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The question and answer social network Quora has raised $50 million in new funding to help the company grow.

What do you think–is the site worth this massive valuation? Over at AppNewser, we have more details about how many people use the mobile and Facebook apps for the site. Below, we’ve rounded up some literary material from the site.

Here’s more from The Wall Street Journal: “Quora Inc., a question-and-answer site started by two of Facebook’s earliest employees, Adam D’Angelo and Charlie Cheever, has raised $50 million in a new financing that values it at $400 million, up from a valuation of around $86 million two years ago, said people familiar with the matter.”

How Publishers & Authors Can Use Quora

The site links to your Twitter or Facebook accounts, letting you interact with your friends while asking and answering questions. We recommend new users start with the Books, Bookstores, Libraries,  Publishing, Self-Publishing or Creative Writing topics as they explore the rapidly growing site. Below, we’ve linked to five simple ways authors and publishers are using Quora.

Here’s more from the site: “One way you can think of it is as a cache for the research that people do looking things up on the web and asking other people. Eventually, when you see a link to a question page on Quora, your feeling should be: ‘Oh, great! That’s going to have all the information I want about that.’ It’s also a place where new stuff–that no one has written about yet–can get pulled onto the web.”

This question was viewed 155 times by users and 13 people are still following responses: “Why was Tim Ferriss’ four Hour Work Week so much more successful than other books that contain similar ideas?”

This question was viewed 78 times and generated a number of honest responses:  “How much does an author get paid for a first book?”

This question sparked a debate about a particular book, earning a response from the author himself: “How accurate is the reporting in David Kirkpatrick’s book The Facebook Effect?”

The site is also very handy for exploring new genres and trends in an interactive way. “What is transmedia storytelling?” asked one reader, receiving answers from professionals and some useful links.

Finally, the site helps writers answer process questions like this simple request: “Should you put one or two spaces after a period?“

This is our 3rd store in The Villages; we’re excitedto continue expanding our service offerings in the area. they will be well-suited for locals seeking impeccable auto-repair services – even for golf carts! – Dan Hennelly, CEO of The Tire Choice

The Villages, Fla. (PRWEB) May 09, 2012

The Tire Choice & Total Car Care, Florida’s fastest growing tire and auto repair super store, is preparing the opening of a new location in The Villages, Florida located near the newly opened Publix store on 466A at 280 Colony Boulevard. The Villages location had a “soft opening” on May 1, which will be followed by a grand opening celebration the first week of June.

“This is our 3rd store in The Villages, so we’re quite excited to continue expanding our service offerings in the area,” said Dan Hennelly, CEO of The Tire Choice. “They will be well-suited for locals seeking impeccable auto-repair services – even for golf carts!”

The Tire Choice welcomes the new store employees to the team. The Villages store staff will uphold The Tire Choice’s principles of treating every customer with respect and courtesy. The new store boasts 6,800 sq ft of floor space with 10 repair bays and will offer all of The Tire Choice’s current selection of tire brands and services.

The store hours of the new Tire Choice location will be: Mon-Fri 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Sat 7 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sun 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

To celebrate the opening of the new store, The Villages location will be offering two unique specials for one week only:

•     Buy 3 tires and get the 4th free for all Major Brand tires
•     Lube, oil & filter for only $17.99

For more information, contact The Villages store at 352-430-0043, or visit thetirechoice.com.

About The Tire Choice & Total Car Care

The Tire Choice & Total Car Care is Florida’s Fastest Growing Tire & Auto Repair superstore. We carry a number of unique and impressive distinctions, including listing on Modern Tire Dealer’s list of 100 “Top Independent Tire Dealer Chains in the U.S.”, an A+ rating from The Better Business Bureau, and Best Auto Service by the South Lee Messenger, and more.

We pride ourselves on the prices we offer and the service we provide. We carry the finest brand name tires like Michelin, BFGoodrich, Uniroyal, Pirelli, Bridgestone, Yokohama, Nitto, Goodyear, Falken & Continental. However, we want our visitors to know that we are not only the right choice for tires, but for all car care needs. Our facilities are state-of-the-art and designed to suit our customers and their vehicles.

At The Tire Choice, we hire and train the best teams that will go the extra mile to ensure 100% satisfaction. All our technicians are certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). We offer the finest quality name brand tires and back them with a warranty that’s available at over 30,000 locations nationwide. So what are you waiting for? Make the right choice … The Tire Choice!

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If you want to pretty-up the P&L of a car company, there are two quick fixes: You cut marketing expenses, or you cut R&D. A cut of R&D expenses.
The Truth about Cars

If Joe Nocera had started putting $1,000 inflation-adjusted dollars a month into the S&P 500 in January 1980–back then it would have been $340/month–he would now have $1.3 million in his 401(k): real contributions of $384,000, and $916,000 of accumulated reinvested dividends and capital gains. At a retirement spending rate of 5%/year that is $65,000/year of income: not princely, but the median American worker makes $26,500/year.

The problem is if you trade or hire others to trade for you: then you (or they) buy high and sell low because when you (or they) trade you do not ask yourself the question: “who is taking the other side of this transaction, and if they think it is a good time to sell why is it a good time for me to buy?” and if you hire people to trade for you, you also pay them their salaries, options, and bonuses.

And if management fees and price pressure reduce your returns by 3%/year, we are talking not $1.3 million but $498,000–with what would otherwise be Joe’s extra $800,000 going to the Princes of Wall Street who took the other side of his transactions and whom he paid to manage his money for him.

Invest the Social Security Trust Fund in equities by all means. but do not rely on individual savings invested in actively-managed accounts to fund anybody’s retirement in any half-serious way.

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In February 2009, as the Obama administration was beginning to make its pitch for a major health care overhaul, then-White House budget director Peter Orszag made his closing pitch for the law at a summit in Washington: “To my fellow …
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