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| HP Sized Up Sun as a Technology Gold Mine Wed, 16 May 2012 09:28:46 EDT The most interesting aspect of Hewlett-Packard's assessment of Sun is how critical executives were of HP's technology |
| Is Google+ a Ghost Town, and Does It Matter? Wed, 16 May 2012 06:07:32 EDT A new study suggests that Google's social network is a virtual ghost town, where user engagement is rapidly waning |
| Can Corporate America Ever Be Cured? Tue, 15 May 2012 15:53:41 EDT Years after collapse, congressional hearings, and new regulations, the hubris of chief executives has hardly missed a beat |
| Remember MySpace? A Closer Look at Yahoo CEO Levinsohn's Résumé Mon, 14 May 2012 14:53:06 EDT Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo's new interim chief, has a long history with digital media, including when MySpace dwarfed Facebook |
| The Good Barbarian: How Icahn, Ackman, and Loeb Became Shareholder Heroes Mon, 14 May 2012 11:15:25 EDT A new generation of activists as likely to be praised for holding management accountable as condemned for draining a company's value |
| Apple, the Other Cult in Hollywood Thu, 10 May 2012 19:05:49 EDT The iPhone maker has spent decades building relationships in the entertainment industry |
| US Airways Angles for a Merger With American Thu, 10 May 2012 19:05:38 EDT American sought bankruptcy so it could plot a solo flight path. US Airways has other plans |
| Are Testosterone Drugs the Next Viagra? Thu, 10 May 2012 19:02:41 EDT The hormone treatments are often pitched as fountains of lost youth |
| Britain's Surprise Shopaholics: Nigerians Thu, 10 May 2012 19:00:42 EDT Visitors from the African oil giant outspend Americans in the U.K. |
| Five Lessons From Music's Most Feared Manager, Led Zeppelin's Peter Grant Tue, 15 May 2012 17:11:27 EDT A British music industry school has named a course after the man—what might some of the lessons be? |
| How to Deal With a Nosy Co-Worker Fri, 20 Apr 2012 09:42:18 EDT Why do so many at the office feel entitled to pry into your Web-surfing habits or personal tastes—not to mention your sexual inclinations? |
| Former Murdoch Aide Rebekah Brooks Arrested Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:28:38 EDT Sky News says the former CEO of News Corp.’s U.K. publishing unit, was arrested a second time by London police in connection with that phone hacking scandal |
| Diller Duels With TV Networks at SXSW Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:21:14 EDT Barry Diller's Aereo is making waves at the South by Southwest Conference, saying the service will be available in 75-100 cities this year |
| Apple Can Control Working Conditions, White Says Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:11:10 EST March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Heather White, a network fellow at Harvard University's Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, talks about working conditions at Apple Inc. supplier Foxconn Technology Group. White speaks with Scarlet Fu on Bloomberg Television's "Money Moves." (Source: Bloomberg) |
| iPad Is Reinventing Portable Computing Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:50:17 EST March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. debuts its most significant overhaul of the iPad today in San Francisco. |
| Larsen Sees More Tornado Claims for Insurers Wed, 07 Mar 2012 12:54:18 EST March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Tom Larsen, senior vice president at risk-modeling firm Eqecat Inc., talks about the impact of U.S. tornado damages on insurers. Tornadoes that slammed five states in the U.S. Midwest and South last week may generate as much as $2 billion in claims costs for insurers, Eqecat said. Larson speaks on Bloomberg Television's "InBusiness With Margaret Brennan." (Source: Bloomberg) |
| The Apple Store Experience Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:37:10 EST Experts say Apple's 361 stores world-wide are not just a place to purchase things, but a destination |
| Lamborghini Aventador J Sold for $2.76 Million Wed, 07 Mar 2012 10:16:56 EST March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Automobili Lamborghini SpA Chief Executive Officer Stephan Winkelmann talks about the 2.1 million-euro ($2.76 million) Aventador J and the outlook for sales in 2012. He speaks with Bloomberg's Tommaso Ebhardt at the Geneva Motor Show. (Source: Bloomberg) |
| Limbaugh Advertisers Rush to Leave Show Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:43:17 EST Radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh has a history of causing controversy on the air, angering advertisers |
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Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick • \MAF-ik\ • verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." — From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.