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...sense of volatility it attempts to predict. Volatility can mean many different things in practice: a stock whose price undergoes large price fluctuations and one that chops quickly in a small range might have the same measured volatility, but they are clearly not equally risky. Even though the concept of volatility is abused and taken for granted in the financial world, it is still the best-known measure of risk and, therefore, useful for investors. (See the best business deals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Volatility Index Is Falling: A Bullish Sign? | 4/22/2009 | See Source »

...world's biggest auto market, with sales through the first quarter running at an annualized rate of 11 million units, compared with 10 million in the U.S. That kind of scale is why some executives believe that China could be the country in which electric vehicles move from the concept stage to mass production. "It may become the country that leads the switch to electric vehicles," says Nick Reilly, who heads Asia Pacific for General Motors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is the Future of Electric Cars in China? | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...Slumber Party Package.” Judging from the spare change listed in the price of the package—which includes a homemade breakfast and ukulele serenade—the duo has meticulously computed the cost of their company (or perhaps is just employing the concept of psychological pricing from their days in Ec10...

Author: By Liyun Jin | Title: Sweat, Slumber, and Safari with Chester French | 4/21/2009 | See Source »

...that the concept has been proven, plans are underway to do similar earthshine observations of the rest of the globe, so that the lessons learned can be applied to chart the landscapes of bona-fide exoplanets - if we can ever actually see them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spotting Distant Worlds from the Backyard | 4/19/2009 | See Source »

...changes made during the last two months did more than just add features. They altered the core concept behind the website, essentially condensing all of its features, including posts between friends, into a constant stream of Twitter-esque news snippets. This time, there was no “trial” period, but only a short notice about a week before the changes took effect...

Author: By Adam R. Gold | Title: Stop Bashing the New Facebook | 4/18/2009 | See Source »

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