Latest from Jeff Horwich

• Aug 8, 2012

  Obama, Romney draw attention over apps

  With election day now less than three months away, the campaigns of both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have amped up. One of their newest feats? Mobile apps.

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• Aug 8, 2012

  U.S. seeing signs of a housing rebound

  Home prices are rising and the number of Americans behind on their mortgages has fallen to a three-year low — all encouraging signs of a rebound in the housing market.

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• Aug 8, 2012

  Pfizer agrees to pay $60 million to settle bribery charges

  The charge: violating the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Pfizer's drug sales reps paid bribes to get Pfizer drugs used by doctors in countries like China, Russia and Bulgaria.

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• Aug 7, 2012

  Magazine newsstand sales fall dramatically

  At Conde Nast alone, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Lucky and Allure all experienced double-digit declines in newsstand sales, according to new data out today from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. In the first six months of this year, magazine sales slumped 9.6 percent overall.

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• Aug 7, 2012

  Medaling at the Olympics: The Index

  The Financial Times has a cool Olympic feature, where they run a formula for how many medals countries should get — based on things like historical performance, per capita GDP, and host-country advantage. Then they compare that against actual performance in the Games.

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• Aug 7, 2012

  Switching up the violent video game trend

  Each time there's a mass shooting in the real world, people ponder again the link between violent media and violent actions. The link isn't clear in recent cases — and it's not proven as a general matter. But is there any harm in investigating alternatives?

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• Aug 7, 2012

  How a school district’s bond went from $100 million to $1 billion

  The Poway Unified School district borrowed just over $100 million for building renovations in 2008, but because of a form of creative financing called a capital appreciation bond, the total debt is now adding up to close to $1 billion.

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• Aug 6, 2012

  Why countries specialize in certain sports

  Over the weekend, Usain Bolt of Jamaica won the 100 m running race at the Olympic games. Jamaica and other island nations have become know for their sprinting power, in the same way that countries like Kenya are known for their strength in distance running.

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• Aug 6, 2012

  Former SEC employment doesn’t affect lawyers’ work in private sector

  A team of researchers has a new paper out today that looks at this effect on lawyers at the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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• Aug 6, 2012

  Will the investment in the Curiosity rover pay off?

  You can't get more international than Mars — where the Curiosity rover has landed. Scientists say they're primarily searching for signs of life, but companies are springing up with the goal of extracting non-Earthly resources.

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