In my first, lone, measly, pathetic tweet a month ago, I asked if the whole Twitter thing was a “Revolution? Time-waster? Both?” Now we may know. The information evading the official government walls and making its way out of Iran on YouTube and Twitter may answer my question: “Revolution” — literally.
Huge $1.45 billion, a new low
After the EU antitrust authority today leveled a €1.06 billion fine against Intel, the company’s general counsel Bruce Sewell gave an illuminating interview to CNBC: We better come up with a better way to restrict the EU’s range of motion on these matters. Sewell called the action “arbitrary.” The CNBC reporters called it a “shakedown.” They’re both right. Read rest …
Extraordinary admission. Better policy?
Last night on Charlie Rose, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner made an extraordinary admission. Here’s the exchange: Rose: “Looking back, what are the mistakes, and what should you have done more of? Where were your instincts right but you didn’t go far enough?” Geithner: “There were three broad types of errors in policy. One was that monetary policy here and around the …
