How Millennials Are Reshaping Charity And Online Giving
The generation now coming of age is spending — and giving — differently. New York-based Charity: Water gets it, and it's been a boon to its cause.
Economy
School Facilities Strained By Boom In Petroleum Engineering
Students want to cash in on that growing job market. Those high paying jobs are also attracting petroleum engineering professors. So there are fewer professors to teach ballooning classes.
Economics Nobel Awarded For Work On Regulating Big Businesses
French economist Jean Tirole studies oligopolies — markets that are controlled by a handful of powerful, interdependent companies.
French Economist Wins Nobel For Work On Regulating Big Business
The Nobel committee said Jean Tirole has helped to reshape regulators' policies with his idea that the same rules have different effects — good and bad — in different industries.
High Point Considers A "Street Diet" To Grow Commerce
The city of High Point may slim a five-lane road down to three to promote more pedestrian traffic and, hopefully, business growth.
Speculation Abounds Over Who Will Win Economics Nobel
The top contenders for the Nobel Prize in economics are said to be a pair of NYU professors who study entrepreneurship, and a Stanford researcher who did pioneering work into economic sociology.
French Economist Wins Nobel For Market Power And Regulation Research
French economist Jean Tirole, 61, works at the Toulouse School of Economics in France. The economics prize completed the 2014 Nobel Prize announcements.
Kmart Says Its Store Registers Were Hacked, Exposing Credit Cards
The Sears-owned company says it removed the malware after it was discovered Thursday. It announced the exposure late Friday, saying no personal data or PIN numbers were lost.
'Bad Paper' Explores The Underworld Of Debt Collection
In his new book, Jake Halpern looks at the industry, where having a criminal background is no barrier to entry. He explains debt buying and how little regulation gave rise to a chaotic marketplace.
Reviving A Southern Industry, From Cotton Field To Clothing Rack
Garment-making once thrived in the South. Two acclaimed designers are trying to bring it back with a field-to-garment concept, creating a clothing line from their own organic cotton grown in Alabama.