Topic: new york times

For those who have sent out press releases, only to be met with complete indifference: Tara Bloom's blog Ditch the Dusty Widget points us to a New York Times article on getting your press release noticed, and used. From the Times article: Those who make their living composing news releases say there is an art to this easily dismissed craft. Strategic word selection can catapult an announcement...

More bad news for Startups and Venture Capitalists from the New York Times "bits" section about technology trends. Not only is the number of IPOs falling (zero in Q2 of 2008), but it also the number of mergers or aquisitions of startups appears to be way off as well. Venture capital folks look to the most favorable "liquidity event" and generally that is an IPO where they may realize tens or...

There's a great story in this morning's New York Times about a Federal Drug Agent in Missouri who turned out to be a citizen impostor. They said the agent, a man some had come to know as “Sergeant Bill,” boasted that he did not need search warrants to enter their homes because he worked for the federal government. But after a reporter for the local weekly newspaper made a few calls about...

From the New York Times: In the trial of a pornographic Web site operator, the defense plans to show that residents of Pensacola are more likely to use Google to search for terms like “orgy” than for “apple pie” or “watermelon.” The publicly accessible data is vague in that it does not specify how many people are searching for the terms, just their relative...

Two things are noteworthy about the New York Times' reporting of this past weekend's Gay Pride fete in New York City: 1) They note with some flourish the "hero's welcome" that equal rights advocate and recently minted New York Governor David A. Paterson received from the crowds choking Fifth Avenue, and... 2) The NYT reporter repeatedly - and...

No Babies? - Declining Population in Europe - NYTimes.com The New York Times Magazine publishes a long article about declining birthrates in Europe and even mentions Mark Steyn's "America Alone" without ever mentioning the birthrates among the Muslim immigrants. It is just absolutely breathtaking in it's refusal to look at the change in culture that is lurking just over the horizon. No doubt...

The New York Times is noting that there have been no VC funded IPOs in this second quarter of 2008, which appears to be the first time that has happened since 1978. I haven't done enough research to suggest this is a huge anomaly but I think it is another mildly ominous happening in the world of US business economics. Last night on Charlie Rose a key guy a Llyods of London Insurance was...

from new york times: The United States and the European Union are nearing completion of an agreement allowing law enforcement and security agencies to obtain private information — like credit card transactions, travel histories and Internet browsing habits — about people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. The potential agreement, as outlined in an internal report obtained by The...

Et Tu, Intel? Chip Giant Wont Embrace Microsofts Windows Vista - New York Times Blog 75% blame Bush's policies for deteriorating economy - Los Angeles Times Brazil Oil Reserves to at Least Triple on New Finds, Lula Says - Bloomberg.com...

I have spent a few posts deriding Eric Asimov's beer stories in the New York Times, so now let me praise the Gray Lady (if not Asimov). Today, Lucy Burningham exonerates the paper somewhat in an article about aging beers. A growing number of Americans practice the art of beer cellaring. In Europe, laying down brews isn’t seen as innovative; many beer stores have sections devoted to vintage...