Initial Public Offering (and Facebook) Blues

August 1, 2012

Congress thinks Facebook’s IPO proves the system is broken. In fact, it may be a sign that the system still works.

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Who Likes Facebook Now?

June 4, 2012

Facebook’s IPO reminds us that business valuation principles apply even when a company has 900 million friends.

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Separating News From Noise

May 23, 2012

It has been a tumultuous few weeks in the financial markets, but there is less to the news than meets the eye.

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Just Because I Like You, Don’t Assume I Really Do

January 5, 2012

On Facebook, I may not really like you even if I do.

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Bosses React To Workers’ Anti-Social Networking

August 17, 2011

If keeping your job matters to you, think before you tweet.

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‘Club Wegmans’ Shows We Can Still Get Together

March 2, 2011

It isn’t news that some supermarkets offer customers a chance to get dates in the produce department without ever touching a piece of fruit, but a new outlet in suburban Washington, D.C., is taking things to another level. The local Wegmans, part of a 76-store chain based in Rochester, N.Y., offers a cozy restaurant, hosts live music and has come to be known as “Club Wegmans,” The Washington Post reported …

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Protecting Us From Opportunity

February 9, 2011

Securities laws are supposed to protect us from harm, but the rules that govern privately placed investments can end up shielding potential investors, not from fraud or theft, but from opportunity. Federal laws were written after the Crash of 1929 to protect investors, particularly individuals with small portfolios, who got caught up in the mania of the Roaring Twenties and lost everything, often on investments they did not fully understand. …

Women Discuss, Men Expound

February 7, 2011

With more than 3.5 million articles in English, Wikipedia contains information on nearly every topic imaginable, including its own authors. One thing the self-named Wikipedians reveal about themselves: Most of them are male. According to a chart titled “Demography of Wikipedia Editors,” included in the Wikipedia entry for “Wikipedia,” less than 15 percent of those who label themselves “occasional” or “regular” contributors are female. A study by the Wikimedia Foundation, …

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When Mattie Meets Halley

October 21, 2010

Awhile back, Mary Chapin Carpenter wrote a pretty little song about a baby and a comet. In Halley Came To Jackson, a father gazes at his daughter in the glow of Halley’s Comet when it appears in the sky above Mississippi in 1910. “He made a little wish while she slept so sound,” the song goes. “In 1986 that wish came ‘round,” when his daughter saw the comet again from …

The Great Firewall Of Harrisburg

September 17, 2010

Inspired, perhaps, by the rulers of China and Iran, the powers that be at Harrisburg University of Science and Technology are giving the school its own “great firewall.” For one week, students, faculty and employees at the Pennsylvania campus will be unable to reach social media sites, including Twitter and Facebook, via the campus network. But the college’s goal is not to suppress information. The goal of the exercise, according …

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