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Add comedienne Rosie O’Donnell and veteran Harrison Ford to the growing list of celebrities joining Team Conan; both believe Jay Leno should hit the bricks and let his Tonight Show successor, Conan O’Brien, continue hosting the show.

(I still like Letterman’s idea of letting the guys share co-hosting duties….)

The former View moderator shared her view after being asked at HBO’s Television Critics Association panel on Thursday.

“I have been a big fan of Conan O’Brien… and [‘The Tonight Show’ is] a franchise that has been 60 years with NBC, and if you’re privileged enough to be asked to drive the bus, you should say thank you and drive it to the best of your ability and when it’s time for them to hire a new driver, you should say, ‘Thank you for allowing me to drive this for as long as I did,’ and pass the keys to the new guy with red hair, and not try to flatten his tires, before he even gets going.”

Harrison Ford was in town for the red-carpet premiere of his new movie Extraordinary Measures. He also sympathizes with Conan. The pair have met a couple of times because their children attend the same California school.

“I mean, poor guy moved out to Los Angeles to do this show and moved his whole family out there. Put his kids in a new school,” the 67-year-old actor told reporters. “He’s getting the shaft in a way.”

As early as one year ago, MySpace and Facebook were mortal enemies in the social networking war and fighting for the title of the largest social network in the US. At that time, MySpace still had a significant advantage in terms of users, but many knew that the writing was on the wall for the News Corp.-owned social network. But few would have anti… (read more)

We’ve been pretty hard on Nokia with regard to its miserable S60 5th (aka, Symbian^1) user experience as compared to the competition. Fortunately, Nokia’s bound and determined to freshen things up in 2010 with two major updates scheduled for the first and second halves of the year. At the moment, Symbian^3 (that’s Symbian three) is expected first with Symbian^4 coming before the end of the year (functionally complete in Q3 with S^4 devices shipping in early 2011 according to the symbian.org wiki page). What we’ve got above then, is a UI Concept proposal for the latter. As you can tell from the pics, Symbian^4 promises to deliver an entirely new user interface: navigation is streamlined and platform apps will be reorganized and redesigned to leverage next gen graphics meant to deliver visually appealing transparencies and transitions on Symbian devices. The experience is based on Direct UI and built upon Qt and Orbit — a strategy that Nokia hopes will lure developers to the table by making apps easy to build and update with broad scalability across Nokia’s entire lineup of handsets. Note that the concept is open for discussion (and thus change) so voice your opinion now. And no, responding “N900 FTW” doesn’t count. One more image after the break.

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Bank earnings officially gets underway this morning.

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NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan Chase & Co. is expected to continue to show that it’s one of the strongest national banks when it reports fourth-quarter results Friday morning.

JPMorgan Chase quickly recovered from the instability that nearly led to a collapse of the financial services sector late in 2008, and has been one of the most profitable banks in recent quarter. The New York-based bank has used its strong investment banking and trading operations to help more than offset ongoing problems in the consumer lending divisions.

Nearly all banks have struggled with mounting loan losses as more customers fall behind in repaying loans while unemployment remains high.

Many analysts predict loan losses should peak some time in the first half of 2010, which could eventually pave the way for even bigger profits for banks like JPMorgan Chase.

Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters, on average, forecast JPMorgan Chase will earn 61 cents per share during the fourth quarter on $26.8 billion in revenue.

Credit Suisse analyst Moshe Orenbuch estimates fourth-quarter revenue will fall somewhat, compared with the third quarter, because of the traditional seasonal slowdown of trading activity around the holidays at the end of the year.

Orenbuch predicts trading-related revenue fell 19 percent during the final three months of the year, compared with the third quarter.

He estimates that JPMorgan Chase earned 59 cents per share during the final quarter of 2009.

Exactly how much of that revenue JPMorgan sets aside to pay out year-end bonuses for its workers will likely be closely scrutinized. Big Wall Street firms have come under fire for doling out big bonuses shortly after receiving government bailout money and helping push the nation’s economy into recession.

JPMorgan Chase received $25 billion as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program late in 2008. It repaid the money in the middle of 2009 when it first was granted the opportunity to do so.

Rochdale Securities analyst Richard Bove JPMorgan Chase increasing its dividend could help cut down on bonus furor because it would show the bank is also rewarding investors for the company’s strong performance. The bank said last quarter it might increase its quarterly dividend from the current 5 cents per share payout.

A dividend increase would also show the bank is confident that the economy is rebounding and consumer banking operations are improving, Bove wrote in the note.

“By increasing the dividend the Board and management will be signaling their confidence in the 2010 earnings outlook,” Bove wrote in the note. “No increase means that the outlook remains clouded.”

Bove forecasts JPMorgan Chase earned 51 cents per share during the fourth quarter.

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Japanese carmaker Toyota announced today it will build the hybrid Prius at its Blue Springs, Mississippi in the US starting from an yet undecided date. Most likely, production of the Prius, currently imported from Japan, in the US will not begin before the American market stabilizes.

"Because the economy went sour, we had too much capacity and decided not to spend all the money – and to use our underutilized plant in Indiana," a Toyota spokesman was quoted as saying by just-auto.co… (read more)

The Dubai 24 Hours has become a major event on the international sportscar racing calendar and the 2010 race has attracted some 80 competitors from all over the world. A record number of nine Aston Martins have entered the Dunlop 24 Hours of Dubai which kicks-off today and takes place at the Dubai Autodrome on the FIA sanctioned 5.39 km GP circuit.

The Aston Martin Vantage N24/GT4 race car was first launched in January 2007 and since then it has established various success in 24 hour races a… (read more)

On last night’s Jay Leno Show, Strong Jaw went one-on-one with Jimmy Kimmel, who impersonated Leno beneath a grey wig and fake chin on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday night. In a word, Leno got murked.

Leno doesn’t appear to be winning anyone over with his move to retake The Tonight Show, as Jimmy Kimmel and Rosie O’Donnell tell him to let Conan O’Brien keep the show.

“The best prank I ever pulled was I told a guy that—five years from now—I’m gonna give you my show. And then when the five years came, I gave it to him, and then I took it back almost instantly.”

General Motors India is planning to increase its annual production figure to 200,000 units by 2013 and want to export a part of it to the European and Asia Pacific markets, as The Financial Express writes.

Karl Slym, GM India’s president & managing director considers India to be one of the company’s large-growing markets with good prospects for the following years.

We manufactured 65,000 cars in 2008, which grew by 6% in 2009 to 70,000 cars. This year we expect to make 100,000 cars; and wi… (read more)

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Attention all vagineers!

After years of exhausting exploration, it’s time to take off your spelunking helmets and come up for air. Scientists in London have discovered that the elusive and mysterious G-spot does not exist. Either the data was skewed due to these limey bookworms having short peckers or some women just like to scream unintelligibly while boning. The findings in this study serve as vindication to every man that has ever gotten a cramp in his neck, twisted a tongue muscle, or nearly thrown out his back in a panicked pursuit to find his lady friend’s make-believe pleasure zone. In closing, told ya Michelle!

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75% – Percentage of women that never reach orgasm from intercourse alone. Ten to fifteen percent never climax under any circumstances. At ease, ladies. Say hello to “The Situation.”

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“The only time my wife and I had a simultaneous orgasm was when the judge signed the divorce papers.”

Woody Allen, comedic geezer who married his own adopted daughter

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adj. 1. Unreal; imaginary.

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The Sybian, an auto-erotic device designed for females and made famous on The Howard Stern Show, was originally called the Master Better. Dave Lampert, the device’s creator, wanted a more sophisticated-sounding name and chose “Sybian” after an ancient city in Rome known for its luxury. We prefer the name “Vegas”. With a price tag of $1300, thrill-seekers are truly getting screwed.

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Other Mythical Searches

The Lost City of Atlantis – No proof of Plato’s sunken island, but two cool resorts.
The Fountain of Youth – Ironically, Ponce de León’s search led him to Florida, where old people go to die.
Bigfoot – Tall furry figment of some unique individuals imaginations.
A Chicago Cubs World Series Championship – A century-long pursuit continues.
Nickleback – We’re still searching for their appeal.

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We already put together a presentation on the gobs of reasons that Chinese real estate is one of the most obvious bubbles ever — even seen from halfway around the world.

Here’s another point we should have put in, however: property hoarding.

Developers are tossing up condos, but refusing to sell units on anticipation that they’ll be able to get a better price in a few months down the road.

CCTV:

At a sales center of a new property project in Beijing, the salesperson says many units with three bed rooms are available. But they have fewer numbers of two bed room units.

A real estate agent said, “The developer is holding on to many units and wants to sell them later at higher prices.”

Developers have managed to find their own way to dodge regulations.

A real estate agent said, “If the developer doesn’t want to sell units in a new building, they will avoid applying for permission for pre-sale by telling the regulator they don’t have money.”

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A real estate agent said, “All the developers are hoarding properties. If you want to buy an apartment, you can only register now and wait until March or April. Because the developer says the price of a unit will be more than 100 thousand yuan then.”

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After nine years of strong bond inside the World Rally Championship and adjacent rally programmes, Henning Solberg and Cato Menkerud will go their separate ways starting the 2010 season. As confirmed by the Norwegian driver during the course of this week, Menkerud will no longer read him rally notes in 2010.

Although he insisted there is nothing wrong with the partnership between the two – as they have been racing in rally for almost a decade – we can’t help but wonder why the sudden change? … (read more)

The Internet identity landscape is about to get a lot more interesting if the latest rumor that Twitter is launching its version of Facebook Connect materializes. The war is being fought right now largely between Facebook and Google and the social network has a clear lead in mind-share snatching up some big-name websites which Google b… (read more)

Neil Young covers American Idol’s breakout hit “Pants On The Ground!”

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What is the MO answer for failed Climate forecasts? The problem here is they are in denial of reality.

ALL their forecasts for ongoing warming since 2000, more storms, MORE baking barbecue summers in UK & Europe, milder winters etc have failed. So THEIR MODEL HAS FAILED THEIR PREDICTIONS and so their theory must be scrapped. That should be the end of the matter. Ah but now their next tricks………

(i) Change the facts. The University (!?Yes funded by the taxpayer) of East Anglia has done that but got caught.
(ii) Change the rules ‘We have to wait longer for Climate to be measured’, they now say and the trusty spin machine, the BBC, make a film entitled.How the big freeze fits theories of global warming(gulp, read that again!!).

So how many more deep freeze winters do we need to be sure Global Warming is for real? The film is pseudo-scientific drivel which says this little bit of freeze-up doesn’t matter and implies ongoing world warming when in fact all measurements show cooling since 2002 (including even the fraudulent data from the University of East Anglia which admits it too but has it half as fast as the satellite data which they have not been allowed to tamper with).

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One of the few special edition Opel vehicles to be launched in the last twelve months by the German carmaker broke cover today, unveiling an exciting paint scheme over the worked out body. The Corsa Color Race edition has been made available for 15,560 euros and in three color choices: Sunny Melon Yellow, Casablanca White and Magma Red, all combined with an interesting checkered styling on the hood.

The exterior modification also include the bodywork, with the Corsa receiving a more muscular… (read more)

	Report: GM to build battery-only Volt, Lutz acknowledges range drops when cold Well, duh.		Detroit 2010: Toyota’s 2011 plug-in Prius release date is “aggressive” target So just hold on.
	Ford will increase SUV production because of “low supplies,” increased demand Hey, why not, right?	Other news: Here’s a thought: GM should buy Tesla Report: Fisker will announce battery deal for Karma this week Obama administration shifting transportation priorities to include livibility, environment

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If you liked the movie “Avatar”, just wait for the DVD to be released. Director James Cameron says the DVD version of the record-breaking movie will include a scene where paraplegic US Marine Jake Sully gets it on with his love interest, Neytiri.

According to sexy Zoe Saldana, who plays Neytiri, sex for the alien race involves the same process as communicating, namely locking hair with your love interest. The scene was cut from the theater version because the film was aimed at a family audience.

Sounds kinky? Sure. But is it hot? You’ll just have to wait for the DVD to come out.

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During the 4th European Cleaner Racing Conference held in Birmingham, UK yesterday, Lord Drayson unveiled the eCRP 1.0, the first Italian electric superbike that can be bought by teams who want to be part of TTXGP (the world’s first zero carbon, clean emission motorcycle series) for 30.000 euros (£26,725).

The bike is based on 2009’s TTXGP-winning Agni X01 and in order to show their support for the TTXGP, CRP say they will not supply bikes to teams wishing to compete in the rival FIM ePower S… (read more)

The Volkswagen New Compact Coupe presented at the 2010 Detroit Auto Show shows a concept model that will most likely be positioned somewhere between the Scirocco and the Passat CC in the Volkswagen line-up. The series model will possibly be name the Jetta Coupe, and indicates a new design direction for some of the new Volkswagen models coming up.

The design comes from Walter de Silva, and you can see the influence of his beloved Audi A5. The New Compact Coupe, or NCC, is a hybrid vehicle with a 1.4 TSI engine with 150 hp, and an electric motor with an additional 27 hp. It has a top speed of 227 km/hr and can reach 100 km/hr in 8.1 seconds.

Clearly, the Volkswagen NCC has impressive fuel consumption and CO2 emissions figures, using just 4.2 litres of fuel for every 100 km, and producing 98 g/km of CO2. It has a seven speed DSG gearbox and rear wheel drive. A possible New Compact Sedan will also be produced along the same design lines, to substitute the Jetta or even the Passat on the US market. The New Compact Sedan should be a five door, fastback model very similar to the Audi A5, and the NCC should appear in a production version by about 2012.