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Want a side of security with that waffle?
Mar 26, 2013
A Waffle House restaurant in a rough Atlanta neighborhood adds a surcharge for a security guard.
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Too proud to sell: The disposition effect in behavioral finance
Mar 25, 2013
The disposition effect says investors tend to "sell the winners, and hold onto the losers" for purely emotional reasons. One behavioral economist fell for the classic investment mistake.
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Helping drug addicts kick the habit six months at a time
Mar 25, 2013
A new drug, in the final stages of approval by the FDA, could make it easier to give addicts medication without using pills and risking abuse.
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Yahoo acquires Summly, which was created by a 15-year-old
Mar 25, 2013
Yahoo spent $30 million today to buy a news-aggregating app called Summly, which was created by Nick D'Aloisio when he was 15 years old.
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42 the movie: A legendary baseball star and a luxury hotel chain?
Mar 22, 2013
An unusual marketing partnership with Marriott for an upcoming film about baseball legend, Jackie Robinson has some wondering -- why?
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What difference does Pepsi's new bottle make?
Mar 22, 2013
It's about the fizz, the grip, the masculine appeal, say beverage analysts
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Not planning for the future? Perhaps you are in 'present shock'
Mar 22, 2013
Author Douglas Rushkoff explores the ways technology and business culture have evolved so as to keep consumers "present-minded" in his latest book, "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now."
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Sit down, eat out? Not so much.
Mar 21, 2013
Darden Restaurants, owners of casual dining chains Olive Garden, Red Lobster, and LongHorn Steakhouse, saw profit fall 18 percent last quarter as sales slipped almost 5 percent.
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Why NBC may tap Fallon to succeed Leno
Mar 21, 2013
Jay Leno is king of late-night TV ratings, but Jimmy Fallon could represent the future of the TV franchise. He has strong ratings plus a big You Tube and Twitter following that advertisers care ever more about.
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How much TV money does March Madness make?
Mar 21, 2013
The N.C.A.A. men's basketball tournament begins this week. Last year, the tournament earned its highest TV ratings in 18 years, while taking in more than $1 billion in revenue from ads. But Stephen Dubner of Freakonomics Radio wondered if CBS and Turner aren't making enough.
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