Monday Links

• BBC News - Texting SMS pioneer Matti Makkonen twenty years onhttp://bit.ly/RWlA7J 
• RT @Reuters_Biz: Mayor Bloomberg weighs buying Financial Times: NYT http://flip.it/ofdTq 
• Here are Wall Street’s five worst trades of 2012 http://flip.it/7J48v 
•  @BloombergNews: Sony loses science talent as Japanese students' resumes go to dairies instead | http://flip.it/Mwr8Q 
• Why Amazon Is One Of The Most Successful Companies In The World - Business Insider http://bit.ly/RQDrwP 
• Are You Brilliant, or Just Lucky? - http://bit.ly/SLr9mm
• Honey Laundering | OPEN Magazine http://bit.ly/Rwh9Af
• An Unlikely Skill | Adam Grimes http://bit.ly/RWyxOE
• The Case for Drinking as Much Coffee as You Like - Health-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/SLrdCw
• Software Programs Help Doctors Diagnose, but Can’t Replace Them - http://bit.ly/SLrdT8
• adam brault: I quit Twitter for a month and it completely changed my thinking about mostly everything. http://bit.ly/WHqIZI

Jay Z on the subway

Old lady: Are you famous?
Jay Z: Yes, not that famous, you don't know me, but I'll get there someday

Weekend Links

• Economist - Our debate on business education has reached its conclusion. View the result and comment via http://flip.it/GvbpM  
• Daily chart Advent calendar: Day 8's chart examines language diversity around the world http://flip.it/MBFeC 
• Nick Kristof calls for taking SSI money and putting it towards pre-k http://flip.it/lcnNu 
• WSJ: The most amount of time people will wait for an elevator before getting impatient: 20 seconds. http://flip.it/abPx4 
• David Chang: 'You Work, You Eat, You Go to Bed' | House Call -http://WSJ.com  http://flip.it/K1P0O 
• Why is it so difficult to write well? @sapinkerexplains how it can be done http://flip.it/gBf6k 
• Top Sports Pictures Of 2012 http://flip.it/4pqUe 
• 30 Baby Animals That Will Make You Go ‘Aww’ http://flip.it/UTiug 
• 'Capitalism' and 'socialism' RT @TheAtlanticWire: The most looked-up words of 2012 http://flip.it/Mf195 
• Canada OKs China buying oil and gas firm Nexen http://flip.it/tCrbG 
•  ConAgra Is About To Become One Of The Biggest Food Companies In The Country http://flip.it/weWi5 
• Unemployment Charts to Amaze and Delight | The Reformed Brokerhttp://bit.ly/YVuhRJ 
• Chart o’ the Day: The End of Paper? | The Reformed Brokerhttp://bit.ly/VoCHKU 
• India’s top business school: Sleepless in Ahmedabad | The Economist http://bit.ly/YUDmKh 
• FT loses its motherloving mind with ill-advised rap-themed front page opinion piece http://bit.ly/YSheAg 
• 10 Tips From the Trenches | Dynamic Hedge http://bit.ly/YRCZA8 
• What’s so funny? | TLS http://bit.ly/SAwBbI
• The Making of a Philosophy Professor - The Chronicle Review-The Chronicle of Higher Education http://bit.ly/ROWTKj
• Theresa Christy of Otis Elevator: Making Elevators Go | Creating http://bit.ly/WB1Bb7

Warships of Silicon Valley

Nice illustration of the "epic struggles" that the tech giants — Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft — are locked in.   Source: Wired

 

Chart: Immigrant vs. Natives [education]

Via: Economist

US Planned Layoffs

Via: Reuters

Startups by age

 

Via: RB

Thursday Links

• That Crock-Pot you can't use? Don't stress about regifting it. Research says original giver won't mind. http://flip.it/Km0Kp 
• Bloomberg's books for 2012 in links:  http://flip.it/tYOEX
• McAfee Antivirus Software Pioneer Arrested in Guatemala City http://flip.it/iNMdV 
• 7 Tips To Landing A Job In Impact Investing http://trib.al/N8YZ9nW 
• Heart, Smarts, Guts and Luck from @AnthonyTjan named to@FastCompany's Best of Business Books List for 2012http://s.hbr.org/115LnLb  @drakebaer
• Bond guru - a profile http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-30/bond-investor-gundlach-buys-stocks-sees-kaboom-ahead.html …
• Xerox - the next big short? http://www.thehour.com/business/xerox-may-be-next-big-writedown-disaster/article_68e3b19a-6a58-53b7-933d-6d234a9bc713.html …
• Stinky stocking stuffer: Pizza Hut releases perfume for those who want to smell like "freshly baked, hand-tossed dough" http://flip.it/ohc8A 
• Never Mind PCs, Dell Is Getting Into Social Media Consulting http://flip.it/vBJ2h 
• Forbes: Wall Street's job cuts keep getting bigger -- and it's only going to get worse next year http://flip.it/fQBn3 
• New Mosiac Theory | http://bit.ly/Vkm9DQ 
• Hot List 2012: Print Winners | Adweek http://bit.ly/YOrKZo 
• 3d printing : Foldify ? http://bit.ly/VfzX2q 
• Top 8 Ways Companies Cook The Books http://j.mp/11QXjRp  (via Instapaper)

Global Terrorism Index[chart]

Via: Economist

You Suck at Parking. Seriously.

 

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