The announcement earlier this year by Blockbuster that they were interested in buying the faltering Circuit City consumer electronics chain were largely greeted by skepticism over the video rental giant's ability to finance the $1 billion bid. But at least one major player, Hollywood Video founder Mark Wattles, is more optimistic about the deal's potential. Wattles, whose Wattles Capital Management (WCM) holds more than 6% of Circuit City's stock, has a high opinion of Blockbuster's managemenhttp://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/1393...

I had this idea over the weekend that I would start a series of tutorials around the tools I use and recommend for marketing online. I thought I would call it Tuesday Tutorials. But, it's not going to happen...yet. This week and the next couple are insane. Three teleclasses this week. Our monthly Blogging & Beyond Mentor coaching call (join us!). Prepping for two presentations at Publishers Marketing Assoc. University at the end of the month. Producing a series of videos for our Bettehttp://www.biztipsblog.com/2008/05/tuesday...

Here's some excerpts from an article on a huge problem that is not being adequately addressed, and the huge cover-up of it, in Foreign Policy In Focus: Eighteen American war veterans kill themselves every day. One thousand former soldiers receiving care from the Department of Veterans Affairs attempt suicide every month. More veterans are committing suicide than are dying in combat overseas. These are statistics that most Americans don't know, because the Bush administration has refused to tehttp://alterx.blogspot.com/2008/05/truth-a...

Via Cosmic Variance, over at UC Riverside (also see here): Imagine owning an automobile that can change its engine to suit your driving needs â€" when you’re tooling about town, it works like a super-fast sports car; when you’re hauling a heavy load, it operates like a strong, durable truck engine. While this turn-on-a-dime flexibility is impossible for cars to achieve, it is now possible for today’s computer chips. A new, patent-pending technology developed over the last five years by UCR’s Fhttp://3quarksdaily.blogs.com/3quarksdaily...