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Insuring the Bitcoin loss with another digital currency

By Simone Pathe

So what happens to the value of all those lost Bitcoins? Enter Goxcoin -- a new digital currency that would insure the assets trapped in Mt. Gox.

Are your grades killing your grandmother? Dan Ariely's prescription: The perfect MOOC

By Dan Ariely

More college students lose grandparents right before taking college exams. Duke professor and irrationality expert Dan Ariely has a solution: Enroll in Massive Open Online Courses to spare grandparents some fatal stress.

Target CIO resigns over data breach

By Sam Lane

The chief information officer at retail giant Target has resigned following a massive holiday-season data breach, which affected millions of customers.

Guacamole at Chipotle could be climate change's next casualty

By Ruth Tam

What do the Arctic’s ice cap, America’s bee population and Chipotle’s guacamole have in common? They’re all potential casualties of global climate change. In Chipotle’s 2013 annual…

Yes, you can cash in on multiple exes' Social Security benefits

By Laurence Kotlikoff

Larry Kotlikoff exposes yet another peculiarity of our nation's Social Security system that allows a spouse to live off the largest benefits package of multiple ex-spouses.

Gamblers wager billions on unregulated Bitcoin betting sites

By Simone Pathe

Billions of dollars in gambling is happening in a currency that is largely unregulated, on websites set up on offshore servers, and right under the noses of officials who are unaware it exists.

Will Mt. Gox's missing money prompt regulation on Bitcoin?

By PBS News Hour

Mt. Gox, an early player in the virtual currency Bitcoins, became a major online exchange until the disappearance of a significant sum and the subsequent bankruptcy of the company. Kashmir Hill of Forbes joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the potential…

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Major Bitcoin exchange files for bankruptcy, loses $425 million in virtual currency

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How to protect your retirement if you think inflation is right around the corner

By Lewis Mandell

The threat of rising inflation, even if it exceeds the Fed's target rate by just a few percentage points, could jeopardize the fixed income many boomers depend on during retirement. Lew Mandell explains when and how to secure inflation-protected income.

Can financial engineering save cancer research?

By Edward Benz, Andrew Lo and Michael Goldberg, Associated Press/Report for America

Cancer is the leading cause of death for individuals under 85, and government funding for basic research is in dangerous decline. But the same financing model that's blamed for the housing collapse could change the way we tackle this killer.