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It’s Possible to Hack a Phone with Sound Waves, Researchers Show

Posted by forrest_t on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @12:25PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/technology/phone-hacking-sound-waves.html

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The World’s Fastest Woman

Posted by forrest_t on Sunday January 08, 2017 @09:10AM
from the wsj.com dept.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-worlds-fastest-woman-1483715969

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Arianna Huffington Stepping Down as Huffington Post Editor in Chief

Posted by forrest_t on Thursday August 11, 2016 @09:33AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/12/business/arianna-huffington-post.html

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Don Bateman’s terrain mapping device

Posted by forrest_t on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @09:36AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-bateman-airplane-safety-device/

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Social-Media Sites Face Pressure to Monitor Terrorist Content

Posted by forrest_t on Monday December 07, 2015 @08:20AM
from the wsj.com dept.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/social-media-sites-face-pressure-to-monitor-terrorist-content-1449448238

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The Last Word on the Grateful Dead (Maybe)

Posted by forrest_t on Friday July 10, 2015 @04:24PM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-10/the-last-word-on-the-grateful-dead-maybe-

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Why I Defaulted on My Student Loans

Posted by forrest_t on Monday June 08, 2015 @03:01PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/07/opinion/sunday/why-i-defaulted-on-my-student-loans.html?_r=0

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Apple Plans Streaming Music Push at Developer Conference

Posted by forrest_t on Monday June 08, 2015 @10:29AM
from the blogs.wsj.com dept.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/06/07/apple-plans-streaming-music-push-at-developer-conference/?mod=LS1

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Wall Street Is Back, Almost as Big as Ever

Posted by forrest_t on Monday May 18, 2015 @05:41PM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/19/upshot/wall-street-is-back-almost-as-big-as-ever.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=0

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Master of Your Domain? Maybe in .Com but Not in .Sucks

Posted by forrest_t on Wednesday May 13, 2015 @08:53AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-13/master-of-your-domain-maybe-in-com-but-not-in-sucks#

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What We Got Wrong in Our 2015 U.K. General Election Model

Posted by forrest_t on Friday May 08, 2015 @11:42AM
from the fivethirtyeight.com dept.

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/what-we-got-wrong-in-our-2015-uk-general-election-model/

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Pimco hires Bernanke as senior adviser

Posted by forrest_t on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @11:44AM
from the reuters.com dept.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/29/us-pimco-bernanke-exclusive-idUSKBN0NK1QG20150429

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We Thought Our Pay Would Be Higher, Wall Streeters Say in Poll

Posted by forrest_t on Wednesday April 29, 2015 @08:44AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-29/we-thought-our-pay-would-be-higher-wall-streeters-say-in-poll

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Water disposal wells have driven fracking boom, may also cause earthquakes

Posted by forrest_t on Thursday April 23, 2015 @08:56AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-23/can-this-oklahoma-oilman-s-company-withstand-another-earthquake-

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Europe’s Plan to Compete with Silicon Valley

Posted by forrest_t on Wednesday April 22, 2015 @08:38AM
from the blogs.wsj.com dept.

http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/04/22/europes-plan-to-compete-with-silicon-valley/?mod=ST1

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Shale Oil Boom Could End in May After Price Collapse

Posted by forrest_t on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @08:42AM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-13/shale-oil-boom-seen-ending-in-may-after-price-collapse

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Why are interest rates so low?

Posted by forrest_t on Monday March 30, 2015 @10:14AM
from the brookings.edu dept.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/ben-bernanke/posts/2015/03/30-why-interest-rates-so-low

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How NBA Defenses Got Turned Inside Out

Posted by forrest_t on Sunday March 01, 2015 @08:37PM
from the wsj.com dept.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-nba-defenses-got-turned-inside-out-1425251668?mod=WSJ_hp_EditorsPicks

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In New York City, Jobs Come Back Without Wall Street

Posted by forrest_t on Monday February 16, 2015 @08:25AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/16/nyregion/with-little-help-from-wall-street-new-york-city-enjoys-steady-job-growth.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

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Bias in age calculations

Posted by forrest_t on Tuesday February 10, 2015 @11:13AM
from the tangotiger.com dept.

http://tangotiger.com/index.php/site/comments/bias-in-age-calculations

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Once a Tiger, Now an Underdog

Posted by forrest_t on Thursday February 05, 2015 @07:18AM
from the wsj.com dept.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/once-a-tiger-now-an-underdog-1423095424?mod=WSJ_hp_EditorsPicks

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What Banks Are Doing to Improve Their Culture

Posted by forrest_t on Monday February 02, 2015 @12:02PM
from the blogs.wsj.com dept.

http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2015/02/02/what-banks-are-doing-to-improve-their-culture/

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Which economic theories are especially widely misunderstood?

Posted by forrest_t on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @07:51PM
from the marginalrevolution.com dept.

http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2015/01/which-economic-theories-are-especially-widely-misunderstood.html

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How Forbidding Foie Gras Increased the Appetite for It

Posted by forrest_t on Tuesday January 20, 2015 @08:48AM
from the nytimes.com dept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/upshot/how-forbidding-foie-gras-increased-the-appetite-for-it.html?abt=0002&abg=0

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NCAA Boosts Value of Scholarships for Big Sports Schools

Posted by forrest_t on Monday January 19, 2015 @08:08AM
from the wsj.com dept.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/ncaa-to-allow-big-sports-schools-to-offer-full-cost-of-attendance-scholarships-1421542833?mod=WSJ_hppMIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond

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Life Paths and Accomplishments of Mathematically Precocious Males and Females

Posted by forrest_t on Thursday January 08, 2015 @02:29PM
from the andrewgelman.com dept.

http://andrewgelman.com/2015/01/08/life-paths-accomplishments-mathematically-precocious-males-females-four-decades-later/

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Obama to Cut FHA Mortgage Insurance Premiums to Boost Homeownership

Posted by forrest_t on Wednesday January 07, 2015 @12:14PM
from the bloomberg.com dept.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2015-01-07/obama-said-to-announce-cut-in-fha-mortgage-insurance-premiums.html

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Leaked Emails Unveil Snapchat’s Secretive CEO

Posted by forrest_t on Thursday December 18, 2014 @11:44AM
from the wsj.com dept.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/leaked-emails-unveil-snapchats-secretive-ceo-1418865047

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New Relic Inc. (NEWR)

Posted by forrest_t on Friday December 12, 2014 @01:45PM
from the finance.yahoo.com dept.

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=NEWR+Interactive#%7B%22scale%22%3A%22linear%22%7D

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