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Dr. Pangloss, the effervescent optimist in Voltaire’s novel Candide, may have kindred spirits at the National Association for Business Economics.The Washington, DC-based trade group representin

The headlines are widely publicizing the new highs being made in gold. Soon the news may be directed to gushing gold in the energy space … Black Gold. Many of the fundamental reports I read on

Successful advertising must resonate with an individual’s worldview because demographics alone will no longer close the sale, top marketers said Monday. Digital technology allows advertisers to

In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, a group of people are trapped inside a cave and believe all of reality exists inside the cave. However, one day a prisoner escapes to discover an entire world outside

Minyan Morning Memo One to Watch: Time Warner (TWX) today reported Q2 earnings which exceeded estimates even as its revenue fell short.The media conglomerate benefited from cost cuts, strength i

“Goodbye safe havens, hello risky assets” seemed to be the theme during the past week as investors placed their bets on a global economic recovery, propelling stocks and other risky asset

                    Pixels live much more exciting lives than you do. The third version of Electro

On May 1, the United States took a drastic step toward becoming Russia. Not Russia at its best - the motherland of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, or Rachmaninoff. Instead, Russia at its worst: The one that, in

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