After Wachovia pretty much failed from giving toxic mortgages, it now has been bought out by another bank, Wells Fargo. On October 12, 2008 the Federal Reserve gave the approval for Wells Fargo to takeover Wachovia. The deal was partially controversial because Citigroup was also seeking the merger with [...]
Continue Reading →So, you’re planning a trip to Paris. GeoCommons can help. We have a point dataset of over 2,000 hotels in the beautiful city. So now, you can choose you hotel based on its location!
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Every year during the third week of November begins the Geography Awareness Week. Beginning in 1987 by presidential proclamation, Geography Awareness Week celebrates the importance of geography education in the United States. This week allows for geographers to share their ideas and show off what they have been working on.
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Continue Reading →In my last blog post, I looked at places with the most $1 Million + Homes in order to get an idea of where more people will be affected by Obama’s tax increase. Since the election, some polls have come out giving an idea of how voters with different income levels voted. The CNN [...]
Continue Reading →I’m not really the romantic type but every now and again I feel it is nice to show the lady I love that she is special to me. Unfortunately, this is not always the easiest task and planning for a special night out can be frustrating. After working at FortiusOne for over a year it [...]
Continue Reading →Released this October, the MasterCard Emerging Markets Index highlights the 65 key cities that are driving growth worldwide. These countries are ranked according to their index score, derived by a panel of experts in the global economy. The report also features a look into specific factors that make each city important for corporations [...]
Continue Reading →At last a visual analytic to illustrate where all the skateparks in the United States are located. By geocoding the names and addresses of all the skateparks on the SkateBoardPark.com website, and loading the point data into Finder!, over 3,000 skateparks are represented by points on a [...]
Continue Reading →By the end of today we will know who our next president is going to be. The first polls close at 6 p.m. in Indiana. Virginia, Georgia, Florida, and New Hampshire follow shortly after at 7 p.m. The last polls close in Alaska at 12 p.m. It seems as though the media, pundits, [...]
Continue Reading →Much has been made during the 2008 Presidential Campaign about the errors John McCain has made about geography. He made a reference to Czechoslovakia still existing and also said that the countries of Iraq and Pakistan border one another.
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So who’s producing the most beef in the world? Who’s consuming the most beef in the world? After uploading world production and consumption data into Finder from the FAOSTAT (Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations) website, I was able to reveal where most of the world’s beef is being produced and [...]
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