Thursday, May 3, 2012

03-May-2012 11:13

DealBook: Ambitious Law Firm Is Reduced to Grim Dispatches :: Dewey & LeBoeuf set its sights on becoming a global powerhouse in corporate law, but it is now close to collapse amid a partner exodus and too much debt.
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/a-once-ambitious-law-firm-reduced-to-grim-dispatches/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Op-Ed Columnist: Tanks, Jets or Scholarships? :: Let's stop sending planes and tanks to the Arab world and start sending scholarships instead. Just look at the difference it's making in Lebanon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/opinion/friedman-tanks-jets-or-scholarships.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Get ready to be moonstruck (again) this Saturday - CNET (blog) :: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57426374-1/get-ready-to-be-moonstruck-again-this-saturday/

Stocks mixed on earnings, jobs data :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/lRntUxJ0MSY/index.htm

Startups make up a smaller share of U.S. businesses :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/LttrXAciwNE/index.htm

Leaked specs confirm dual-core CPU for Verizon's Galaxy S III - CNET :: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-57426129-251/leaked-specs-confirm-dual-core-cpu-for-verizons-galaxy-s-iii/

Harvard and MIT launch edX to offer free online classes :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/RYRxeDjzWLg/index.htm

Facebook readies for mid-May IPO :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/0MwhG5smOMo/index.htm

Best of the Web Today: Beware the Demagogues :: They're "already on the loose," one warns.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304743704577380092090040260.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Op-Ed Columnist: Libertine on the Loose :: A chilling election ghost story: How Dominique Strauss-Kahn haunts the Socialist Party he once was poised to take to the Élysée Palace.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/opinion/dowd-libertine-on-the-loose.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Big Doubt Over Facebook :: As Facebook prepares for an IPO on May 18, some advertisers are doubting whether they're getting their money's worth buying new forms of ads on the social network.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304868004577378122958515302.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

About New York: In Deeds, Nuns Answer the Call of Duty :: The Roman Catholic sisters of New York City have focused on social justice issues, but the Vatican has criticized them for not speaking up about conception and sexuality.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/nyregion/in-deeds-nuns-answer-the-call-of-duty.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Let's take a moment to admire the sexy curves of Ms Carol Vorderman - Mirror.co.uk :: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/carol-vorderman-goes-out-for-dinner-815921

City Kitchen: Cooking With Fresh Asparagus — City Kitchen :: There's no denying the thrill when, after months of apples, potatoes and sturdy greens, suddenly asparagus appears in full force at the market.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/02/dining/cooking-with-fresh-asparagus.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

'The Passage of Power,' Robert Caro's New L.B.J. Book :: The fourth volume of Robert Caro's series on Lyndon Johnson starts shortly before the 1960 presidential election and ends a few months after John F. Kennedy's assassination.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/06/books/review/the-passage-of-power-robert-caros-new-lbj-book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Italy scientists say they have found oldest human blood :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/P9CtghMc6MQ/us-italy-iceman-blood-idUSBRE8410MF20120502

Bond yields are going to surge! Eventually? :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/Ruu1RLiTIi8/index.htm

Trying to Shed Student Debt :: Lawmakers are rethinking bankruptcy-law options for student-loan debt as graduates' burden has grown by 24% in the last decade.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303978104577364120264435092.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Target ditches Amazon Kindles from its shelves :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/Swr1AFjajPY/index.htm

Profiles in Science | Elizabeth S. Spelke: Insights in Human Knowledge, From the Minds of Babies :: Elizabeth S. Spelke studies infants and toddlers to understand how the brain works by determining what, if anything, humans are born knowing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/01/science/insights-in-human-knowledge-from-the-minds-of-babes.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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