Posts from July 03, 2008

David Card | July 03, 2008, 07:22 PM
Era-Ender?
The more I think about it, the less this is like "slip-sliding into a recession" than "End of an Era." Starbucks Corp. on Tuesday effectively ended its era of blanket expansion by saying it will close 500 more locations in the U.S. and cut 7% of its work force. Starbucks...( more )

David Card | July 03, 2008, 07:04 PM
Nostalgic Fourth
What they do in my hometown on the Fourth....( more )

Mark Mulligan | July 03, 2008, 06:15 PM
Viacom Taking Lessons from the RIAA?
The BBC reports that a court has just ruled that Google hand over details of every video ever watched on YouTube to Viacom. Yes , you read correctly, every video ever watched. But most importantly details of every viewer (including IP addresses) are also to be handed over. Viacom’s dispute...( more )

Ed Kountz | July 03, 2008, 11:21 AM
Back to the Future of Federated Identity?
A JupiterResearch report slated for publication late this year will take a new look at the topic of Federated Identity services. Once the rage in online financial services, most banks eliminated their offerings in the early 2000s when consumer demand lagged expectations. Given the limitations of Web 1.0, this...( more )

Ed Kountz | July 03, 2008, 11:15 AM
Holiday Week Wrapup – Russell-ing up signs of trouble in Bank Stocks
Signs of continued difficulty among bank stocks. Russell Investments noted earlier this week that the combined market capitalization of bank and thrift stocks in its Russell 3,000 Index has declined to 17.4%, a drop from 22.4% a year ago. The current figure is the lowest percentage representation of bank stocks...( more )

David Card | July 03, 2008, 08:34 AM
No Mas, Por Favor
I got a Verizon LG ad on my MyYahoo page this morning. In Spanish. Rest assured that, though I have lived in California, in classic dumb amuhrican mode, I do not speak Spanish. Yahoos, you're going to have to prove you target a little better if you're going to get...( more )

Mark Mulligan | July 03, 2008, 08:29 AM
BPI Steps Up Activity Against File Sharers
The BBC is reporting - online , on-radio and on-TV – on the thousands of letters to be sent out to illegal file sharers in UK on behalf of the BPI. 800 have already been sent out via Virgin Media. These are first steps, and though already criticized, the libertarians...( more )

David Card | July 03, 2008, 08:12 AM
Promoting Baseball the Old-Fashioned Way
I really like the creative for the subway advertising campaign that's running in support of baseball's All-Star Game, which is in Yankee Stadium this year. I wish I could link to it, but I can't find any online references, even after searching pretty hard. Modell's, Nike, and the MLB seem...( more )