Many people in the United States purchase one or fewer books every year. Many of those people have seen every single episode of "American Idol." There is clearly a correlation here.READ»
For the first time ever, Google's revealed its "Economic Impact": $54 billion of economic activity for "American businesses, website publishers, and non-profits in 2009."
Though Google may be huge now, it "began life as a small ...READ»
Google has created a service that tracks Americans' search queries as compared to market growth--and it works.
The project, called Google Domestic Trends, is an outgrowth of the company's lead economist's research into whether Google ...READ»
If only I had a dollar for every time a cashier asked whether I had one of those loyalty cards ... and another buck for every time I answered, "No." Hey -- give me 50 cents more each time I'm asked if I want one of their blasted cards ...READ»
Rex Adams
Rex Adams is the dean of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.
Wrote about: Do Online Education and Training Click?
Is reading: On a daily basis ... the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, and the New ...READ»
Clinical Professor of E-Commerce and Technology at the Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences Department, Kellogg Graduate School of ManagementREAD»
It's deja vu all over again. Three years ago, the FC team blogged about a report by Hal Varian that indicates that good-looking people often have better-paying jobs.
According to this morning's New York Times -- and a new report by ...READ»
Berkeley business professor Hal Varian reports today that the unthinkable is true: Good-looking people (mainly men) consistently enjoy more professional success than their less physically attractive colleagues.
As if that weren't ...READ»