3 posts and columns on Yogi Berra

Wall Street Punishes Netflix for Making Wall Street Happy

in Media on December 4, 2009 at 10:11 am PT

Shares in Netflix, which have have more than doubled in the last year, are a bit down today. What gives? Best to be wary of anyone who tells you why a stock moves on a given day, but a good bet here would be: Shares in Netflix have more than doubled in the last year.
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Energy Bill in Limbo? Steven Chu Turns to Facebook.

in News on July 21, 2009 at 11:42 am PT

The Obama administration really, really doesn’t want the fight over health care to steal attention from energy and climate legislation. Energy Secretary Steven Chu just launched a Facebook page to keep climate change front and center.

Yahoo Reaction: "You Can Kick This Dog, but It Still Barks"

in News on November 18, 2008 at 10:24 am PT

Yesterday, after the news got out that Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang was stepping down from his job and that a search was on for a new CEO, BoomTown got inundated with reaction from everyone from readers of this blog to Internet players to Yahoo employees. In fact, my single favorite quote came from one Yahoo staffer: “You can kick this dog, but it still barks.” Grrrrr…this and some Yahoo myths explored within.