The Economist and Facebook have put together this interesting little graphic. It shows how the foreign connections that people put on their Facebook pages seem very heavily influenced by the colonies and empires of the past. However, I would submit that they?ve not quite thought through their explanation of this as yet: Here?s what they ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 19:24

One of the best running jokes in the gaming industry today is the twitter account @petermolydeux. It?s a parody feed of the inner workings of the mind of Peter Molyneux, the Black and White and Fable creator known for his eccentric and boundary pushing ideas, boundaries that are sometimes labeled ?sanity? or ?plausibility.? With almost ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 15:24

When I was in the fourth grade, I had a bad case of FOMO. I contracted it when I realized that all of my classmates (or so it seemed) had Nickelodeon, and I didn't. They talked about cartoons and television shows watched the night before ??? something about a game show where the losing contestant ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 19:21

The purpose of the stress test is to ensure that the banks have enough capital to lend to customers and businesses even under extremely trying economic conditions.

pubblicato il: 16/03/2012 - 17:25

With inflation under control and a targeted growth rate of 7.5 percent, China's National People's Congress is focused on maintaining robust, yet sustainable, economic growth.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 14:23

? ? Congressional Republicans announced on Friday their intent to link the widely supported House bill to repeal the Medicare Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) with a more partisan medical malpractice reform bill. ? The IPAB repeal bill, which has been well-received thus far, and in a rare showing of bipartisanship, is co-sponsored by 20 ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 16:23

Despite the great promise of medicine to extend life and combat aging, the fact remains that despite the fervent wishes of transhumanists, death will come to us all.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 03:54

Felix Salmon has the gory details of what actually happened in the flash crash yesterday. Yes, stock got mispriced for a time, the IPO of BATS was withdrawn (not all that much of a surprise really. Revealing that a problem in your trading system will crash the price of the world?s most valuable company right ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 16:54

The Florida legislature is in the process of passing new legislation to raise electricity costs still higher.

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 17:55

The top issue, according to a study published by Forbes Insights, entitled "Corporate Philanthropy: The New Paradigm: Volunteerism. Competence. Results," is social services. Forty-five percent of companies address social services in their corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts. At number two: environmental causes (44% of companies). Community development came in third with 40% support. These are ...

pubblicato il: 21/03/2012 - 22:48