the buzz log

...Her right to choose. A top fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, "lynn forester de rothschild" (+14,948%), announced she's throwing her support to Republican John McCain. The reversal sent the telecom tycoon's name shooting up Search. According to Huffington Post, a Clinton spokeswoman said that the New York senator disagrees with Rothschild's decision to endorse the Republican candidate.

...Baring all. With the recent financial crisis giving us a crash-course in finance lingo, the term "naked short selling" (+7,955%) was buzzing above all, leading us to look into the term apparently responsible for some of the stock market's sudden downturn. While regular short selling is an acceptable practice that leads to profiting when a company's stock price goes down, naked short selling can push prices far lower than a legit short transaction, according to an explanation by USA Today. This led the SEC to move to protect investors against the practice. You can read the SEC press release here.

...Dressed for success. Season five of the fashion design reality show is well underway, and with last night's episode sent fans running to their computers for "project runway spoilers" (116%). Hosted by "you're either in or you're out" supermodel Heidi Klum (+2,665%), this season is the show's swan song on the Bravo network and its NYC locale. While we won't give anything away, we will say that this episode was all about transformation. And who couldn't use a little bit of that?