Money and Computing

Rose Mula writes, "If I won the lottery, I'd buy a new luxury car or two — every year for the next fifty. Furthermore, I'd look young and beautiful forever because I could afford plastic surgery to erase every wrinkle as it appeared." more »

Julia Sneden writes, "Sports venues used to be named after people of achievement, if they weren’t named for the teams that used them. Nowadays, despite the fact that most venues are built at least in part by taxpayer dollars, "naming rights" are sold for large amounts of money." more »

Rose Mula writes, "They've invented a car that parallel parks itself, but when will they give us one that will drive itself so I can concentrate on my cell phone calls, answer my laptop email, and eat my sandwich  …  without worrying that a cop is g… more »

Treasury Secy. Timothy Geithner released a statement concerning the basic form of the Financial Stability Plan. Aside from that brief outline, he announced a new website called FinancialStability.gov, which holds a fact sheet with more details. The co… more »