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• In the past week...

  
  pieces of me — Authority: 118
  I haven’t had much time to update since the past week, with my workload piling up most notably my gunpla WIP =p, & having to put up with the hassles of getting my ride up & operational again after a major brake failure. From Miscellaneous Early this week, my eneloop rechargeable batteries ...
  4 hours ago

• Environmental Plastic Discovery

  
  Green Options — Authority: 149
  News from South Korea is that scientists have succeeded in creating plastic without the use of fossil fuels. The scientists created sustainable polymers used in common plastics that could replace traditional polymers that use chemicals from fossil fuels. The bioengineered polymers may be what is needed to create ...
  12 hours ago

• New Facebook share structure hints at IPO

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 659
  Filed under: Google (GOOG) , New York TimesA (NYT) , News CorpB (NWS) , Initial public offerings Facebook is implementing a new stock structure to make sure the founders retain control, immediately causing rumors about an impending initial public offering . Why would Facebook need Class A and Class B shares ...
  1 day ago

• The Promising Potential of Bio-based Plastics (part 2)

  
  Anton Steeman — Authority: 116
  One of the main drivers to develop bio-based plastics is the goal to provide the market with biodegradable plastics, in order to solve the problem of rapidly increasing amounts of waste and limited landfill capacities. Although in some densely populated industrialized countries with limited landfill capacity, waste is ...
  2 days ago

• Struggling Playboy outsources business ops

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 659
  Filed under: Forecasts , Deals , Employees Playboy Enterprises ( PLA ) announced Tuesday that it will outsource all of its publishing operations -- save editorial -- to American Media Inc., reports the Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The Florida-based firm will take the reins on Playboys ...
  2 days ago

• Playboy outsources magazines business operations

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 805
  Filed under: Company News Things are so bad at Playboy ( PLA ), once one of the largest magazines in America by paid circulation, that the company is outsourcing a number of critical functions, including ad sales, to save money. Several media outlets have reported that Playboy will enter into a five-year ...
  2 days ago

• Today’s Best Market Rumors (11/24/2009) (FRE)(PALM)

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 699
  Updated throughout the day.Playboy (NYSE:PLA) may outsource many of its publishing operations.  (WSJ)Cadbury (NYSE:CBY) may counter the Kraft (NYSE:KFT) big by making an offer for Kraft’s confectionery business. (NYPost)Palm (NASDAQ:PALM) board member Rajiv Dutta may join Elevation partners, Palm’s largest ...
  2 days ago

• More good news for Playboy

  
  TodaysFinancialNews.com LLC — Authority: 436
  With a potential suitor in sight, Playboy (NYSE:PLA) is shoring up its books. It is more good news for shareholders. By Andrew Snyder, TodaysFinancialNews.com Baltimore – ( TFN ): Good news for the bunny bulls. There is more in the way of confirmation today that Playboy Enterprises (NYSE: PLA ) is ready ...
  2 days ago

• Ohio’s Ben Konop Wants Kids to Starve so he can Give Gov’t Payoffs to Unions

  
  Publius Forum — Authority: 559
  -By Warner Todd Huston Ruinous PLAs Coming Your Way Lucas County, Ohio! Magie Thurber is reporting that Lucas County, Ohio County Commissioner Ben Konop is trying to force unions on non-union labor in his jurisdiction. What about freedom to chose? Forget it. Konop as big brother knows better. On Tuesday, the ...
  2 days ago

• Media Digest 11/24/2009 Reuters, WSJ, NYTime, FT, Bloomberg

  
  24/7 Wall St. — Authority: 699
  Reuters:   Hewlett-Packard’s (NYSE:HPQ) profit was up 14% and the company will triple its share buyback.Reuters:   Banks have been asked to give the government their TARP repayment plans.Reuters:   Rich people are likely to shop early this year.Reuters:   The US pitched the F-35 fighter to ...
  3 days ago

• (QCOM) Momentum Trading: Five Guidelines for Supercharging Your Portfolio with Momentum Stocks

  
  Stock Blog Hub — Authority: 166
  by Dr. Scott Brown , Education Director Monday, November 23, 2009: Issue #1143 Momentum: Force or speed of movement. Impetus of a process, such as an idea, or course of events… That’s how the dictionary defines the word “momentum.” We’ve all seen what can happen when an index, sector, or stock ...
  3 days ago

• White rules ...

  
  gweipo ?? — Authority: 130
  Theres been much to do in the HK papers about the PLA winning the 100km Trailwalker this year. First the victory was announced and then there were all kinds of outraged grumbles about the way in which they won. I think the matter is a little more nuanced. Remember the whole discussion that Batgung had about " ...
  3 days ago

• Project MG RX-178 Gundam Mk-II Ver. 2.0: Titans Prototype Mobile Suit ~ Final

  
  pieces of me — Authority: 118
  This would be the wrap up for this Project after pulling a late night to apply the decals to complete the kit. Overall, i like the sophisticated design & unconventional color scheme of the MK-II Titan, however body proportion-wise, the size of its head is a little too small, i find; perhaps to allow for movement ...
  5 days ago

• Bioplastics News: biobased, biodegradable, compostable

  
  PakBec — Authority: 120
  Collaboration yields biodegradable, printed laminate for food packaging The highly innovative technical team at Ultimate Packaging believes it has produced a world first environmentally-friendly product as part of a joint venture with Innovia Films and Sun Chemical. Staff at the North East Lincolnshire, ...
  5 days ago

• Project MG RX-178 Gundam Mk-II Ver. 2.0: Titans Prototype Mobile Suit ~ Part III

  
  pieces of me — Authority: 118
  Here are some of shots of my current on-going project again, now at its snap-build completion stage. For this particular build, i have decided to do away with only half of its armour installed, to expose its sophisticated skeletal frame which, i thought to be cooler until Bandai launched its clear part campaign ...
  1 week ago

• More English Needed as China Steps Up Peacekeeping

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 631
  China has been more active in peacekeeping missions around the world, and are now finding a need for more English training for their troops to better communicate with U.N. personnel, Reuters reports : China has sent more than 14,000 peacekeepers, mostly military observers, engineers and medics, to U.N. ...
  1 week ago

• Bunny beaten: No interest in Playboy

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 659
  Filed under: Deals , Rumors , Private equity , Media World Playboy is such a mess that even the hint that a company is interested in it triggers a reaction . Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity firm, announced Wednesday that it has no interest in buying ailing adult media company Playboy ( PLA ), ...
  1 week ago

• Nepal Maoists in standoff with government, hold State and People to Ransom

  
  Ekawaaz - One Voice - Many Issues : News Views and Reviews — Authority: 423
  What A Shame! People Liberation Army were meant to liberate the people of Nepal, but unfortunately the word Liberation has gone out of Nepal Maoists dictionary and its becomes People Detention Army. Maoists of Nepal are still at their old game (hold State and People to Ransom for nothing): Nepal Maoists are talking ...
  1 week ago

• Daily Blogwatch: Five more media deals that should happen in 2010

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 805
  Filed under: Company News , Technology , Columns , Economy , Investing , Media Do art and stocks perform the same? ___________________ Is 10% unemployment good or bad for the stock market? ___________________ PaidContent has five media deals that could happen in 2010 . ___________________ ...
  1 week ago

• Closing Bell: Moving beyond cost cutting (XOM, HD, SPWRA, SMTL, AMAT, PLA)

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 659
  Filed under: Home Depot (HD) , Exxon Mobil (XOM) Stocks started out strong, but despite the lower producer inflation via PPI the markets were mixed and the net result was not certain until the very end of the day. Many of the Warren Buffett stocks and George Soros stocks were among the movers today. One issue ...
  1 week ago

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