Jul 10 Watch Futurist Ray Kurzweil on Singularity Paul Solman talks with Ray Kurzweil about singularity: the melding of man and machine. Continue watching
Jul 09 Disappearing Dead: Economic Optimism about Immortality EmbedVideo(3842, 620, 386); Will we one day be able to live forever? Interesting question, especially for a page where I usually take your financial, rather than science, questions. But what is the goal of economics if not the… Continue reading
Jul 09 Disappearing Dead: Economic Optimism about Immortality EmbedVideo(3842, 482, 304); Will we one day be able to live forever? Interesting question, especially for a page where I usually take your financial, rather than science, questions. But what is the goal of economics if not the… Continue reading
Jul 09 10 Questions for Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales By News Desk Updated July 10 | When Wikipedia formally launched on Jan. 15, 2001, creators Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger hoped to create over 100,000 articles. Today, Wikipedia has more than 22 million articles in over 285 languages. In the 11 years… Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch Disappearing Dead: Economic Optimism about Immortality Paul Solman interviews inventor,author and futurist Ray Kurzweil about eternal life. Continue watching
Jul 09 Are Student Loans Forgiven for the Peace Corps or Disability? Peace Corp volunteer Scott Wilhelm, right, worked as an agroforestry volunteer in El Salvador, assisting local farmers in growing fruit trees after a volcanic eruption destroyed their crops. Photo by the Peace Corps via a U.S. Government Work license. Continue reading
Jul 09 Are Student Loans Forgiven for the Peace Corps or Disability? Peace Corp volunteer Scott Wilhelm, right, worked as an agroforestry volunteer in El Salvador, assisting local farmers in growing fruit trees after a volcanic eruption destroyed their crops. Photo by the Peace Corps via a U.S. Government Work license. Continue reading
Jul 09 President Obama Set to Renew Battle Over Bush Tax Cuts By Christina Bellantoni Supporters of President Obama listen to him speak at a campaign event last week in Pittsburgh. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Three days after a third consecutive disappointing jobs report, President Obama intends to shift his attention Monday to the… Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch Britain's Barclays Investigated for Rigging Libor Rates In a scandal that triggered a CEO resignation, an investigation and basic questions about the integrity of the financial system, British bank Barclays paid $450 million in fines last week to settle accusations that it helped rig the Libor rate. Continue watching
Jul 06 Watch Weak Job Numbers Put Recovery in Doubt Employers added just 80,000 jobs in June, well below the numbers some economists had predicted and a clear sign the economic recovery is still faltering. Ray Suarez speaks with supporters of both presidential campaigns to hear why they believe the… Continue watching