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Insider trading hasn't always been a crime. On the contrary, it was once considered logical and efficient to let any competitive advantage inform decision-making in the free market - a position many economic libertarians continue to embrace today. What some consider to be America's first insider-trading scandal took place shortly after the nation's birth; a former Assistant Treasury Secretary named William Duer capitalized on his government connections to make bets on the country's debt. His investments eventually soured, however, and Duer's bankruptcy brought down much of New York's economy in 1792; he died...
...tasty production, dance-pop beats, fluid raps and great vocal harmonies comprise an expertly fashioned example of globalized R&B. Tracks like "My Heaven" (a collaboration with top Japanese DJ Daishi Dance) and "Love Club" have plenty of dance-floor appeal. As for swoon factor, well, their track "Let Me Hear Your Voice" has been selected as the theme for the new Tokyo Broadcasting System romantic comedy Ohitorisama. If your work is popping up on Friday-night prime-time drama, total domination can't be that far behind...
...findings are presented in a chapter of a new book, Eyetracking Web Usability, by Jakob Nielsen and Kara Pernice of the consultancy Nielsen Norman Group. Don't let the bland title fool you: what Nielsen and Pernice have done is track the eye movements of hundreds of people as they navigate websites, looking up advice on how to deal with heartburn, shopping for baby presents, picking cell-phone features, learning about Mikhail Baryshnikov. By bouncing infrared beams off a person's retinas and recording head movements with a camera, the researchers were able to deduce what sort of ads garner...
...tidier tracks is “Don’t Make Fun of Daddy’s Voice,” which first appeared as a B-side to the 2004 single “Let Me Love You.” Simple chord progressions on thick electric guitar begin the song and drop out during the verses, leaving a very simple bass line to take over. During the chorus, the guitar carries out one-noted solos with an inharmonious female voice in the back, creating a Pixies-esque mood. And yet, the song is so basic and predictable that...
...Obama Administration is technically correct when it argues that last week's pact allows it to recognize the Nov. 29 election even without Zelaya's restoration - a result that would let Obama wipe his hands of the Honduras mess while getting U.S. conservatives off his back. But analysts like Diaz warn that to Latin America and the rest of the world, "That would just return us to the same situation as before, leaving Honduras to face the international community with little credibility." Solis herself said this week after arriving in Honduras that "what happens here has implications regionally...