About $345 billion in owed taxes goes unpaid each year, according to the IRS. A large part of this shortfall, about 68 percent of it, can be attributed to self-employed small business owners, who are […]
Why Are We Still Asking if Women Can ‘Have It All’?
A recent issue of The New York Times Magazine featured a story on Wendy Davis, the Texas state senator who is now running for governor. Splashed across the cover of the magazine was the question, […]
How Street-Style Photographers Are Transforming the Fashion Industry, For Better or Worse
With fashion week events taking place throughout the month in New York City, London, Milan and Paris, February has quickly become known as “fashion month” among fashion aficionados. And, this past month, as the throngs […]
Deadly Protests in Ukraine: What’s Next for this Divided Country?
Escalating political violence reached a boiling point this week in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev as more than 75 people were killed and hundreds more seriously injured in clashes between protesters who are seeking the […]
Candy Crush’s Latest Saga: Going Public
King Digital Entertainment, a London-based gaming company, announced this week that it will take the company public in an attempt to capitalize on the wild popularity of its game Candy Crush Saga. The free-to-play mobile […]
Here’s—Jimmy! ‘Tonight Show’ Makes a Timely Change
After 21 years of Jay Leno –give or take a Conan cameo- the “Tonight Show” officially began a new era on Feb. 17 when Jimmy Fallon took over as host of NBC’s late-night standard. While […]
Comcast + Time Warner Cable: What a Merger Could Mean For Your TV, Internet and Wallet
Comcast’s $45.2 billion deal to acquire Time Warner Cable would merge the nation’s top two cable providers into a media leviathan. Over the next year, the Federal Communications Commission will have to sort out whether or […]
The Trick to Being App-y With Haircuts
After two years and trips to 15 different barbershops and stylists, senior entrepreneurship student Skyler Logsdon has finally created what Philadelphia magazine hails as the “Hair App of the Future.” MyKlipsPics, which Drexel University LeBow […]
Factors Affecting Oil Prices This Winter
By Shawkat Hammoudeh The cold weather arrived early this fall in the Northeast and Midwest of the United States, which are the major natural gas consumers in this country. The arctic air marched through those […]
The Value of a Humanities Degree
During a speech last week at a Wisconsin General Electric plant, President Obama reiterated his support for the manufacturing industry, encouraging young people to pursue a technical education – while simultaneously slighting humanities disciplines. “I […]