Archive for October, 2008
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Get (Gr)avatar(ed)
Recently at Babeled we have added a new feature that is not so new - Gravatars (globally recognized avatar). These beauties are the little avatars (images) that you can now see in the comment section of all of the posts on our site. Since we are a multi-author blog it seemed appropriate for us to [...]
9 Comments » - Posted in Babeled, Society, Technology by Greg Molyneux
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Stock Market Investing for Beginners
This is an all-in-one guide for those considering investing in the stock market. Beginning with explaining what the stock market is and how its ebbs and flows impact investors and then moving into explanations of different stock market metrics including a handy commonly used acronym guide, this will be meant for total subject matter coverage [...]
5 Comments » - Posted in Business, Economics by Jason Morgan
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Word Power: Liberal
Today’s lesson in Word Power is to understand the etymology and history behind the word liberal.
Liberal: [lib-er-al]
(Adj.)
Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas; free from bigotry.
Favoring proposals for reform, open to new ideas for progress, and tolerant of the ideas and behaviors of others; broad-minded.
(Noun)
A person with liberal [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Etymology, History, Politics by Gregory Rineberg
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
Smart Spanish VI
“Este sistema americana de nosostros - llama lo americanismo, llama lo capitalismo, llama lo que te gusta - le da a todos y cada uno de nosostros una gran oportunidad si solo aprovechamos con ambas manos y sacamos el maximo partido de ella.”
Translation
“This American system of ours - call it Americanism, call it capitalism, call [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Economics, International by Andrew Blanco
Monday, October 27th, 2008
Market Mondays Stock Pick of the Week: Datascope Corp (DSCP)
This week’s stock pick is Datascope Corp (DSCP-NASDAQ), a medical-device company that develops, manufacturers, and markets products in the cardiovascular and vascular surgery and interventional cardiology and radiology health care markets. The majority of Datascope’s sales (87%) are from products in the cardio-assist business segment, which includes the Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) system that is [...]
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