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3 new novels about young people on a mission
Characters wonder if they're the right ones for the job in these talked-about new novels.
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Maria Montessori and 10 famous graduates from her schools
Maria Montessori stands in many ways as the mother of alternative education. The Italian physician and teacher invented a new kind of school, one with self-directed learning, classrooms with mixed age groups, and no grades. Now, on what would have been her 142 birthday, thousands of schools bear her name. These Montessori schools have some very famous alumni, many of which credit the free-flowing classes with teaching them to think differently and allowing them to change the world. Here are 10 of the most prominent.
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10 best cities to buy short sale homes
Foreclosures are tough: Homeowners lose their houses and ruin their credit, while banks get stuck with vacant, deteriorating real estate for months before selling it at a considerable loss. Increasingly, banks are finding another way: the short sale. Instead of waiting to foreclose, a bank preemptively sells a home at a deep discount and closes out the underwater mortgage, even if the house sells for less than the value of the mortgage. The result: Homeowners shed their mortgage debt, and banks unload properties more quickly and inexpensively. Here are the Top 10 metropolitan areas with the biggest average discounts on these pre-foreclosure homes, according to online foreclosure marketplace RealtyTrac. Can you guess which city is No. 1?
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What does the JOBS Act actually do? Six questions answered.
A bipartisan bill known as the JOBS Act, for 'Jumpstart Our Business Startups,' is among the GOP's priorities in Congress. It is targeted at small-business owners, but what would the bill actually do?
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Bullish on jobs? These 10 cities are.
Our list of the 10 metro areas that saw the most job growth in 2011 might surprise you.
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The Entrepreneurial Mind Recovery's not enough. Rekindle America's entrepreneurial fires.
America needs a long-term plan to rekindle its entrepreneurial spirit and spur new ventures.
06/19/2011 12:25 am -
Pandora IPO: Has the new tech bubble already popped?
The Pandora IPO is off to a lackluster start, easing fears of a second Silicon Valley bubble. But will tech darling Groupon perform like a LinkedIn or a Pandora?
06/16/2011 01:41 pm -
Taiwan computer makers plot against Apple
A computer manufacturer sits stoically, his necktie knot loose, pondering one question: What are we going to do about the iPad?
06/06/2011 03:01 pm -
Best US cities for college graduates
This annual ranking of the best cities for college graduates includes Fayettville, N.C. (No. 1), Omaha, Neb. (No. 2), and Oklahoma City (No. 3). Is your city on the Daily Beast list of 25 places for those seeking low rents, cheap eats, good job prospects, and decent pay?
06/02/2011 07:20 pm -
EBay sues Google over stolen secrets, poached employees
EBay sues Google over mobile payment technology: PayPal's parent company, eBay, is suing Google after Google allegedly poached eBay executives in an effort to better understand PayPal's mobile payment strategy.
05/28/2011 01:37 am -
Change Agent Peter Thiel gives $100,000 each for 24 youths to skip college
Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel is giving $100,000 fellowships to two-dozen outstanding individuals under age 20, urging them to skip college and pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.
05/27/2011 01:09 pm -
Change Agent Bill Drayton sees a world where 'everyone is a changemaker'
Bill Drayton founded Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, which now has put about 3,000 social entrepreneurs into the field all over the world, three decades ago. A college professor once described him as having "the determination of Job and the brains of a Nobel laureate." Says Drayton: "The life purpose of the true social entrepreneur is to change the world."
05/16/2011 05:23 pm -
Facebook caught starting smear campaign about Google
Facebook was caught red handed using a PR firm to try to spread negative news stories about Google through the mainstream press.
05/13/2011 03:41 am -
Skype's journey from tiny Estonian start-up to $8.5 billion Microsoft buy
Jaan Tallinn, one of the founders of Skype, explains how Estonia's post-Soviet gusto helped give rise to a company that revolutionized online communications.
05/11/2011 03:56 pm -
In Egypt, encryption for free speech
Whisper Systems donated its software to help Egyptian dissidents spread the word without the government listening in.
05/04/2011 03:10 pm -
Vera Svechina: woman sneaks into Google headquarters
Vera Svechina reportedly snuck into Google's headquarters by following a visually impaired employee. What Vera Svechina did next has the company's employees and founders scratching their heads.
04/27/2011 12:26 am -
Why 2012 presidential election will be harder for Obama
As the incumbent, Obama is burdened by three wars and the economy. He's taking nothing for granted for the 2012 presidential election, and is planning victory scenarios that don’t involve taking every state he won last time.
04/26/2011 01:58 pm -
Netflix doubles CEO's pay after strong year
Netflix has doubled CEO Reed Hastings' compensation after stocks tripled. Most of the Netflix CEO's pay is in the form of stocks.
04/23/2011 01:27 am -
Editorial Board Blog If America were a corporation, would you invest in it?
A new PowerPoint presentation analyzes America's financial condition in corporate terms. The figures and conclusions are scary. But there's also reason for hope. Remember Apple in 1997?
03/21/2011 09:25 am -
Biden in Moscow for talks but Libya may steal the show
Arab world turmoil could overshadow Vice President Biden's visit to Moscow. Medvedev is opposed establishing a no-fly zone in Libya.
03/09/2011 03:35 pm -
Cyberwar timeline
Tracing the history of cyberespionage and cyberwarfare from the invention of the Internet up to the targeted attacks on US banks by an Islamic hacktivist group.
03/07/2011 02:43 pm -
Global News Blog In Estonia, Communism's collapse paved the way for Wi-Fi everywhere
Estonia, one of Europe's poorest countries, is also one of its most wired. Free, public Wi-Fi can be found in places as remote as the middle of a forest.
03/04/2011 02:01 pm -
Backchannels A king's speech, an Arab movement's voice
Past weeks at times have seemed like a standoff between autocrats and Facebook. But Oscar-winner 'The King's Speech,' rather than 'The Social Network,' may have more resonance for Arabs.
02/28/2011 06:10 pm -
Patent law: Congress eyes major overhaul
Patent law currently grants patents to the first person to invent something. Under a Senate reform bill, patent law would recognize the first person to file a patent.
02/28/2011 12:32 pm -
Opinion Vodafone in Egypt: How tech companies can uphold, not violate, human rights
In carrying out the policies of repressive regimes, multinational telecommunications companies can violate international standards for human rights. Joining a global network committed to ethical uses of technology would help these corporations uphold, rather than undermine, those rights.
02/22/2011 01:21 pm -
Obama touts high tech, business investment at Intel in Oregon
President Obama visited Intel Corp.'s large manufacturing plant in Oregon Friday. He named Intel CEO Paul Otellini – who's been critical of the administration's economic policies – to the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.
02/18/2011 03:39 pm -
Steve Jobs joins high-tech meeting with Obama
Steve Jobs was one of 12 tech-industry leaders to talk with Obama about spurring US innovation. Steve Jobs has been the focus of rumors of ill-health.
02/18/2011 08:16 am -
Obama makes Silicon Valley pilgrimage in quest to boost US innovation
President has made innovation the centerpiece of his push to revive the American economy. He traveled to Silicon Valley Thursday to woo CEOs in the capital of American innovation.
02/17/2011 06:00 pm -
Apple app store: Changes roil users
Apple begins charging 30 percent tax at its app store, which has some app publishers angry.
02/17/2011 04:28 pm -
Obama's innovation push: Has US really fallen off the cutting edge?
Obama sees a push to innovate as the answer to a stalled economy and falling US status. Critics say staying on the cutting edge is not what ails America.
02/16/2011 02:05 pm
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