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Google, in response to authors, publishers, critics, lobbying efforts and renewed focus on antitrust laws in Washington, is changing its tune on books. As the Washington Post writes, the company filed a revised legal settlement that, “scaled back its ambitious plan to digitize books from U.S.

Federal prosecutors have charged two men with providing the technical support that enabled Bernie Madoff to conduct his massive Ponzi scheme. The Wall Street Journal says, “They face a maximum of 30 years in prison for allegedly conspiring to falsify the books and records of the firm, as well as creating programs that enabled Mr.

Brad DeLong tackles the future of the US budget and deficit, but doesn't place much faith in Congress for being able to manage it. He quotes Doug Elmendorf--Director of the Congressional Budget Office--and Matthew Yglesias as they discuss the nation's economic future and the politics that they believe gets in the way. All three focus on medium-term future, between 2012 and 2020.

Above, you can see the business end of a Nissan Leaf, the 100-mile-per-charge, all-electric car that Nissan will begin selling next year (the charging ports are located right between the headlights). I attended a sunsplashed media even in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium today (read: it was toasty hot, even for November).

We've all had them, but Google (GOOG) seems to spawn more than its fair share. Lately, the Googlesphere's been buzzing about some of the search company's notoriously arcane interview questions, which seem designed to simultaneously test your math/engineering skills and unnerve you to see how you'll react under pressure.

Are baristas and customers growing annoyed by Starbucks' (SBUX) "hard-sell" tactics for Via, the new instant-coffee product?

The Wall Street Journal had a report this morning about former bank executives starting up “blind pools.” Like “dark pools,” which TBM explained recently, these things sound murky. How do “blind pools” work? Like this: Investors commit money to a certain fund.