Where’s Los Angeles? They’re also missing Detroit, Miami, Atlanta, Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia. How is this impartial when the second most-populous metro area in the country is absent? How about a latency test? And what good is the backbone’s bandwidth if its radio signal can’t penetrate a single office building wall? via AT&T Roars Back in PCWorld’s SecondContinue reading “L.A. Conspicuously Absent from PCWorld’s Cell Data Performance Test”
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More contraction in economy predicted
With about $1 trillion in mortgage securities on its balance sheet, the Fed owns more mortgages than Treasury securities, and it has been a vital source of support for the housing market over the course of the last year. via David Rosenberg predicts more contraction in economy – Feb. 18, 2010.
US super-rich get five times more income than in 1995
The incomes of the very rich in the US grew phenomenally between 1992 and 2007, while their tax rates plummeted, according to recently uncovered IRS statistics. via US super-rich get five times more income than in 1995.
Man Bulldozes House Before Bank Can Foreclose
Whoops – China taps more Saudi crude than US
Saudi Arabia’s oil exports to the US last year sank below 1m barrels a day for the first time in two decades just as China’s purchases climbed above that level, highlighting a shift in the geopolitics of oil from west to east. via FT.com / Global Economy – China taps more Saudi crude than US.
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