Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economics. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Why are colleges and universities buying .xxx domains? The .xxx is for porn...

With the advent of the new internet .xxx domain, colleges and universities are scrambling to purchase 'net addresses ending with .xxx.  Why?  Are they venturing into new marketing techniques?  We all know that sex sells...

What are the opportunity costs?  Any scarcity involved in this activity?  And competition...whoa.

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/washu-mizzou-aim-to-protect-names-from-porn-links/article_db0c808e-2665-59e8-a01f-05db778fe8cf.html

Friday, February 19, 2010

Recession Over? Or are we still...

This is one for the ages. Literally! Here is an economic report that provides a good background and interesting perspective on the challenges involved in making the call. IS it or is it NOT? http://www.investorsinsight.com/blogs/john_mauldins_outside_the_box/archive/2010/02/15/is-the-recession-over.aspx