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Monday, February 16, 2009
Facebook's recent change in its terms of use has caused some concern of user content ownership, though the site denies it owns anything users post on the site.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Here are five ways you can use social networking to boost your bottom line
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Gaming consoles aren’t the only consumer electronic devices that are using motion sensing technology. The technology, called microelectromechanical systems or MEMS, is gaining traction in mobile phones, laptops and global positioning devices.
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Apple's shares fall 4%, approaching a 2-year low on news that CEO Jobs is taking a 6-month leave of absence.
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
Obama team urges Congress to delay digital TV transition date past Feb. 17
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Even if you don't think you do, you already know plenty about commodities. Want us to prove it? No problem.
What makes oil produced in Saudi Arabia different from oil exported from Nigeria? It's the same thing that makes the corn you ate at last summer¿s barbecue different from the corn used to produce ethanol. Stumped? Well, don't feel bad, it's a trick question. The answer? Absolutely nothing. Corn is corn no matter where it comes from -- just as wheat is wheat and natural gas is -- right! -- natural gas. (Though the quality may differ, the make-up is uniform.)
So, in less elaborate terms, corn and oil (and all other commodities) are homogenous goods that can be processed, resold and more often than not, used as an input to the production of other goods or services. These goods are traded on a commodity exchange, thus setting the price-per-barrel (or other metric unit) used to value them.
Now pay attention, here's a question that indeed does have an answer: What is the difference between a commodity and a stock? While a stock can tank and become worthless, a commodity cannot have its value be wiped to zero. One other difference: Most commodities are traded in futures, meaning traders buy and sell where they think the price of a product will be at a certain point in the future. Stocks trade based on the value of the underlying company at that point in time.