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堀江貴文インタビュー

ちょうどよかったので株式100分割について語ろう|六本木で働いていた元社長のアメブロで紹介されていたJ@pan Incの取材記事を訳してみました. J@pan Inc: リーマンの崩壊とその後に起こったことに対する見解はどうですか? 「強欲は良いことだ」という以前…

刺激策: 名前の力

ちょっと古いですが,オバマの財政政策についての記事をDavid Friedmanのブログから. うまく付けられた名前は,その結論を仮定することによって議論に勝つ.外国への助成金に「海外援助」というラベルを貼れば,それに反対できるような人間はいなくなる.公…

惜しい負けはギャンブラーの意欲を掻き立てる

もう少しで勝てそう,もう少しで勝てそう,という気持ち.パチンコとかスロットとか,そういうのをうまいこと利用して,客にお金を使わせていそうですね. ギャンブルの魅力は,疑いなく,勝つチャンスから来る.しかし,もう少しで勝ちそう,と言うのはどれ…

カリブ海の脆弱な経済

カリブ海……いいですねえ.行ったことはないんですけど.ただ,いかに楽園のような国々(リゾートのイメージだけの話です)でも,この不況からは逃れられないようです. IT IS the time of year when the island nations of the Caribbean normally expect thei…

日本の労働者たちへ:家に帰って子作りしろ

Before you get to the front door of Canon’s headquarters in Tokyo, you can hear it - a virtual stampede of employees pouring out of the building right at 5:30pm. You might think it’s not so unusual. The day is over and workers should go ho…

リサイクル店で買ったMP3プレイヤーに軍の機密情報が

Chris Ogle of New Zealand was in Oklahoma about a year ago when he bought a used MP3 player from a thrift store for $9. A few weeks ago, he plugged it into his computer to download a song, and he instead discovered confidential U.S. milita…

Google社員が辞める理由(三人分)

Google社員が辞める理由 はてブで「訳して」と言う方が多いみたいだったので,勝手に訳しました.と言っても最初のお二人,StephenさんとBenさんだけです.後で追加するかもしれませんが.追記: 三人目,Tedさんを追加しました. From: Stephen Date: Wed, …

オバマ,ホワイトハウスでのシェフはブッシュと同じ

When Barack Obama was elected, foodies rejoiced. Finally, they thought, a president who enjoys the pleasures of fine dining and the virtues of healthy eating! A leader who feels our pain about the skyrocketing price of arugula! In November…

ジャッキー・チェンが「ベスト・キッド」のリメイクへ出演か

The martial arts star would take on the role of mentor Mr Miyagi, industry newspaper Hollywood Reporter says.The character was made famous by Pat Morita in the original film franchise and earned him an Oscar nomination.Jaden Smith, the son…

ガザの善と悪

マーケットの馬車馬さんが紹介していた記事ですが, 以下更に続くが、訳は控える。結局はアメリカの仲介が不可欠であること、ファタハのアッバス大統領はパレスチナ国家樹立のためにイスラエルとの対話を続けているが、パレスチナ自体が分裂しており、しかも…

マウイでの36時間

“I went to Maui to stay a week and remained five,” wrote Mark Twain in 1866. Whether it’s lazing on warm sugary sand or snorkeling with humpback whales, visitors to Maui today would be likely to do the same, if they had the means. Well, th…

金融危機に立ち向かうドバイ企業

ドバイにも金融危機の影…止まったクレーン・解雇の波(読売新聞) - Yahoo!ニュースドバイバブル崩壊か,という話. Dubai: Major companies in the UAE are trying to raise cash from investors as they struggle to get funds from banks because of the …

原油価格の急落が歓迎するようなものではない理由

A BARREL of oil could be bought for $47.36 in after-hours trading at the New York Mercantile Exchange on Monday December 1st. The price of oil is now at its lowest level in over three years and some $100 cheaper per barrel than at its peak…

オックスフォードの研究者,イライラさせる言い回しトップ10リストを作成

Heading the list was the expression 'at the end of the day', which was followed in second place by the phrase 'fairly unique'.The tautological statement "I personally" made third place – an expression that BBC Radio 4 presenter John Humphr…

オバマの勝利演説全文(日本語訳)

*2009/1/3現在,まだ終わってませんがあと少しです. こんばんは,シカゴの皆さん. (拍手) もしここに,アメリカでは全てのことが可能である,と言うことに未だ疑いを持つ人がいたとしたら.もし,この国の建国者たちの夢が現代に生きていることを未だに疑…

中国と台湾の使節が貿易協定にサイン

Taiwan and China set aside decades of hostilities Tuesday and agreed to expand flights and allow shipping links across the Taiwan Strait -- a potential hotspot that has long threatened to become a war zone.The historic deal highlighted the…

札幌で初雪が観測される

The city of Sapporo and some other parts in Hokkaido observed the first snowfall of the season Tuesday, the Sapporo District Meteorological Observatory said. The snowfall in Sapporo came eight days later than the average year and two days …

打ちのめされる日本の銀行と市場 コラテラル・ダメージ

UNTIL recently Japanese banks had largely avoided the agonies of the credit crunch that had caused such difficulties in much of the rest of the world. Now the misery has well and truly come to Tokyo. The culprit is not toxic derivatives an…

アメリカを買う私

THE financial world is a mess, both in the United States and abroad. Its problems, moreover, have been leaking into the general economy, and the leaks are now turning into a gusher. In the near term, unemployment will rise, business activi…

Google,26%の増収 景気低迷にもかかわらず見積りを上回る

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Internet advertising giant Google reported a strong increase in sales and a bigger profit than expected despite the current economic slump.The Mountain View, Calif.-based company reported revenue of $5.54 billion…

ロバート・サミュエルソン - 破綻する経済学

What we are witnessing, in the broadest sense, is the bankruptcy of modern economics. Its conceit has been that we had solved the problem of stability. Oh, there would be periodic recessions, but the prospects of a major economic collapse …

自民党総選挙戦略,予想に反してうまくいかない可能性も

The Liberal Democratic Party’s presidential election, which ended Monday with a landside victory for Taro Aso, was apparently intended as a run-up to the next general election. But a series of unexpected incidents including the resignation…

三菱UFJ,モルガン・スタンレーの10〜20%を取得

Mitsubishi UFJ said on Monday it had agreed to take a stake of between 10 and 20 per cent in Morgan Stanley, in a deal potentially worth $9bn, becoming the latest Japanese bank to benefit from the turmoil in western financial markets.MUFG …

投資銀行ビジネスに未来はあるのか

IN THE early years of this decade, when banks did quaint things like making money, the mantra on Wall Street was: “Be more like Goldman Sachs”. Bank bosses peered enviously at the profits and risk-taking prowess of the venerable investment…

一般大衆へのアピール,政治劇場だという主張

Barack Obama accused his opponents of trying to put lipstick on a pig, and some people here are saying that Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party is trying to do much the same thing. Memo From Tokyo - Populist Appeals in Election, and…

「中国やインドを超えたアジアを経験する」

WHAT with three Chinatowns to choose from, cabs driven by legions of Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, and nightly colonization of St. Marks Place by the Japanese, finding Asia in New York is hardly a challenge. Weekend in New York - E…