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nest buy
Jan. 13, 2014
Why Did Google Just Buy a Thermostat Company?
A few theories.
By
Kevin Roose
Jan. 13, 2014
Start-up CEO Changes Mind About Facebook
Can you blame him?
By
Kevin Roose
puppies!!!!!!
Jan. 10, 2014
Does My Dog — or Anyone Else — Really Need a Wearable Computer?
The answer isn’t necessarily no …
By
Kevin Roose
jobs day blues
Jan. 10, 2014
The Economy Is Still Sick
Today’s ugly jobs report is proof.
By
Kevin Roose
high returns
Jan. 9, 2014
Weed Stocks Are the New Bitcoin
Some marijuana stocks are up 1,700 percent.
By
Kevin Roose
a bridgewater too far
Jan. 9, 2014
The World’s Biggest Hedge Fund Had a Pretty Bad Year
Ray Dalio’s magic missed the mark in 2013.
By
Kevin Roose
140-character literature
Jan. 8, 2014
The Goldman Sachs Elevator Is Shopping a Book Proposal
And we’ve got a copy.
By
Kevin Roose
numbers with reinhart and rogoff
Jan. 6, 2014
Harvard Economists Still Not Doing So Hot With Numbers
Reinhart and Rogoff fall victim to yet another numerical error.
By
Kevin Roose
mad tv
Jan. 6, 2014
Nobody Needs a New TV Anymore
So why are TV-makers still coming up with new models?
By
Kevin Roose
school daze
Jan. 6, 2014
Bill Clinton Is the Face of a Massive For-profit College Company
They must be paying him a lot for this.
By
Caroline Bankoff
Dec. 27, 2013
The Uber Hangover
Jessica Seinfeld paid $415 to have her children chauffeured to a bar mitzvah and a sleepover.
By
Joe Coscarelli
sad things
Dec. 24, 2013
Hedge-Fund Millionaire Jumps to His Death After Giving Away Most of His Money
Robert W. Wilson took his own life yesterday, at age 86.
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money
Dec. 24, 2013
Wall Street’s Status Hierarchy Flipped in 2013
Bond traders aren’t the alpha dogs anymore.
By
Kevin Roose
the robot revolution
Dec. 23, 2013
Robots With Superhuman Strength Are Going to Kill Us All Soon
Merry Christmas!
By
Kevin Roose
Dec. 23, 2013
Bloomberg TV Anchor Gives Bitcoin As a Christmas Gift, Immediately Has It Stolen
Merry Christm – uh-oh.
By
Kevin Roose
lol silicon valley
Dec. 20, 2013
A Famous Tech Investor Wants to Make Silicon Valley Its Own State
It’s called the “Six States” plan.
By
Kevin Roose
fed up
Dec. 18, 2013
This Is the Way Ben Bernanke Ends
Not with a bang, but a taper.
By
Kevin Roose
j.p. morefun
Dec. 17, 2013
J.P. Morgan Doesn’t Want Its Young Bankers Jumping Ship, Either
The bank is giving analysts and associates one work-proof weekend a month.
By
Kevin Roose
high-class problems
Dec. 16, 2013
Here’s How Uber Should Fix Its Surge Pricing Problem
It might need to take a loss.
By
Kevin Roose
corporate christmas
Dec. 13, 2013
Silicon Valley Holiday Parties Are What Wall Street Holiday Parties Used to Be
Big bands, huge arenas, games of Clue.
By
Kevin Roose
goldman gods
Dec. 13, 2013
Please Welcome Goldman Sachs to the iPhone Age
Employees no longer required to use BlackBerrys.
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money
Dec. 12, 2013
Wall Street’s Favorite-Son Status Is Gone. It’s Not Happy About It
Why can’t bank CEOs get special access to the West Wing?
By
Kevin Roose
the social media wars
Dec. 12, 2013
You Can Annoy Specific, Targeted Friends With Your Brunch Instagrams Now
Instagram’s new direct-messaging feature is pretty lame.
By
Kevin Roose
regulatin’
Dec. 11, 2013
Stop Asking If the Volcker Rule Will Work. It Already Has
The debate is over – all that’s left are the details.
By
Kevin Roose
false flags
Dec. 9, 2013
Internet Falls for Protester-Mocking Tirade by Fake Google Employee
He wasn’t a Google employee.
By
Kevin Roose
airbn-brownnose
Dec. 9, 2013
Airbnb Made a Nice Video for Bill De Blasio for No Reason at All
They just want to host his friends and relatives, that’s all.
By
Kevin Roose
the privacy wars
Dec. 9, 2013
Silicon Valley’s Control Culture Is Fighting Back
Why are tech giants setting aside their grudges to present a united front against federal snooping?
By
Kevin Roose
uber successful
Dec. 6, 2013
Uber Might Be More Valuable Than Facebook Someday. Here’s Why
Inside the company’s grand plan for global domination.
By
Kevin Roose
appenstance
Dec. 5, 2013
QuizUp’s Growth Secrets
Take existing board game, add social network.
By
Kevin Roose
detroit is burning
Dec. 3, 2013
A Shocking Thing Just Happened in the Detroit Bankruptcy Process
And the city’s pensioners may get hosed because of it.
By
Kevin Roose
gift guides
Dec. 2, 2013
The 8 Gadgets That Improved My Life in 2013
A gift guide of sorts.
By
Kevin Roose
drone wars
Dec. 2, 2013
Amazon Drones Are Part of Jeff Bezos’s Pre-Lobbying Strategy
They’re not meant for customers.
By
Kevin Roose
wack friday
Nov. 28, 2013
The 5 Biggest Myths About Shopping on Black Friday
The deal-seeker’s paradise isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
By
Kevin Roose
thanksgiving how-to
Nov. 27, 2013
The Complete Guide to Discussing the Economy at Thanksgiving Dinner
Yellen and NASDAQ and stocks, oh my!
By
Kevin Roose
Nov. 21, 2013
How Bitcoin Can Go Mainstream, in One Easy Step
Ditch the speculators. What Bitcoin needs is to become an invisible money wire.
By
Kevin Roose
jpmorgan chastened
Nov. 19, 2013
JPMorgan Pays Up In $13 Billion Settlement
The House of Dimon is $13 billion poorer today.
By
Kevin Roose
caveat emptor
Nov. 19, 2013
The IPO of You and Me: How Normal People Are Becoming Corporations
A new set of tools allows normal people to sell stock in themselves.
By
Kevin Roose
white men with money
Nov. 18, 2013
Yes, Tim Geithner Is a Sellout. So What?
What else is a long-suffering former Treasury secretary supposed to do?
By
Kevin Roose
and
Jessica Pressler
market mania
Nov. 18, 2013
The Dow, S&P 500, and Bitcoin Prices Just Hit All-Time Highs
It’s manic-market Monday!
By
Kevin Roose
financial ruins
Nov. 15, 2013
These Sad Photos of Old Banks Help Explain Why People Hate Wall Street
Banks used to be beautiful community centers. Now, they’re chains.
By
Kevin Roose
zuck’d
Nov. 14, 2013
The Gamble Behind Snapchat’s $3 Billion ‘No’
The photo-sharing app is betting it won’t be a fad.
By
Kevin Roose
chinese checks
Nov. 14, 2013
JPMorgan Might Have Conducted Some Marginally Effective Bribery in China
The strange case of Wen Jiabao’s daughter, a.k.a. “Lily Chang.”
By
Kevin Roose
zuck’d
Nov. 11, 2013
Randi Zuckerberg’s Honestly Confused Guide to Life Online
The First Sister of Facebook doesn’t have any answers. Then again, neither do we.
By
Kevin Roose
big trouble
Nov. 9, 2013
The United States Wants Bank of America to Pay $864 Million in Penalties
For selling defective loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
By
Delia Paunescu
twitter ipo
Nov. 7, 2013
Twitter’s Gone Public. Now It Needs to Go Mass
To become a $100 billion company, Twitter has to embrace the mainstream.
By
Kevin Roose
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh twitter ipo
Nov. 7, 2013
Twitter Announces $26 Share Price in a Tweet
How else?
By
Adam Martin
goldman gods
Nov. 6, 2013
Goldman Sachs Monitors Junior Bankers
Teaching type-A bankers to relax, one weekend at a time.
By
Kevin Roose
Nov. 5, 2013
Twitter’s Founder Feuds, Explained
The 140-character social network has had about that many broken bromances.
By
Kevin Roose
literary feuds
Nov. 4, 2013
Jeff Bezos’s Wife Not a Fan of Amazon Book
“Everywhere I can fact check from personal knowledge, I find way too many inaccuracies.”
By
Kevin Roose
greenwich gods
Nov. 4, 2013
Steve Cohen Rolls Over
The Greenwich God is pleading guilty, paying $1.2 billion, and shutting down his fund to outside investors.
By
Kevin Roose
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