Business News - Small Business - New York Times

Business News - Small Business - New York Times

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NY Times new section for small businesses.

Wealth in America

Another great article about wealth in America.

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/103017/joining-the-5-million-club-takes-an-open-mind

"Meet the Press" by Nicholas Confessore

"Meet the Press" by Nicholas Confessore

The idea of journo-lobbying is discussed in this article.

Dow 2 Million in 2100

Warren Buffet recently stated in an interview that if the Dow would compound at 5.4 percent annually, the Dow would reach near 2 million by the end of the century. Here are the numbers.

These are the results of compounding the current value of the Dow at 13300 in 2007 for 93 years till 2100 at an annual rate of 5.4 percent.

Money available after 1 years: 14018.2
Money available after 2 years: 14775.1828
Money available after 3 years: 15573.0426712
Money available after 4 years: 16413.9869754448
Money available after 5 years: 17300.34227211882
Money available after 6 years: 18234.56075481324
Money available after 7 years: 19219.227035573153
Money available after 8 years: 20257.065295494103
Money available after 9 years: 21350.946821450787
Money available after 10 years: 22503.89794980913
Money available after 11 years: 23719.10843909882
Money available after 12 years: 24999.94029481016
Money available after 13 years: 26349.93707072991
Money available after 14 years: 27772.833672549325
Money available after 15 years: 29272.56669086699
Money available after 16 years: 30853.285292173805
Money available after 17 years: 32519.36269795119
Money available after 18 years: 34275.40828364056
Money available after 19 years: 36126.280330957146
Money available after 20 years: 38077.099468828834
Money available after 21 years: 40133.26284014559
Money available after 22 years: 42300.45903351345
Money available after 23 years: 44584.683821323175
Money available after 24 years: 46992.256747674626
Money available after 25 years: 49529.838612049054
Money available after 26 years: 52204.4498970997
Money available after 27 years: 55023.49019154308
Money available after 28 years: 57994.75866188641
Money available after 29 years: 61126.47562962827
Money available after 30 years: 64427.305313628196
Money available after 31 years: 67906.37980056411
Money available after 32 years: 71573.32430979458
Money available after 33 years: 75438.28382252349
Money available after 34 years: 79511.95114893976
Money available after 35 years: 83805.5965109825
Money available after 36 years: 88331.09872257557
Money available after 37 years: 93100.97805359465
Money available after 38 years: 98128.43086848877
Money available after 39 years: 103427.36613538716
Money available after 40 years: 109012.44390669807
Money available after 41 years: 114899.11587765977
Money available after 42 years: 121103.6681350534
Money available after 43 years: 127643.2662143463
Money available after 44 years: 134536.002589921
Money available after 45 years: 141800.94672977674
Money available after 46 years: 149458.19785318468
Money available after 47 years: 157528.94053725665
Money available after 48 years: 166035.50332626852
Money available after 49 years: 175001.420505887
Money available after 50 years: 184451.49721320492
Money available after 51 years: 194411.878062718
Money available after 52 years: 204910.11947810475
Money available after 53 years: 215975.2659299224
Money available after 54 years: 227637.9302901382
Money available after 55 years: 239930.37852580566
Money available after 56 years: 252886.61896619917
Money available after 57 years: 266542.4963903739
Money available after 58 years: 280935.7911954541
Money available after 59 years: 296106.3239200086
Money available after 60 years: 312096.06541168905
Money available after 61 years: 328949.25294392026
Money available after 62 years: 346712.51260289195
Money available after 63 years: 365434.9882834481
Money available after 64 years: 385168.47765075427
Money available after 65 years: 405967.575443895
Money available after 66 years: 427889.8245178653
Money available after 67 years: 450995.87504183006
Money available after 68 years: 475349.6522940889
Money available after 69 years: 501018.5335179697
Money available after 70 years: 528073.5343279401
Money available after 71 years: 556589.5051816489
Money available after 72 years: 586645.338461458
Money available after 73 years: 618324.1867383767
Money available after 74 years: 651713.6928222491
Money available after 75 years: 686906.2322346506
Money available after 76 years: 723999.1687753218
Money available after 77 years: 763095.1238891892
Money available after 78 years: 804302.2605792055
Money available after 79 years: 847734.5826504825
Money available after 80 years: 893512.2501136085
Money available after 81 years: 941761.9116197434
Money available after 82 years: 992617.0548472096
Money available after 83 years: 1046218.3758089589
Money available after 84 years: 1102714.1681026428
Money available after 85 years: 1162260.7331801855
Money available after 86 years: 1225022.8127719155
Money available after 87 years: 1291174.044661599
Money available after 88 years: 1360897.4430733253
Money available after 89 years: 1434385.904999285
Money available after 90 years: 1511842.7438692464
Money available after 91 years: 1593482.2520381857
Money available after 92 years: 1679530.2936482478
Money available after 93 years: 1770224.9295052532

SEOmoz | Google's Patent - Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data

SEOmoz | Google's Patent - Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data

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This piece of paper is worth $145 billion.

In the News : GoodSearch : Search the Internet with GoodSearch and support your favorite charity or school.

In the News : GoodSearch : Search the Internet with GoodSearch and support your favorite charity or school.

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I don't think they give enough their profits to charity. Some clicks generate up to $3, and they give a penny. Most website owners know how much Google and by transition Yahoo earns them for each click of their visitors. I will say that some clicks do generate only ten cents, but in general some others generate a lot more money. It's a good idea that they donate a penny for each search, but it should be more transparent and a more signifant part of their revenues should be given to charity.

Here's a website detailing some high paying keywords, showing that when a user clicks on these advertisements the website can make a few dollars.

http://www.vaughns-1-pagers.com/internet/top-paying-words.htm

Search For Singles Hotties Using Google Maps

Search For Singles Hotties Using Google Maps

People can get really creative by modifying the Google Maps API.

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Demand/Supply at a Glance: Bid/Ask Sizes -- Tradetrek.com

Demand/Supply at a Glance: Bid/Ask Sizes -- Tradetrek.com
Defining and using a bid times ask size , also known as B/A size.

Google Buys an Online Ad Firm for $3.1 Billion - New York Times

Google Buys an Online Ad Firm for $3.1 Billion - New York Times

Not particularly understanding why Google wants to go into a business it has been avoiding. They made their money on text advertising after it proved to be more successful than banner advertisements.

Technorati tags: google, doubleclick

Kanoodle vs. Google

I've used both services, but I think Kanoodle ends up being the better choice for individual web publishers in the long run. Google (GOOG) may have higher revenue per click for web based advertising, but I've been able to make more money from Kanoodle's RSS feed feature.
Unfortunately, most web publishers only think of Google for their advertising features and overlook smaller providers which may provide them with larger checks.
Google may have a dominant hold on providing advertising for small websites but any other provider with better payouts can take Google's market share.

Angioplasty effectiveness questioned

"Those patients now should try drugs first, experts say. If that does not help, they can consider angioplasty or bypass surgery, which unlike angioplasty, does save lives, prevent heart attacks and give lasting chest pain relief."
from http://www.cnbc.com/id/17800223


"A chance to cut is a chance to cure"

Medicine is constantly debating back and forth between treatments. Change is inevitable, and it's good to question old standards with research. The worst thing to do is not to debate.

Another good time to buy NYX

NYX dropped precipitously after the market drop on Tuesday, February 28, 2007. The DOW dropped nearly 500 points at the lowest part of the day mostly due to concerns of a slowing economy in China and also some economic concerns in the US. The day was also marked by a sudden 200 point caused by a delay in the Dow Jones calculations that was corrected abruptly. This was a problem with the Dow Jones calculation of the DJIA and not a problem with the New York Stock Exchange. The stock is down sharply to 84 after rising to a level of 95 in the last week. The stock should correct back towards the low 90s in the next couple of weeks. No other significant news has been present.

Looking at the charts, the stock moves rapidly up when it starts to approach its lower Bollinger band. This has happened a few times in the last year.



from : http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ta?s=NYX&t=1y&l=on&z=m&q=l&p=m50,m200,b&a=&c=

Wells Fargo 20+ year return

Read the article today about how investing in WFC a while back would give you more in dividend payments yearly than your initial investment. Here's how an initial investment would have done. $1000 invested in 1984 in Wells Fargo would be worth $74,654 at today's closing price of 35.85.

Initial Investment = 999.8399999999999
Shares Available = 2083
Final Investment Value = 74654.72
Total Profit = 73654.88
Percent Return = 7366.7

Gresso's Symphonia MP3 players for the nouveau riche - Engadget

Gresso's Symphonia MP3 players for the nouveau riche - Engadget

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Ipod killer, this has to be cooler than the Nano.

For Yale’s Money Man, a Higher Calling - New York Times

For Yale’s Money Man, a Higher Calling - New York Times:

"He was troubled by it: making wealthy people wealthier. I feel privileged to be in a place where the resources that we generate are applied to the world’s problems."

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Goog heading towards 50 day moving average

After dipping to 450, Google (GOOG) appears to be heading back towards its 50 day moving average of 478. At least two times in the last year, it has dipped significantly below its 50 day moving average and returned to the average within 2 months.

NYX oversold at 88

NYX appears to be oversold at 88. It has dropped precipitously from the high 100s range on little news. Appears to be a good time to buy with the positive long term sentiment of expansion into global markets.

Capital Return

Capital Return Walmart from 1974 to 2007

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How much would a 1000 dollar investment in Walmart made during a low in 1974 be worth today? Here are the results of the calculator.

Initial Investment = 999.9910000000001
Shares Available = 58823
Final Investment Value = 2,823,504
Total Profit = 2,822,504.009
Percent Return = 282,252.9

Source: http://finance.google.com

Capital Return

Capital Return of Cisco from 1990 to 2000

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How much would a 1000 dollars invested in Cisco (CSCO) at the beginning of 1990 be worth at the top of the market in 2000? Here are the results from the calculator.

Initial Investment = 999.99
Shares Available = 11111
Final Investment Value = 911102
Total Profit = 910102.01
Percent Return = 91011.1

Capital Return

Capital Return

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Enter price paid, capital available, and expected price. Capital available is the amount of cash available to invest. Initially, the code will calculate the amount of shares purchased with cash available. Then, it calculates initial investment, profit, and percent return.