Geopolitical – Week of 5.12.08

From BBC Technology: A humanoid robot designed to work safely alongside people on factory production lines has been unveiled in the US. Priced at $22,000

By Nick Turse “Dude, I don’t need to play these stupid games. I know what you’re trying to do.” With that, Major Matthew Robert Bockholt

Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer At the “The Great Recession–Moving Ahead,” a Conference Sponsored by the Swedish Ministry of Finance, Stockholm, Sweden Additional steps have been

By Ezra Klein Janet Tavakoli is the founder and president of Tavakoli Structured Finance Inc. She sounded some of the earliest warnings on the structured

By Cliff Kuang Like YouTube, Facebook, or blogging platforms, it’s almost hard to believe there was an Internet without Kickstarter, which may be the greatest