The Boston Herald Expert: Double-dip fears decrease as Bay State grows at 3.9 percent The Bay State’s growth outpaced the nation’s gross domestic product in the third quarter – for the fifth consecutive quarter.
The Seattle Times New tax on air travel makes some see red Rochelle Peachey is no stranger to high taxes and fees on airline tickets. A frequent flier between Miami and London, she routinely sees government charges that double the price of her ticket.
Mashable Why Women Make Excellent Entrepreneurs in the Digital Age In 2010, women became the majority of the U.S. workforce for the first time in the countryâs history. Also, 57% of college students are now women. While men continue to dominate the executive ranks and corporate board rooms, women now hold a number of lucrative careers: they make up 54% of accountants, 45% of law […]
Engadget Robot dragon teaches kids language skills, battles impulse to terrorize city Did you have trouble learning language skills at a young age? It’s probably because you didn’t have the right teacher. And by “the right teacher,” we mean the right robotic dragon, naturally.
The Dallas Morning News Rick Perry plans to skip some GOP debates Five debates into his presidential campaign, Rick Perry isn’t exactly keen on the rapid-fire, ratings-grabbing contests - and he plans on skipping some.
Report: Troubled Economy Threatens To Push Home Prices Down, Again The housing market in Greater Boston may have its rockiest days ahead of it. A new report from The Boston Foundation says that there are troublesome signs in the economy threatening to push home prices downward again. And one big worry is that the staggering housing market will send young working families to seek their […]
Turkish victims say poor construction, lax enforcement contributed to quake deaths Two things are for certain in Turkey: The country will have earthquakes, and those earthquakes will continue to kill.
Steve Jobs, Pop!Tech 2011, and Compassion Steve Jobs was often criticized for his apparent lack of compassion. He was not known for making generous philanthropic donations to worthy causes. The 2006 article in Wired magazine expressed this feeling in the commentary titled “Jobs vs. Gates: Who’s the Star?”. Eyebrows were raised because for a number of years Steve Jobs had denied […]
Stricken Zone Is Seismically Active and Ill-Prepared The region of eastern Turkey where an earthquake struck Sunday afternoon is seismically active, and one where construction engineering is only just starting to address that fact, experts say.
IEEE Spectrum Robot Dragon to Help Kids With Language Skills The last few robot dragons that we’ve been introduced to have done a pretty good job living up to that whole “dragon” mythos, being giant and dangerous and potentially scary. But dragons can also be cute and fuzzy and cuddly, and researchers at Northeastern University, Harvard, and MIT have gotten together and invented a little […]
U.S. News & World Report U.S. News & World Report: Students Can Benefit from Experiential Learning Whether students are earning an associate’s, bachelor’s or master’s degree, there is a great deal they can learn in the classroom. However, many academic professionals preach the value of experiential learning. This practice involves a variety of types of hands-on experience as part of a degree program, including internships and cooperative education, or co-ops.
The Question Anderson Cooper Forgot to Ask Last week started off with the eighth Republican primary debate of the year, on Monday night. According to my own count, there were 15 questions (and answers) on tax reform, 2 on energy and jobs, one heated back-and-forth on health care, 12 questions and responses on immigration, 5 on the home-mortgage crisis, 3 on the […]