Futures soar for Rep. Walz’s STOCK Act (Star Tribune)

In an episode that was chock-full of cameos by former cast mates, December 17′s “Weekend Update” featured one of the biggest thrills of the night, a head-to-head joke-off pitting former co-anchors Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon against Amy Poehler and (current anchor) Seth Meyers. After reporting on a toy drive by a local strip club, [...]

Crazy to think that a year ago this week the Amazon Appstore launched on Android devices. Over the past year Amazon has given away tons of great applications for free as part of their Free App of the Day promotion, and given developers yet another way to market their apps. Since we know not every [...]

Democratic 2012 presidential candidate Vermin Supreme shows a scar during opening remarks at a forum at Saint Anselm College in Manchester N.H., Monday, Dec. 19, 2011. The New Hampshire Institute of Politics and Political Library hosted the forum for the lesser-known presidential candidates. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter) Democratic 2012 presidential candidate Vermin Supreme shows a scar [...]

Forget the euro, traders pile into bearish bets on the yen. Despite economic woes, the yen hovers near historic highs, with CNBC’s Melissa Lee and the Money In Motion traders. Is the yen ready to crack? Related Links: Business & financial news headlines from msnbc.com Top of page Source: http://video.msnbc.msn.com/cnbc/46169608/ james [...]

by Joanna Penn on March 18, 2012 Podcast: Download (Duration: 37:34 ? 23.8MB) There are a number of key influencers in the publishing blogosphere, and Jane Friedman is definitely one of them. I have been reading Jane?s articles and following her tweets since I started blogging myself, and she continues to give fresh perspectives that [...]