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- Google Unveils Tools to Access Web From Repressive Countries http://business.time.com/2013/10/21/google-digital-rebels/ 3 comments networking , news , privacy
- Spotify May Be Preparing For IPO http://business.time.com/2014/02/17/spotify-ipo-sec/ 6 comments business
- "...Wealthy people give to causes that do comparatively little good and are laced with personal benefits...Where are the mega gifts for mosquito nets to prevent malaria in the less developed world, or to provide clean water, or to perform basic and yet life altering medical procedures?" http://business.time.com/2014/01/20/why-big-donors-dont-give-to-big-causes/ 8 comments worldnews
- The World’s 85 Richest People Own as Much as the 3.5 Billion Poorest http://business.time.com/2014/01/20/worlds-85-wealthiest-people-as-rich-as-3-5-billion-poorest/ 6 comments politics
- Netflix’s quick growth has come during an aggressive push into bankrolling original content. In addition to current hits like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, the company has begun rolling out a new slate of cartoons . . . . http://business.time.com/2014/01/22/netflix-number-of-subscribers-grows-greatly-in-q4/ 24 comments business
- Why Economists Are Right to Hate on Bitcoin http://business.time.com/2014/01/03/bitcoin-paul-krugman-is-right-to-hate-them/ 2 comments business
- Hulu now a $1 billion Company http://business.time.com/2013/12/18/hulu-now-a-1-billion-company/ 41 comments business
- The Real Reason New College Grads Can’t Get Hired http://business.time.com/2013/11/10/the-real-reason-new-college-grads-cant-get-hired/ 142 comments business
- Get Ready to Pay 99 Cents to Watch YouTube http://business.time.com/2013/10/23/get-ready-to-pay-99-cents-to-watch-youtube/?hpt=hp_t3 192 comments technology
- Here’s Why Sen. Ted Cruz is Blocking FCC Nominee Tom Wheeler: "Because he opposes the DISCLOSE Act, a bill that would require super PACS, corporations, unions and other outside groups to disclose to the Federal Elections Commission when they spend more than $10,000 to air political campaign ads." http://business.time.com/2013/10/18/heres-why-sen-ted-cruz-is-blocking-fcc-nominee-tom-wheeler/ 95 comments politics
- Landmark Verizon ‘Net Neutrality’ Case Tests Open Internet Rules | TIME.com http://business.time.com/2013/09/09/landmark-verizon-net-neutrality-case-tests-open-internet-rules/ 7 comments politics
- Apple, Google, Facebook Join Civil Liberties Groups for NSA Transparency Push: the tech giants are asking for permission to report the number of requests they receive under the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. http://business.time.com/2013/07/18/apple-google-facebook-join-civil-liberties-groups-for-nsa-transparency-push/ 3 comments technology
- Black Swan Event: The Beginning of the End of Unpaid Internships http://business.time.com/2013/06/13/black-swan-event-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-unpaid-internships/ 9 comments business
- TIME: Greece agrees to lay off 15,000 public workers in order for the next tranche of the loan to be disbursed. http://business.time.com/2013/04/15/debt-inspectors-reach-agreement-with-greece/ 40 comments europe
- Is the Global Economy Slowly Falling Apart? http://business.time.com/2013/04/05/is-the-global-economy-slowly-falling-apart/?iid=biz-main-lead 141 comments worldnews
- U.S. Economy Adds 88,000 Jobs, Rate Drops to 7.6% http://business.time.com/2013/04/05/u-s-economy-adds-88000-jobs-rate-drops-to-7-6/ 199 comments politics
- Marx’s Revenge: How Class Struggle Is Shaping the World http://business.time.com/2013/03/25/marxs-revenge-how-class-struggle-is-shaping-the-world/#ixzz2ojy7ntfh 6 comments worldnews
- Retirement Saving Is No Longer a Priority for Many Americans http://business.time.com/2013/03/07/have-americans-given-up-on-saving-for-retirement/ 3 comments politics
- Will High Marijuana Taxes Encourage Black Markets? http://business.time.com/2013/02/25/will-high-marijuana-taxes-encourage-black-markets/ 18 comments politics
- Student Loans Unable to be Refinanced http://business.time.com/2013/02/20/why-cant-people-with-student-loans-refinance-at-better-rates/ 7 comments politics
- US sues S&P over pre-crisis mortgage ratings http://business.time.com/2013/02/05/u-s-sues-sp-over-pre-crisis-mortgage-ratings/ 18 comments politics
- Microsoft and Dell: A Match Made in Heaven or Hell? http://business.time.com/2013/01/24/microsoft-and-dell-a-match-made-in-heaven-or-hell/?iid=biz-main-lead 12 comments microsoft
- Many Boeing 787s grounded worldwide; lithium batteries the cause http://business.time.com/2013/01/17/lithium-batteries-central-to-boeings-787-woes/ 38 comments technology
- TIME Magazine: NHL a "wannabe major league." http://business.time.com/2012/12/19/hockeys-wealth-redistribution-problem-whats-really-behind-the-nhl-lockout/ 134 comments hockey
- Who’s to Blame for Hewlett-Packard’s Multi-Billion Dollar Autonomy Debacle? http://business.time.com/2012/11/30/whos-to-blame-for-hewlett-packards-multi-billion-dollar-autonomy-debacle/ 7 comments business
- Viewpoint: Marijuana, Market Forces and Why Colorado’s New Pot Law Could Actually Be a Black Market Boon http://business.time.com/2012/11/19/viewpoint-marijuana-market-forces-and-why-colorados-new-pot-law-could-actually-be-a-black-market-boon/ 5 comments politics
- BP to Pay U.S. $4.5 Billion in Settlement for Gulf Oil Spill http://business.time.com/2012/11/15/bp-to-pay-u-s-4-5-billion-in-settlement-for-gulf-oil-spill/ 4 comments politics
- Take THAT Trolls! - Tackling the Myth of Indian Inefficiency (Sort of) | TIME.com http://business.time.com/2012/10/29/tackling-the-myth-of-indian-inefficiency-sort-of/ 7 comments india
- According to the Wall Street Journal’s recent study of Congressional Budget Office numbers, corporations are paying an effective rate of 12.1%, the lowest in at least 40 years. If corporations are people, then they are paying a lower tax rate than the Middle Class and even lower rate than Romney... http://business.time.com/2012/02/06/the-corporate-tax-rate-is-at-its-lowest-in-decades-is-big-business-paying-its-fair-share/ 12 comments politics
- How Google Fiber is trying embarrass the cable industry into actually offering fast Internet service http://business.time.com/2012/09/14/with-google-fiber-search-giant-issues-public-challenge-get-up-to-speed/ 2254 comments technology
- TED Talks, thought to be a bastion of free thought, might not be as open as we had hoped. Nick Hanauer (early Amazon backer) dares suggest the super wealthy don't make the world go around and they don't like it. http://business.time.com/2012/05/18/was-nick-hanauers-ted-talk-on-income-inequality-too-rich-for-rich-people/ 18 comments politics
- Is the LIBOR Scandal The Crime of the Century? http://business.time.com/2012/07/09/libor-scandal-the-crime-of-the-century/ 14 comments worldnews
- LIBOR Scandal: The Crime of the Century? The latest interest-rate-fixing LIBOR scandal is being heralded as the most egregious in a generation http://business.time.com/2012/07/09/libor-scandal-the-crime-of-the-century/ 21 comments business
- Elizabeth Warren urges supporters to press Congress to pass a new Glass-Steagall law that would separate “high-risk investment banks” from more traditional banking. “It would allow Wall Street to take risks, but not by dipping into the life savings and retirement accounts of regular people,” http://business.time.com/2012/05/15/will-jpmorgans-2b-blunder-finally-end-too-big-to-fail/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+timeblogs%2Fcurious_capitalist+%28time%3A+business%29 444 comments politics
- China’s Gravity-defying Economy: How Hard Will It Fall? http://business.time.com/2012/04/06/chinas-gravity-defying-economy-how-hard-will-it-fall/?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28time%3A+top+stories%29&utm_content=google+reader 4 comments economy
- Why Portugal Will Be the Next Greece http://business.time.com/2012/03/27/why-portugal-may-be-the-next-greece/?iid=biz-main-lede 26 comments worldnews
- how to beat the market by investing in the Forbes Billionaires List http://business.time.com/2012/03/07/forbes-billionaires-list-if-you-cant-beat-the-0001-join-em/ 12 comments investing
- How Chinese Energy Politics Will Reshape the Middle East - China’s going to import a lot more oil from Iran & the Arab world over the next 2 decades. America will import far less. Those 2 facts will profoundly change the geopolitics of the Middle East. http://business.time.com/2012/02/17/how-chinese-energy-politics-will-reshape-the-middle-east/?xid=rss-topstories&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+time%2Ftopstories+%28time%3A+top+stories%29 42 comments worldnews
- Apple Exec: “We’ve known about labor abuses in factories for four years... but the system works for us. Suppliers would change everything tomorrow if Apple told them they didn’t have another choice. If half of iPhones were malfunctioning, do you think Apple would let it go on for four years?” http://business.time.com/2012/01/26/should-americans-care-about-apples-iphone-factory-conditions/?xid=gonewsedit&google_editors_picks=true 29 comments technology
- "The big winners of the recent Great Recession have been the largest U.S. corporations. This isn't simply because they are greedy and rapacious, or because they can steamroller everything in their path. Rather, it reflects the fact that they are in a position to use the recession as a positive" http://business.time.com/2012/01/18/the-big-winner-of-the-great-recession-is/ 4 comments politics