Sep 05 How to Print Dollars in Your Own Backyard and Keep Them Away from Wal-Mart By Paul Solman BerkShares are the local paper currency of Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Photo courtesy of Lauren Fuller Photography. What if you used a different currency to buy a sandwich from your main street deli than you did to make a purchase at… Continue reading
Sep 04 The Importance of Being Rowling (and Why Quality Matters Less) What's in a name? Quite a lot when it comes to book sales. J.K. Rowling, above, reads the first pages of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows." Photo courtesy of Flickr user Ran Yaniv Hartstein. Is there a formula for… Continue reading
Sep 04 The Importance of Being Rowling (and Why Quality Matters Less) By Wahyd Vannoni What's in a name? Quite a lot when it comes to book sales. J.K. Rowling, above, reads the first pages of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows." Photo courtesy of Flickr user Ran Yaniv Hartstein. Is there… Continue reading
Sep 03 Watch Tech Giants Verizon, Microsoft Make Long-Term Bets on a More Wireless Future Tech Giants Verizon, Microsoft Make Long-term Bets on a More Wireless Future… Continue watching
Sep 02 Who's Working on Labor Day? America's Fastest-Growing Jobs By Simone Pathe A majority of Americans still supports labor unions, but a majority also believes they're likely to weaken. Photo of Charlotte Labor Day parade courtesy of Jared Soares for the PBS NewsHour. On this Labor Day, when fewer than one in… Continue reading
Sep 02 Who's Working on Labor Day? America's Fastest-Growing Jobs By Simone Pathe A majority of Americans still supports labor unions, but a majority also believes they're likely to weaken. Photo of Charlotte Labor Day parade courtesy of Jared Soares for the PBS NewsHour. On this Labor Day, when fewer than one in… Continue reading
Sep 02 Can You Trust Social Security's Estimate of Your Benefits? By Laurence Kotlikoff You may receive several conflicting estimates of your future benefits from Social Security. Photo courtesy of Justin Sullivan/Getty Images.* Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and his Social… Continue reading
Sep 02 Can You Trust Social Security's Estimate of Your Benefits? By Laurence Kotlikoff By Larry Kotlikoff You may receive several conflicting estimates of your future benefits from Social Security. Photo courtesy of Justin Sullivan/Getty Images. Larry Kotlikoff's Social Security original 34 "secrets", his additional secrets, his Social Security "mistakes" and… Continue reading
Aug 31 Can Microsoft Be Saved? Maybe Not By Vivek Wadhwa Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at the launch event of Windows 8 in 2012. Photo courtesy of Lucas Jackson/REUTERS. Is Microsoft going the way of the Soviet Union? Vivek Wadhwa, vice president for academics and innovation at Singularity University,… Continue reading
Aug 31 Can Microsoft Be Saved? Maybe Not By Vivek Wadhwa Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer speaks at the launch event of Windows 8 in 2012. Photo courtesy of Lucas Jackson/REUTERS. Is Microsoft going the way of the Soviet Union? Vivek Wadhwa, vice president for academics and innovation at Singularity University,… Continue reading