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There Is Not a Bubble in Facebook's Shares, There Is a Bubble in Calling Bubbles

Alex Frey | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Bubble, Stock Market Bubble, Tech Bubble, Facebook, Technology Bubble, Facebook IPO, Business News
Alex Frey

Is it really preposterous that investors would assign a company that is defining a whole new category of communication as being worth one-half of Google and one-seventh of Apple? Of course not. There is not a bubble in Facebook shares, there is a bubble in calling bubbles.

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Everyone Agrees That the Decline in Private Sector Pay Has Been Understated

Dean Baker | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Pensions, Public Employees, Bubble, Income Inequality, Stock Market, Paycheck, Pay, Salary, Business News
Dean Baker

The cost to taxpayers of public employees' compensation packages are on average no greater than the cost to private sector employees. The big difference is that public employees can expect a considerably more secure retirement.

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Did A Startup Bubble Just Pop?

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Small Business, Video, Startup, Venture Capitalists, Small Business News and Trends, Startups, Startup Bubble, Bubble, Startup Investing, Venture Capital, Tech Bubble, Small Business News

Venture capital financing fell 21 percent in the first quarter of 2012 to its lowest level in nearly two years, according to a new report. That's ...

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Too Many Startups Or Too Few Dollars?

Roger Ehrenberg | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Small Business, Startup, Technology Bubble, Venture Capitalists, Startups, Bubble, Venture Capital, Startup Investing, Early-Stage Venture Capital, Tech Bubble, Investors, Small Business News
Roger Ehrenberg

I frequently see disconnects between founders ("This business is going to change the world") and venture investors ("Really? You are super smart and I love your enthusiasm but I respectfully disagree") after a business has already been financed.

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What We Are Seeing

Fred Wilson | Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Startup Hiring, Startups, Tech Startups, Bubble, Startup Investing, Venture Capital, Angel Investing, Tech Bubble, Silicon Valley, Small Business News
Fred Wilson

The Wall Street Journal has a story out today that says "Web Startups Hit Cash Crunch." There has been a fair bit of reaction in the tech blogs and I thought I'd toss into the discussion some things we are seeing.

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Colossal Interactive Structures In 'Cloud Cities'

VernissageTV | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Hamburger-Bahnhof, Museums, Sculpture, Contemporary Art, Bubble, UK Arts, Utopia, Interview, Tomas-Saraceno, Art Exhibitions, Berlin, Arts News
VernissageTV

Tomás Saraceno's work received broader attention in 2009 when he filled the main hall of the Padiglione Centrale in the Giardini at the 53rd Venice A...

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Fortune's On-again, Off-again Bubble

Robert Teitelman | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Rupert Murdoch, Money Magazine, Fortune, Bubble, David Kaplan, Tech Bubble, Fortune Tech Bubble, Business News
Robert Teitelman

Fortune has discovered there might be a tech bubble. No, revise that.

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Alex Wagner

Silicon Valley: Where The Job Market Is Booming

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Wagner | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Economy, Economic Crisis, Technology News, Economic Recovery, Bubble, Technology, Tech Bubble, Silicon Valley, Business News

As the bleak June jobs report released Friday continues to settle, a ray of sunlight is peeking out from sunny California. Thanks to a flood of ventur...

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Tiny Bubbles

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: The Telegraph, Linkedin, Bubble, Pandora, Technology, Social Networking, Media News
Yvette Kantrow

For a media that was sent to the woodshed for helping to inflate and failing to the dot-com and housing bubbles, perhaps it stands to reason that its motto these days seems to be "we won't get fooled again."

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Gold May Glitter But Can It Deliver?

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Capital Flows, Russia, Investments, Wealthbriefing, Commodities, Economy, Cpi, Monetary Policy, Dividends, Soveriegn Defaults, Bank of England, Returns, Wealth, Middle East, Hedge Funds, Dollar, Diversification, US, Asia, Risk, Interest Rates, George Soros, Central Bank, Money, Stock Market, Currency, Gold, Investing, Inflation, United States, Assets, Bubble, Japan, Economic Growth, Europe, World Gold Council, Gemma Godfrey, China, Capital, Business News
Gemma Godfrey

The classic safe-haven investment has seen a strong uptrend in value since the autumn of 2008. Various factors have been credited as drivers of this move, but what is the risk gold could lose its luster?

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Pop Goes The Higher Ed Bubble?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 07.03.2011

Read More: Peter Thiel, College Bubble, Education, Bubble, Higher Education, Thiel Fellowship, Bubble Bursting, College, College News

NEW YORK -- The average college graduate leaves school with $24,000 in debt and one in 10 are unable to find work of any kind. By year's end, student ...

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Libya -- Oil, Water, Gold Are the Real Issues

Gemma Godfrey | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Investors, Management, International, International Monetary Fund, United Nations, Imf, Sanctions, Eia, Opec, Eu, Goldman Sachs, Risk, Foreign Minister, Information, Energy Agency, Import, Middle East, Volatility, Supply, German, Investment, Asset, Bubble, Demand, Iea, Gold, Reserves, Administration, Returns, Commodities, Oil, Wealth, Government, Markets, Population, Investing, Irrigation, Allocation, Bloomberg, Libya, Water, Dividends, Sentiment, Economy, Export, Turmoil, Vaults, Business News
Gemma Godfrey

The oil price has skyrocketed over the past few months and the finger often points to Libya and claims of supply disruptions have dominated the press. However, are these claims grounded in fact or are we watching yet another sentiment driven bubble?

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The New Internet Bubble And The New Rules For Startup Success

Steve Blank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Venture Capital, Technology, Small Business, Twitter, Customer Development, Entrepreneurs, Software Startups, Facebook, Engineering, Investors, Mergers and Acquisitions, Internet, Investing, Tech Startups, Groupon, Internet Bubble, Startups, Software, Bubble, Stanford University, Entrepreneurship, Small Business America, Business News
Steve Blank

We're now in the second Internet bubble, and the rules for making money are different in a bubble than in normal times. What are they, how do they differ and what can a startup do to take advantage of them?

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The Next Bubble Won't Be Tech Stocks Or Real Estate

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gold, Bubble, China, Copper, Stocks, Real Estate, Nasdaq, Bonds, Business News
Robert Lenzner

Bubbles are serious when they are massive. What could pop the bubble would be China's failure to restrain inflation and its subsequent hard landing.

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Harvard's Kenneth Rogoff Predicts Serious Social Unrest Due to Income Disparities In The U.S

Robert Lenzner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Unrest, Harvard, Bubble, Cfr, Ken Rogoff, Business News
Robert Lenzner

Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff told me today in an exclusive interview that the high unemployment rate and high levels of debt in the U.S. will sooner or later trigger serious "social unrest from the income disparities in the U.S."

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Homebuilders Look Cheap, Gold Looks Expensive

James Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Homebuilders, Gold Bubble, Deflation, Inflation, Contrarian, Finance, Gold, Bubble, Europe, Real Estate, Home, Business News
James Berman

Complacency is returning to markets. Risk aversion is evaporating. Recovery is in the air. Even the animal spirits are returning, with M&A activity re...

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Weird Tax Myths #2 -- Recessions, Depressions and Tax Policy

Larry Beinhart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Depression, Reagan Tax Cuts, Kennedy Tax Cut, Boom, Johnson Tax Cut, Tax Cuts, 2008 Recession, Bubble, Tax Hikes, Recession, Crash, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Larry Beinhart

Our prevailing mythology is that tax cuts help: They stimulate the economy, promote growth, create jobs. The truth is that tax cuts cause crashes. Tax hikes end depressions and recessions.

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BLOGWATCH> Have You Been Inside Jame's Turrell's Bubble? Daily Serving Wants To Know

dailyserving.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interactive Art, Conceptual Art, dailyserving.com, New-York-Exhibitions, James Turrell, Design, Contemporary Art, Bubble, New-York-Exhibits, New York Art, Gagosian Gallery, Arts News

Have you been inside 'The Bubble'? It's the burning question floating around London's artworld these days. The number of smug souls who have entered ...

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Gold Running Out Of Steam?

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gold, Bubble, Gold Bubble, Gold Prices, Gold Stocks, Business News
Dan Dorfman

After running the four-minute mile, is gold ready to take a temporary breather? And if so, how much could the price fall over the short run?

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"Do You Really Like Living Here?" A Foreigner's Perspective on Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Resources, Creativity, Ignorance, Cultural, Being, Resilience, Executive, Inferiority, China Shift, Enviornment, Lost Decade, Tokyo, University, Professor, Government, Corpoate, Working, Modesty, Living, Identity, Japan, Bubble, Cities, Official, Green News
Jared Braiterman

(This article originally appeared in Newsweek Japan on October 28, 2010 in Japanese) "Do you really like living in Tokyo?" is a question I am often a...

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Gold: A Little Gaudy in This Light

James Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Commodities, Oz, Gold, Ounce, Overvalued, Currency, Precious Metals, Bubble, Overpriced, Business News
James Berman

Returns that approach 100% in short periods of time are unsustainable. Gold may climb for awhile, but at some point it will fall -- with all the force of gravity a heavy metal can provide.

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Obama's Biggest Giveaway to Wall Street -- Chinese Currency

Mike Elk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Currency, Bubble, Barack Obama, China, Currency Manipulation, Currency Devaluation, Politics News
Mike Elk

Jim O'Neil, the chief economist of Goldman Sachs penned an op-ed in the Financial Times last week claiming that China wasn't manipulating their currency. How can this be possible?

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Harman Uses Bush/Cheney Fear Tactics on Winograd and Voters

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 36th Congressional District, Washington, George W. Bush, Jane Harman, Single-Payer Healthcare, Nuclear Proliferation, Congress, Campaign, Henry Waxman, Marcy Winograd, Dc, Barack Obama, Osama Bin Laden, California, Dick Cheney, Commercial, Israel, Bubble, Aipac, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

Harman is out of touch. She's the richest woman in Congress. Every two years she re-buys her seat and indulges her personal passions: war, war technology and war intelligence.

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Nouriel Roubini: 'We Are Building The Foundations Of The Next Bubble' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, Asset Prices, Nouriel Roubini, Henry Blodget, Financial Crisis, Bubble, Video, Business News

Despite the EU's newly announced trillion-dollar backstop, Nouriel Roubini, the president of RGE Monitor and the author of the new book "Crisis Econo...

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China's New Export: Too Big To Fail

Norb Vonnegut | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wealth Management, Bubble, Money Management, China, Real Estate, Beijing, Business News
Norb Vonnegut

A real estate bubble, fueled by bad loans and too much leverage, explains much of our stock market's turmoil. An article from The New York Times about the Chinese version, caught my attention.

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