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Bill Me Later fire sale to eBay prevents Sue Me Later

Bill Me Later, a registered trademark of I4 Commerce Inc. gets sold off to eBay (Nasdaq EBAY) In an effort to Avoid Sue Me Later.
By now, you’ve all probably heard that Bill Me Later was purchased today by eBay (www.ebay.com) for roughly $820 Million in cash, and over $100 Million in options. When I first [...]

6Oct2008 | James Blunts | 0 comments | Continued
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Loan Me Up, Buttercup

Although I am not feeling the financial stress of the housing market collapse like some people are, I can totally understand how people feel. The monthly budget you worked so hard to achieve now no longer fits into your monthly revenue stream. So, what’s the plan?
Well, from seeing all the 2am infomercials in between my [...]

18Feb2008 | James Blunts | 5 comments | Continued
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Honey, My Hard Drive Has Amnesia

Over the years, I’ve been through many, many computers. Certainly, because I have been such an avid internet user, I have come to realize that the bulk of the reasons why I eventually get a new computer is thanks to good old hard drive crashes. I can only imagine how many times I could’ve saved [...]

18Feb2008 | James Blunts | 7 comments | Continued
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Wiki For Me, Wiki For You

So, the latest and greatest technological breakthrough is creating your own Wiki website. Something that you can call your own, something you can easily share with your friends, and something that is easy to use and put together. Oh, and did I forget to mention, it’s free.
That’s right, you can get your own free website, [...]

18Feb2008 | James Blunts | 7 comments | Continued
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Persian Princes and Ancient Romans

Ancient Egypt. That’s how far back backgammon goes. I know, totally off topic, but I must say that backgammon games has almost as much skill as chess. Okay, fine, maybe more like Checkers, but still, it’s a lot of fun. A lot of my friends have been into this game, and they call it “Sheisbeits”, [...]

11Feb2008 | James Blunts | 12 comments | Continued
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E-Bye: Meg Dubya Not Going To Happen This Year

So, now that Mitt Romney has dropped out of the presidential race, looks like Meg Whitman’s dreams of holding a cabinet position may have to be put on hold. That’s right, in case you didn’t know, Meg was set to hold a financial position in Romney’s administration.
The other rumor was her run for governor of [...]

10Feb2008 | James Blunts | 8 comments | Continued
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Is The Yahoo! Board Made Up Of Complete Yahoos?

As of now, then Yahoo (NASDAQ YHOO) Board is set to turn down the Microsoft (NASDAQ MSFT) offer to buy the company at $31 a share. Apparently, word is that the Yahoo board wants MORE MONEY! More money for a company that is losing money BY THE SECOND. Are they insane????
Maybe this is the plan: [...]

9Feb2008 | James Blunts | 8 comments | Continued
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GE - We Bring Good Things To Identity Theft

So, apparently a few weeks ago, some backup computer tape went missing, and lo and behold roughly 650,000 GE (NYSE GE) Money cardholders’ was on it. How do they transport these tapes? Horse and buggy? I mean, how many damned times do I have to read about a tape being misplaced? Is the security guy [...]

6Feb2008 | James Blunts | 7 comments | Continued
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Ebay Looking Into Buying AOL?

So, apparently everyone is whispering about how eBay (NASDAQ EBAY) might put out a bid to buy Time warner’s AOL (NYSE TWX). Talk about the terrible buy of the century. What does AOL even do anymore? Instant Messenger is the only thing they still have a hold on, and even that is slipping with the [...]

5Feb2008 | James Blunts | 15 comments | Continued
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Paypal Money Market Screw Up, Dividends What Are Dividends?

So, anyone who happens to have a Paypal Money Market account—you may want to check your dividends for last month. For some odd reason, I have heard from many, many people that claim to have gotten completely shafted by Paypal in this regard for last month.
I don’t know if someone just missed a decimal point, [...]

4Feb2008 | James Blunts | 18 comments | Continued
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