Alm 2010

Yahoo has introduced a Tech Ticker. You find a feed from it here. They have also launched live.yahoo (beta) which is very interesting. You find that service and a service from livevideo.com if you click title LiveTV.

• THE BIG LIE: “Rich People Create Jobs”

  Follow Yahoo!'s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! Friday morning the U.S. finally got a monthly jobs report that was unequivocally good: According to the BLS, 243,000 jobs were created in January, way more than expected. Of course, this immediately led to a political fight about who or what is creating those jobs. One of [...]

• 3 Super Bowl Myths Debunked: Plus, ‘Freakonomics’ Gives the Giants an Edge

  Follow Yahoo!'s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! There's a lot of hype about the Super Bowl and almost as many myths and superstitions. In the accompanying video, Freakonomics co-author Stephen Dubner tackles three of the most common misconceptions about the Super Bowl, including one that could determine the outcome of the game. Myth #1) [...]

• The Fracking Revolution: More Jobs and Cheaper Energy Are Worth the “Manageable” Risks, Yergin Says

  Follow Yahoo!'s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! President Obama used his last State of the Union speech before the November election to highlight the more than half a million jobs that can be created by investing in natural gas production in the United States. "We have a supply of natural gas that can last [...]

• January Jobs Report: Solid Growth

  For the first time in several years, we have an unambiguously positive employment report. The U.S. economy added 243,000 payroll jobs in January 2012 and the unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent. One month does not a trend make, but the past several months of data show a labor market that is recovering, and an economy [...]

• Bernanke’s Advice Like “An Arsonist’s Lecture on Fire Prevention”: David Stockman

  Follow Yahoo!'s The Daily Ticker on Facebook here! Testifying on Capitol Hill Thursday, Fed chairman Ben Bernanke sought to encourage, chide and gently prod Congress into putting the U.S. on a "sustainable path" to bring down -- or at least stabilize -- debt-to-GDP levels. "Achieving this goal should be a top priority," Bernanke said. But [...]