28 Day Fat Loss Formula Offered To Minnesota Residents – PRWeb
I want people to be successful and have no fear when it comes time to hit the pool this summer.
Minnesota (PRWEB) May 19, 2013
People in Minnesota have a great option to get in shape for the summer. Altman Fitness is offering its 28 Day Fat Loss Formula. The best part is people can use the program from the comfort of their own home. The product sells for $135 dollars and is an immediate download upon purchase. More information can be accessed here: http://altmanfitness.com/28-day-fat-loss-formula/
“Bikini season is almost here. People may not want to leave their houses now, but after using the 28 Day Fat Loss Formula they will be happy to show off their toned and tight bodies,” said Jay Altman, Owner. “The fee covers the program and provides complete access to Altman Fitness for unlimited support to answer questions.”
Altman Fitness’ 28 Day Fat Loss Formula is an exercise manual and diet plan. “I want people to be successful and have no fear when it comes time to hit the pool this summer. My business is based on the success of my clients. We do everything possible to offer support, tips and ensure people are losing weight,” continued Altman.
The 28 Day Fat Loss Formula is compatible with MAC and PC computers. A free subscription to Altman Fitness’ international bi-monthly newsletter is also included. Members of the media are invited to obtain a complimentary copy of the program upon qualified media request.
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Citi’s Corbat Gets a Big, Fat Vote of Confidence
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Citigroup‘s (NYSE: C ) annual shareholder meeting was held Wednesday in New York City. It was Michael Corbat’s first since he took the reins as CEO last October.
Shareholders gave him a much better reception than they gave ex-CEO Vikram Pandit last year, easily approving an $11.25 million pay package for the new chief executive. All things considered, Corbat is worth it.
Now this is a mandate
Corbat’s 2012 pay package received a 90% vote of approval, in stark contrast to last year’s pay package, which was soundly rejected by shareholders, who weren’t happy with Pandit’s performance.
For this year, Corbat and chairman Michael O’Neill went back to the drawing board, revamping Citi’s pay package so that pay is more closely tied to performance. Under the rules of the new package, stock can even be clawed back if the situation is serious enough.
Rock star, sports star, CEO
Yes, $11.25 million for one year’s work is a lot of money. Is anyone really worth that? Are athletes? Are performers? In an absolute sense, no one is, but in a relative sense, Corbat is.
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) CEO Lloyd Blankfein will make at least $15 million in 2012. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM ) CEO Jamie Dimon will make $11.5 million for 2012 (his pay was cut in half as punishment for last year’s London Whale trading scandal). Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC ) CEO John G. Stumpf will make more than $22 million in total compensation for 2012.
Now, is Citi performing at the level of a Goldman, JPMorgan, or Wells? No, but consider how far the bank has come since the financial crisis, when the only big bank that was more of a basket case was Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) .
On that note, Pandit has to be given his due for stabilizing Citi in the immediate aftermath of the crash, but I just never had the feeling he had a handle on turning the bank around in the same way that Corbat does.
Corbat has made some courageous decisions in his short time as CEO, like opting not to increase Citi’s dividend in the wake of impressive 2013 stress-test results, even though that would have curried serious favor with investors. He also stood up to investors at Wednesday’s shareholder meeting by refusing to wind down Citi Holdings — Citigroup’s “bad bank” — too quickly, so as to not to “destroy our capital simply for the sake of speed.”
Foolish bottom line
Most of the time, you get what you pay for. Corbat is a pro who knows Citi inside and out (he’s been with Citi for almost 30 years), and he’s someone who puts the interests of the business first. By voting in approval of Corbat’s 2012 pay package, shareholders also voted their approval of Corbat himself. And I think Citi’s impressive first-quarter results are just the beginning of good things for the superbank under his watchful — and fairly recompensed — eye.
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The Death of the PC
The days of paying for costly software upgrades are numbered. The PC will soon be obsolete. And BusinessWeek reports 70% of Americans are already using the technology that will replace it. Merrill Lynch calls it “a $160 billion opportunity.” Computing giants including IBM, Yahoo!, and Amazon are racing to be the first to cash in on this PC-killing revolution.
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Citi's Corbat Gets a Big, Fat Vote of Confidence
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Citigroup‘s (NYSE: C ) annual shareholder meeting was held Wednesday in New York City. It was Michael Corbat’s first since he took the reins as CEO last October.
Shareholders gave him a much better reception than they gave ex-CEO Vikram Pandit last year, easily approving an $11.25 million pay package for the new chief executive. All things considered, Corbat is worth it.
Now this is a mandate
Corbat’s 2012 pay package received a 90% vote of approval, in stark contrast to last year’s pay package, which was soundly rejected by shareholders, who weren’t happy with Pandit’s performance.
For this year, Corbat and chairman Michael O’Neill went back to the drawing board, revamping Citi’s pay package so that pay is more closely tied to performance. Under the rules of the new package, stock can even be clawed back if the situation is serious enough.
Rock star, sports star, CEO
Yes, $11.25 million for one year’s work is a lot of money. Is anyone really worth that? Are athletes? Are performers? In an absolute sense, no one is, but in a relative sense, Corbat is.
Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS ) CEO Lloyd Blankfein will make at least $15 million in 2012. JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM ) CEO Jamie Dimon will make $11.5 million for 2012 (his pay was cut in half as punishment for last year’s London Whale trading scandal). Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC ) CEO John G. Stumpf will make more than $22 million in total compensation for 2012.
Now, is Citi performing at the level of a Goldman, JPMorgan, or Wells? No, but consider how far the bank has come since the financial crisis, when the only big bank that was more of a basket case was Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) .
On that note, Pandit has to be given his due for stabilizing Citi in the immediate aftermath of the crash, but I just never had the feeling he had a handle on turning the bank around in the same way that Corbat does.
Corbat has made some courageous decisions in his short time as CEO, like opting not to increase Citi’s dividend in the wake of impressive 2013 stress-test results, even though that would have curried serious favor with investors. He also stood up to investors at Wednesday’s shareholder meeting by refusing to wind down Citi Holdings — Citigroup’s “bad bank” — too quickly, so as to not to “destroy our capital simply for the sake of speed.”
Foolish bottom line
Most of the time, you get what you pay for. Corbat is a pro who knows Citi inside and out (he’s been with Citi for almost 30 years), and he’s someone who puts the interests of the business first. By voting in approval of Corbat’s 2012 pay package, shareholders also voted their approval of Corbat himself. And I think Citi’s impressive first-quarter results are just the beginning of good things for the superbank under his watchful — and fairly recompensed — eye.
Looking for in-depth analysis on Citi? Look no further than our new premium report. In it, Matt Koppenheffer, The Motley Fool’s senior banking analyst, will take you step-by-step through the superbank’s operations in the jargon-free, easily readable style you’ve come to expect from The Motley Fool, and leave you with reasons to buy and reasons to sell the superbank.
Matt will also clue you in on what areas Citi investors need to watch going forward. For instant access, simply click here now.
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The Death of the PC
The days of paying for costly software upgrades are numbered. The PC will soon be obsolete. And BusinessWeek reports 70% of Americans are already using the technology that will replace it. Merrill Lynch calls it “a $160 billion opportunity.” Computing giants including IBM, Yahoo!, and Amazon are racing to be the first to cash in on this PC-killing revolution.
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Fat-Shaming All Around Us
The sign outside a cafe in West Village that sparked debate over fat-shaming. (Courtesy of Chloe Angyal.)
Earlier this week I blogged here about the thinspiration community—which encourages anorexic and bulimic behaviors and insists that eating disorders are not mental illnesses but admirable “lifestyle choices”—and its use of Twitter to share tips on how to be “better” at your eating disorder.
In that post I posited that, disturbing though it is, the thinspiration community is simply an exaggeration of the culture in which it exists. A grotesque exaggeration, to be sure, but hardly surprising one in a culture where women are expected to be thin at all costs, and in which more mainstream discussions of weight conflate thinness with health, beauty and self-worth. As an example of that larger culture, I pointed to a photo I had taken just that day, of a sign outside a cafe in Manhattan’s West Village. The cafe, whose staple menu item is oatmeal, posted the respective calorie counts of a bagel with cream cheese and a cup of oatmeal with berries, with the commentary: “Summer’s coming… Just sayin’.”
This, ladies and gentlemen, is what fat-shaming looks like. Summer’s coming, and with it, hot weather and skimpy clothes. Better look “good”—that is, skinny—when it arrives. Because fat people are disgusting, right?
I tweeted at the company and told them that I thought they should take the sign down, and they complied. They apologized, saying they were only trying to highlight the health benefits of oatmeal. I call shenanigans. If the sign had simply compared the calorie counts of the two breakfasts, that would have been fine. But there’s nothing healthy about reinforcing the hateful attitudes we hold in this culture toward people who are overweight.
After Oatmeals agreed to take the sign down, and after I thanked them, some other blogs picked up the story. The vitriol that was unleashed—in comments sections, in my Twitter feed, and in my e-mail inbox—was breathtaking.
Leaving aside the comments about my stupidity, my oversensitivity and my weight, the reaction to my argument that the sign was “fat-shamey” was, in itself, really fat-shaming. Fat people are hideous. Fat people are lazy. Fat people are fat by choice. Fat people don’t know they’re fat. Fat people are too dumb to make smart choices. Chloe is fat and should therefore shut up, because fat people’s voices don’t count. In that kind of discourse, it becomes crystal clear that in America, “fat” is not simply an adjective. It carries so much more—if you’ll forgive me—weight, than that.
Multiple people pointed to America’s obesity epidemic as justification for heaping scorn and cruelty on overweight people, as though a national food policy problem can be solved by insulting individual human beings. The proportion of Americans who are overweight and obese is indeed concerning, and it is indeed on the rise. But when I hear someone defend their hatred and discrimination with the words “obesity epidemic!” all I hear is, “I lack compassion for an increasingly populous group of my fellow citizens!” Oh, but for their own good, of course.
Others insisted that fat-shaming simply isn’t real, that it’s something that overly-PC liberals thought up so they can be offended by anything and everything. Fat-shaming isn’t real? Do you live in a world without US Weekly and People, without The Biggest Loser, without sitcoms in which fat people are depicted as stupid, lazy and greedy, their sexual desires painted as hilarious and grotesque? Do you live in a world in which critics comment only on the talent and not on the girth of actresses like Melissa McCarthy and Gabourey Sidibe? In which pundits treat politicians and public figures like Chris Christie, Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton with respect? Because that is a world in which fat-shaming is not a real thing. It sounds fantastic! It also bears no resemblance to the world in which the rest of us live.
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If you sit up and pay attention, if you stop making excuses for the appalling way that we talk about and treat overweight people, you’ll notice vitriol all around you. And that vitriol, though it’s ostensibly directed at overweight people, isn’t meant just for them. It’s meant for all of us: even if you’re at a “normal” weight, it says, you better stay that way. This is the kind of hatred, the kind of judgment, the complete lack of human compassion that you can expect if you fail to do so. Some people have lived that experience in reverse, like Emily McCombs, who used to be obese and lost 100 pounds, dropping from a size 24 to a size 10. She observed that when she did so, she was “rewarded with membership in a club I never knew existed, where the benefits included better treatment, greater professional success and, above all, a new status as qualified participant in the social world including romantic relationships.” She had experienced some to-her-face cruelty when she was fat, but she had had no idea of the way that not-fat people had been speaking about her behind her back. “Of those who are nice to me now,” she wonders, “who would have been rude to me before? Which ones made the cruel jokes? Who can be trusted?”
That’s how you know that fat-shaming is real. It doesn’t matter how much you weigh, or how big you are (the two, though they’re correlated, are not interchangeable). Your body is being policed. Your body is being judged, and with it, your character and your intelligence. This is fat-shaming. Is it any wonder that millions of Americans are struggling with eating disorders and disordered eating?
Fat-shaming, like the myriad factors that contribute to obesity and to eating disorders in America, is systemic. When it comes to food (bearing in mind that, at the core, neither obesity nor an eating disorder is about food), it is imperative that consumers have all the information they need to make the best choices they can about what they eat. It’s crucial that we know more about where our food comes from: who picks it and under what conditions, what they’re paid for their hard work, what farming does to the land and the communities around it, what foods are subsidized by our government, what’s in our food and how it affects our bodies. There are so many things we need to know about what we eat, beyond the simple calorie count.
But here is one thing we know for sure: fat-shaming is real, and it is not a solution to our problems. That way lies ruin. That way lies eating disorders and discrimination. Oatmeal might be a healthy and delicious breakfast, but there is nothing healthy—nothing admirable, nothing of social or cultural value—in shaming people for their bodies. Just sayin’.
For more on America’s misguided weight ideals, read Chloe Angyal’s post on thinspiration and eating disorders.
Article source: http://www.thenation.com/blog/174049/fat-shaming-all-around-us
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Bank of America Aims to Cut Fat and Slim Down
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After years of ambitious mergers and inorganic growth, Bank of America (NYSE: BAC ) has pledged to step on the corporate treadmill and lose some serious weight.
In 2011, CEO Brian Moynihan announced his ambitious plan to cut $8 billion in expenses by the middle of 2015. While it’s easy to announce a cost-cutting program, implementing such a plan isn’t quite as easy, and investors will be quick to hold Moynihan accountable if expenses aren’t falling fast enough.
In this video, Motley Fool banking analyst David Hanson tells investors why Moynihan’s comments during the bank’s earnings conference call will be vital for B of A shareholders to hear.
Bank of America’s stock doubled in 2012. Is there more yet to come? With significant challenges still ahead, it’s critical to have a solid understanding of this megabank before adding it to your portfolio. In The Motley Fool’s premium research report on B of A, analysts Anand Chokkavelu, CFA, and Matt Koppenheffer, Financials bureau chief, lift the veil on the bank’s operations, including detailing three reasons to buy and three reasons to sell. Click here now to claim your copy.
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The Death of the PC
The days of paying for costly software upgrades are numbered. The PC will soon be obsolete. And BusinessWeek reports 70% of Americans are already using the technology that will replace it. Merrill Lynch calls it “a $160 billion opportunity.” Computing giants including IBM, Yahoo!, and Amazon are racing to be the first to cash in on this PC-killing revolution.
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Fitness Couple: Fat People Should be Ashamed of Themselves
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“Twenty years ago it was mean to point out the one fat kid in the class, because he or she genuinely had a problem. But now, 80 to 90 percent of us are overweight if not obese and it’s become un-PC to say anything about that.”
He said poor health is one of the worst things people can inflict upon themselves, and is on a par with drug addiction.
Explaining how to live a healthy life the couple said people must not accept being overweight: “You should be uncomfortable about it, you should be ashamed about it. You need to do something about it.
“Fit people can be influenced by the people around them. As they steadily choose to live a healthy life, they can become side-tracked by the people closest to them, like their husband or wife.
“We give them advice and tips to help them keep going on the healthy path. Hopefully this will widen the gap so that they’ll eventually inspire other people around them to live healthily too.”
The Kiesers’ controversial comments, however, may have been challenged by a study from the University of Missouri, which found some people are genetically predisposed to be lazy.
Examining rats, the researchers found genetics plays a role in exercise motivation, suggesting a reason as to why some people have more trouble motivating themselves to exercise.
By breeding rats that were either notably lazy or extremely active, the researchers found genetic differences between the two groups.
Researcher Michael Roberts said: “While we found minor differences in the body composition and levels of mitochondria in muscle cells of the rats, the most important thing we identified were the genetic differences between the two lines of rats.
“Out of more than 17,000 different genes in one part of the brain, we identified 36 that may play a role in predisposition to physical activity motivation.
“We have shown that it is possible to be genetically predisposed to being lazy. This could be an important step in identifying additional causes for obesity in humans, especially considering dramatic increases in childhood obesity in the United States.
“It would be very useful to know if a person is genetically predisposed to having a lack of motivation to exercise, because that could potentially make them more likely to grow obese.”
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Phoenix Plastic Surgeon Uses Fat Injections to Provide Fullness and Volume to …
PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwired – Apr 4, 2013) – At the Arizona Center for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Dr. Steven Turkeltaub’s Phoenix plastic surgery practice, patients are able to use their own fat to provide fullness to other areas of their bodies. With fat transfer (fat injection) procedures, Dr. Turkeltaub can add volume to other areas of the body in order to create smoother, more proportionate or natural contours, provide greater fullness and projection to various areas and even level out depressed scars.
According to Dr. Turkeltaub, an individual’s own fat has almost limitless potential as a filler/volume enhancer to address cosmetic concerns ranging from facial creases and irregular contours resulting from previous liposuction procedures to breast contouring of both a reconstructive and aesthetic nature. At the Arizona Center for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, he says the common uses for fat injection procedures in the face are to provide greater volume in the cheeks and brows for a more youthful appearance as well as to reduce the size of creases such as around the mouth.
The Phoenix plastic surgeon says fat injections are also commonly used for breast reconstruction and breast revision patients who have very thin breast tissue for any of a number of reasons. Additionally, Dr. Turkeltaub notes some breast reconstruction and breast revision patients end up with irregularities, such as a flattening of the breast as a result of a mastectomy. He adds that reconstructions that also make use of fat transfer technology allow for a more natural-appearing breast than ever before, with smoother and more shapely contours.
Dr. Turkeltaub highlights that the best candidates for fat transfer procedures are patients that possess a fair to moderate amount of excess fat somewhere on their body. The patient must have a sufficient amount of fat to use for the transfer. He adds that extremely thin people are usually not candidates for this procedure as they do not have an adequate amount of fat necessary for proper treatment. In addition, Dr. Turkeltaub says patients should be in good overall health and maintain a wholesome diet and exercise routine.
According to the Phoenix plastic surgeon, fat injections can be performed either under local anesthesia, with or without sedation, or under general anesthesia — depending on the extent of the areas being addressed and other factors. He states that he oftentimes performs fat injection procedures in conjunction with liposuction. During these procedures, the fat is saved, collected, and then injected into the area(s) of the body the patient wants to volumize or have corrected. Rather than disposing of fat after liposuction and then harvesting more at another time for fat injections, Dr. Turkeltaub uses a technique that allows both procedures to be done simultaneously.
Ultimately, Dr. Turkeltaub notes that fat harvesting and injection techniques have improved over the years and results are now more predictable than ever before. In the end, he says some patients are better candidates than others, and who would be an appropriate candidate needs to be determined on a case-by-case basis during a consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon.
About Steven H. Turkeltaub, MD, PC
Dr. Steven Turkeltaub is a board-certified plastic surgeon who attended Boston University and Boston University School of Medicine for a six-year medical program from which he received his medical degree. He is the author of papers, articles, and textbook chapters on plastic surgery that appear in national magazines and newspapers. Additionally, he is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and the Arizona Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons among other prestigious medical organizations. Dr. Turkeltaub is available for interview upon request.
Article source: http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/phoenix-plastic-surgeon-uses-fat-injections-provide-fullness-volume-face-breasts-1775103.htm
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Phoenix Plastic Surgeon Uses Fat Injections to Provide Fullness and Volume to Face and Breasts
PHOENIX, AZ–(Marketwired – Apr 4, 2013) – At the Arizona Center for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Dr. Steven Turkeltaub’s Phoenix plastic surgery practice, patients are able to use their own fat to provide fullness to other areas of their bodies. With fat transfer (fat injection) procedures, Dr. Turkeltaub can add volume to other areas of the body in order to create smoother, more proportionate or natural contours, provide greater fullness and projection to various areas and even level out depressed scars.
According to Dr. Turkeltaub, an individual’s own fat has almost limitless potential as a filler/volume enhancer to address cosmetic concerns ranging from facial creases and irregular contours resulting from previous liposuction procedures to breast contouring of both a reconstructive and aesthetic nature. At the Arizona Center for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, he says the common uses for fat injection procedures in the face are to provide greater volume in the cheeks and brows for a more youthful appearance as well as to reduce the size of creases such as around the mouth.
The Phoenix plastic surgeon says fat injections are also commonly used for breast reconstruction and breast revision patients who have very thin breast tissue for any of a number of reasons. Additionally, Dr. Turkeltaub notes some breast reconstruction and breast revision patients end up with irregularities, such as a flattening of the breast as a result of a mastectomy. He adds that reconstructions that also make use of fat transfer technology allow for a more natural-appearing breast than ever before, with smoother and more shapely contours.
Dr. Turkeltaub highlights that the best candidates for fat transfer procedures are patients that possess a fair to moderate amount of excess fat somewhere on their body. The patient must have a sufficient amount of fat to use for the transfer. He adds that extremely thin people are usually not candidates for this procedure as they do not have an adequate amount of fat necessary for proper treatment. In addition, Dr. Turkeltaub says patients should be in good overall health and maintain a wholesome diet and exercise routine.
According to the Phoenix plastic surgeon, fat injections can be performed either under local anesthesia, with or without sedation, or under general anesthesia — depending on the extent of the areas being addressed and other factors. He states that he oftentimes performs fat injection procedures in conjunction with liposuction. During these procedures, the fat is saved, collected, and then injected into the area(s) of the body the patient wants to volumize or have corrected. Rather than disposing of fat after liposuction and then harvesting more at another time for fat injections, Dr. Turkeltaub uses a technique that allows both procedures to be done simultaneously.
Ultimately, Dr. Turkeltaub notes that fat harvesting and injection techniques have improved over the years and results are now more predictable than ever before. In the end, he says some patients are better candidates than others, and who would be an appropriate candidate needs to be determined on a case-by-case basis during a consultation with a board-certified plastic surgeon.
About Steven H. Turkeltaub, MD, PC
Dr. Steven Turkeltaub is a board-certified plastic surgeon who attended Boston University and Boston University School of Medicine for a six-year medical program from which he received his medical degree. He is the author of papers, articles, and textbook chapters on plastic surgery that appear in national magazines and newspapers. Additionally, he is an active member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, and the Arizona Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons among other prestigious medical organizations. Dr. Turkeltaub is available for interview upon request.
Article source: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/phoenix-plastic-surgeon-uses-fat-110100072.html
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Gov. Chris Christie: ‘I’m Basically The Healthiest Fat Guy You’ve Ever Seen …
It really is no laughing matter, as the weighty issue of the long-term health of a potential Presidential contender must be taken seriously. But Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey would not be who he is without a sense of humor and a very big personality.
Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
And this was on display in his visit this week to David Letterman’s program, where he delivered that “healthiest guy” line after munching on a donut. (See Video Here, courtesy of CBS).
Christie also had some choice words for former White House physician Dr. Connie Mariano, who publicly voiced concerns about his weight and health. He said her comments were without benefit of a complete physical and medical history, “Until that time, she should just shut up. She must be a genius and should be Surgeon General.” But Christie did acknowledge his ongoing struggle with his weight and despite being “very healthy” said “my doctor continues to warn me that my luck is going to run out relatively soon.” (nbcphiladelphia.com)
The stock market was doing its own nibbling this week, in this case on a new 52-week high and another “highest close for the SP since 2007.” For the most part, however, the markets saw a bit more volatility than usually seen so far for 2013 and several up and down sessions.
For the week, the SP was +0.3%, the Dow off a very modest fraction, and the Nasdaq Comp leading the charge at +0.5%. Apple (AAPL) helped out considerably on the Nasdaq’s performance, putting in a +4.7% increase for the week and having its best close at $474.98 since its earnings report.
Although some European concerns regarding Spain and Italy reared up unexpectedly early in the week, earnings reports, economic news out of China, better than expected U.S. trade data, the Apple/Einhorn story, and some ramped up LBO and MA action encouraged a rebound from 2013’s weakest equity session on Monday.
Dell’s bid to go private and the Dept. of Justice action against SP were major storylines, as was the Northeast storm “Nemo,” which dumped anywhere from 18 inches to three feet of snow on the region. Fortunately, widespread power outages did not occur, but the Northeast remained frozen in inactivity over the weekend and snow removal and area transportation issues will remain a story for days.
So let’s see what they were saying this week.
“The blizzard known as Nemo shattered records in Maine and lingered on Saturday, adding to nearly 30-inch snowfall totals.” –Portland Maine Daily Sun, citing the previous record snowfall from a single storm back in 1979 at 27.1 inches. Maine had a 19 car pile-up in which fortunately there were no major injuries. But snowfall counts were actually higher elsewhere in the New England region, with 38-40 inches of snow in Milford and Hamden, CT the deepest we have seen reported.
“We welcome Greenlight’s views and the views of all of our shareholders.” –As reported by Forbes, Apple publicly commented on the call by Greenlight Capital’s David Einhorn to “return more cash to shareholders,” perhaps through preferred shares. AAPL stock responded favorably on one of the few recent catalysts, moving up almost $18 from Wednesday to Friday’s close.
“Closer ties with Dell could poison Microsoft’s relationship with HP, the largest PC maker, and other manufacturers that buy Windows and other software.” –Firstpost article, commenting on the $24.4 billion buyout which is the largest such deal “since November 2007 when Alltel sold for $25 billion to TPG Capital and a Goldman Sachs subsidiary.” Dell must still solicit competing offers for 45 days and many major shareholders, including Southeastern Asset Mgt., are far from thrilled with the deal. Firstpost added:
Dell’s decision to go private is a reflection of the tough times facing the personal computer industry as more technology spending flows toward smartphones and tablet computers. PC sales fell 3.5 per cent last year, according to the research group Gartner, the first annual decline in more than a decade. What’s more, more tablet computers are expected to be sold this year than laptops.
“As the saying goes, I have big heels to fill.” –New Secretary of State John Kerry in greeting his colleagues at the State Department, adding, “Here’s the big question before the country and the world: After the last eight years, can a man actually run the State Department?” Kerry follows the eight years of Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice into the office. (Washington Post)
“I am proud to be in LinkedIn’s Top 1% Most Viewed Profiles.” –CNBC’s commentator Herb Greenberg in an on-air declaration. LinkedIn sent out “notices” this week “congratulating” those who were in the “Top 1%,” “Top 5%,” etc. of “viewed profiles.” But the big LinkedIn news was another major earnings beat, which sent shares soaring (Forbes). The company recently announced crossing the 200 million member hurdle and “is one of the few recent Internet IPOs to perform strongly after its public listing.”
“Obama with a Gun is His Dukakis in the Tank Moment.” –Yahoo on the photo released of the President “shooting skeet” at Camp David, an activity the White House says he “frequently enjoys competitively with friends.” The photo brought out all sorts of comments, ranging from conspiracy theories on whether it was photoshopped to claims of blatant media manipulation in the midst of the gun debate. A guest on Fox’s O’Reilly show, over-the-top TV personality/humorist Greg Gutfeld had a particularly tasteless remark, saying, “Skeet may just be code for Fox News viewers.” (mediaite.com)
Forbes asked, “U.S. To Sue SP But Not Moody’s? Not Goldman? What Gives?” regarding the Justice Department planned action against Standard Poor’s on mortgage credit ratings issues going back to the housing crisis. Others were asking the same thing, wondering if this was a politically motivated move coming off SP’s downgrade of the U.S. back in 2011. The LA Times commented:
It was not known why Standard Poor’s was singled out in the federal lawsuit. The government and SP have tangled before. The rating agency in August 2011 issued a historic downgrade of U.S. creditworthiness and threatened to lower it even further.
The action marks the first federal crackdown against a major credit rater, and it signals an untested legal tack after limited success in holding the nation’s banks accountable for the part they played in the crisis. The government selected Los Angeles as the venue to file the lawsuit in part because it was one of the regions hardest hit when the bottom fell out of the housing market.
SP obviously disagreed with the core complaint of “intent to defraud,” with their attorneys saying, “The ratings were believed by the people who issued them. The suit is entirely without legal or factual merit.” (NBC/WSJ) McGraw-Hill Companies (MHP) stock was down -27% on the week and although not named in the suit, Moody’s (MCO) was off in sympathy, -22%.
“GMCR Gets Roasted.” –WallStCheatSheet.com, on Green Mountain’s earnings report, which actually was a beat, but the outlook led to a fast drop and a semi-rebound, down about -4% on the week, “Green Mountain delivered a profit and beat Wall Street’s expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. However, the coffee company’s forecasts for next quarter were not in line with analyst consensus and shares are down -8.93% Thursday.”
“I am ready to be the first Iranian to sacrifice myself for our country’s scientists.” –Iranian’s always outrageous President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on “volunteering” to be his country’s first person into space. (NY Daily News) Senator John McCain ridiculed the statement on Twitter, drawing some fire himself, by tweeting, “So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space – wasn’t he just there last week?” (referring to the launch of a monkey).
“BlackBerry maker BlackBerry got more votes of confidence today.” –Barron’s on Thursday, citing upgrades by Jefferies and Wells Fargo (and Bernstein previously) and some positive feedback on the newly-launched product line and also the new “BlackBerry Enterprise Server.”
The prior week, then-named “Research in Motion” CEO Thorsten Heins had the double announcement of the official name change to Blackberry (BBRY) and the unveiling of the new BlackBerry 10 line-up at an event in New York. (BusinessStandard.com) “We have transformed ourselves inside and out, and we have defined our vision. It is one brand; it is one promise.” BBRY officially started trading on Monday 2/4/13 and was up about +20% from its Monday open to Friday’s close at $16.49.
Arthur Herman in the New York Post had quite the list regarding attempts against well-known news outlets and government agencies by “Chinese hackers”:
Over the last 30 months, Chinese hackers have targeted Bloomberg, Google, Hotmail, Yahoo, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, US Chamber of Commerce, State Department (including Sec. of State Clinton), Pentagon, Dept. of Defense, Army Space and Strategic Defense, Lockheed Martin, Energy and Commerce, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“Ed, in his own way was our Moses. Just with a little less hair. He led us out of darkness and he gave us hope.” –Mayor Bloomberg in his eulogy for former NYC Mayor Ed Koch. (politicker.com)
We will close it out there for the week, with one final note. USA Today publicized the results of an online survey of 5,481 singles ages 21 and older who are not in a relationship, conducted by Market Tools Inc. for Match.com. One finding getting a lot of attention: “When judging a potential date, both men and women rate teeth at the top, followed by grammar.”
On last night’s “Saturday Night Live Weekend Update,” host Seth Meyers remarked about that particular finding, “Great news for whomever has both.”
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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: It’s 2016, and Chrome OS is ascendant
Computerworld - The very first PCs were just appearing when I started using computers. We had already seen the advent of microcomputers and minicomputers. Those machines were designed for people who loved technology, not people who loved getting work done with technology. For work, you used mainframes and midrange Unix and VMS computers with a terminal on the client end. The CP/M-80, Apple II and IBM PC changed all that. Fat client computers took over the world, and they’re still reigning, in the form of Windows PCs and Macs.
But the PC is no Queen Elizabeth II. Its reign, half the length of hers, may be coming to an end.
Google thinks we’re ready to say goodbye to fat client systems and move to cloud-based operating systems, such as its own Chrome OS. Instead of PCs, it wants us to use Chromeboxes and Chromebooks. We’re resisting, but I think we’ll come around to Google‘s point of view in a few short years.
Not that the old mainframe/terminal model ever really went away. Some companies still issue thin clients that are basically input devices, with most of the actual computing happening on a distant server. Others use its descendant, client/server systems. More companies might have stuck with those models, but users made their preferences known. They liked the “personal” in “personal computer.” They wanted their computers to run just the way they wanted.
But as always happens with technology, evolution continued. Over the last few years, PCs have become commodities. Off the top of your head, can you explain what differentiates Dell from HP from Lenovo PCs? Meanwhile, we’ve moved huge quantities of our business and consumer computing to the Web and the cloud. That means that today, there just isn’t that much that you can you do on a PC that you can’t do on a Chromebook. Indeed, some people, including yours truly and Computerworld’s J.R. Raphael, were already using Chromebooks all the time even before the recent refresh.
Today, there are as many useful, fun and essential programs on the Internet as there are on PCs. But, unlike PCs, which require constant upgrades and expert management, Chrome systems automatically update constantly. Want to set up a thousand Chromebooks to access only your corporate-approved websites? I can do that in less time than it takes me to write this column.
Chrome OS is easy for users and administrators, and it’s cheaper. That’s a powerful combination.
What keeps that combo from winning the day is the reluctance to rely on a machine that can’t do much of anything without an Internet connection. But that resistance is going to fade as we all begin to realize that the same thing is more and more true of fat clients.
Article source: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9228195/Steven_J._Vaughan_Nichols_It_s_2016_and_Chrome_OS_is_ascendant?taxonomyId=89
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