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YOUR JOB: Learn to earn. In a 21st century recession, the jobs lost during the downturn aren't necessarily the same ones that appear during the rebound, so be ready for a career switch. Fast-growing fields include health care, postsecondary education and systems analysis. You might also aim for companies that do business in the public sector. "Governments play a counter-cyclical role at a time like this," says Jared Bernstein of the Economic Policy Institute...
...Burgers aren't interesting to chefs just because young people are willing to pay a lot for dude food; it's also because they have access to better meat. Though Yoon began grinding dry-aged New York strip and mixing it with a bit of chuck in 2000, grinding meat isn't done at most restaurants. So until a few years ago, everyone used chuck for burgers. Then New York's Pat La Frieda Wholesale Meat Purveyors started selling a proprietary blend of chuck and brisket to top restaurants, some of which also had short rib and hanger steak added...
Others disagree. "I think Google is going to go for it," says Tim Wu, a Columbia law professor and net neutrality expert. "They are the Obama in this race. They don't have the advantages of the Bell culture, but they aren't trapped by it either." Google could benefit by controlling their own wires, which could potentially mean huge profits down the road and direct access to their customers - a safety net against any wireless carrier whims...
...McCain has what author and friend Michael Lewis once described as "a love of actual risk" that is "freakish" in a politician. Before the Michigan primary, he told voters in the economically ravaged state that lost auto-industry jobs "aren't coming back," a dose of undiluted straight talk that probably cemented his loss there to Romney. And no sooner had he arrived in Florida than he declared himself opposed to a costly national catastrophic-insurance bill that is widely backed by Sunshine State voters and supported by Florida's popular Republican governor, Charlie Crist, whose endorsement McCain covets...
Containment isn't what it used to be. The Government Accountability Office issued a report last week that says the Iran sanctions aren't working - at least when it comes to gas and oil. Since 2003 Iran has signed $20 billion worth of energy deals with foreign companies. And sanctions apparently aren't convincing Iran to come clean on its nuclear program either. Iranian President Ahmadinejad scoffed at this week's threat of new U.N. sanctions. "The Iranian nation has chosen its path and will continue with...