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Fortune’s Formula : The Untold Story of the Scientific Betting System That Beat the Casinos and Wall Street by William Poundstone

Posted on January 20, 2006 by Hong

This is one of the most fun reading I’ve done recently. I think I saw it mentioned in BusinessWeek. The words that caught my interest was “gambling”, “stock market”, and “Claude Shannon“. Especially Late Dr. Shannon. Ever since I got … Continue reading →

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North Korea and Free Market?

Posted on February 24, 2004 by Hong

There was an interesting editorial on the current issue of BusinessWeek (March 1, 2004, p. 56) titled, “Pyongyang: Will Its Recovery Speed a Deal?” by Rose Brady. This is on the report by several American Asian experts who visited North … Continue reading →

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Boys will be boys, or else?

Posted on May 19, 2003 by Hong

I just read an interesting article, “The New Gender Gap” by Michelle Conlin in BusinessWeek (May 26, 2003, pp.74-82). The article has a “provocative” subtitle, “From kindergarten to grad school, boys are becoming the second sex.” Somehow I am not … Continue reading →

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Something about Genes

Posted on March 16, 1999 by Hong

I was reading an issue of BusinessWeek some time ago and found an interesting article (“It’s All in the Genes? Ha!,” BusinessWeek, March 16, 1999, pp. 100-102). It’s about the theory that challenges the established genetics community which believes that … Continue reading →

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