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Do some trading using your computer:All such methodologies fall under the catch-all title of technical analysis,the subject of countless books,newsletters and “how-I-got-rich”infomercial testimonials. The central idea —reducing securities markets to mathematically crunchable datasets that can be objectively analyzed —is as old as trading itself. Finally,a way to put [...] Meat grown in huge vats could be a possibility. But really,do we want to have a synthosteak? And what are the energy benefits of such a thing,ie,how much energy goes into it and what goes out of it? And with the recent scandals,how much of chemicals do we really want in [...] Ben Hammersley points to the recent Supreme Court decision declaring grokster liable for the file swapping,torture in Abu Ghraib and all ills in the world. Ben notes that US law may not apply elsewhere in the world,leaving other countries free to apply this technology in whichever way they conceive it is best. However [...] Small city,big problems when it attempts to grow:Exactly what happened to Krispy Kreme and its financial and operating woes: “When we see patterns of excessive compensation,that is usually an indicator that the board is not sufficiently independent,”says Marshall. As a result of the board’s coziness,he says,no one stepped in [...] Acknowledged. Being in charge is costly:Executives at the roundtable consistently said that complying with Section 404 has been more expensive than they had anticipated,and they questioned whether the benefit –which no one has been able to quantify –is worth the cost. There are,perhaps unsurprisingly,several studies of the cost of [...] On the oncoming energy wars,check the McKinsey’s article about Asia’s energy future needs:The magnitude of Asia’s future energy needs explains this urgency:the region’s share of global consumption will nearly double in the next 20 years,to about 48 percent for oil and 22 percent for natural gas. By 2010,the region’s oil [...] I am waiting for airlines to start in-flight advertising,such and such flight sponsored by corporatiosn and the like,and a “reserved seat”. Imagine:Your favorite window seat with lots of leg room sponsored by Starbucks,with logo and all. It works for other forms of mass transit. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d1898′).each( function(e){e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) }); Fast Company points to Teresa Amabile,from the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at HBS,whose research focus on creativity;sadly for the advocates of death marches and non-compensated overtime,her study suggests that creativity,and by extension,economic life,comes from working on a safe environment,with proper rewards and certainty. In particular,the piece on [...] Economies of un-scale But they are making everything available –only information. What about these other things that actually require of a sufficiently high amount of consumers? Do we still get these? Do we count on distribution channels so powerful as to send us,say,our last car,our last computer? are we able to [...] The Monetary Economics of Thurston Howell III delas with our perception of the validity of currency:The Swiss Dinar may have been the first successful post-fiat money. Bookmark It Hide Sites $$(‘div.d1787′).each( function(e){e.visualEffect(‘slide_up’,{duration:0.5}) }); |  | ||||||
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