Pinterest is on a hot streak when it comes to users acquisition. However, its existing Terms of Service have received many criticisms, including this recent one on Scientific American. Previously, the Terms of Service allow the virtual pinboard company to ?sell? (among others) your contents. Now, the ?sell? word is gone and Pinterest says it ...

pubblicato il: 24/03/2012 - 12:25

The head of Hong Kong's Treasury and Financial Services Bureau, Professor Chan, blasted those that call for the end of their peg to the U.S. dollar, noting they are consolidating their financial hub status on the back of the RMB.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 23:54

Toronto designer Lucian Matis explores the nature evoking spider webs.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 23:24

Few are asking why prosecutors are wasting the public's money investigating crimes with no victims.

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 23:24

I have no doubt that actual ?entitled? gamers do exist in the wild. In just about any business there?s always going to be that customer. You know the one. Anyone who?s waited tables knows what I?m talking about: the customer who you simply can?t please, who takes up 90% of your time while all the ...

pubblicato il: 15/03/2012 - 23:24

? There is something very wrong when the sitting president refuses to divulge huge pieces of information about his background. What is he hiding? Maybe the "birthers" were a little extreme, but is there something wrong with this "manufactured candidate," whose history remains sealed from public view? What is he hiding? Could the "Hawaii birth ...

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

One of the points that economists have a really hard time getting over, probably because it is so counter-intuitive, is that we human beings don?t really consume resources, we create them. This has implications for huge swathes of the environmental movement and also for certain parts of the Peak Oil theory. Please note that I?m ...

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

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 Yes, stock got mispriced for a time, the IPO of BATS was withdrawn (not all that much of a surprise really.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

As everyone knows, from March 26 to March 28, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in one of the most important cases to come before the court in our lifetimes: Florida v. HHS, the case that will determine the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Lest you think I'm exaggerating, the High Court has assigned six hours, over three days, to hearing arguments in the case: something it hasn't done in 45 years. In this article, I'll preview the key aspects of the case, and what to look for in the courtroom.

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

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 3/28/12, Chimera Investment Corporation (NYSE: CIM) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.11, payable on 4/27/12. As a percentage of CIM?s recent stock price of $3.00, this dividend works out to approximately 3.67%, so look for shares of Chimera Investment Corporation ...

pubblicato il: 26/03/2012 - 17:56