My hometown of Baltimore was the first city to install gas street lights in 1816 in an effort to curb crime. More cities quickly followed suit. By the turn of the century, every evening at dusk, lamplighters walked the streets with their ladders and torches,...
For nearly three decades, the internet rewarded people who knew how to find information fast. The pros learned to turn questions into a few notable keywords and cherry-pick through pages of results until they found what they needed. Search became a reflex. Searchers gathered data,...
Easy loans are luring millions of Americans into a dangerous cycle of debt. Young people, particularly college students, are being seduced by easy credit and instant gratification, spending money they don’t have on things they don’t need. This easy credit revolution threatens to create a...
In 1915, a Wall Street analyst named Benjamin Graham saw an opportunity. Guggenheim Exploration was trading as a single stock, but it held shares in multiple copper mining companies worth far more than the parent company’s price. Graham bought the undervalued parent, shorted the overvalued...
September 24, 2025
In 1996 the Palm Pilot felt like the future. For those unfamiliar (or not yet born), the Palm Pilot was a pocket computer that organized contacts, calendars and tasks in a way that was fast, simple and portable. Developers created apps allowing users access to the internet. It wasn’t the first Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), […]
June 19, 2025
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June 02, 2025
At a time when international FinTech, banking and digital-commerce players are launching product updates, partnership deals and funding rounds at break-neck speed, cutting through the noise has never been harder....
May 05, 2025
Warren E. Buffett’s recent announcement that he will retire as chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway at year-end ended one of the longest, most closely watched tenures in corporate America. The...
December 06, 2021
When I announced the acquisition of the leading global media and content platform on antitrust and competition policy, Competition Policy International (CPI), six weeks ago, I hinted that it was the first of a series of dedicated efforts to expand our platform and content focus on the issues that would inform the future of the […]
June 21, 2021
Two weeks ago, Ferrari named its third CEO in as many years. That wasn’t the big news. This new CEO, Benedetto Vigna, isn’t a car guy but a tech guy,...
October 30, 2018
Investors have their anxious eyes on Facebook this Tuesday (October 30), as the social media operator plans to report third-quarter 2018 results after the market close. The company suffered its...
December 16, 2016
Though many financial institutions recognize the opportunity to help middle-market businesses automate their AP payments, they have not been able to fully capitalize on the opportunity. Get the Full Story...
