Why the NFL Can Play Ball with Hulu, While Comedy Central Can’t

On March 9, 2010

AIG and Other Insurers are Up Against the (Dry) Wall

The two-minute warning has sounded for insurance companies facing potential lawsuits in the infamous "Chinese drywall" cases, with the first one scheduled for trial March 15 in a New Orleans federal court. Florida's Bradenton Herald says the first blow is


On March 9, 2010

Google’s New Ad Technologies Take Aim at Apple and Microsoft

As my colleague Jim Edwards notes, Google (GOOG) has staked out a number of advertising-related technologies that suggest a lot about its strategies, including how it can compete with Apple (AAPL) and Microsoft (MSFT), as well as new excursions that


On March 9, 2010

Money Talks, Nobody Walks on the Medicare Gravy Train

Running Medicare like a corporation or using rapid, flexible pilots to test innovative ways of delivering care might seem like common-sense ideas. But they will be opposed by all the special interests that stand to lose from the reduction of


On March 9, 2010

The Real Education Revolution | BTalk

[podcast] The Australian government is launching a new national curriculum for schools, but it might just be tinkering at the edges. Australia's birth rate, technological change and the prospect of teacher shortages are all issues that need to be addressed.<div


On March 9, 2010

The Real Education Revolution | BTalk

[podcast] The Australian government is launching a new national curriculum for schools, but it might just be tinkering at the edges. Australia's birth rate, technological change and the prospect of teacher shortages are all issues that need to be addressed.<div