In a followup to his latest infocomic exploring “What it means to be poor in America,” graphic journalist Andy Warner illustrates the idea behind “the poverty line” on KQED and the origins of the important measurement used for determining citizens’ eligibility for financial aide. According to the Poverty Threshold, 46.5 million American’s were living in… Continue reading Poverty Line Problems: The History of an Outdated Measurement
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Twitter Sets $17-20 Initial Price Range for IPO
Twitter has just set an initial price range for the shares of its IPO between $17 to $20, which would give the company an $11.1 billion valuation. Twitter also said it expects to make the offering available Nov. 6, according to a revised filing with the SEC, a week earlier than the IPO was anticipated.… Continue reading Twitter Sets $17-20 Initial Price Range for IPO
Report: TV Ad Expenditure Continues to Dominate, Internet Ad Spend Steadily Rising
In its latest Global AdView Pulse report, global information and measurement company Nielsen announces that television remains the most favored means of advertising, with a 57.6% share of global ad expenditure in Q2 of 2013. Though internet advertising accounts for only 4.3% of global ad spend, it saw a 26.6% increase in spending year to… Continue reading Report: TV Ad Expenditure Continues to Dominate, Internet Ad Spend Steadily Rising
What Does It Mean to Be Poor in America?
Did you know that since the Great Recession began that 95% of the income growth has went to the top 1%? The rich just keep on getting richer. Yet the recession itself was caused by an economic meltdown orchestrated by a few of the 1% that controls Wall Street. In 2011, roughly 15% or 46.5… Continue reading What Does It Mean to Be Poor in America?
How to Monetize Your Brand-New App: Standard Techniques and Rare Methods
Each and everyone involved with app development understands the amount of money, time, involvement and energy that goes into creating an app. And naturally, it is human to have the instinct of showing off your stellar efforts to the world and reap the benefits by monetizing your app. However, things are not all that seamless… Continue reading How to Monetize Your Brand-New App: Standard Techniques and Rare Methods
Dine Out Often With Friends? You’ll Love This New Paperless ‘Cash’ Service from Square
This is quite an exciting time in payments processing. After Paypal announced its upcoming QR code scanning technology for checking out at brick and mortar retail stores, Square has publicly launched what may be the simplest way to virtually send money to your peers, Cash. Square initially soft-launched Cash to a limited set of users… Continue reading Dine Out Often With Friends? You’ll Love This New Paperless ‘Cash’ Service from Square
Facebook Acquires Mobile Analytics Startup Onavo to Help Reduce the Cost of the Internet for All
How can the Internet become more affordable for everyone one day? Well, Facebook has just acquired Onavo, a mobile analytics company to help use data more efficiently and make that dream possible. Onavo, is an Israeli-based startup that will greatly aide Facebook’s internet.org inititiative, to help bring the Internet to those without. Facebook is set… Continue reading Facebook Acquires Mobile Analytics Startup Onavo to Help Reduce the Cost of the Internet for All
The Top 25 MBA Programs of 2013
Are you thinking about getting an MBA? What are the top ranked programs to attend in 2013? This year in the Economist‘s annual ranking of the top 25 full-time MBA programs in the world, University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business took first place, a ranking the school has held for three of the last… Continue reading The Top 25 MBA Programs of 2013
