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

Dec 21, 2010

Net Neutrality Put to a Vote

The FCC is likely to vote on regulations morning

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 20, 2010

The New Trend in Temporary Employment

The Times says short-term employment is on the rise--is that good or bad?

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 20, 2010

Giant Accounting Firm Charged With Fraud

Debating Ernst & Young's role in the financial crisis

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 20, 2010

What Is Mark Zuckerberg Doing in China?

Facebook watchers wonder what the visit signifies for the site's growth strategy

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 17, 2010

Why Valuing Internet Start-Ups Is So Hard

Google's Groupon bid and Twitter's valuation raise questions about how the tech industry estimates worth

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 17, 2010

How the iPhone Increases the Trade Deficit

Apple's smartphone has ignited a debate about the ways we measure global trade

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 17, 2010

Winners and Losers of the Tax Cut Bill

It passed late Thursday night

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 16, 2010

The Peter Orszag Dilemma

How should we address the revolving door between Washington and Wall Street?

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 16, 2010

Will YouTube Soon Produce Its Own Content?

What a potential acquisition signifies for the future of online video

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 16, 2010

Assessing Obama's Meeting With Corporate Chiefs

Was it anything other than a high-powered and really long lunch?

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 15, 2010

Has WikiLeaks Cast a Dark Cloud Over Cloud Computing?

Analysts wonder whether government agencies and businesses will recoil from web-based computing

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 15, 2010

Does Inequality Cause Financial Crises?

A debate is brewing about income disparities, modern finance, and the prevention of future economic cataclysms

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 15, 2010

Huffington Post Poised to Make First Annual Profit

What does the website's financial health say about its success?

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 15, 2010

Mark Zuckerberg Is Time's Person of the Year

The magazine credits the Facebook founder with transforming how we live our lives--the web has thoughts on this

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 14, 2010

Best Buy, Worst Day

Why did the electronics retailer have such a bad quarter?

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 14, 2010

What Wall Street Frugality Looks Like

Some bankers are splurging less in the face of bonus cuts

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 14, 2010

Cliff Lee Spurns Yankees for Phillies

A shocked baseball world unpacks the move

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 13, 2010

Judge Rules Health Care's 'Individual Mandate' Unconstitutional

Health care reform dealt first blow in courts

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 13, 2010

Will Obama's CEO Summit Produce Jobs?

Commentators are less than sanguine

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 13, 2010

Bernie Madoff's Son Commits Suicide

What prompted Mark Madoff to take his life?

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 10, 2010

Is America's Entitlement System Ripping Off the Middle Class?

Analysts crunch the numbers to investigate the claim that taxes and welfare disincentivize work

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 10, 2010

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Failure: The Morning After

What Obama, Defense Secretary Gates, and others have to say

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 9, 2010

'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Fails

Liberals despair, though debate is not dead

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 9, 2010

Spotlight: Gordon Brown's Formula for Western Revival

Former British prime minister urges G20 to resist protectionism, export to Asia

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 9, 2010

Tax Cut Deal Spurs Deficit Anxieties

Do we care about the deficit? The market may, but deficit-watchers argue Obama's tax cut deal is evidence that, frankly, we don't give a damn

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 9, 2010

Zuckerberg Pledges Fortune to Charity

Yes, even this--like anything the Facebook founder does--is controversial

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 8, 2010

Frank Foer Steps Down as Editor of The New Republic

What will this mean for the magazine?

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 8, 2010

Motherhood Costs More for Businesswomen

Women taking time off for children suffer greater financial loss in business than medicine, study shows

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 8, 2010

Obama's Tax Cut Deal: Stimulus In Disguise?

Does the proposed legislation, by any other name, smell as sweet?

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 7, 2010

AT&T Rated Worst Carrier In Nation

Internet indulges in AT&T schadenfreude; AT&T launches damage control

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 7, 2010

Borders-Barnes & Noble Merger Idea: Brilliant or Desperate?

The arch rivals consider an alliance as their industry transforms

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 7, 2010

AOL-Yahoo Mega-Merger Speculation, Again

Should we take it seriously this time?

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 6, 2010

By Uri Friedman

Dec 5, 2010

Should Retailers Have to Admit When They Use Blood Minerals?

New laws for showing if a computer or TV is conflict-free

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By Uri Friedman

Dec 2, 2010

Is the Federal Reserve Leaving Homeowners out in the Cold?

Consumer groups worry that a new proposal will make homeowners more vulnerable to foreclosures

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