigh in with our own take on his picks. |
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Trio of bulletproof presidential Hyundai Equus limos are first-ever armored stretches built in Korea
Filed under: Sedan, Government/Legal, Hyundai, Police/Emergency, Specialty, Luxury
Hyundai Equus LV500 Limousine - Cick above for high-res image gallery
By now, vehicles like the Genesis and Equus have convinced most of how far Hyundai’s come from bring the purveyors of punchline hatchbacks. But in case that wasn’t enough, Hyundai has dropped the bigger-than-the-average-bear Equus VL500 limousine on the home market. Still not enough? How about presidential-grade armored versions, then?
That’s precisely what Hyundai has built for Cheong Wa Dae, the seat of the South Korean president. Three of them were built and handed over to the Korean Presidential Security Service, and they’ll be used at the upcoming G20 summit scheduled to be held in South Korea next year. Few details have been released, but the trio of armored Hyundais are said to be capable of withstanding the blast of 15 kilograms of TNT, putting it around the sixth or seventh level of the police certification which Mercedes-Benz and BMW use for their armored vehicles. The armored Equus stretches may not measure up to President Obama’s Cadillac, but they are certainly a long way from the Getz, and they are apparently the nation’s first-ever homebuilt armored limos.
Gallery: Hyundai Equus Limo
[Source: The Chosun Ilbo]
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