Jacob Marley

“Fascinating, must-watch video of Eric Rosenfeld talking recently at MIT about the collapse of hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), and the myths and lessons therein.”

new online collectivism that is nothing less than a resurgence of the idea that the collective is all-wise, that it is desirable to have influence concentrated in a bottleneck that can channel the collective with the most verity and force.

“a safe, cheerful, comfortable place to live, a decent education, and a few good times? You mean shame about not knowing where the Money River is?”

Under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, members of the IMF commit to a code of conduct on exchange rate policies and domestic economic and financial policies. The IMF has a duty to monitor adherence to this code more...

“Bruce Bueno de Mesquita”

One of the early popular layout conventions for Web pages was the centered 3-column layout. This layout consists of a main content area bordered on either side by narrow sidebar columns. Despite the inherent problems with this sort of layout, more...

Israeli eToro is taking a novel approach in simplifying Foreign Exchange (Forex) trading by packaging the complicated concepts involved in trading one currency against another, in fun non-threatening wrappers.

There are a great deal of social news sites on the internet, sometimes too many. Most of them are dormant and are no longer active, largely because they were poorly marketed and hence, never had an active community of users more...

mp3 streaming file of WHO update on A(H1N1). Phase 5 pandemic. Phase 6 decision unknown. different measures globally, says "be ready".

Doerr views entrepreneurs as missionaries rather than mercenaries, and gives examples of both groups, including drive and paranoia (mercenary) and passion (missionary).