Chinese, Indians are good news for our tourism industry

After months of struggle for Australia's tourism industry, a ray of optimism has shone through the clouds.

The US Economy: All the Little Things that go to Make a Recession

Since 9/11 the US money supply has rocketed by about 70 per cent*. . The problem is one of bad economics, not bad investment decisions, wild speculation, the housing boom, the falling dollar, the current ...

Oil woes mask improvement in deficit

Corn is unloaded at the Badger State Ethanol plant in Monroe, Wis., in this Sept.

Dude, Where's My Recession? The Series

Thanks to today's trade numbers, it now looks as if the economy grew much faster than 1.9 percent in the second quarter.

Not with a bang but a hoover

I fully accept that the 'Pasty by Post' service may not be canonical evidence of the imminence of the end times, but it's good enough for me.

M. Scott Morris:'Tyranny of the majority?' Yeah, it's messy like that

In 12th-grade government class, our teacher tried to explain the phrase "tyranny of the majority." We'd spent 11 years of school learning majority rule was the best way ever devised for running a country.

J-Curve moves to Technology Center

Growth pushes J-Curve to add staff, expand hours [Phoenix] J-Curve Technologies LLC is moving its location to meet increased business demands.

J-Curve Technologies: J-Curve Technologies Is on the Move

The Arizona-based technical support outsourcing company, J-Curve Technologies, has moved operations to the Airport Technology Center in Phoenix in order to accommodate growing demand for their shared and ...

Books I am Enjoying Now

For the daily blog, see flickr . Or get both with the RSS Feed from Feedburner What is the J-Curve? The IRR curve over time for an early stage VC fund - " that period of time in advance of mass-confirmation of ...

8 Questions for Bob Long, Conversus Capital

I recently asked Bob Long, the CEO of publicly traded fund-of-funds Conversus Capital, a few venture-related questions.