Agata Oleksiak, at 3am one night a couple weeks ago, did a rogue crochet job on the Wall Street bull. Here’s the video: OLEK AND THE CHARGING BULL ON WALL STREET from olek on Vimeo.
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NYT’s DealBook broke the story: Goldman Invests in Facebook at $50 Billion Valuation Data: Google Finance 1/3/11 premarket, as of 12/31/10 price and shares outstanding Dan Frommer, BI: “Goldman Sachs got a little extra: It’s now in the driver’s seat to eventually take Facebook public. Beyond whatever it makes on […]
Via Finviz: Commodities and precious metals had particularly strong years, with palladium at the top of the heap. Some drivers behind the near doubling of palladium prices in 2010: An exchange traded fund linked to the metal launched in New York in January, granting much easier access for retail and […]
Here’s a well produced, hour-long documentary on statistics and their presentation, from the BBC: The Joy of Stats. It features the effervescent Swedish statistician and global health researcher, Hans Rosling.
London-based Lazar Dzamic created this infographic in the format of a subway map, entitled ‘The Ride of Your Life’, to illustrate some of the darker sides of capitalism. Click to enlarge: Dzamic, a Digital Planning Director at Kitcatt Nohr, describes his motivation: It was inspired by two books: Robert Cialdini’s ‘Influence: the […]
An illuminating ongoing series in The New York Times examines recent changes in women’s prominence and economic impact on societies around the world. Today’s piece focuses on shifting work schedules in Holland, where more fathers in demanding professions are moving to a 4-day workweek to allow a day with their young […]
New York artist William Powhida produced this drawing on the dynamics of the current art market, entitled “A Guide to the Market Oligopoly System” (click for larger version): Reuters’ finance blogger Felix Salmon recently bought the drawing, and Salmon now has an indepth analysis of it that’s required reading for anyone […]
Chances With Wolves is a weekly music show on East Village Radio produced by three childhood friends who share a love of hauntingly beautiful covers, a rich collection of old records, and an aversion to the mainstream, repetitive airwaves. Kenan Juska, Mikey Palms and Kray (just Kray) recently did a two-hour episode […]
Has the financial crisis, combined with the explosion of social media and broadband, changed how young adults think about money and value? Are new systems of wealth generation and abundance now feasible? What does the future hold for banks and other financial institutions as peer to peer exchange gains traction?
Amazon released some 2010 and holiday sales data this morning. Among the results [added]: On the peak day this season, Amazon’s worldwide fulfillment network shipped over 9 million units across all product categories. [That’s 104 items/second.]
Julia Roberts was reportedly paid about $1.5m for this 45 second spot for Lavazza. That’s $250k per smile.