Conservatives have been trying to frighten investors about the prospects of a Barack Obama presidency.

Wall Street however, disagrees, and is donating more to Obama’s campaign than to the campaign of Sen. John McCain picked by bernardblack 4 months ago

Tuesday saw one of the worst days on Wall Street since the terrorist attacks on Sept.11, it was not any one thing firstly there was a decline in the Chinese stocks there was also trouble closer to home picked by danswayuk 2 years ago

British and Iranian archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 200 kilometre-long wall, the second longest wall in Asia after the Great Wall of China, in northern Iran. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

A wish could come true for paraplegics who play the piano and are paralyzed from the hips down: the Heidelberg researcher Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Rupp has developed a method with which a pianist can operate the right pedal of a concert grand wirelessly – a first in the world. picked by suebe 1 month ago

On Monday a live wheat field, approximately one quarter of an acre in size, sprouted at South Street Seaport. The Wheat Foods Council brought what they're dubbing the “Urban Wheat Field Experience” to the area, and it's only up through today. You can learn about "the lifecycle of the wheat kernel, functioning mills, bread-baking, nutrition" and more...but mostly it just seems... read full post picked by suebe 2 months ago

This Japanese climbing wall uses picture frames, conventional holds, mirrors, and a deer’s head as climbing holds. picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago

"An ambitious guy tries to snag a job on Wall Street with the world's most ridiculous video resume."

obviously not the man in the picure :-) picked by jiggsy 2 years ago

Dow jumps 936 points - Wall Street exploded in a historic rally Monday, snapping back from last week’s devastating losses, with the Dow Jones industrial average chalking up its biggest-ever one-day point gain.

Update to: picked by ImNotBlue 2 months ago

Clobbered by Wall Street. Fierce competition
from Google. Meg Whitman's had a rough couple
years. Fortune's Adam Lashinsky finds out
how she's trying to turn eBay from ultra-hot
to built-to-last. picked by robfouryqr 2 years ago

Sesame Street provides us with another gem. Curious of how crayons were made as a kid? I live next to the crayon factory, the process is still mostly the same, just a lot more automated.

(Is it just me or is the little girl in the beginning really scary?) picked by muppetmaker 9 months ago

It might be the explanation for the mysterious piano in the middle of the woods. picked by suebe 2 days ago

When Laurel and Hardy did it, everyone laughed. But when removal men bungled the delivery of a real-life grand piano costing $89,000, no one was smiling. picked by kissmenow 2 years ago

The chief executive of a Wall Street technology consulting company was charged today with vehicular manslaughter in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a 59-year-old woman on Thursday evening. picked by willster09 10 months ago

He found it on the sidewalk and returned it to its owner. picked by mandolinorange 11 months ago