Social networking inspires art (in the form of parody love songs)

Because this blog sometimes covers the business of social networking, it seems appropriate to share the two social networking love songs I stumbled across last week. (If you’ve already heard ‘em, move on. Nothing to hear here.) The first, from the formerly ubiquitous ze frank, is the charming and insanely catchy “A Social Network for [...]

RE/MAX’s Dave Liniger talks about real estate’s “perfect storm”

Dave Liniger, the co-founder and chairman of real estate brokerage giant RE/MAX, stopped by Time Monday along with RE/MAX CEO Margaret Kelly. Dave did almost all the talking, so much so that I had trouble keeping up with him at times. None of what he said was stop-the-presses shocking, but Liniger tends to be more [...]

The incredible shrinking federal deficit stops shrinking

I wrote a column earlier this year about the incredible shrinking federal deficit. So it seems like I ought to mention that there are some early signs that it’s about to start growing again. From Bloomberg (via Econbrowser): Government auctions of bills, notes and bonds in the fiscal year that started this month may rise [...]