Ecosystem networks
An ecosystem, just like any other network, is made up of various nodes and edges. Ecologists have long debated the relative importance of the type of partnerships, specialized or generalized, between the various organisms within the ecosystem. A specialized partnership can be visualized as two nodes that are connected to one another (or a few […]
Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies is a company that produces two software platforms: Palantir Government and Palantir Finance. Palantir Government is designed to manage different types of data by allowing the user to organize, search, and view connections between any types of data. It also has built-in privacy and civil liberties protections and it allows users to avoid […]
Olympic badminton / the downside of group stages in competitive sports
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_doubles News articles: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/badminton-olympics-disqualified-lose-matches_n_1727640.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19072677 For a bit over two weeks, people all around the world gathered in London to watch the athletes of the 2012 London Olympic Games. Not everyone was cheering every moment; one of the most notable moments of the games occurred in badminton women’s doubles, when four doubles teams were […]
A Nuclear Equilibria
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/25/14088489-obama-us-will-do-what-we-must-to-stop-iran-getting-nuclear-weapons?lite UK, US, China, Russia; all of these world powers have one thing in common when it comes to power: nuclear weapons. Ever since the United States dropped the first atomic bomb over Hiroshima on August 1945, every nation has been in need to acquire one for themselves. A modern nuclear device is capable […]
Facebook Ties
Currently Facebook and its IPO handlers are the targets of about 50 different lawsuits for its haphazard initial public offering that occurred on May 18th, 2012. Mainly NASDAQ, Morgan Stanley, and Facebook itself are all coming under fire for a series of problems that occurred on this day, such as NASDAQ’s system malfunctioning for the […]
The XX’s Word-of-Mouth Networking Experiment
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/sep/11/the-xx-shared-coexist-release In 2009, the xx, an English indie band, achieved international fame through its hit debut album of the same name. After their album was released, songs from it were played on many a station, picked up for commercials, and awarded titles as a top hit. Recently, the xx came out with a new album, […]
Going Public: Is a Dutch Auction IPO More Efficient than Traditional “Book Building”?
Companies require capital to operate. For some companies, “going public” is a solution for raising additional capital through tapping into the resources of the general public. One critical question raised during the initial public offering (IPO) process is: how much are the company’s shares worth? In a traditional IPO process, the pricing is determined through […]
The FCC on the Future of the Internet
On September 25, Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC, made a Internet policy speech regarding the role of the Federal government in future developments of America’s Internet. The primary purpose of the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, is to design and implement policies regarding America’s radio, television, and Internet infrastructure. Genachowski’s speech outlined the FCC’s […]
Enough Information from a Central Banker may not be a Good Thing
Source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111010074840.htm In this article, an economic expert believes that in the world of banking, it is optimal for a central banker to be vague about his views on trading. Chris Wallace, who is a economic professor of the University of Leicester says bank chefs who provide “something in between full information and no information” […]
‘Fatally flawed’: Why third parties still fail despite voter anger
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/21/politics/third-party-fail/index.html In this May 2012 article, CNN’s Kevin Liptak discusses why third parties have always failed in the American political system. Focusing on the upcoming election, he explains that a third party seemingly had all the necessary tools to successfully break into the established two party system. National polls had been showing extremely high dissatisfaction […]
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