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Buttonwood: Apocalypse, not yet
IS THERE a bond bubble and is it going to burst soon? The Spectator, a British political weekly, ran a cover story citing the existence of a bubble back in September 2011. Yields are even lower now than they were then.Calling the top of an asset bubble is extremely hard, as sceptics of the dotcom boom in the late...
economist.com (18 minutes ago)
Google+ Hangout: The Future of Minecraft with CaptainSparklez, Block Fortress and Will Blew
Join us on Friday, May 24, 2013 at 1PM Eastern for a Google+ Hangout to discuss all things Minecraft. The live video chat, moderated by TIME’s Harry McCracken, will focus on how Minecraft is changing gaming, and how three specific people are using Minecraft in extraordinary ways. McCracken will be joined by...
time.com (19 minutes ago)
Close up: Cannes, crime and ultraviolence
This time last week the biggest story coming out of Cannes was The Great Gatsby – but oh, how quickly things change. Since then critics have been getting in a lather about all manner of things, but no film has been quite as divisive as Only God Forgives, Nicholas Winding Refn's follow-up to Drive. Starring Ryan...
guardian.co.uk (20 minutes ago)
ATHENA Award goes to Fritschner
The Rev. Annie Fritschner is the recipient of the sixth annual ATHENA award, presented today at Kenmure Country Club. The ATHENA award is the high point of the annual Business and Professional Women's Luncheon during National Small Business Week. The award, in memory of Vanessa Y. Mintz, is given to an exemplary...
blueridgenow.com (20 minutes ago)
Hay Festival 2013: Exclusive Lydia Davis story
A new short story by Man Booker International Prize winner Lydia Davis.
telegraph.co.uk (24 minutes ago)
Amanda Bynes: Those Aren’t My Bruised & Cut Toes
Two photographers got into the bizarre world of Amanda Bynes and gave scary details of her apartment, but the former child star claims they are lying and the photos are fake. It’s In Touch magazine’s cover story this week. Pictures show Amanda’s feet being badly bruised, she appears to be... Read More
rumorfix.com (41 minutes ago)
New To The Whole "Startup" Thing? You Must Read This Book
There are very few books you can point to about startups, venture capital, and entrepreneurship on the market. kbs+ Ventures knew this and decided to do the next best thing: they compiled articles from around Silicon Valley and Alley about topics ranging from fundraising and building a business, to culture, exit...
forbes.com (46 minutes ago)
Microbiomics: A virus shield
THE story of the microbiome-the community of tiny organisms that coexist symbiotically with people and other animals-gets weirder every day. Until now that story, which has emerged over the past few years, has seemed one of friendly collaboration. In exchange for a place to live, bacteria aid digestion and help...
economist.com (47 minutes ago)
Bloomberg's 'Spygate' Marks Murdoch's Latest Salvo
NEW YORK (TheStreet) - It's been 13 days since The New York Post's Mark DeCambre broke the news that Bloomberg reporters allegedly used proprietary information from the company's terminals to write about investment bankers, including those at Goldman Sachs. In a media feeding frenzy fueled in part by Schadenfreude,...
thestreet.com (48 minutes ago)
Review: 'We Steal Secrets' juicy look at WikiLeaks
Film Review: 'We Steal Secrets' is a juicy look at the WikiLeaks story
msn.com (1 hour ago)
Ohio’s largest cities lose population, census numbers show
DAYTON - Most large and medium-sized cities in Ohio lost population over the past two years, even as many cities across the country saw gains, according to new U.S. census numbers out this week. The figures show that 14 out of 15 Ohio cities with at least 50,000 people had slight population declines from 2010 [...]...
chronicle.northcoastnow.com (1 hour ago)
Behind the Candelabra (2013 Cannes review)
At first blush, the main draw of Behind the Candelabra would seem to be its camp appeal: a true-life love story between a humble aspiring veterinarian and Liberace, that icon of kitsch and knowing excess. And while that element exists in director Steven Soderbergh’s film, what resonates more strongly is the...
pastemagazine.com (1 hour ago)
Canada’s political scandals: Widening cracks
AS FAMILIES fired up their barbecues to celebrate the Victoria Day long weekend from May 18th-20th, a double helping of juicy political scandal was served along with the burgers and steaks. First came an extraordinary story in Toronto, where Rob Ford, the mayor, faced unproven allegations that he had been caught on...
economist.com (1 hour ago)
Review: 'We Steal Secrets' juicy look at WikiLeaks
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Prolific documentary-maker Alex Gibney delivers a gripping account of the wins and losses of hard-charging idealism on the front lines of the information wars in "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks." Exhaustively researched and balanced in its view of the controversial key player, the film...
yahoo.com (1 hour ago)
The Volkswagen camper van: A bug’s life
Off to do the hippy-hippy shake The VW Camper Van: A Biography. By Mike Harding. Aurum Press; 256 pages; £14.99. To be published in America in August; $24.95. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.co.ukWHEN a biographer of the Volkswagen camper van begins with the lyrics from a Fairport Convention song about the old bus-“In...
economist.com (1 hour ago)
Liz Hurley and Gérard Depardieu's Chechnya adventure: the story so far
To a news report concerning Gerard Depardieu's views on the alleged Boston bombers, and a statement so appallingly controversial that Lost in Showbiz can still scarcely believe it. "Speaking in the southern Russian province of Chechnya, where he is shooting a movie with British actress Elizabeth Hurley, Depardieu...
guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)
At Gap Inc, Shareholder Value Still Trumps Worker Safety
“Behind the label of any product is a deeper story about its social and environmental implications,” says the website of Gap Inc under the heading, Make A Difference. “Were the workers who made the product treated fairly? Were environmental considerations weighed during its design, manufacture and transport? What is...
forbes.com (1 hour ago)
Going gets tougher for TD as mortgage lending slows
At first blush TD's results suggest a bank in robust health, with near record profit of $1.72-billion. But TD's net interest margin tells a different story
financialpost.com (1 hour ago)
'American Horror Story': Emma Roberts falls under 'Coven's' spell (Photos)
On May 22, TVLine reported Emma Roberts will join the “American Horror Story: Coven” cast as Madison, a self-involved party girl.While the deal is reportedly not completed, a "Coven" role will place...
examiner.com (1 hour ago)
Marin macaroni-and-cheese suspect denies attack, tells his side of story
In the case of People vs. John Jeffrey O'Connor, the defendant stipulates that he shook a box of macaroni and cheese on the night in question. But he vigorously denies using it as a weapon.
contracostatimes.com (1 hour ago)
Politifact RI.: How does it work?
Providence Journal staff writer Gene Emery, part of the PolitiFact Rhode Island team, tweeted the process -- from start to finish -- for fact-checking a claim and then getting a Truth-O-Meter ruling. Here's the claim, from Lynn Derbyshire, an associate professor at the University of Rhode Island: "If you are black...
providencejournal.com (1 hour ago)
Marin macaroni-and-cheese suspect denies attack, tells his side of story
In the case of People vs. John Jeffrey O'Connor, the defendant stipulates that he shook a box of macaroni and cheese on the night in question. But he vigorously denies using it as a weapon.
mercurynews.com (1 hour ago)
School storm protection is spotty in tornado zones
Due to cost, most schools in Oklahoma still lack safe rooms MOORE, Okla. - With its single-story design and cinder-block walls, Plaza Towers Elementary School may have seemed sturdy when it was built a couple of generations ago. But a powerful tornado revealed the building's lack of modern safety standards,...
inforum.com (1 hour ago)
Cannes film festival diary: day nine
Rumour has it that the jurors at this year's Cannes film festival occasionally bypass the official screenings, preferring instead to watch the films from the luxury of Steven Spielberg's yacht, with its infinity pool and state-of-the-art cinema. Obviously, there is no way of knowing if such gossip has any bearing on...
guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Schumpeter: The age of smart machines
IN HIS first novel, “Player Piano” (1952), Kurt Vonnegut foresaw that industry might one day resemble a “stupendous Rube Goldberg machine” (or as Brits would say, a Heath Robinson contraption). His story describes a dystopia in which machines have taken over brain work as well as manual work, and a giant computer,...
economist.com (1 hour ago)
Video games: Battle of the boxes
VIDEO games are big money-spinners. According to DFC Intelligence, a market-research firm, the industry was worth almost $80 billion in 2012 (combining software, gaming revenue and devices), or roughly the same as the film industry’s takings. Although gaming on smartphones, tablets and social-networking sites is...
economist.com (1 hour ago)
Graphic sex in applauded lesbian love story gets Cannes buzzing
CANNES (Reuters) - An intimate love story between two young women received rave reviews from critics at the Cannes film festival despite explicit lesbian sex scenes that could limit the film's distribution.
reuters.com (1 hour ago)
The best books on Vietnam: start your reading here | Pushpinder Khaneka
This rare account of the American (aka Vietnam) war by a North Vietnamese army veteran, although fiction, revealed truths to many people inside and outside Vietnam. The main protagonist, Kien – a thinly disguised portrait of the author – is a tortured soul whose sanity is threatened by his brutal experiences during...
guardian.co.uk (1 hour ago)
Get a Job Offer from a Stranger
A good network is important when searching for a job. But if you don’t already know the right people, you need to expand your reach. People you don’t know yet can be just as helpful as those you do. Here’s how: Define your professional goals. Write down your objectives and make sure you can tell a cohesive story...
time.com (1 hour ago)
Killer employee under Obamacare: No. 50 or 51?
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