Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Money & Business

Entries for August 2006

The next Internet gold rush

August 28, 2006 03:28 PM ET | Newman, Rick |

Are you wikiliterate? If not, start studying!

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Tags: internet | websites

Your space, not mine

August 17, 2006 12:39 PM ET | Newman, Rick |

I want an online social network! You know, a group of friends with whom I can electronically share music and pictures and whimsical moment-by-moment observations. I'm only 40, after all. Hey! That's not too old to enjoy music and pictures. Plus, my 9- and 7-year-old kids keep me up to speed on all the latest online developments. So I'm hip.

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Tags: internet | MySpace | social networking

Our heat wave is a cool day in Iraq

August 02, 2006 11:38 AM ET | Newman, Rick |

Gosh, it's hot! Haven't you heard? Temps in New York City have crested at 100, with the mayor urging anybody who feels nauseated to get to a hospital. In sweltering Chicago, there has been the predictable evacuation of thousands from high-rise ovens after the power failed on the South Side. Several consecutive triple-digit days in California have been blamed for 140 deaths, with average temperatures in Los Angeles averaging 6 degrees higher than normal. America is so hot you'd think it's Iraq.

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Tags: Iraq | weather

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Justin Ewers is a senior editor in the Money & Business section at U.S. News & World Report, where he covers small business, Silicon Valley, and executive management. Most recently, he has written about eBay's growth strategy and Garmin's dominance of the GPS market. His cover stories for the magazine have tackled subjects ranging from Abraham Lincoln's boyhood to the latest trends in college admissions. He also reviews books occasionally for the Washington Post. Ewers earned both a bachelor of arts and a master of arts in history at Stanford University.

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