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The new Supreme Court decision on sports gambling (New Jersey vs NCAA) will lead to a Cambrian explosion of new companies, software and of course, huge new revenues. So says Steve Murray, managing...

So, what new books do you plan on reading for the summer? I am working on my annual summer reading list and am looking for suggestions. — Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz) May 22, 2018     A couple of...

My Two-for-Tuesday morning train reads: • Which Jobs Are Workers Most Willing to Move For? These Ones (Real Time Economics) see also Moving to a Place Instead of a Job (Bloomberg View) • How the...

Facebook is starting to recognize its “fake posts” problem. Here is Recode: Facebook disabled nearly 1.3 billion “fake” accounts over the past two quarters, many of them bots “with the intent of...

Algos all go? Francis Breedon, Louisa Chen, Angelo Ranaldo and Nicholas Vause Bank Underground, 02 May 2018       Most academic studies find that algorithmic trading improves the quality of...

Last month, then-Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the state should...

Share this with the next person who complains the Mueller investigation is taking too long . . .     How Mueller’s First Year Compares To other special counsel investigations Source:...

How Public Pensions Can Start Healing Themselves A series of questions and answers can help. Bloomberg, May 21, 2018     Our discussion last week about representatives of the League of California...

@TBPInvictus here: Conservative commentator S.E. Cupp recently made what I thought was a fairly bold claim on Twitter: The firearms industry has created 91,000 jobs over the past 5 years. That’s...

My morning train reads: • Actually, the 1 Percent Are Still The Problem (Slate) • Fake Facebook accounts and online lies multiply in hours after Santa Fe school shooting (Washington Post) • New...

How did Google get so big? 60 Minutes reports on the power of Google, a company whose critics say has stifled competition: Most people love Google. It’s changed our world, insinuated itself in our...

The Rise of Shale Oil Michael T. Owyang and Hannah G. Shell St Louis Fed, Tuesday, May 15, 2018.         Technological advances that allow oil producers to extract crude oil from shale rock...

I recently saw a show where Aztec Two-Step did the songbook of Simon & Garfunkel (see the $6 The Best of Simon & Garfunkel for the songbook). More than just music, it was narrated by WCWP DJ Tony...