The New York Federal Reserve Bank is embarking on an ambitious social media monitoring project. Starting this December, the Fed will be monitoring Facebook, Twitter, and the broader web to gauge public response to economic policy. Civil libertarians and anti-big government activists are upset, but should they be?READ»
As the #OccupyWallStreet movement gains momentum in more locations--and as protesters are arrested by the hundreds--Fast Company speaks with one of the movement's architects. READ»
When FDR said: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself," he was right. PTSD is the fear following an intial trauma -- that caused you to feel vulnerable -- of retraumatization, that you're afraid will finish the job and destroy you.READ»
The reasoning behind S&P's downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating wasn't whether the U.S paid its debts, which of course it has; the focus was on the process and problems in getting the temporary deal done. Simultaneously, Moody's ratings agency decided that the U.S. still warranted a AAA credit rating and it maintained that rating accordingly. Who's right? READ»
The iconic car company beats expectations and cuts a profit-sharing check to its employees. Are electric vehicles behind GM's revving financial engine? READ»
Stuart Bray is transporting South China tigers to South Africa in order to reacquainted then with the wild--and to try to save an endangered species. What does the WWF think of that?READ»
A Palestinian businessman, the U.S. government, George Soros, and Emirati oil money are bringing a $60 million private equity fund to the Palestinian territories.READ»
The hottest rumor about the 2011 iPhone 5 is that it'll include NFC wireless tech, ready to reinvent how you pay for stuff with credit cards. But Visa, master of existing card tech, is busy beating Apple to the punch with a new European trial of NFC on the iPhone.READ»
The World Bank is embracing digital openness in a big way: It's just revamped its APIs for public access to its treasure trove of financial data. The aim is to make data available to help developing countries. READ»
StockTwits CEO Howard Lindzon is trying to create a real-time financial news network. How does he expand his influence with competitors as big as CNBC, Google, and Yahoo?READ»
HP's board has just okayed $10 billion on share purchasing ... but it's not an M&A move: It's to buy shares in HP. What gives? Is HP desperately narcissistic or in deep and confusing financial trouble?READ»
Intel has just announced it's going to buy one of the most well-known PC security firms, McAfee. It's going to be handing over $7.68 billion to seal the deal, too.READ»
"The government's policy on energy in the United States is the most stupid, idiotic, inconsistent, crazy policy you could imagine," said Michael Garland, CEO of wind-powerhouse Pattern Energy Group. Garland spoke at the Renewable ...READ»
While the almighty dollar sign is universally known (and the oft counterfeited bills undergo frequent upgrades), India's currency, the rupee, has been strangely bereft of an official symbol to use when denoting it in text. Today it'll ...READ»
Davis connects corporate philanthropy efforts with a young generation more passionate about grassroots activism than with wearing awareness ribbons from faceless foundations.READ»
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