Ever since TheStreet.com (TSCM) issued this press release yesterday announcing that it had inked a new contract with Jim Cramer, there’s been no shortage of stories about the deal — most of which note the read more...
Crazy Money
Unusual Business Ideas That Work: Make Money Naming Domains
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Tue, 2008-05-13 08:13.
Posted in: Crazy Money
PickyDomains.Com is a perfect example of how to turn one’s talent into a profitable business. With ever expanding Internet and tens of millions existing websites, finding an available domain name that’s not already taken by cybersquatters can be a real nightmare.
But one man’s problem is another man’s solution. Rather than to shell out hundreds or thousands of dollars for a domain name on the aftermarket, an increasing number of web entrepreneurs turn to professional domain namers.
Michigan youngster collects a million pennies for his school
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2008-05-12 07:23.
Posted in: Crazy Money
CARLETON, Mich. -- A Michigan school has a million thanks to give to a fourth-grader.
Ten-year-old Andrew Niemi of Carleton has been collecting pennies since a day after Christmas in 2006. He held fundraisers to reach his goal of 1 million. Niemi finally picked up his last cent in March.
Last week, Niemi presented a $10,000 check to St. Patrick Catholic School.
His mother, Connie Niemi, says the money will go toward equipment, including audiovisual hardware, two large classroom maps and a concrete bench for the peace garden.
Woman files claim, saying dog feces ruined family outing
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Sat, 2008-05-10 08:48.
Posted in: Crazy Money
NORWALK, Conn. -- A New York woman has filed a $100 claim against Norwalk saying a family outing to the Maritime Aquarium was ruined by dog feces. The woman claims her child's shoes, along with the entire outing, were ruined when her 1-year-old stepped in dog feces outside the Maritime Garage.
City attorney M. Jeffry Spahr said the official response is that her claim is denied and in his words, "poop happens."
Online Spying Can Be A Profitable Business
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2008-05-07 09:47.
Posted in: Crazy Money
Great ideas for startups are often quite accidental. When SEOQuake tech guys indexed most sites in the internet, they were stuck with a load of information. Among them, whether or not a site runs any contextual advertisement through Google Adsense, Yahoo Publisher Network, Chitika or Amazon.Com. This was easily determined by presence or absence of code that had a Publisher ID for one of the networks.
Tip-dependent workers feeling the slump
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Tue, 2008-04-29 18:19.
Posted in: Crazy Money
Jocelyne Aposaga is a hairstylist who relies on tips for about 20% of her income. As the economy slumps, she has a new survival plan: cut tips.
When Aposaga eats out, she leaves servers a buck or two less than last year. It's not the service that's bad, it's the economy -- and a case of what goes around comes around.
US prisoner sues over weight loss
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2008-04-28 09:27.
Posted in: Crazy Money
An overweight prisoner in the United States is suing the authorities for not feeding him enough after he lost about seven stone (45kg) in jail.
Broderick Lloyd Laswell, who is awaiting trial for murder, dropped to 22 stone (140kg) after eight months inside the Arkansas prison.
He claims his vision has gone blurry while trying to exercise.
The prison says the meals average 3,000 calories a day - more than the US recommended daily intake for adults.
Booyah: Dissecting Jim Cramer’s new contract…
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2008-04-10 18:55.
Posted in: Crazy Money
The Great Unwind has begun, Citigroup warns
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Thu, 2008-03-20 09:09.
Posted in: Crazy Money
As markets and economies de-leverage across the globe, investors should avoid companies and countries that have grown to rely too much on borrowed money, they said.
That means favoring public-equity markets over hedge funds, private-equity and real estate, while leaning toward emerging market countries and away from developed nations like the U.S., the bank's global equity strategy team advised.
Overdosed! Requiem for a Departing Economic System
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Wed, 2008-03-12 08:37.
Posted in: Crazy Money
Continued US Fed liquidity injections like the Fed's previous "Term Auction Facility" (TAF) and today's novel "Term Securities Lending Facility" (TSLF) will only serve to overdose the economy with exactly what ails it: too much credit. This will further boost the price of everything - and in particular, of gold and silver. The following headline and byline appeared this morning, March 11. 2008, on MarketWatch.com:
NJ Students Punished for Penny Payments
Submitted by Dmitri Davydov on Mon, 2008-03-03 12:08.
Posted in: Crazy Money
READINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - Sometimes a penny for your thoughts isn't a good thing. Readington Township school officials gave 29 students detention after they used pennies to pay for their $2 lunches.
Superintendent Jorden Schiff says it started out as a prank. But as the eighth-graders began to get in trouble for taking up so much time, it turned into a protest about Thursday's shortened lunch period.
Schiff said the students were punished for holding up their peers and disrespecting lunch aides.
