Posted on April 19, 2005 by Preston Danforth

Skype recently announced it was launching two new premium services: SkypeIn and Skype Voicemail.
Forbes has the scoop:

Software maker Skype said Friday that it was launching two more premium services as the number of downloads of its popular program neared 100 million.
The company also said it was launching SkypeIn and Skype Voicemail, two premium services [...]

Posted on April 19, 2005 by Preston Danforth

That’s what The Internet Stock Blog is wondering:

Yahoo (ticker: YHOO) is aggressively implementing Really Simple Syndication (RSS) across its network, with the recent upgrade to Yahoo News and the introduction of RSS feeds for Yahoo Shopping. Geeks are beginning to argue that Google (ticker: GOOG) is becoming a technology laggard, behind Yahoo and (gasp!) Microsoft [...]

Posted on April 15, 2005 by Preston Danforth

The data is all over the board these days when it comes to the US economy. Reuters is reporting:

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Industrial production and consumer sentiment reports came in on the weak side on Friday, the latest data to support the view that higher oil prices could lead to slower U.S. growth in [...]

Posted on April 13, 2005 by Preston Danforth

Another great piece from Capital Spectator:

The U.S. balance of trade slipped to another all-time deficit in February–$61 billion vs. $59 billion in January, reports the U.S. Census Bureau. If you thought the news would take a hefty bite out of the dollar, you were mistaken. By the close of Wall Street trading today, the dollar [...]

Posted on April 13, 2005 by Preston Danforth

The Capital Spectator has a great piece on Consumption Economics & the Energy Crisis:

CONSUMPTION ECONOMICS
In the good old days of energy shocks, consumers cut back when prices jumped. But cutting back is no longer popular sport in the current bull market for oil.
Long gone are the days in the 1970s, when higher oil prices eventually [...]

Posted on April 05, 2005 by kellahewitt

As stock investing becomes more and more mainstream (everyone from Aunt Thelma to little Suzie down the street seems to have a portfolio these days), how many people actually take their morals into consideration when selecting stocks?
For example, Reuters’ Company of the Day today is Abercrombie and Fitch(”A&F”). However, there are several [...]

Posted on April 01, 2005 by Nancy

According to a recent Reuters article, Goldman Sachs is predicting that oil prices “could ultimately surge all the way above $100 a barrel.” The company says this “super-spike” period may last for years as prices reflect the increasing demand for oil worldwide (and especially in the emerging economies of China and India). Oil prices have [...]