“The 2007 Digital Economy Fact Book (pdf) is a tightwad researcher’s dream: In-depth, statistic-heavy, well-cited, and freely-available online.”
via Hill Library Blog

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A piece on Lou Doillon who was both featured in A Nous Paris and Buzzfeed this week. I mean, there must be something going. She designed some stuff for Lee. Lee Cooper. COOPER. Thanks.

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“Web giant Yahoo has said it is facing seven shareholder lawsuits over its handling of Microsoft’s unsolicited takeover bid, which it has rejected.”

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“The European antitrust regulator imposed a record $1.35 billion fine against Microsoft on Wednesday in a ruling intended to send a clear message to the world’s largest software maker — and to any other company — of the dangers of flouting Europe’s competition rulings. [...] The dispute with the commission has cost Microsoft more than $2.3 billion in fines.”

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” …the fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, is turning heads on Wall Street and in Washington by making high-profile investments in the United States and elsewhere. [...] the fund peg it at $650 billion to $700 billion [...] It now has about 65 percent of assets, or about $450 billion, invested in stocks, according to bankers. Currently, the fund averages a yearly return of 10 to 20 percent, say people who have been briefed on the fund’s investment strategy. With oil about $100 a barrel, bankers and analysts estimate Abu Dhabi produces a surplus of at least $50 billion a year. [...] even the most expansive investment and welfare policies make it hard to put a dent in such a sum.”

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