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VC stunner: Nothing is overhyped
Adam Lashinsky 2010-07-28 12:35The view from Aspen; who wouldn't be optimistic? (Photo: Matt Slaby, Fortune)Fortune's Michael Copleand opened his venture-capital panel at Fortune Br...
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Japan downgrade: The beginning of the end?
Katie Benner 2011-02-01 03:27What a downgrade of Japanese debt by S&P could mean for the country's future and for the rest of the world.The timing of the downgrade of Japan's sove...
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Hollywood's choice: 99-cents or nothing
Philip Elmer-DeWitt 2010-08-28 02:02The second episode of The Big C, Showtime's bittersweet hit comedy about a suburban mom with melanoma, aired Monday night at 10:30 p.m. Less than thre...
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Fed foreshadowing from the Bank of Japan?
Colin Barr 2010-11-10 09:20In a grim preview of what Ben Bernanke may find himself advocating next year, the Bank of Japan this week started loading up on stocks and real estate...
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Japan: the next global time bomb?
Darius Dale 2010-09-30 11:26We try to avoid hyperbole as much as possible at Hedgeye, the research firm where I work as an analyst. But after researching Japanese demographics an...
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Samsung's Android-powered Galaxy S dethrones iPhone in Japan
Seth Weintraub 2010-11-10 01:35Japan's iPhone-loving population has taken home the Galaxy S more than any phone over the past week, according to Japanese market researcher BCN.Durin...
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The Big SUV's death rattle
Alex Taylor III 2010-08-27 01:08Looking for bright spots in auto sales so far in 2010 is like hunting for diamonds in a parking lot at Wal-Mart. You are hard pressed to find anything...
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Foreigners turn to U.S. stocks
Colin Barr 2010-11-19 03:09Net foreign purchases of U.S. long term securities were $81 billion in September. That's down from $137 billion in August, as overseas buyers slowed t...
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社区的未来
Michael Fitzpatrick 2013-06-14 10:31尽管日本在高科技领域里声誉卓著,但它却拥有富裕国家中最不智能的一些住宅和社区。极其缺乏智能的电网把电力输送到街边难看的电线杆上,连接住宅的电线松松垮垮,暴露在外,很少或根本没有进行绝热处理。日本盛行“一次性”文化,住宅和办公楼被视为最经久耐用的物品,但日本建筑的平均寿命也只有30年。免费的公共WiF...
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Fannie debt fears won't die
Colin Barr 2011-02-13 12:19Almost three years after Hank Paulson first brandished his bazooka, the sight of Fannie and Freddie debt is still giving people the yips.The governmen...