Mar 1, 2016

Marketplace for Tuesday, March 1, 2016

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Yahoo is reassessing the "goodwill value" of Tumblr; a look at the link between superdelegates and campaign contributions; and why people in Japan are buying bonds with a negative yield.

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A $25 billion bet on changing how we work and play

by Mark Garrison

Feb 25, 2016

A giant real-estate project in New York makes a risky bet on a reimagined future

Projected view of Hudson Yards, Looking South from the No. 7 Subway Station.

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$3 billion worth of cancer drugs will be trashed this year

by Molly Wood and Dan Gorenstein

Mar 1, 2016

A new study from BMJ blames, in part, bad packaging.

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Why buy bonds with a negative yield?

by Tracey Samuelson

Mar 1, 2016

Japan now has 10-year government bonds with a negative yield. Investors want them.

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The power of superdelegates and campaign contributions

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer

Mar 1, 2016

Democratic superdelegates can bring in the campaign contributions.

Voters cast their ballots at the polling place at Fairfax Circle Baptist Church during Super Tuesday voting March 1, 2016 in Fairfax, Virginia.

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What the heck is goodwill, anyway?

by Sabri Ben-Achour

Mar 1, 2016

And why is Yahoo writing off such a huge hunk of its Tumblr acquisition?

Tumblr founder David Karp stand while posing after a news conference with Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer following Yahoo!'s acquisition of Tumblr in Times Square on May 20, 2013 in New York City. Yahoo! purchased the blogging site Tumblr for $1.1 billion.

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Final Note

We're a little too willing to take orders from robots

by Molly Wood

Mar 1, 2016

A new experiment showed people had no problem doing what robots told them to do

Georgia Tech researchers built the “Rescue Robot” to determine whether or not building occupants would trust a robot designed to help them evacuate a high-rise in case of fire or other emergency.

Rob Felt/Georgia Tech

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Robots, data, and the industries of the future

by Molly Wood

Mar 2, 2016

Soon, you may have your own personal C-3PO

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Yahoo is reassessing the “goodwill value” of Tumblr; a look at the link between superdelegates and campaign contributions; and why people in Japan are buying bonds with a negative yield.