I read that American Airlines will charge $15 for the first checked bag as rising fuel costs cut their profits. Frequent-flyers, overseas travelers and full-fare tickets will not have to pay. I think that's unfair and a bad policy. What will the company charge next as oil is expected to rise to $200? Cleaned seats? Cups, forks and knives? Toilet usage, soap and paper? Life vest perhaps?? Or engine maintenance??? Fuel cost increase should be included in the price of the ticket. What's your reaction to this? (read more)

Now that Obama capped CEO compensation at $500,000, I am thinking of starting a new bank where Wall Street fat cats can park restricted stock bonuses, corporate jets, yachts and all sorts of ponzinous financial assets. Out of respect to the public, the bank's premises will be non-descript and decrepit-looking, the exact opposite of what a modern-day Poshbank would look like. Poshbanks are dread. Long leave my Scumbank in little Burglardeshi...

Buy the virtual-reality rights to monuments, museums, rich people houses, events etc and set up an online business where people pay to visit places or relive virtual experiences. For example, you can now see online almost all artifacts on display in the Louvre using images or short video clips but a virtual 3D tour of the museum for a small fee is still not possible. Virtual-reality business has also tremendous educational value.

On the contrary to regular phones, Google phone has an Operating System made my Google. They call it Android platform.

I used it for 2 days and I am not very impressed. It's a new phone, ugly and I don;t see it being better than iphone at this point. (read more)

Free laptops supported by ads that display on the other side of your LCD monitor, i.e., the laptop will have two screens, 1 facing you and 1 facing others displaying ads.

The laptop PC will come with a wireless communication device and will update & display different ads. Internet access could also be free and paid by the advertisers.

What if the fundamental rules under which our global capitalist economy functions were changed for a day? Say there was no price on the menu because you, the buyer, decides how much to pay for a service you received or a product that you bought. The seller has to accept your price as long as it is above zero. Money and prices are still around. Money has to be exchanged and prices have to be set. The catch is that the seller does not set the prices anymore! (read more)

Whoever thought this Is very creative. I like people who sell good sense of humor but $100 each is Too Expensive!! I wonder if any sucker ever bought this for $100. The guy who came up with this idea deserves to be paid for it. That's not waste of money for me. If they cost $1 I would definitely buy one. You??

I made this thought for people like me who work at the office until very late. A very anatomic chair that unfolds and turns into a bed so that you can sleep a few hours when working late in the office. A lot of people that work in finance or in other industries pull all nighters at the office but there is no bed to rest for even an hour! (read more)

Most people believe that USA is land of opportunity, it offers more opportunities to work and succeed than Europe does. Why then USA reward success only and not failure? If we want people to keep trying shouldn't we also reward the effort anyway even if it fails? The rewards in success and failure will be of different scale but this is general point I make about rewarding failure that is based on hard work and effort. It applies to Europe too. What's your view on this?

The idea is to bring public and private libraries into the used book market. When a book sits on the shelf for many years and is no longer fit for loan use, libraries will either give it away or recycle it. Why not sell it as a used book? The used book market is huge and most libraries in the world already have electronic stock of their books. Add a description of how worn a book is, how long it's sitting on the shelf, how many times it's been checked out, perhaps a photo of it and a shopping cart option along with the loan option to allow people to buy it if they wish so. The price will be that of a used book but so long as the book is sold at a price higher than the cost of its recycling, it will make a profit. (read more)