Author: Uri Friedman

Eating Off Saddam's Plates: Iraqi Militaria as a Hobby

Park Avenue Autumn

A New York restaurant is using plates looted from Saddam's palaces

By Uri Friedman

Feb 17, 2011

Is Social Search the Future of the Internet?

Expect more information from your social networks in your Google search results

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 16, 2011

Coke’s Secret Revealed? Take the News With a Drop of Coriander Oil

Public radio's This American Life has caused a stir by claiming that it’s obtained the original recipe for Coca-Cola

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 16, 2011

Were Banks 'Complicit' in Madoff Fraud? Madoff Says So

In first prison interview, Madoff tells the New York Times that banks and hedge funds displayed "willful blindness"

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 15, 2011

Cliché Watch

Better Living Through Corporate Publicity

Touch-sensitive glass from Corning will transform your life--just like all these other products

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 15, 2011

The Ecuadoran Suit Against Chevron by the Numbers

A court in the Amazon is demanding that the U.S. oil company pay $9 billion in environmental damages, in a potentially historic case

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 14, 2011

What We've Learned About Pandora in Its IPO Filing

Pandora expects to raise as much as $100 million when it goes public in 2011

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 14, 2011

Obama's Four Toughest Budget Choices

The administration's 2012 budget proposes ways to cut the deficit by $1.1 trillion over ten years

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 11, 2011

How to Understand the Growing Trade Deficit

The trade gap widened in December for the first time in four months and increased by nearly 33 percent in 2010; here's the good, the bad, and the "big question"

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 11, 2011

What Abolishing Fannie and Freddie Means for Homeowners

The Obama administration wants the government to dramatically scale back its involvement in the mortgage market

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 10, 2011

Problems With Obama's Plan to Get 98% of Americans Wireless

It's a nice idea, but it won't be easy

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 10, 2011

Mubarak Shocks the World by Staying Put

The Egyptian president said he will oversee a political transition in September but did not step down as many expected

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 10, 2011

President Mubarak May Resign Today

After weeks of demonstrators calling for the end of his regime, several news organizations are reporting the Egyptian president will step down later today in a televised address

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 9, 2011

Nokia CEO Wonders Whatever Happened to Nokia

Stephen Elop penned a brutally honest internal memo about the mobile phone company's lackluster performance, likening its current situation to standing on a "burning platform"

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 9, 2011

Quote of the Day: Aw, You Don't Really Want Lower Taxes

Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner intends to persuade CEOs that he's got the right idea

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 9, 2011

NASA Investigates Toyota Recall--What Happened to All That Space Stuff They Used to Do?

America's space agency says it's highly unlikely that drivers lost control of Toyota vehicles because of electronic defects

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 8, 2011

How Current TV Could Change with Keith Olbermann

The former MSNBC host announced on Tuesday that he's moving to Al Gore's news channel

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 7, 2011

Should Obama Be Courting the Chamber of Commerce?

The President spoke to the influential business lobby on Monday in another effort to strengthen ties with corporate America

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 7, 2011

Why the Financial World Is Spooked by Nasdaq Cyber Attack

The owner of the stock exchange has confirmed that hackers broke into a service for corporate executives

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 7, 2011

A Google Executive's Place in the Egyptian Uprisings

Wael Ghonim helped spearhead the Internet activism underpinning the protests but mysteriously disappeared over a week ago

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 4, 2011

When Holograms Are Greeting You at Airports, What's Next?

Two British airports have become the first in the world to create holographic projections of their staff

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 4, 2011

Is Your 'Lovely Face' on a Random Dating Site?

Two media professionals populated their site with publicly available Facebook data to prove a point about identity in the digital age

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 4, 2011

How Did We Lower Unemployment But Create So Few Jobs?

The January jobs report is a head-scratcher, with job growth falling far short of expectations even as the unemployment rate declines

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 3, 2011

Match.com Buys OkCupid: What It Means for Online Dating

Does the $50 million signal the demise of online dating or the start of a richer digital dating experience?

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 3, 2011

Do Hackers Make a Difference in Middle East Uprisings?

The hacker group Anonymous, having taken down Egyptian government websites, now turns to Yemen

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 2, 2011

Only Two Years After Crisis, Wall Street Earns Record Pay

Total compensation and benefits hit $135 billion in 2010

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 2, 2011

Google Accusing Bing of Copying Search Results: Who's Right?

A riveting tale of search, sting operations, and honeypots

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 1, 2011

Officials Warn of Al Qaeda Threats Against Wall Street

The FBI is worried that Yemen-based operatives could attack bankers through the mail

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 1, 2011

Does Snow Hurt the Economy? How Much?

This week brings another severe winter storm

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By Uri Friedman

Feb 1, 2011

The Day the Internet Address Died

It's coming this week, but we'll get new ones

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By Uri Friedman

Jan 31, 2011

Is Another Financial Crisis Just Four Years Away?

An Oliver Wyman partner has presented a bold thesis at Davos

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By Uri Friedman

Jan 31, 2011

Consumer Spending Is Back: Good News, Right?

Here's the rub: We're saving less and the growth may not be sustainable

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By Uri Friedman

Jan 31, 2011

How Egyptian Unrest Could Unravel Economic Recovery

Analysts worry that protests in Egypt--especially if they spread across the region--could send oil prices soaring

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By Uri Friedman

Jan 28, 2011

Is Football's Future in Jeopardy?

Can the high-impact sport survive its concussion problem?

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By Uri Friedman

Jan 28, 2011

Looks Like We Picked the Wrong Week to Join the Girl Scouts

They're yanking certain cookies from their roster and receiving complaints from health advocates

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By Uri Friedman

Jan 28, 2011

World Grows Jittery About American Debt

The International Monetary Fund and Moody's have both issued warnings to the U.S

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