Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson Win Nobel Prize In Economics
Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson Courtessy Stanford University This year’s Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Stanford University economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson. They won the award More...
Stanford Professor Michael Boskin: The Next Trade Breakthroughs
– Economic news is grim all around the world. This year’s output growth has been disappointing, and the International Monetary Fund expectsonly a slight improvement in 2015. Europe may be sliding back More...
Stanford Professor Michael Boskin: Policy “Crimes”
– When the Berlin Wall fell a quarter-century ago this November, pundits led by Francis Fukuyama proclaimed the end of history – the triumph of democratic capitalism over all rival systems. America’s More...
Snapchat Reaches $10 Billion Valuation
Snapchat is the next in a line of start-ups to reach a $10 billion valuation, making founders Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy a fortune. The two developed the app, which has instantly vanishing messages, More...
Stanford Professor Michael Boskin: Europe’s Options
– Many Europeans have come to believe that they have weathered the economic and financial storm. In the last two years, deficits and debt have stabilized. Yields on the sovereign debt of the eurozone More...
Is Business World Led by Narcissists ?
– “The difference between God and Larry Ellison: God doesn’t think he’s Larry Ellison.” – A study of “Narcissistic CEOs and executive compensation” conducted by researchers More...
Kidney cells can regenerate
– Doctors and scientists have for years been astonished to observe patients with kidney disease experiencing renal regeneration. The kidney, unlike its neighbor the liver, was universally understood More...
Dan Rosensweig acquires online tutoring “matchmaker” InstaEDU
– Rosensweig ‘s online textbook hub Chegg, who recently went public will be paying $30 million in cash for the company. – – Dan Rosensweig, President and Chief Executive More...
Tad Taube To Step Down As President Of The Koret Foundation
– Taube, who has shaped the destiny of one of most active philanthropic bodies on the West Coast of America for the last 32 years has decided to call it quits. – Tad Taube, president More...
Daphne Koller Collects A Further $20 Million In Funding For Coursera
– Ms. Koller can now regard series B round funding for the joint venture she founded just last year as being complete at $63 million. – Daphne Koller / Getty – Daphne Koller joint More...