Did Warren Buffett's Inability to Check Voice Mail Cause the Recession?
Warren Buffett was smart enough to become one of the richest, most powerful men on Earth, but the septuagenarian just can't seem to work his cell phone. As Time magazine reporter Karen Tumulty tells the story, Buffett's inability to check his voice mail had some serious economic consequences. In September of last year, Buffett received a phone call from Bob Diamond, head of Barclays Capital, ...
Cybersquatters, people who buy up potentially valuable domain names in the hopes of making money off of them, are rubbing salt in the wounds of the collapsing banking and insurance industries. Web addresses for newly-merged (and possibly-soon-to-be-merged) banks are being bought up before many of the companies even know who is merging with whom. Barclayslehman.com, hsbclehman.com, ...









