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While magazines and newspapers head into the red, the textbook industry seems to be heading into the green these days. Online textbook rental startups are gaining momentum, and Kindle is […]
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation announced quarterly profits of $254 million today. It’s a sure sign that, as the industry leader plans to make readers pay for the online content of […]
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When it comes to investment advice, should you ignore everyone and think for yourself?
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The systemic problems on Wall Street skewed the collective judgments of the market in the last decade.
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James Surowiecki gives tips on how to use the Internet to stay competitive without a job.
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What makes some crowds smarter than others? Hint: you don’t always want people who fit the mold.
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A conversation with the author of “The Wisdom of Crowds” and the business columnist for The New Yorker.
I buy books. I also have written a book. So I have a more-than-idle interest in this week’s giant-monster fight over ebooks, which pitted Amazon against the big publisher Macmillan […]
The Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints may be set to meet in Super Bowl XLIV in Miami next Sunday, but a side bet between the Indianapolis Museum of Art […]
Mutation of the gene dubbed the “guardian angel” for its ability to protect the body from genetic instability leads to cellular changes responsible for triggering premature birth.
Failed vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is calling on the White House to fire Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel for using the word “retarded” during a strategy session last year.
The Financial Times' columnist Martin Wolf writes that this year’s World Economic Forum at Davos was like sitting at the bedside of someone who had survived a heart attack.
Signs point to “a cultural shift on gays in the military” according to The Washington Post, which says that “arguments against it have lost traction over time.”
British psychologists have discovered that people who spend a considerable time online are less likely to be happy than those who don’t, claiming there’s “a dark side” to web surfing.
Two of the most reviled professions, spies and bankers, have joined forces to create an even scarier beast as Wall Street firms begin hiring CIA agents to root out lying colleagues.
The leader of Malaysia’s opposition party, Anwar Ibrahim, has gone on trial for sodomy in Kuala Lumpur after his DNA was found on the male aide making allegations of rape.
The dispute over the will of one of Asia’s wealthiest women, Nina Wang, was found in favor of her family’s charitable foundation despite her feng shui expert lover claiming a stake.
The United States has reacted warily after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran appeared to accept a deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
Scientists have uncovered powerful evidence showing the connection between intelligence and madness, revealing that high-achievers are far more likely to be manic depressives.
There’s a reason why the subtle trivialities of office life have long been a springboard for some of our most absurd humor: much of our day-to-day duties are arbitrary, unnecessary, […]