The countdown to the holidays has begun, and if you’ve got “giver’s block” you may well be thinking you should just go ahead and buy a gift card.
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Archive for December, 2009
Jennifer Openshaw: Tips for making the most of gift cards (Market Watch)
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Carlyle, Blackstone Cut Prices on Private-Equity IPOs (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. were forced to cut the price for the initial public offering of an oil explorer with no revenue or profits, while investors also extracted concessions from Blackstone Group LP in the latest setbacks for private-equity firms in the IPO market.
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Men arrested over cash smuggling attempt (Brisbane Times)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Two Darwin men allegedly have been caught trying to smuggle more than $200,000 cash out of the country.
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Carlyle, Blackstone Reduce Prices for Cobalt, Team Health IPOs (Bloomberg)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. were forced to cut the price for the initial public offering of an oil explorer with no revenue or profits, while investors also extracted concessions from Blackstone Group LP in the latest setbacks for private-equity firms in the IPO market.
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Russians Buy Stake in Web Games (New York Times)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009The Russian firm that invested more than $200 million in Facebook this year is making another bet on the United States Internet industry, Brad Stone and Claire Cain Miller write in The New York Times.
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Carlyle, Goldman Sachs Reduce Price for Cobalt’s IPO (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) — Carlyle Group and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. cut the price for their $851 million initial public offering of Cobalt International Energy Inc.
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Save Cool Cash by Cleaning Your Refrigerator Coils [Cleaning] (Lifehacker)
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009The purpose of refrigerator coils is to dissipate heat, not suck up electricity—or cash—out of your wallet. But that’s what happens if you don’t clean off those bad boys once in a while….
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In Duluth, carbon offset boosts the holiday cheer (Post-Bulletin)
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009DULUTH — It was near opening night for Bentleyville, and Doug Zaun and Rachel Wagner were thinking about how nice the lights would look in Canal Park. Then their thoughts turned a bit Grinch-like
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Diner Cook Fishes Woman’s Cash Out Of Trash (WMUR New Hampshire)
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Panic set in for Karen Best when she realized that the cash she needed for the next two weeks was gone, but that panic was replaced by surprise at the effort strangers made to help her out.
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Oil Is Little Changed Amid Speculation of Weak Demand Recovery (Bloomberg)
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Dec. 14 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil was little changed near a two-month low amid speculation that demand will be slow to recover.
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