Showing posts with label Namesake. Show all posts
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Too bad the questions weren't new

From the NYT (emphasis mine):
Several outside experts on contracting said the report’s numbers seemed to provide the first official price tag on contracting in Iraq and raised troubling questions about the degree to which the war had been privatized.

Monday, July 28, 2008

I wonder if the stock moved ten points

Via Regret The Error, the ghost of Malcolm Gladwell strikes the New York Times:
An article on Friday about earnings at JPMorgan Chase misstated the bank’s income from investment banking in its second quarter. The division reported a net income of $394 million, not a loss of $785 million.

Monday, July 21, 2008

The Perverse and Often Baffling Economics of Solar and Wind Power

Via Ezra Klein, Al Gore on the difference between fossil fuels and renewable energy:
"Here's the difference, when the demand for wind and solar goes up, costs go down. When demand for oil and gas goes up, prices go up."