Links and articles related to finance and numbers.
Gregor Aisch And Amanda Cox, writing for The New York Times back in March: The yield curve shows how much it costs the federal government to borrow money for a given amount of time, revealing the relationship between long- and … Continue reading →
Bob Ivry and Yuji Nakamura writing for Bloomberg: Since 1967, when clocks went atomic, human timekeeping has been independent of the earth’s rotation. The problem is, the planet is slowing down and clocks are not. So every few years, to … Continue reading →
Casey Johnston writing for Ars Technica: The public life-cycle of a Kickstarter rarely ends in tragedy. Often, if a Kickstarter manages to get covered by the media before its funding round end, or even starts, it can meet its goal … Continue reading →
Steven Levy, republishing a piece he originally wrote for the November 1984 issue of Harper’s: The problem with ledger sheets was that if one monthly expense went up or down, everything – everything – had to be recalculated. It was … Continue reading →
Jordan Kahn, reporting for 9to5Mac: Apple is preparing to expand its new Apple Pay payments service internationally with at least the Canadian launch currently scheduled for early 2015, according to sources close to the situation. Sources say partners are currently … Continue reading →
Elise Young, reporting for Bloomberg: Northstar New Jersey Lottery Group’s revenue fell short $24 million in the year ended June 30, even after Governor Chris Christie let the company cut the target. Lottery collections, the state’s fourth-largest revenue source, were … Continue reading →
Lauren Coleman-Lochner, writing for Bloomberg: After buying a high-efficiency washing machine, Stephen Asbel found that adding his usual amount of detergent turned his family’s clothes into a sudsy mess. So he cut back on it. And then cut back some … Continue reading →
Kas Thomas: Young people today don’t realize what has happened to the U.S. economy over the past 40 years. Their sense of what’s “normal” is shaped by current reality, not the reality their parents grew up in. They don’t know … Continue reading →
Matthew Goldstein, reporting for The New York Times: William H. Gross, who helped build Pimco from scratch into a $2 trillion mutual fund behemoth over four decades, abruptly quit on Friday for a much smaller firm. The surprising exit came … Continue reading →
Juli Clover, writing for MacRumors: Apple’s talks with companies in the payment industry have been heating up in recent months, according to a new report from The Information. Apple executives have discussed launching a mobile payment solution as soon as … Continue reading →