FCC approves AT&T purchase of Aloha Spectrum’s 700MHz Holdings

Yahoo has an article from Grant Gross and the IDG News Service announcing the FCC’s approval of AT&T’s purchase of 12MHz in the 700MHz band of wireless communications from Aloha Spectrum Holdings.  This fact apparently shocks few people.  We just thought the Rhode Island seller’s name was interesting.  Aloha to them.
We reported on this way [...]

Find the treasure ~ lower my bills

LowerMyBills.com has this animated Flash auto insurance ad floating out there (found on CNN.com):

Those look like pirate ships to me.  Do you really want to represent your company as a couple of pirate ships on a treasure hunt?  And those creatures jumping out of the water could be sharks.  Even the best case scenario is [...]

Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For

Fortune has spiced up this year’s "The 100 Best Companies to Work For" with lots of escape and scuba.  Even the start of the article on page 61 of the February 4, 2008, issue opens with a profile of, well, not the number one company (Google) but instead with number 88!  Woo hoo!!  Number 88, [...]

WSJ: Second Life banks in a little bit of turmoil

According to Robin Sidel at The Wall Street Journal, there were 187,000 Second Life avatars in December from the US alone, with roughly that same number coming from the major European countries.  But life is not all rosy for the virtual island paradises given the banking issues that some people are experiencing there according to [...]

Windows Seven ~ beach ready in 2009?

According to APC, the rumor is out that this is a screenshot of the upcoming WIndows 7, which may be released as early as next year (larger size available at their site):

If you are going to let an image of your upcoming product leak out onto the web, or if you even think that one [...]

Fed cuts rates ~ sustain your unsustainable backyard paradise

Mortgage deal makers have wasted no time latching on to the largest interest rate cut since the mid-80s.  Here’s an ad from low.com that plays on your desire to save your precious little backyard paradise.

Nothing about this image says avoid foreclosure.  Instead it seems to say, "Hey! Credit is even cheaper than it was before. [...]

Prudential Rock Solid Retirement

If you’re a company, do you think it would be in your best interest to advertise that you want your customers to walk all over you on their way to the beach?  Prudential said just that in this ad on the back cover of the January issue of Smithsonian magazine:

Ah, yes, Prudential is your stepping [...]

2008 ~ A good or bad year for money?

The realtors and the personal finance magazines are hot on the economy’s recovery.  This issue of Money magazine wants you to know that opportunities exist for the year:

They also are secretly pointing out how you might want to spend your money.  That’s a very nice coastal house you’ve got there.
I hope that people’s priorities [...]

Cyprus and Malta begin using the euro

Cyprus and Malta, two island nations in the Mediterranean, began using the euro on January 1, 2008.  More here.

No rescue in sight for the worst housing market in 40 years

How do you sum up the fact that we are facing the worst housing market in 40 years?  Well, you could throw out a cliche image like this life-preserver one:

The real problem with this illustration is that it seems to be saying that the market is staying afloat.  Maybe it’s time to let it sink.  [...]

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