Posts Tagged as ‘New York Times’

January 30, 2009

Naive Extrapolations: GDP Down 3.8 Percent

The Wall Street Journal reports: 
Third-quarter GDP fell 0.5%. The back-to-back GDP declines were the first since GDP fell 3.0% in the fourth quarter of 1990 and 2.0% in the first quarter of 1991. 
The New York Times reports: 
In the broadest official accounting of the toll of the credit crisis, the government reported that gross domestic product shrank [...]

January 24, 2009

Facebook In Cairo

Well, at least they’re trying to keep up. The Times Magazine has a story on how Facebook is being used in Cairo to organize protests. Of course, I liked the story better when it was reported three months ago in Wired.

December 25, 2008

The Death of the Ivy League Journalist

Another Christmas present: 
Seeking to fortify its core assets, New York Times Co. is actively shopping its stake in the holding company of the Boston Red Sox baseball club…
My favorite bit: 
former General Electric CEO Jack Welch took a serious look at the [Boston] Globe two years ago, when people close to them said they were valuing it at [...]