Tag: financial systems

Speeding Up Financial Analysis

By Kate Greene | 04/15/2009 | 1 Comment

IBM's combination of hardware and software crunches financial data at an unprecedented rate.

Nokia Bets on Mobile Payment

By David Talbot | 04/02/2009 | 0 Comments

Despite a global recession, mobile-payment services are surging in the developing world.

On Markets and Complexity

By Nate Nickerson | 04/02/2008 | 8 Comments

Economist Robert C. Merton talks about the current crisis, risk, and financial engineering.

The Rise of Systemic Financial Risk

By David Talbot | 01/31/2008 | 1 Comment

MIT's Andrew Lo describes how one rogue trader can impact global markets.

Financial Woes in Second Life

By Erica Naone | 10/15/2007 | 0 Comments

Fiscal crisis raises questions about how the game handles real money.

Making Money in Second Life

By Erica Naone | 08/14/2007 | 2 Comments

Linden Lab's CFO explains how the economy works in the virtual community.

Making Money from Online Video

By Andrew Schrock | 07/23/2007 | 1 Comment

How will Revver and other revenue-sharing video websites address the challenges ahead?

A Letter to the Editor from Joshua Epstein

By Joshua Epstein | 06/27/2007 | 0 Comments

A clarification regarding the article "Artificial Societies and Virtual Violence."

Pay by Voice

By Duncan Graham-Rowe | 06/11/2007 | 6 Comments

A new payment system lets consumers pay for goods by talking on the phone.

Mining for Cheap Flights

By Kate Greene | 03/28/2007 | 2 Comments

Farecast claims to offer cheap tickets based on science, not marketing.

Ethanol Demand Threatens Food Prices

By Brittany Sauser | 02/13/2007 | 31 Comments

Rising corn prices are already affecting everything from the cost of tortillas in Mexico City to the cost of producing eggs in the United States.