OCTOBER 26, 2013

Full News Archive

• Headline: Alternative Mutual Funds: Caution Advised. Impact: The rise of alternative mutual funds led to a decade-long confusion where investors thought they were buying financial products and ended up with artisanal potato chips instead. Clearly, the universe had a sense of humor.. Fact: Did you know that complexity in finance is often just code for 'we're trying to hide something'? Welcome to the world of alternative investments!.
• Headline: Struggles of Ntozake Shange's Artistry. Impact: Ntozake Shange's struggle to communicate sparked a global movement of poets using unconventional methods to express their art, leading to a future where poetry is performed via interpretative dance by robots. Progress?. Fact: Did you know that the term 'writer's block' should be replaced with 'writer's stroke'? Because that's definitely what it sounds like in this case..
• Headline: Bank’s Midlevel Executive Becomes a New Face of the Housing Crisis. Impact: Rebecca S. Mairone's liability became a touchstone for future scapegoats in corporate scandals, leading to a world where midlevel executives are now trained in the art of looking busy while running for the hills.. Fact: Did you know that being a midlevel executive is just corporate speak for 'I take orders from people who also have no idea what they're doing'?.