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In yesterday's chat we discussed how to take a curve at high speed, the ugly-beauty of the Rolls-Royce Phantom, and
how best to approach GOOG. Everyone's welcome!
Posted on February 3, 2005 at 7:55, GMT
Chart of the Day -- Johnson & Johnson, Quarterly Chart
Johnson & Johnson is engaged in the manufacture and sale of products related to human health and well-being. Through over 200 operating companies,
it conducts business worldwide. The Company's business is divided into three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices and Diagnostics.
Johnson & Johnson hit a new all-time high yesterday. Every new parent understands the reasons to be a JNJ shareholder.
JNJ, Quarterly Chart
Posted on February 3, 2005 at 7:45, GMT
Paying the Mortgage with Adsense
Google's Profit Probably Surged Sixfold on Advertising Increase:
"Google's AdSense software is turning some blogs into businesses, including pvrblog.com, a site run by Matthew Haughey of Portland, Oregon,
who writes about digital video recorders like those made by TiVo Inc. 'I don't have to lift a finger and it brings in hundreds of dollars' each month,
said Haughey. He said his site, originally designed to share tips with friends, now pays for his mortgage.
Haughey, 32, spends one to two
hours a day writing for his blog and said it receives as many as 10,000 visitors each day. When visitors click on Google ads on his site,
which are generally for companies selling digital video recorders and software, he receives a share of the revenue.
Haughey said he started the project as a writing hobby and would have been glad to make $20 a month. "
The key bit there is 10,000 visitors a day. Those of us with a dozen visitors a day are overjoyed to make $20 a month.
Posted on February 3, 2005 at 7:35, GMT
Sponsored... and Compromised?
Sony Pays $25,000 a Month for LifeHacker Blog, by Kris Oser:
"The deal, which also includes placements on Gizmodo, Gawker's earlier gadget title, will cost Sony in the range of $25,000 a month ...
Although several famous blogs like Dailykos.com and Instapundit pull in up to $20,000 a month from their many advertisers, and marketing on blogs in general
is starting to appear on media buyers' radar, such deals are far from mainstream."
Will LifeHacker ever write a bad word about a Sony product?
Posted on February 3, 2005 at 7:25, GMT
Committing Ecological Suicide
China's Big, Dirty Secret, by Brian Bremner:
"Economic juggernaut, factory of the world, emerging superpower: When it comes to China's ascendancy, the journalistic cliches come fast and furious. And there's
no denying that China's hypergrowth wave is a wondrous thing. But another, darker dimension to China's prosperity exists. The country is fast becoming an ecological
wasteland, home to some of the world's smoggiest cities as well as rampant water shortages, soil erosion, and acid rain."
This is the main reason why we haven't settled in Shanghai.
Posted on February 3, 2005 at 7:15, GMT
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