Dan Katz

Game Over for Nintendo

Wow, you really predicted this one correclty. Wii sales are down 40%:

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And it looks like most analysts are now predicting that Xbox will be the #1 console. Wish I listened to you when this article first came out!

Common Usage Errors on the Seeking Alpha Site

Very useful, thanks.

Israel says seized big Hezbollah-bound arms ship

Far from the first time. Remember when they captured the Karine-A from Iran filled with something like 50-70 tons of weapons intended for Arafat? That was how he spent US tax payers' aid money.

Lots of great youtube video of ambulances being caught smuggling suicide bombers into Israel too. It's a catch-22, if they let the ambulances in right away, women and children get blown to bits, if they wait to search the vehicles first, Human Rights organizations scream bloody foul. of course they disregard the fact that Israel is providing free emergency services to a neighboring country (Gaza) who are sworn enemies and openly call for the their destruction. Its a sad situation that will likely never be solved in our lifetime despite Obama's decision to try to appease the arab world.

Why I would sell microsoft ?

Great read!

Please Welcome Becci Weiss & Samantha Wynne to the Seeking Alpha Contributor Relations Team

Welcome!

China's Economic Ascendancy (Part 2)

Really good comments here.

The U.S. Dollar and Oil: is an Endgame Near?

The video ends early so its hard to say. Maybe the author was just paraphrasing since the word "stupid" isn't in quotes. If it is a direct quote, the author really should have used them (don't mean to nitpick here though). I do seem to recall Pickens has called the US stupid before though. It looks like earlier in the year he did say America's huge dependence on foreign oil "...borders on being stupid."

You can see the quote at the end of the CNBC article here:
www.cnbc.com/id/29233249

Context is always important when quoting though.

Cha-Ching: Microsoft Pays Users to Search with Bing

You are both wrong. Yes, Bing used to be live.com (as stated in the article). But the BRANDNAME Bing is only from this past June (as also stated in the article). The author was pointing out that this promotion was a form of advertising to promote the brand recognition of Bing and get people onto the site- and it has worked. Everyone knows "Google," if they know of Bing, they might try it too. And while the cashback is not new, this is the first time they've doubled it across the board (once again this was stated in the article).

Past promotions have only featured one store. The ebay promotion was great but I didn't really care when the promotion was for Barnes and Noble only or Drugstore.com only. But when it is EVERY store, its got something for everyone. And none of those older promotions ever came close to 50% OFF YOUR PURCHASE! That's pretty exciting. Buy something with a mail in rebate too, and your end price could be free. So yes, this is new and it is big. And it is definitely getting Bing noticed.


On Aug 12 12:47 PM jack dee wrote:

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> He is right the deal is very old , it goes up it goes down.
>
> Everything from LIVE went right to bing. No changes nothing. The
> same cashback , same accounts same records.
>
> Thanks again to MSFT and LIVE/BING giving real cash , for very little
> effort.

Cha-Ching: Microsoft Pays Users to Search with Bing

mrluc, I don't know why you hate Bing so much. A lot of people like it very much! As for not figuring out how to sort by price, you have to be blind not to. If you couldn't figure it out, I think it is more a reflection on you than on Microsoft. The MS boys know what they're doing, they aren't exactly incompetent (but of course there is always room for improvement).

AMERICAN IDIOTS

Agreed.

Cha-Ching: Microsoft Pays Users to Search with Bing

mriuc: Of course you can sort by price. I think you just haven't figured out how to use Bing. There are two ways to access cashback, one is through regular search and one is going directly to their cashback section (bing.com/cashback). Trying using the search there instead. Microsoft aren't idiots and are pretty good at building software and websites.

It will definitely increase their market share in the short term. And while not all users will be sticky in the long term, at least some will be.

Cha-Ching: Microsoft Pays Users to Search with Bing

Hot Damn! You bet I'll try out Bing if they pay me to do it! I'm heading over there right now. I can think of a few things I would like to buy at half the cost. Thanks for the tip and nice article.

U.S. Dollar Index Slips to Lowest Price This Year

Good article

NOT SUITABLE FOR SEEKING ALPHA

Good articles but probably best left on the instablog.

Game Over for Nintendo

Very cool article!