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...name-calling is fun - and, to some extent, merited. But Goldman's place at the top of the Wall Street heap can easily be explained. Same goes for JPMorgan Chase, Goldman's somewhat less controversial partner in profit. The No. 1 reason these two banks are doing so much better than their rivals is that they're better at what they do than their rivals...
...celebrate the Russian Lomo camera, a very basic snapper that conquered some bohemian corners of the West after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Then, four years ago, Kaps fell in love with Polaroid and founded a company specializing in selling equipment for analog instant photography. An official partner of Polaroid, the company still operates via the website Polapremium.com, where enthusiasts can buy the camera, related equipment and some of the remaining film stock. (See pictures of historical photos on Google Earth...
...Building on his growing empire - Kaps also runs Polanoid.net, the Web's biggest Polaroid community, and the Polanoir gallery Polanoir.com in Vienna - Kaps is hoping a new instant camera will go on the market in 2010, to be built by a partner company (he won't reveal which just yet). "It will be high quality rather than a mass product, with a good lens and manual focusing," he says...
...Canada's economy suddenly cratering? Many in Canada blame the U.S., the country's biggest trading partner, whose bankrupt car companies have thrown a wrench into the domestic automotive industry. At the same time, continued contraction of the U.S. economy means energy exports are suffering. (Canada is the biggest supplier of foreign oil to the U.S. economy, ahead of Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.) Year-over-year energy exports tanked 54%, to $4.8 billion, for the month of May, and automotive exports fell 38%, to $2.67 billion. Total year-over-year exports declined 33%, to $25.3 billion...
...especially suited to helping students adapt to a changing labor market. While four-year universities have the financial resources to lure top professors and students, they are by nature slow-moving. Community colleges, on the other hand, are smaller and able to tack quickly in changing winds. They often partner with local businesses and can gin up continuing-education courses midsemester in response to industry needs, getting students in and out and ready to work - fast...