Podcasting, Hot or Not

I've dabbled a bit with podcasting early on when it wasn't so easy to do, then dabbled some more since it's become easier thanks to tools like Skype and Hot Recorder. Yet, I've not jumped on the podcasting bandwagon wholeheartedly and asked myself why.

Whirpool Enters the Maytag Game

Whirlpool has made an offer to purchase Maytag for $17 per share. Maytag said that it would consider the proposal, though the company said that it's board of directors hasn't changed its recommendation of the existing Ripplewood-led transaction.

Feds Warn of Pain Patch Overdose Risk

The US Food and Drug Administration issued a public health advisory regarding the use of skin patches containing the "very strong narcotic" pain reliever, fentanyl, while investigating 120 deaths that may have been due to overdose.