APRIL 21, 2010

Full News Archive

• Headline: Struggle for Pakistan's Educated Future. Impact: This power struggle led to a future where educated individuals started forming secret societies, plotting to create a world where knowledge could outsmart intolerance—cue the dramatic music.. Fact: In the grand scheme of things, this fight for Pakistan's future could have been avoided if only someone had figured out how to make education sexy..
• Headline: SEC's Case Against Goldman Sachs. Impact: As the SEC investigations unfolded, it inspired a new generation of financial wizards to create even more convoluted deals—think of it as a game of Monopoly where everyone is in jail.. Fact: In finance, a ‘deal’ is often just a fancy way to say 'We’ll figure out how to cover our butts later.'.
• Headline: North Dakota's Job Boom and Housing Crisis. Impact: North Dakota's housing crisis prompted a wave of tiny home movements, leading to a future where everyone lived in adorable shoeboxes and shared bathroom schedules.. Fact: It's ironic that a state with an oil boom couldn't find a place for workers to sleep. Maybe they should have just tried stacking them like Tetris blocks..
• Headline: Mumbai Hotel, a Killing Zone, Is Grand Again. Impact: The reopening of the Oberoi not only symbolized resilience but also sparked a global trend of luxury hotels doubling as fortresses—because who doesn’t love a five-star experience with added security?. Fact: After the attack, the hotel’s PR team probably had to brainstorm new ways to describe a ‘killing zone’ as a ‘dynamic, revitalized space’ in their brochures..
• Headline: When Heart Devices Fail, Who Should Be Blamed?. Impact: This case set off a chain reaction in the medical device industry where accountability became the hottest new trend—everyone loves a good blame game.. Fact: When it comes to medical devices, you might want to consider that ‘user error’ could very well be code for ‘we didn’t test this enough.’.