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Apple has more cash right now than the US Treasury

Matt Hartley at the Financial Post was the first to point this one out:
As Republicans and Democrats continue to work towards a compromise to the country’s debt ceiling crisis, the U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday that Washington now has …


You are what you buy (or maybe you are what you buy)

Twice a year, the brand tracking group YouGov BrandIndex publishes its “list of the US brands with the most Buzz.” To calculate a brand’s Buzz score, the group asks survey subjects, “If you’ve heard anything about the brand in the last two weeks, throu…


Facebook Investor Roger McNamee Explains Why Social Is Over (AAPL, GOOG, MSFT)

Elevation Partners and Facebook investor Roger McNamee, who is also a rock musician, gave an amazing talk recently where he goes over some of the biggest trends affecting the technology industry.
The talk was spotted by our friend Dan Frommer at Spla…


Public special ed employee has $0 paycheck after health insurance deductions

Kevin sez, “At a time when some critics are trying to paint public employee benefits as lavish, special education paraprofessional Kathy Meltsakos provides a much-needed wakeup call. By the time she’s done paying for health insurance, Kathy doesn’t tak…


The iPad Is Now Bigger Than The Mac (AAPL)

Apple now makes money from the iPad than any other product except the iPhone.
Apple reported iPad revenues of $6.1 billion. That’s behind only the iPhone, which took in $13.3 billion.
All Macs combined were only $5.1 billion.
Full stats are available…


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