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• Roaming across the same network in different countries

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 647
  Why does it cost extra to roam in another countries when I am using the same operator in all of the countries? If I am, say, a T-Mobile customer in England, and I visit Germany and use my T-Mobile phone there, on a T-Mobile network, why does it cost so much more? Also, why do international calls cost more? Isnt ...
  2 days ago

• Goldman Sachs ‘Shooting Fish in a Barrel’

  
  Sense on Cents — Authority: 561
  Those who take risk do not always win. A variety of mathematical models dealing with risk address and negate the chance of almost uniform success by one party. While those on Wall Street would promote the overwhelming risks in the industry, I would maintain that Wall Street circa 2009 is not in the risk business. How ...
  1 week ago

• 2010 trends: Data and mobile communication

  
  ComMetrics: social media monitoring => best practice — Authority: 410
  When it comes to data services, social networks, cloud computing, mobile and music, market concentration is constantly on the rise. Could this mean the burst of another bubble, once again requiring taxpayers to foot the bill? Below, we discuss this from a Web 2.0 perspective. In the meantime, to keep up with our ...
  1 week ago

• GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer choose to collaborate on HIV drugs

  
  Economics — Authority: 141
  Here is an excellent highly relevant article on cooperative behaviour between oligopolistic giants. Two of the world’s biggest drugs companies GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer have announced a plan to merge their HIV treatments in a joint venture. ViiV Healthcare is an attempt for both companies to limit the risks of ...
  1 week ago

• RBS Lloyds sell-off

  
  Economics — Authority: 141
  The UK market has fewer bank brands than most other countries and choice has fallen in recent years after the Spanish bank, Santander bought up Abbey, Alliance & Leicester and Bradford & Bingley, and Lloyds has taken over all of HBOS’s brands. However, as per a ruling from the European Commission , RBS will ...
  1 week ago

• The Wall Street Oligopoly Rails on Compensation Controls

  
  NO QUARTER — Authority: 592
  Is there a hotter topic currently on Wall Street than compensation? I have to admit, I have a range of emotions on this issue. I pride myself on being a proponent of free market capitalism. As such, while the government needs to be actively involved in regulating the marketplace, beyond that I would just as soon see ...
  2 weeks ago

• October 24, 2009: Month to Date Market Review

  
  Sense on Cents — Authority: 561
  Did the market merely take a breather this week or is the ‘little engine that could’ getting tired? Are we distinguishing the winners from the laggards? Are the cracks in our economic foundation repairing or are some just too large to hold back the flow of red ink, i.e. embedded losses? Perhaps we are experiencing ...
  3 weeks ago

• Walmart and Amazon Price War - Hyper Efficiency and the Consumer

  
  Economics — Authority: 141
  A well publicised price war has broken out in the United States between Walmart and Amazon. Wal-Mart’s $10 promotion applies to the top 10 books coming out in November but the company is also selling 200 best-sellers for 50% of their list price. In a move that has sent shock-waves through the book industry, ...
  3 weeks ago

• David Einhorn: The Inevitable Ramifications Of Short-term Popularity Policies Over Solvency

  
  prudent investor newsletters — Authority: 133
  Greenlight Capitals David Einhorn recently delivered a discerning speech at Value Investing Congress. Here are some noteworthy quotes: -Two basic problems in how we have designed our government. The first is that officials favor policies with short-term impact over those in our long-term interest ...
  3 weeks ago

• News Flash: 1945 Law Allows Concentration of Power in US Health Insurance

  
  Health Care Renewal — Authority: 514
  Last week, some media reports noted that US Congressional Democrats countered an insurance industry study suggesting health care reform would cost much more than estimated by threatening a repeal of the McCarran-Ferguson Acts anti-trust exemption for health insurance. For example, in the New York Times Prescriptions ...
  3 weeks ago

• Insurance Company Strategies

  
  Canthook — Authority: 130
  "If you pass this legislation that mandates that people buy our product, we will respond by gouging everyone." Boy, doesnt that make you glad there isnt a public option being considered? Other Bloggers On Related Topics: insurance - oligopoly - rate hikes
  4 weeks ago

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