When we sat down for a conversation in the Forbes building last week, AQR Capital Management co-founder Cliff Asness gave his take on everything from the fiscal cliff to his favorite way to value stocks to why investors need to get comfortable with lower returns: read »
What on earth motivated a 48-year-old Chicago publishing executive to suddenly uproot his family and move to the wild west of Napa Valley back in 1973? For John Shafer, who would found—via stubborn trials and plenty of errors—one of the New World’s iconic wineries, Shafer Vineyards, two pieces of information came together. One was the then-dubious proposition that the California wine business was poised for a take-off, and the other a magazine article warning that if you had ever thought of a second[...] read »
Cisco this week launches its new global integrated marketing campaign, “The Internet of Everything,” from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. read »
If Santa replaced his elves with refrigerator-sized machines that digitally assemble toys out of nylon dust and lasers, his workshop might look something like this. In October, 3D-printing startup Shapeways opened its New York production facility in Long Island City, Queens, the biggest consumer-focused 3D printing factory in the world. When [...] read »
The undercover life of the world's biggest private collector of spy memorabilia. read »
Harry Potter tops our list but Lord of the Rings is on its way up.
You won't be able to digest all these discussions in a single day or even a single week, but Cal Tech physicist and blogger Sean Carroll has posted the videos from his recent Moving Naturalism Forward workshop. read »
UnitedHealth Group is moving toward transparency and away from paying doctors and hospitals on a fee-for-service basis, predicting up to $600 billion in savings for all Americans if the entire health industry implements similar payment reforms. read »