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Let’s say Google is sitting in a bar, he’s had four shots of Jack and three beers.  A lovely lady who says her name is Vicki or something offers to buy Google a few more drinks.  She is pretty hammered too.  Naturally one thing leads to another and Google and the woman end up having [...]

Ever want to know more about The Weakonomist?  Who is he, where is he from, what does he do?  Well I don’t have answers for those questions but that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to learn about me and this little website of mine.  Laura from Green Panda Treehouse interviewed me last weekend.  In it [...]

Forget the web junction thing, I wasn’t feeling it.  We’re just doing “Weakonomics Links” from now on. I’m really pumped about my editor’s choice this week.  Granted that’s like Conan O’Brien saying he’s going to have a great show, but whatever.  Mike from The Oblivious Investor has been blissfully ignoring the media for a long [...]

Tom Friedman returns to milk the cash cow he created earlier this decade called The World is Flat.  Milking the cash cow may have a negative tone, but that isn’t always the case.  In fact it’s usually during this that we create our best stuff.  The World is Flat was a more eye-opening book, but [...]

America’s ugliest companies have been rebranding as a way to hide their image behind a new face.  It’s surprising how well it can work.  AIG’s auto insurance company recently switched over to 21st Century Insurance, and GMAC bank just launched an online bank called Ally Bank.  First Union absorbed Wachovia in the early 2000′s and [...]

Michael Vick was born in Newport News Virginia in 1980.  He was a standout player and signed on to Quarterback for Virginia Tech after high school.  Like many athletic stars, he left after only two years and was the first overall draft choice for the Atlanta Falcons in 2001.  He gained notoriety in the NFL [...]

You may or may not know that various car companies sometimes share knowledge, parts, and people to save money.  For instance, Lotus uses Toyota engines, Hyundai’s Genesis Coupe has turbo motor shared with Mitsubishi, Nissan licenses hybrid technology from Toyota and is rumored to be working on a truck that is based on the Dodge [...]