In Chicago, mid-air epiphanies

2011-07-03 08:27:29

A skyscraper's solidity, undercut by transparency.

Events

2011-07-01 10:49:25

Conferences & Meetings

Moving with the times

2011-06-29 07:52:08

Thousands of Beijing families are getting ready to move into homes in the vicinity of sought-after schools, so their children have a better chance of being admitted.

Tech choices worth making

2011-06-26 07:38:12

Buying gadgets can require sorting through options. Do you go for the faster processor or more memory?

In start-ups, a touch of dread

2011-06-26 07:37:23

What if you threw a $41million party and nobody came? A start-up company called Color knows how that feels.

An urge to cash in, ahead of the bubble

2011-06-26 07:37:23

While Silicon Valley and Wall Street debate whether a new technology bubble is in the making, some early Facebook employees are not taking any chances.

Human beings, version 2.0

2011-06-26 07:37:23

Faster, better, smarter. No, not humans, but perhaps everything else.

I.B.M.'s longevity lessons: core resources, refocused

2011-06-26 07:37:46

At 100, I.B.M. looks remarkably spry. Consumer technologies get all the attention these days, but I.B.M. has thrived by selling to corporations and governments.

Wanted in India, one good hangman

2011-06-26 07:37:46

India has 1.2 billion people, among them bankers, gurus, rag pickers, billionaires and software engineers. What it needs is a hangman.

Playing peacemaker

2011-06-27 07:52:54

Community mediators have long played a key role in maintaining peace in Chinese neighborhoods.

Call the marriage doctor

2011-06-27 07:52:54

One early morning Wang Qingqing found her husband, sleeping with another woman.

Events

2011-06-24 10:57:43

Conferences & Meetings