http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness Just another Blog.newsok.com weblog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:35:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you own an Apple computer, you've seen the Ken Burns effect, which pans, zooms and tilts still photographs in the same way the famous filmmaker does in his documentaries such as "Baseball," and "The War."   Here, Ken Burns reveals how his name was branded by Apple. It's a good yarn. Don ... http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/08/21/apple-computers-ken-burns-effect-the-backstory/ As a financial reporter, I spend some of my time poring over regulatory filings from public companies. Those filings contain a wealth of information, which often is written in a peculiar and occasionally impenetrable form of legalese. That's why this spoofed form 8-K that I found on a Yahoo Finance message ... http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/08/21/sec-filing-fun/ PC Magazine recently listed its nominees for the 100 top undiscovered Web sites. It was a pretty solid list. Among the honored were several that had a business or investing bent. Jott.com is a Web site that I recently have begun using. You can call Jott on your cell phone and your ... http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/08/21/best-money-blogs/ We made a little skyscraper news in Oklahoma City. Now that we're on the world stage for big buildings, what could be next? Think BIG! Don Mecoy Business Writer http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/08/20/the-skys-the-limit/ I sat down with David Matthews of Dallas-based Trailblazer Capital for a short video interview today.  David's an Oklahoma City native and recent  opened a branch of his venture capital company here in town.  Jim Stafford Business Reporter http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/08/20/trailblazer-capital-watch-the-video/ All right class, get out a clean sheet of paper and a No. 2 pencil. Pop quiz time. First question: What does a Tulsa-based drilling and exploration company have in common with an acoustics and drywall company in Moore,  or an Oklahoma City-based gun range and sales business? Time’s up!  Got a ... http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/08/20/oklahomas-grow-your-own-success-stories/ Welcome to America! Here's your bill. The Internal Revenue Service this week released a report (link to .pdf file) showing major growth in U.S. companies owned by foreigners. The report also showed that those foreign-controlled domestic corporations, as the IRS refers to them, are paying a growing share of corporate taxes. There ... http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/08/20/foreign-companies-grow-profits-taxes/ The new phone books are here!  The new phone books are here! As Navin R. Johnson Jr. said in The Jerk, “this is the kind of spontaneous publicity that makes people!” Actually, the new AT&T Real Yellow Pages for Oklahoma City made its debut on Monday in a ceremony at the Chesapeake ... http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/08/19/whats-yellow-and-black-and-read-all-over/ Blackberry users now can access free news feeds from the Wall Street Journal. Just go to wsjmobilereader.com to get the free download. And Silicon Alley Insider likes the software -- a lot: The software, available today, is one of those tools that makes instant sense the first time you get your hands ... http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/08/19/wsj-for-blackberry/ Aubrey McClendon says to buy Chesapeake. Whadya expect from a guy who owns $1.5 billion worth of the stock? McClendon, chairman of Oklahoma City-based Chesapeake Energy Corp. appeared Monday on CNBC to discuss the recent decline in this company's stock price. The drop mirrored a decrease in the price of natural ... http://blog.newsok.com/thebusiness/2008/08/19/aubrey-mcclendons-stock-advice/