10/29/07

5:35 p.m.
Move over, ya big lunk -- there's a new kid in town!

China's Yuan Rises Most Since End of Dollar Link on Bank Signal

"China Life Insurance Co. has surpassed AT&T Inc. in market value, giving China more of the world's 10 largest companies than the U.S. for the first time. Five of the 10 biggest companies by market capitalization are now Chinese, compared with three that are located in America, after China's benchmark stock index almost tripled this year."

Maybe all that Top Ramen I ate while in college (and for several years afterward) will help prepare me for my new overlords . . .

5:46 p.m.
You know how women joke that beauty is pain and fashion is suffering? Yeah, well, get a load of these photographs of models' feet during a runway show for Stella McCartney's Spring 2008 line:

"My previous gig was for prison fashion in Russia!"

"It only hurts when I stop taking the Vicodin."

"My doctor swears I'm not contagious."

9:46 p.m.
Report: NBC wanted a cut of iPod revenue

"You have to have leverage to demand revenue from a prospective partner, like Apple did with AT&T over the iPhone. And that worked: the iPhone is AT&T's top-selling model, and brought hundreds of thousands of new customers to the carrier. Is Bionic Woman really going to bring thousands of new customers to iTunes?"

The music industry dragged its heels before getting into the digital game, leaving room for digital piracy to grow and flourish; consequently, the Music Industry is crashing and burning. Do the movie and television industries think that somehow they're immune? There are times when I wonder if the entertainment industries harbor a death wish . . .