THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES:
I recently had the pleasure of meeting Matthew Hall, co-founder of myfilmis.com, an online independent film distribution channel. A film maker himself, he was frustrated with the limited number of channels available to independents. The typical route of film festivals and distribution trades shows had produced unsatisfactory results.
myfilmis.com allows film makers to upload all of their work and place it behind a pay wall so they can be compensated by those viewing the film. They can also upload trailers and teasers to attract people to their movie. They also can choose to make the movie available for free. The site categorizes its available films by genre and has a page of trailers for each one.
If you’re a film maker or just like independent films, check out myfilmis.com
Maybe this is the reason General Motors went “mental” and pulled its Facebook ad budget.
“How is that any of your business?” I asked him. “All right then,” he said, the fake smile unaffected, “You folks have a nice day.” He slinked back to his pit.
Having attracted 900 million users to the biggest party in history, Facebook now has to sell them stuff — without being a buzz kill.
That move to a secondary matching engine used the order book as it appeared at 11:11 a.m. – but this meant new orders and changes in orders that came in later did not show up in the opening price.
To see his 2011 effort, where he played up a Brooklyn building, click here.
Simons evaded security for two months — not to mention having to pay for an apartment, gym membership and more.He said that he spent a total of $30 over those weeks, splurging at Boston Market for his Thanksgiving feast but otherwise subsisting largely by “eating scraps.”
via Young entrepreneur squats at AOL office for 2 months to keep dream alive – CNN.com.
Creech said that in fiscal year 2012, the National Guard has been contacted by more than 24,800 individuals interested in joining because of the racing sponsorship. Of those, Creech said that 20 were qualified candidates and that none joined.
YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: That means a $26MM sponsorship had a $1.3MM per recruit cost. Way to go! – Ed.
In other words, 107% of all Overstock shares available for trade were short – a physical impossibility, unless someone was somehow creating artificial supply in the stock.
You can read the actual motion here. Pay attention to pages 14 – 18.
You can see an amazingly accessible discussion about the practice of ‘naked short selling’ and why you should be pissed by the CEO of Overstock.com, here.
Dispatches From The Front 