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America's next financial crisis?

March 23, 2015

A bronze statue of a bull fighting with a bear is displayed at the Museum of American Finance on Wall St. in New York City — Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Author Michael Lewis talks about high-frequency trading, a year after "Flash Boys"

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Putting a price on comic book deaths

March 20, 2015

A variant cover of "Death of Wolverine" #1. — Courtesy:Marvel Comics

They're a dime a dozen, but do they really drive sales?

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Crowd-sourcing hits the bookshelf

By Ben Johnson and Aparna Alluri

February 25, 2015

Kindle reader. — Steve Walker/Flickr

Kindle Scout, Amazon’s new online publishing platform, to release books.

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Barnes & Noble move may signal a spinoff

By Tracey Samuelson

December 04, 2014

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

Bookseller bought back Microsoft's stake. But it's still unclear if company might split in two.

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Chris Hadfield can show you your hometown from space

By Lizzie O'Leary

October 16, 2014

Astronaut Chris Hadfield offers a visual tour of Earth from the International Space Station in his book of space photography, "You Are Here: Around the World in 92 Minutes," like this view stretching from Havana to Washington, D.C. — Photo Courtesy of NASA

No, he wouldn't sing for us. We asked.

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How tech is changing reading at libraries

September 03, 2014

Members of the American Library Association talk during their annual conference at the Ernest N. Morial convention center — Chris Graythen/Getty Images

A conversation with Courtney Young, president of the American Library Association.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's dark lost chapter

By Lizzie O'Leary

September 01, 2014

The cover of Roald Dahl's children's book, "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." — Image courtesy of Penguin Books.

Deemed too wild and subversive for its time, the unprinted chapter has resurfaced.

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Where does Marvel go from here? Anywhere it wants

August 12, 2014

"Avengers" actors and costumed characters ring the opening bell at The New York Stock Exchange. Not coincidentally: their movies make so much money. — (Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images)

"Guardians of the Galaxy" is a game changer for Marvel Studios.

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Thor becomes a lady, and other changes at Marvel

July 18, 2014

Don't call her "She-Thor." — (Courtesy:Marvel Comics)

Will Marvel's big shake-ups to Thor and Captain America draw a new audience?

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