Tyner Blain (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
A look back at the best from this week in the past. Foundation Series: Continuous Integration Continuous Integration Continuous Integration is the software development and quality process where all team members merge their code and verify it frequently - at least daily. This verification project includes both an automated build process and automated testing. The main benefits of [...]
Greg Mankiw's Blog (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
Gas prices knock bicycle sales, repairs into higher gear
The Conscience of a Liberal (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
I’ve been having a terrible time downloading data from the Energy Information Agency — painfully slow, nothing seemed to work. Then, for some reason, I decided to try logging into the Princeton VPN first — and everything was suddenly fine. Anyone have an idea what that's about? Some sort of firewall to keep out the [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
grist.org Though the nation's pundits have decided that the primary race is over , someone failed to get Clinton the memo -- she is determined to stay in to the bitter end . The next primaries are in West Virginia and Kentucky, states where the number of poor whites is high and consequently the Obama campaign expects to get crushed ; there's a good chance that even if Clinton dropped out tomorrow,...
The Conscience of a Liberal (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
In case you're wondering, I didn't write about public transit for tomorrow. But I did some homework on the thought that I might, and might as well put it here. So here’s Exhibit A for the proposition that even in a nation with low overall population density, where the antelope roam and the skies are not [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
BEIJING — China has established a homegrown company to make passenger jumbo jets, state media reported Sunday _ a step forward in the country's quest...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
FOR 15 years through 2005, Bill Miller, one of the country's most closely watched and widely worshiped stockpickers, made investments that handily beat stock...
Calculated Risk (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
From the O.C. Register: A three-hour tour of foreclosed homes . This is a tour of coastal properties in Orange County, CA, with some homes over $1 million. Here is the video . Not exactly subprime. Trivia: the longest "three-hour tour" (from the TV show Gilligan's Island) also left from Orange County!
Real Time Economics (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
On the eve of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s conference on reforms to financial markets in Sea Island, Ga., it wasn't bad economic data attendees were dodging — it was the weather. A unconfirmed tornado touched down a few miles from the conference hotel, according to hotel workers, knocking out power in pockets across [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Not everything is the Bush White House's fault. Not everything. In this case, not fully their fault, but this contrast is too striking to go without comment. Laura Bush on Cyclone Nagris and ... Last week, the White House sent Laura Bush out to speak on the disastrous cyclone in Myanmar . She gave a prepared statement. And, then she took questions. And, the press had their chance to...
Market Movers (Free subscription) | yesterday
FT Alphaville is hiring , and I took the opportunity to ask its fearless leader, Paul Murphy, a few questions about the FT's flagship blog operation and the way that bloggers are treated at the pink 'un. Here are his answers: How big is the Alphaville team? Currently four, of which three are in London (myself, Sam Jones, Helen Thomas) and one in Tokyo (Gwen Robinson, who is primarily concerned with...
Freelance Folder (Free subscription) | yesterday
Design matters. There’s no question about it. Whether you're a graphic designer, copywriter, photographer or blogger, any and all sorts of design will shape the outcome of your business from the moment you present yourself. Think about it. We all know someone that has been gracefully blessed with the divine skills of something. That something can [...]
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
WASHINGTON — The unemployment rate drops. Productivity grows. The trade deficit shrinks. Sounds great, right? Not so fast. Borrowing radio broadcaster Paul Harvey's signature saying:...
Groundswell (Free subscription) | yesterday
by Josh Bernoff This week we'll look at a group that gets less attention online, seniors. (If you're new to this weekly data chart or the Social Technographics Profile, check out the previous weekly data charts.) This chart is from...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
The funds that pay pension and health benefits to police officers, teachers and millions of other public employees across the country are facing a shortfall...
