Users with good FICO scores might soon start seeing ads for more expensive luxury goods and services than those with lower scores, as Google has started to experiment with targeting ads based on users’ credit score.
Moderate in Poo Over Immigrant Statement | The Local
I do not think that immigrants should only clean up poo.
John Thain Makes Bold Promise He Most Likely Can’t Keep | Dealbreaker
This is poetic justice.
John Thain (not in photo) is the former CEO of Merrill Lynch who famously spent millions of dollars redecorating his offices while the firm went down in flames. At left is the office he has sworn not to alter at his new job at CIT Group.
For a man who spent $87,000 on a rug and $1,000 a yard for drapes, this is perfect.
The cardboard cutout in the photo will presumably be removed.
Sweet.
Nike Launches GreenXchange for Corporate Idea-Sharing | Fast Company
GreenXchange, a Web-based marketplace that Nike claims will allow “companies [to] collaborate and share intellectual property (IP) which can lead to new sustainability business models and innovation.” In other words, it’s a giant think tank for corporate sustainability.
Find Out Where Your Money Goes! | An Occasional Series
I hear nonstop bitching from Democrats and Republicans and Independents about where all the bailout (or stimulus) money is going. This is one of those times in life where the more educated about reality you are, the better.
Click here to be taken to a map that shows which banks received TARP money. This is from the government website http://www.financialstability.gov. At whim or random, we will keep putting information from this site out because it’s important stuff. But really, you should become familiar with it so you at least know what the facts are (or ‘facts’ are, depending 0n your political affiliation).
You know how to tell when a politician is lying, right?
Joe the Plumber Acknowledges His Role as Tool | The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room
“McCain was trying to use me,” Wurzelbacher said, according to public radio correspondent Scott Detrow. “I happened to be the face of middle Americans. It was a ploy.”
“I don’t owe him s—,”
The comments are hysterical. One commenter notes: “As Bugs Bunny would say: ‘What a maroon!’ It took this caveman almost TWO YEARS to figure out he was being used by John McCain and Sarah Palin to portray middle America?Du-uh!He’s so dumb he shouldn’t be let out of his own house onto the street without permission!”
Singapore accused of launching ‘Sand Wars’ – Telegraph
Latest contraband in Singapore: Sand. No it’s a not a street name for an exotic party drug; actual sand.
The main motorway from Malaysia to Singapore was blocked for most of the day last Monday when 37 lorries loaded with sand were abandoned after their drivers learnt of a customs operation at the border.
Euro Area Headed for Break-Up, SocGen’s Edwards Says (Update2) – BusinessWeek
More fallout from the Greece situation:
Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, a former European Central Bank executive board member and Italian finance minister, said today there was no possibility of a partition of the euro-zone.
“I don’t think there is any prospect for such an event and I don’t think it makes much sense to talk about it,” he said in an interview on Bloomberg Television.
Hackers Steal $50,000. Bank Says ‘Tough Luck’ | CBS MoneyWatch.com
Another reason to love BofA:
The bank recognized that the transfers were improbable, but didn’t stop them. A bank official called Bao to report “unusual activity” on his account, but refused to tell him what it was because Huang was the company’s only “authorized agent” and she was on a business trip in Hong Kong
Google Buzz: Your New Best Friend | Fast Company
…there may not be a moment in your day when you’re not sharing deeply-personal data with Google, and having personalized ads thrust upon you.
Sound like the kind of future you’d like to live in?
