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Report: Stanford Univ. portfolio shrinks 26 pct

A new report from Stanford's money managers says the value of the university's investment portfolio plunged nearly $6 billion over the last fiscal year, a drop university officials called unprecedented.

Conde Nast closes Portfolio magazine; 80 jobs lost

The business magazine Portfolio is closing down and laying off more than 80 people, just two years after launching with $100 million in backing and visions of becoming a high-end rival to the likes of Fortune, Forbes and BusinessWeek.

Stay calm! Become a patient investor

For years, I've been preaching the mantra that boring is better when it comes to your investments. In fact, if you've been reading this column for any length of time, you know that my strategy is to come up with an asset allocation that you can live with and then dollar-cost average into the market on a regular, automatic basis.

Gov't to Lift Fannie, Freddie Limits

The federal regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac said Wednesday it would lift restrictions later this week on the amount of mortgages the government-sponsored companies can hold on their books.

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NBC is under assault; GE may sell
Source: MarketWatch.com

The key question is when -- not if anymore -- Immelt will sell NBC, whose portfolio includes NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo and other assets.

Job Seekers Need Online Portfolio, Stored Free at eFolio World

Never has it been more important to show prospective employers that you are computer and internet savvy. One of the best ways is to create an online portfolio that contains your resume, references, samples of your work, and other artifacts in a handy showcase.

Are Familial DNA Searches Ethical Or Legal?

Police in California are preparing to use familial DNA profiling while other states appear to be following California's lead & moving towards making the searches expressly legal. For those unaware of the practice or how it works, it goes something like this.

Liz Cheney And Her Ridiculous Grasp On History

I was privy to reading an editorial by Liz Cheney, daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, that berated President Obama up one side and down the other for abdicating America's special role in foreign affairs. Well, among other things.

POLITICO 44: Biden in Iraq
Source: Politico

Delighted to see good old Joe ("5-deferment") Biden is visiting a combat zone - something he was scared sh**less to do in his youth when his country asked him.

Severe Storms Tear Through Butler County, Cause Damage And Flooding

Severe thunderstorms ripped through Butler County, causing significant widespread damage in Hamilton and the surrounding areas for the second time in approximately nine months.

To Those People That Want Obama To Take A Stronger Line In Iran: You Don't Know Anything About Iran

In perusing Newsvine since the sham election in Iran, I have noticed that there is a small but growing number of people harshly criticizing the administration for its handling of the Iran affair.

Google CEO says looking to buy smaller firms
Source: Reuters

Google is looking to buy smaller technology companies to enhance its technology portfolio, Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in an interview with the Fox Business network on Tuesday.

Constant Crisis: The Problem With Pakistan

I set out to write an article about why Pakistan is rarely calm and peaceful. When I started my cursory research, I realized that the problem long predated the partition of British India or even the Durand Line.

Badin Lucky To Have Tenore At The Helm

On March 20th, 2009, Bill Tenore was selected for the position that he was groomed to fill for years. Although he ascends to the position five seasons after many wanted him to take the post, that hardly matters now.

ATTN Republicans: Listen Up To Save Yourselves

First, I have to tell my fellow Democrats that the resurgence of the Republican Party is an issue of "when" and not "if." Just because we control the wheelhouse right now doesn't mean we should celebrate excessively because that's usually when a political party gets bushwhacked  …

9/11 Conspiracy Revealed: The Mob Connection

I have discussed 9/11 with many people that believe it was a conspiracy. Most of them think that the U.S. government was complicit in said conspiracy. I am going to take aim at what was some favorite claims by a number of 9/11 conspiracists here on Newsvine.

Bush & Co. Getting Tried For War Crimes: Obama's Indirect Approach

There have been calls from the most strident opponents of the Bush administration since 2003 for certain members of that administration to be charged with and tried for war crimes. From that point to the present, the calls have gotten louder and come from more people.

Unofficial GOP Strategy On Obama: "Heads I win, tails you lose!"

I want to first start by stating that not all Republicans are doing this. There is a minority that are fair to President Obama, even if they do disagree with him fundamentally.

Stocks To Buy Now And Hold For A Bullish Long Term

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article is for educational purposes only and the figures given are accurate as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on March 27, 2009.

Obama's Limbaugh "Strategery": Republicans Still Don't Understand

The Capitalist is tickled pink (or whatever the color of his flannel shirt in the GlamourShots photo that serves as his avatar) that Rush's ratings have went up A WHOPPING 50% since he started to fling dung at the White House. TC thinks this signals a win for Rush. It's not.

Isaacs' Corollary To Godwin's Law

Godwin's Law states that the first Internet debate participant to arbitrarily mention Hitler or Nazi Germany automatically loses the debate. I have concluded since 1990 when Godwin's Law was first instated there are new taboos that should cause an automatic loss of a debate.

Stocks Zap Congress, Too
Source: Business Week

Many congressional lawmakers have fallen victim to the same devastating portfolio performance as their constituents.

How 9/11 Almost Changed America

From the very beginning after the shock of watching 9/11 live on television started to wear off I insisted that the terrorists would win if we significantly changed the American way of life, particularly curbing civil liberties and the erasure of portions (important portions, it …

Reversing Rush's Revisionist Medical History: How Reality Meshes With His Drug Use Timeline

This article started as a response to a Dittohead (as Rush Limbaugh fans obligingly call themselves) insisting to me that Rush Limbaugh's illegal use of the drug Oxycontin did not pre-date his hearing loss and, instead, his illegal use was initiated by the pain from his cochlear …

Universal Healthcare From A Christian Perspective

I had a discussion a month or two back with a Newsvine user that implanted the idea in my head for an article about a Christian perspective of universal healthcare.

Profits in The Stock Market start with Your Book Shelf

Invest In your Own Stock Market Education Success leaves footprints. If you can read you can prosper by knowing the keys that made other investors successful.

Transitioning from Flash to Flex: An Overview

This article is cross-posted at the Flex Cookbook. It's mildly technical in nature, and definitely aimed at a specific demographic - I'm writing to Flash Developers curious about Adobe Flex. I hope at least a few people find it to be helpful!

Obama Team Frightens Investors and Banks

The rumors and fears are so great it was reported that Bank of America spoke with administration officials to ask that Washington issue a statement to quell the rumors of nationalization.

Obama Blows Off Medal of Honor Recipients... Not Exactly

Upon reading a Newsvine user's seed of a blog that used unsourced information that said the following: According to TSO who was at the "Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball", this newly sworn-in President for the first time in 56 years blew off the ball (that's 14 Inaugurations).

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