Saturday, February 12, 2011

DailyMarkets.com - Wal-Mart Bias, NYC Edition

DailyMarkets.com - Wal-Mart Bias, NYC Edition


Wal-Mart Bias, NYC Edition

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 12:03 PM PST

From today’s WSJ, an editorial by Charles Fishman, on Wal-Mart’s attempt to open stores in NYC, and the typical, expected opposition it faces (but which apparently Home Depot, Target and Family Dollar didn’t face):

“The question, though, is why in capitalist democracy those fears of competition should determine public policy. New York is famous as the center of the nation’s media business. But the city didn’t step in and ban the Internet 15 years ago out of fear that the city’s magazines, ad … [visit site to read more] or compare Best Credit Cards and Best CD Rates


WSJ Quotes Of The Day On Egypt And Iran

Posted: 12 Feb 2011 11:46 AM PST

From today’s WSJ:

1. Peggy Noonan — “Social media is a revolutionary force. We know that, but we’re still catching up with its implications. A leader of the Egyptian revolt was a Google executive. Could the future be any clearer? 

No takeable dictatorship will survive this era. The ones that do last will be so effectively totalitarian that their very brutishness will be their bulwark.

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