Price-Fixing in the German Beer Industry

Price-Fixing in the German Beer Industry

While it may not grab headlines with the same vigor as last year’s ebook price-fixing scandal involving Apple and a handful of publishers, the German Federal Cartel Office released news Monday that a group of beer brewers has been hit with a $145 million dollar fine...
New Yorkers Bike Through the Cold

New Yorkers Bike Through the Cold

The city that never sleeps apparently doesn’t know how to take a day off from exercise either. During the “polar vortex” yesterday the temperature in New York City fell to 4° Fahrenheit, a 118-year record for January 7. And yet 6,669 people felt like...
Chinese Tycoon Fails to Buy New York Times

Chinese Tycoon Fails to Buy New York Times

If you plan to make an offer to buy The New York Times make sure you don’t tell every news publication first. Although the paper of record was never for sale, a wealthy Chinese businessman decided he couldn’t bear to not own the paper for just one more...
Google+ Inadvertently Gets Man Arrested

Google+ Inadvertently Gets Man Arrested

Google+ finally found a way to force people into taking them seriously, by inadvertently having a man arrested. Thomas Gagnon, a 32 year old from Massachusetts, was taken into custody after his ex-girlfriend received a request to join his circle on Google+. Earlier in...
Giffords Commemorates Her Shooting With a Skydive

Giffords Commemorates Her Shooting With a Skydive

Three years ago Gabrielle Giffords was among the severely injured in a shooting spree that left six dead and 12 wounded on a sidewalk in Arizona. Today, despite lingering injuries that make it difficult for her to speak or walk, the former congresswoman will mark the...