Nov
3
Amazon.com extends Internet price war on books
November 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Looks like the book price wars are no longer just for pre-orders anymore. Amazon was offering hardcovers of John Grisham's Ford County and Barbara Kingsolver's The Lacuna for just $9 on Tuesday, which was the official release date for both books. Hardcovers Normally have a list price of $24 or more. In October, Walmart.com announced [...]
Nov
12
The End of Wall Street
November 12, 2008 | 2 Comments
Not to beat a dead horse, or bull in this case, but Wall Street as we know it seems to be gone. As a child of the 80's, I watched my share of Charlie Sheen/Michael Douglas/Michael J Fox movies. Wall Street was the place where kids with big dreams went to make it. Michael Lewis [...]
Aug
8
Fooled By Randomness – Overview
August 8, 2008 | 1 Comment
Randomness is difficult concept for the human mind to deal with. However, randomness plays an important roles in our lives. In his book Fooled By Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb discusses randomness and how we are fools of randomness. First of all, I highly recommend this book. Fooled by Randomness, is a very digestible book even [...]