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By Jon D. Markman On September 13, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Last week, Warren Buffett collected on a $1 million bet with Ted Seides, a hedge fund manager at Protégé Partners.
In 2007, the famed investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway wagered that an...
By Jon D. Markman On August 23, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Electric propulsion goes mainstream. Quietly, big parts of the industrial complex are plugging in.
You could easily mistake the Sun Flyer for many other small planes, like a Cessna or a Piper.
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By Jon D. Markman On August 2, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Everywhere you look, something in the real world seems to be getting replaced by something digital.
Thankfully, the real world has started to strike back.
This week, The Wall Street...
By Jon D. Markman On July 14, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Imagine traveling from San Francisco to Los Angeles in about the same time it takes to get a Domino’s pizza delivered.
Far-fetched?
It’s definitely possible, and it got one step closer...
By Jon D. Markman On July 12, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Digital is the future of everything.
And banks should have been at the front of the line. They have the most to gain. It has not worked out that way.
The simple reason is fear.
Bankers...
By Jon D. Markman On June 23, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Within a decade, people in need of a new liver, heart or kidney will get a new one practically on demand. These brand-new organs will be regenerated from their very own cells.
That’s...
By Jon D. Markman On May 19, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Computers are moving way past simply, well, computing. Now, they are starting to truly see.
That means, they are starting to put images into context. And this represents a huge step forward for...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On December 26, 201607:30 AM Eastern
I’ve seen some pretty crazy moves during my two decades of following the markets closely. The Long-Term Capital Management debacle. The dot-com boom and bust. The mortgage mania ... and...
By Jon D. Markman On September 20, 201607:30 AM Eastern
The third industrial revolution is happening right now. Silicon is the new steel, and data is the new oil. Now the companies that build Big Data ecosystems are about to reap the rewards.
That is...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On September 25, 202307:00 AM Eastern
Last week, I described ominous parallels between the 1920s and the 2020s. Now let me show you some of the invisible forces behind them.