The mathematical equation that caused the banks to crash – Science – The...
The Black-Scholes equation was the mathematical justification for trading that plunged the world's banks into catastrophe, says Ian Stewart Continue reading →
View ArticlePsychiatry’s “Bible” Gets an Overhaul: Scientific American
Psychiatry's diagnostic guidebook gets its first major update in 30 years. The changes may surprise you Continue reading →
View ArticleA look at where each of the 50 states stand on implementing the federal...
Here is a look at where each of the 50 states stand on implementing President Barack Obama’s federal health care overhaul, which the Supreme Court ruled Thursday can go forward with its aim of covering...
View ArticleToo big to fail – too lofty to learn? – World – DW.DE – 11.07.2012
With investigators zeroing in on over a dozen big banks in the Libor rate rigging scandal, the timing couldn't be better for a structural overhaul of Europe’s banking sector. Not so fast, says the...
View ArticleSquare: Jack Dorsey’s payments firm is Silicon Valley’s next great company.
Ever since Facebook went public, people in Silicon Valley have been a bit bummed out about the tech industry. Keep in mind that the Valley is infinitely optimistic, so even when they’re bummed, folks...
View ArticleObama May Back F.B.I. Plan to Wiretap Web Users
The Obama administration is on the verge of backing an F.B.I. plan for an overhaul of surveillance laws that would make it easier to wiretap people who communicate by Internet rather than phone....
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