Lost Decade for American Income – WSJ.com
For your Scary Charts check out the article link below.
Or see what Yves Smith is writing about real estate.
Business Trends
Scary Chart of the Decade – 8.14.10
New Kindle
The New Kindle: Smaller, Faster, Cheaper
OK. Now I want one.
Scary Chart of the Day – 6-24-2010
Not Here Yet
Scary Charts have historically been focused on the US economy but I couldn’t resist posting this chart.
Have a nice meeting with your CTO.
The Stuxnet Sting – Microsoft Malware Protection Center – Site Home – TechNet Blogs
Stuxnet – Spyware “That’s Really Scary”
Saturday mornings are a great time to catch up on the news. I regularly follow nearly 100 RSS feeds through my reader. The number and content type change periodically as my personal and business interests evolve (or when I forget my Adderall). When I came across this article I was surprised not about the content but more so about the fact that my computer security RSS feed stopped working.
I hate that when that happens.
Free Management Consulting Tip of the Day
Ask your tech guys if your remotes can infect the corporate systems using this sneaker net USB memory stick method.
I don’t know is an unacceptable answer.
Stuxnet spyware targets industrial facilities, via USB memory stick – CSMonitor.com
“We have not seen anything like this before aimed directly at the industrial control system environment,” says Walt Boyes, a control systems security expert and editor in chief of Control magazine. “It’s a clear-cut case of industrial espionage. We don’t know its ultimate aim yet.” But, he says, the attack is aimed specifically at the company that sells the lion’s share of industrial automation software to the electric power sector in North America and Western Europe. “That’s really scary,” Mr. Boyes adds.
Kindle Ebooks Outselling Dead Tree Versions
I am still holding out for lower prices on my Ebook reader of choice. Besides I like dead tree versions of books.
Amazon: Kindle Books Now Outselling Hardcovers
E-books have hit a significant milestone. In each of the last three months, Amazon reports that sales of books for Kindle have outpaced the sale of hardcover books, and that growth is only accelerating.
In a statement, Amazon says that, “over the past three months, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 143 Kindle books. Over the past month, for every 100 hardcover books Amazon.com has sold, it has sold 180 Kindle books.”
Scary Charts of the Day – 6/25/10
Worst Home Sales Numbers Ever « naked capitalism
If you are not a regular reader of Yves Smith, you should be.
Scary Charts of the Day – 6/13/10
On Turning a Mountain Into a Molehill | Credit Writedowns
Readers of my Scary Charts posts will note that sometimes you’ll find a chart with a link to the original article while other times you’ll find just the link.
If all you see is a link, I encourage you to read the original article.
You gotta read this one.
Scary Charts of the Day – 6/5/10
EconomPic: Jobs Data Disappoints
These charts are so scary I’ve decided to not reproduce them on my website. You’ll have to click on the link for these scary charts.
And for the record, I have never understood or agreed with the concept of a “jobless” recovery.
Listen and Learn – 5/31/10
Managing the Productivity Paradox – HBR IdeaCast – Harvard Business Review
This is an HBR IdeaCast podcast interview with Tony Schwartz, president and CEO of The Energy Project and author of The Way We’re Working Isn’t Working.
Take 15 minutes and learn a little about ultradian rhythms and the way we work.
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