It?s the end of Round One of Tax Madness! Most of the GOP presidential nominees advanced to the next round. That?s to be expected because they?re all talking tax in an effort to woo votes. on the international scene also moved forward: Sarkozy, Merkel and Cameron all got a nod, as did Lucas Papademos, largely ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 02:52

Whether they realize it or not, economists Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson are constructal theorists. Their new book, Why Nations Fail, "answers the question that has stumped the experts for centuries: Why are some nations rich and others poor" and then goes on to, "conclusively show that it is man-made political and economic institutions that underlie economic success (or the lack of it)." So it's not the landscape, it's the flow configuration, just as Adrian Bejan's Constructal Law predicts.

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 21:53

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is in advanced talks to buy the NBA?s Memphis Grizzlies, CSNBayArea.com reported on Saturday. Ellison made a failed bid almost two years ago to buy the Golden State Warriors, and he subsequently made an unsuccessful bid for the New Orleans Hornets. The site asserts that according to two sources, Ellison has ...

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 21:53

At least it appears that ?s move to the ability to censor Blogger posts on a country by country basis has broken Disqus as a comments system in some manner. The basic change is both simple and worthwhile and described here. The basic point is something I?ve been going on about for years. We?re not ...

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 18:23

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted by , a Forbes managing editor who oversees the channel, with an unusually intriguing offer. He wondered if I'd be interested in talking on camera with Diana Henriques, author of The Wizard of Lies, about her jailhouse correspondence with Bernie Madoff, a correspondence that will soon be ...

pubblicato il: 18/03/2012 - 18:55

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

Evercore Partners analyst Patrick Wang late Sunday raised his rating on Nvidia to Equal Weight from Underweight, with a new target of $15, up from $12. The stock closed Friday at $14.60. The stock is down about 11% over the last month. The analyst notes that the stock has underperformed the market dramatically year to ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 05:23

Say what you will about the benefits of clean energy or the costs of pollution, the jury has returned an ambiguous verdict on the greening of the commercial real-estate market.?? The niche has become mainstream. ??Anyone who says green buildings, which are certified by third-party verifiers as demonstrating superior environmental performance and resource efficiency, are ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 05:23

The medium and the message of legal innovation for women is an app.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 05:23

On St. Patrick?s Day, everyone wanted to be Irish for the day. If Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan had his way, foreign executives would be Irish every day. Under Noonan?s controversial Special Assignee Relief Programme and the Foreign Earnings Deduction, certain multinational employees who take key jobs in Irish-based companies would receive a significant portion ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 04:25