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It Has Begun! iPhone Line Forms At NYC Apple Store (AAPL)

It's a week early, but a handful of people are already in line at the 5th Ave. NYC Apple Store for the new iPhone 3G, which goes on sale next Friday, July 11. Engadget: Right now, about ten people have started a line outside of Apple's flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York. Word is that the famil... (original story)

Tour de France 2008: How To Watch Live On The Web

For cycling fans, it's that time again. Time to make sure your cable package includes Comcast's Versus network -- nee OLN -- for the Tour de France. Or, just sign up and cancel in two weeks when the tour is over. With good reason: Versus' coverage of the Tour de France is good enough to draw even ca... (original story)

Friday Night Jazz Fourth of July Funk

No time for a full Friday Night Jazz -- off to watch the fireworks if the rain holds off -- but here's a funk tune you should check out: James Brown (Part 1 & 2) Buckshot LeFonque : Music Evolution. Buckshot LeFonque was a group Branford Marsalis formed in his post Sting days (1994 & 97). The goal w... (original story)

Persons "Marginally Attached to the Labor Force" +B/D

Early last month, we suggested that it would be more instructive if the media began reporting U3 and U6 Unemployment together. (Unemployment Reporting: A Modest Proposal (U3 + U6) Northern Trust's Asha Bangalore appears to have been thinking along the same lines, for her NFP post-mortem includes the... (original story)

Happy 4th of July! How About Some Explosions?

Today I will be out 'on assignment' at the Nathan's Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island, NY. Stay tuned next week when I'll report back with some pictures and recollections of this glorious day.The odds are favoring Joey Chestnut to defend his title right now, but we will soon find out if ... (original story)

Neil Diamond Wishes All a Happy 4th of July

No man loves America more than Neil Diamond and no man wants your 4th to be better and freer than Neil does. Except the staff of Long or Short Capital. (original story)

RIM's Rapid Growth Plan: A $49 BlackBerry Flip Phone?

Research In Motion (RIMM) executives have been, in our opinion, incorrectly underestimating how much impact Apple's (AAPL) new iPhone 3G will have on their business. Specifically, now that consumers account for the bulk of RIM's growth, we see the company's target market less interested in RIM's pro... (original story)

Happy Independence Day!

This is not the first time in our adult life that we are proud of our country. Accordingly, we are pleased to wish you a Happy Fourth of July. DealBreaker won't be publishing today in observance of Independence Day. We'll leave the comments section open so those of you stuck at your desks can chat.... (original story)

Speculation and biofuels

Three interesting articles for the weekend, all more or less about the speculation issue. First of all, this document published for the G8 summit in Tokyo. Key quote: Prices have risen due to a number of individual factors, whose combined... (original story)

Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest Chart Porn

Happy Fourth! This seemed perfectly suitable for today: via Flowing Data (original story)

Apple Ad "Mac" Guy Justin Long Buys $2.4 Million NYC Condo

From The Business Sheet: Starring in Mac (AAPL) ads apparently isn't a bad gig. New York Sun: Actor Justin Long, best-known for his starring role in a series of Macintosh computer commercials, has purchased a [$2.4 million] apartment at the high-rise Blue luxury complex at 105 Norfolk St., on the Lo... (original story)

Make Toy Cars, Not Cars

It's currently better to be a toy car maker than a real car maker: Mattel's market cap just surpassed that of GM. The maker of Hot Wheels and Matchbox now has a market cap of $6.22B versus the $5.76b cap of the maker of non-toy cars GM. [via Bloomberg] (original story)

Dow Jones Returns by President Since 1929

People seem to be in a historical frame of market mind this weekend, so here is a chart of Dow Jones index returns by U.S. president since Herbert Hoover obtained office in 1929. Note that I have given this result in compound annual terms to compensate for the differing lengths of presidential terms... (original story)

Guy Hands Shuffles Deck At EMI, A&R International

More executive changes at EMI: Veteran exec JF Cecillon is out as President, A&R Labels - International, and President - EMEA, at the end of next week, and could move into an advisory role with the label, boss Guy Hands told staff in an email. Other changes: Billy Mann, EMI Music's Chief Creative Of... (original story)

"Dark Knight" Woos Comic-Con Crowd With Web Series

Warner Bros. (TWX) hardly needs to do any marketing to get comic book geeks to show up for "Dark Knight," the new Batman movie. But aside from sponsoring MySpace's redesign and all the viral marketing it's done with movie trailers, Warner Bros. is also spending a little bit of its massive promotiona... (original story)








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