A different neutrino detector has measured neutrinos travelling less than the speed of light, just as Einstein predicted, casting further doubt on the claim that they can travel faster.

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 05:17

  Image via CrunchBase Surveys have found that roughly 95 percent of the investing public do not know the difference between brokers and investment advisors.  By law, investment advisors are held to a fiduciary standard -- think something like a trustee.  By law, brokers are specifically exempted from the fiduciary standard.  HighTower [...]

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 03:02

We learn in “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson that the college-age son of the most iconic American businessman of his era wants to be a cancer researcher. There is no mention he wants to follow dad into the business he co-founded, Apple, or anything like it.  It turns out that [...]

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 02:36

Think Lawsuit? (Image via Wikipedia) Mike Daisey’s lies about Foxconn’s Chinese factories emerged because Rob Schmitz, a Public Radio reporter based in China, thought Daisey’s account sounded fishy and investigated for himself. Since Schmitz’s account—based mostly on discussions with Daisey’s interpreter—and This American Life’s retraction of an [...]

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 01:09

It's really hard to get an article on the op-ed page of the New York Times. So if you want to quit, you might have to find another way to do it.

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 22:11

No. it wasn't magic powers; just the influence of common sense. Imagine that equity markets are rebounded more strongly than expected since early 2009, when all was most gloomy. Wells Fargo at $32, Coca-Cola over $70, American Express in the mid50s, and IBM over $200 a share-- all Buffett beauties that have benefited.

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 21:58

Exclusive: Paula Smith of Hinesville, Georgia has a company called Stickatude.com. And they're selling their own version of an anti-Obama bumper sticker that reads "Don't Re-Nig 2012." Ms. Smith told me in a telephone conversation on Saturday afternoon that the bumper sticker has been in their inventory since June 2010, [...]

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 21:57

Chaleo Yoovidhya, cofounder of energy drink company Red Bull, died of natural causes in Thailand, according to reports.

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 21:20

Chaleo Yoovidhya, cofounder of energy drink company Red Bull, died of natural causes in Thailand, according to reports.

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 21:20

VideoThe battle to retake Earth pales in comparison to the battle to retake Mass Effect. Brent Knowles worked at BioWare for ten years on iconic titles like Baldur’s Gate 2, Neverwinter Nights, and Dragon Age. Much of that time he was Lead Designer and Creative Director at the RPG developer. So he [...]

pubblicato il: 17/03/2012 - 19:34