Archive for February, 2007
FIG Got Warm Reception on the Street in Debut
After priced at $18.50 the day before going public, shares of Fortress Investment Group opened up 89% and rose as high as $37.00 on Friday in the first day of trading. At the close of Friday’s session, the stock went up $12.50, or 67.6% to $31.00. The success of FIG’s IPO may serve as a [...]
The Free Shaver is Here
A littel more than two weeks ago, I signed up for a free Gillette Fusion 5 Blade Shaver at Walmart Free Sample center. I was told at that time the shaver could take up to four weeks to be delivered. Well, the actual time was much shorter as the shaver was in my mailbox last [...]
Friday Cheap Stuff on Buy.com
There are a few good deals on Buy.com today [all affliate links]:
Connect 3D 512MB Secure Digital Card for free after $20 mail-in rebate (expires February 25)
SimpleTech 2GB Bonzai Xpress USB 2.0 Flash Drive for $11.95 after $20 mail-in rebate (expires February 28)
Kingston 1GB Data Traveler USB 2.0 Flash Drive for $8.03 after $20 mail-in [...]
What are We Complaining about?
The Federal Trade Commission yesterday released its annual report (click here to download the report) on top consumer complaints for 2006. The report found that for the seventh year in a row, “identity theft tops the list, accounting for 36 percent of the 674,354 complaints received between January 1 and December 31, 2006.” And consumers [...]
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