May 22, 2013

New Database: Government: Illinois Outstanding Bills Search (As in Own Money)

From Quad Cities Online and the Associated Press: “Deadbeat state: Illinois owes billions in unpaid bills” As of early last month, the state owed on 166,000 unpaid bills worth a breathtaking $5 billion, with nearly half of that amount more than a month overdue, according to an Associated Press analysis of state documents. Hundreds of [...]

New E-Mail Tool: "MUSE to sift the emails of yesteryear"

From New Scientist: The shift from paper to email has made such happy recollection more difficult. Now Sudheendra Hangaland colleagues at Stanford University in California want to fix that with a software tool called Memories Using Email (MUSE), which lets you dig through your email archive and reminisce on your digital past. MUSE is available [...]

Sports Business: New Database: NCAA Division 1 College Basketball Programs

From the Memphis Business Journal: Memphis Business Journal has created a searchable database of Division 1 men’s college basketball programs. Search results can be sorted by clicking any of the tabs at the top of the database. Sortable Data Fields: Name of Institution Conference State Basketball Revenue Basketball Expenses Game Day Expenses Expenses Per Basketball [...]