From a human perspective, it is extremely sad to hear that venerable law firm powerhouse Weil Gotshal & Manges has decided on massive lawyer and staff layoffs, along with major reductions in pay for 10% of its partners. On Monday they announced letting go 60...
Disneyland and Disney World recently raised their ticket prices to $95 for adults and $89 for a one-day visit to their parks. Of course they do it in part to encourage you to buy multi-day park hoppers which reduce the daily price almost in half....
The stock market shooting through records. Consumers watching their 401(k) accounts grow in value. Housing prices are rising. The gross domestic product is rising, slowly. I'm barely an armchair economist but it seems we are still missing some key elements to a substantial recovery, some...
We are again in record territory as the Dow Jones Industrial Average remains above 15,000. An amazing achievement considering back in March 2009 we were around 6,000 and as recently as last June down around 12,000. Guess those were the times to be buying! There are...
The New York Times reported today that scientists are working on a variety of fascinating and, at times, controversial projects in the burgeoning field of synthetic biology. What is that? Wikipedia says, "It is an area of biological research and technology that combines biology and engineering,...
Websites run by AngelList and FundersClub were told recently by the SEC that they can help companies raise money without being registered as broker-dealers with the SEC. The sites limit access to deal information to "accredited investors" (at least $200,000 income or $1 million net...