Remove 10 16 free-is-never-free
article thumbnail

Venture Capital Risk Taking and Cash Burn Rates Unprecedented Since 1999; 47% of Nasdaq in Bear Market

MishTalk

Companies that haven''t made a dime, and perhaps never will, have valuations of $10 billion more. The free service’s fans send 500m self-deleting messages a day, but Snapchat has yet to declare how it intends to make money. Venture capital risktaking and burn rates on cash are at levels that exceed the technology bubble in 1999.

article thumbnail

Cancer Free: I Beat Prostate Cancer; Mish the Guinea Pig

MishTalk

I am now cancer free. In October 2012 I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Here is my story, a detailed one, with test results. I have been taking PSA tests every couple years since 2007. It''s a routine blood test recommended for men as they get older. PSA stands for Prostate Specific Antigen. Any reading under 3.0 and others 2.5.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Reflections on 2013; What's Important, What's Not? What's Ahead?

MishTalk

I never heard of her. On December 18, the Fed Tapered $10 Billion with Cornucopia of Dovish Platitudes. On December 16, in a rare victory for constitutional freedoms, U.S. (See According to Yahoo!News News the top story of the year was the Jodi Arias trial. I confess. Had to look it up. Most of the Yahoo!News Here we are.

article thumbnail

China Cash Crunch Eases, For How Long? Three Things China Needs to Avoid; When can Beijing Truly move to Market-Determined Interest Rates?

MishTalk

As noted on December 23, China Interest Rate Crisis Continues: China Bans Words "Cash Crunch" , the 7-Day Interest Rate Doubled to 10%. The doubling of rates took about a week. Then, on December 24, China injected 29 billion RMB (Yuan), about $4.8 For the size of China''s RMB 130 trillion economy (about $2.14 trillion ), that $4.8