In the wake of popular blog TechCrunch’s adoption of Facebook’s Comments plug-in to control the virulent, useless and nasty comments on its site, the Internet has erupted with screeds about the death of anonymity. But DailyFina…
With nearly 400,000 new titles published each year, serious writers need a way to stand out. An award is one way to do that. The Story Prize for short stories, an Oscar for screenwriting and the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize for fict…
Beware of the constant metaphors used to frame the world economy as if it were a war or zero-sum competition. Investors should remember that economies cooperate as much as they compete on the world stage. The current U.S. manuf…
Warner Bros. finally had enough of Sheen’s antics. The producers figured that the show’s star — who was reportedly paid nearly $2 million an episode — was no longer worth the considerable trouble he created. Still, the move …
Put away your iPad, turn off your BlackBerry and don’t even look at your PlayStation just before bedtime. Doing so could help Americans sleep better, according to a new poll. It finds that using communications technology in the…