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August 07, 2005
Carnival of the Capitalists
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Welcome to this week's Carnival, sponsored by MarketingLinx, the best marketing site on the web, as determined by you. Contribute a link today to get your reward!
This week's contributions were fantastic. Hosting really is a different experience from reading, and I'd highly recommend it to regular readers. I haven't included any of my own postings this week, but feel free to look around.
Some of you may have received multiple pings while I was building the posting, and I apologize for any inconvenience.
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Editor's Choice
- Sportsbiz thinks that Nike may be hearing footsteps, as Adidas buys Reebok.
- Kathy Hutchins at the Reform Club comments on the economics of Pfizer, er, Willy Wonka and his Chocolate Factory.
- Soccer Dad notes another failed attempt to repeal the laws of supply and demand.
- Political Calculations has some eye-popping historical charts for the S&P 500, and links to more like it.
- Photon Courier has a great customer service story, and some ideas on how more companies can encourage this sort of thing.
- Will Pate offers a reminder to keep an open mind about new experiences,
- while Big Picture, Small Office warns against creeping, or in this case, stampeding complacency.
- The Big Picture looks back on last year's holiday tech purchases, and draws some conclusions.
- Crossroad Dispatches doesn't read blogs for news, but for ideas. That right there is a pretty good idea.
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Accounting
- Roth & Company has some very useful news about some SEC rules changes regarding insider options.
Corporate Strategy
- Techtrader doesn't like the way Macrovision's going, and thinks maybe it's time for two divisions to go their separate ways.
- BusinessWorks has some critical questions for would-be entrepreneurs. We've all forgotten about them at some point.
Personal Finance
- Monty Loree wants people to make up their minds about how rich they really want to be.
- Free Money Finance suggests that maybe having the latest designer pet won't help you get rich.
- Multiple Mentality considers spending - even inconspicuous consumption - as the SOMA of our age.
- In Cash Flow We Trust explains that frugal doesn't mean cheap, and it may keep you out of purgatory.
- Sound Money Tips shows that money management isn't just for adults.
- All Things Financial shows you how much you'll need for college - assuming that Soccer Dad is right.
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Economics
- Smart Money Daily examines the application of retail markets to help solve environmental problems,
- and Half Sigma has related thoughts on conservation and recycling.
- Interim Thoughts welcomes medical tourists to India. You don't see so much of that in China, yet...
- Econbrowser has some critical words for the way the Conference Board is handling the yield curve.
- Speaking of economies, WILLisms has a bar graph that should send Euro-boosters scurrying for the bar.
Finance & Investing
- Consumerism Commentary thinks that the Golden Ratio may be a useful technical analysis tool.
- Real Returns claims that large companies are sufficiently diversified so that top-heavy large-cap indices don't bother him.
- This could also go under economics, but the Scrivener thinks that now may be the time to bet against oil.
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Management
- Steve Pavlina finds that motivational tapes really do help manage your own emotional state, and make you more productive, too.
- Gautam Ghosh offers some pointers on how to make training last beyond the post-classroom drinks.
- Ales Rarus finds himself reluctantly defending WalMart from unfair accusations.
- Chief Skipper lets leaders know that it's ok to be a little lonely, but they have to know how to handle it.
- Talking Story has some very sound advice for leaders on how to grow more leaders. Maybe you'll be less lonely that way.
- Interested-Participant is unconvinced by a Tulane study showing that women who flirt at work are only hurting themselves.
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Marketing
- Wordlab tells you what Maybach is and why they named their new product the Fulda Maybach Exelero.
- Strategic Marketing Montreal tells a story of harnessing the Internet to help debug his blog.
- Drakeview tells marketers and retailers to brace for the Gen-Y onslaught.
- The Egoist notes that video games are starting to branch out from Grand Theft Auto. I personally thought the
- ad for that game in the Chassidic section of Brooklyn wasn't the best-targeted placement.
- The Skwib lampoons some ads that were more than just poorly-placed.
- Marketing eYe, whose blog includes a fine subscription form, instructs on how best to market through newsletters.
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Blogging
- Worker Bees Blog has some post-Blogher ideas, and warns that networking and connections build traffic as much as good writing does. (Hey, why do you think I'm hosting this thing?)
- Lip-Sticking offers some post-Blogher inspiration as well, valuable for all bloggers.
- Blog Business World has a terrific FAQ about business blogging for non-bloggers, and those who want to get started.
- Ripples... discusses how his traffic has benefitted from placing Blogads.
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Policy
- Gongol looks at Federal Government ROI, and thinks maybe we could be putting our money someplace better.
- Warren Meyer of Coyote Blog wants to know why privacy rights seem contained to abortion, and wants them expanded.
- Elie Rosenfeld would like a little more honesty from PBS (and who among us wouldn't?), this time concerning their fundraising.
- Chocolate and Gold Coins wants to cut to the chase and allow local phone competition, already.
- The Enterprise System Speculator follows more cases of SOX compliance run completely amok, and makes a plea for common sense.
- Mover Mike names a few companies that could be hurt if the mainline churches continue to divest from Israel.
Ethics
- Health Business Blog's blood pressure is up over conflicts of interest in both the Journal and Sociey of Hypertension.
- Catallarchy explores polygamy. Not personally, mind you, just theoretically.
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Thanks to everyone who participated, and tune in next week at Weekend Pundit.
(Elitch Gardens pictures courtesy of Elitch Gardens History.)
Posted by joshuasharf at August 7, 2005 11:59 PM
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