Columns

15 Tech Predictions for 2014

What’s in store for the coming year? Killer apps, category killing devices, loads of IPOs … and time travelling drones.      

The Real Cost of Castro Inc.

There is a price that the Cuban regime will exact from American companies to do business there if U.S.-Cuba relations are fully normalized, a price that likely won’t benefit the country’s lower classes, but will instead line the pockets of Castro & Co., experts on Cuba warn.

Markets Post 7th Straight Week of Gains

The markets posted their seventh straight week of gains, with the Dow and S&P 500 soaring to record highs. At one point the Dow was less than nine points away from the 18,000 mark.

Why This Jobs Report Helps Democrats…in 2016

Americans might not feel it. Some of them might not even believe it. And Republicans might continue dismissing it. But the reality is the job market is turning around. And I’m telling you, so are Democrats’ prospects. I’m not talking a month from now. I’m talking two years from now.

If the Economy’s So Good, Why’s the President Looking So Bad?

You almost get the feeling, President Obama is pining for his Reagan moment, but unlike the Gipper, he just isn’t getting it. When asked by Steve Kroft how it is Americans just weren’t liking this recovery, the president almost seemed flummoxed.

Washington’s Inversion Perversion? Try…Intrusion

It seems the White House is so determined to crack down on companies trying to escape paying taxes here, that it never stopped to first consider ‘why’ they are bolting. Maybe if lawmakers spent as much time creating tax incentives as it does shutting them down, companies wouldn’t be going anywhere.

Great Scot!! Game NOT Over!!

They’re not getting divorced, but they’re still going to fight. Just because Scots decided to stick with the United Kingdom doesn’t mean all Scots are happy about it.

12 Things to Know About Scotland's Independence Vote

Here's is a cheat sheet to use to follow what a “yes” vote tomorrow would mean for Scotland to secede from the U.K. Sources include Wall Street houses, including Societe Generale, as well as the University of Glasgow, and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research.