Self-made billionaire Alexander Rovt wanted an unfettered place to smoke cigars. That wish evolved into a $27 million homage to Manhattan testosterone.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 15:20

Some know him as the technical genius behind PayPal and SpaceX. Others, as the real-life playboy inspiration for Iron Man. The truth is both--and more.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 15:01

An 1867 law prohibiting lawsuits before a tax is collected may give the Supreme Court an out on the Obamacare suit.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 14:52

In this series we are looking at the Fama-French three-factor model of investment returns. Any model of investment returns tries to predict an investment's returns and volatility by factors that can be measured in advance of investing. The first factor, beta, taught us that the riskier, more volatile stocks on average [...]

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 14:30

Love him or hate him, Woods remains the most compelling figure in sports as he has been for most of the past 15 years. He attracts casual sports fans to their TVs like no other golfer or athlete since Michael Jordan.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 14:25

We must be at the point where statisticians are being employed around the globe just to keep track of the records being set by Lionel Messi. This past week Messi beat the Barcelona all-time goal scoring record of Cesar Rodriguez that had stood for over half a century. They say that [...]

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 13:57

GE is one of the biggest and most influential companies in the world, and it might be even more valuable if it weren’t for the conglomerate discount.

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 13:17

Image via inpharm In the IRS’s quest for better and more automated matching of income and Social Security numbers, it’s well known that IRS Forms 1099 are important. See Watch Your Mail For 1099s. You get the pesky little slips of paper in January signaling that you have something to report [...]

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 12:04

"Mad Men" is back, and I'm elated. A two hour opening episode set on June 1, 1966 brought back everyone except Betty Draper--actress January Jones was on maternity leave. Its central kicker involved race. A bunch of young associates at Young & Rubicam dropped water "balloons" on black civil rights [...]

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 05:31

Professor Robin Dunbar is best known for his work related to how many stable social relationships the human brain can manage. In earlier research, he argued that the optimal number of active relationships is 150 -- now famously known as the "Dunbar Number." Dunbar is once again delving into the brain's social capacity, but this [...]

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 04:09