Conor Dougherty

Business Reporter, Wall Street Journal

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In another genius move, mlb extra innings has scheduled the Giants game in the same channel as the Cubs, because baseball takes 2 hours now?
I come close to puking every time I get in a cab. Literally. Motion sickness poster child. Thank God NASA is ON IT! online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…

The Search for a Better Remedy for Motion Sickness

online.wsj.com — Researchers from the Navy, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and academia are studying causes and potential treatments of motion sickness, hoping to formulate better products for situations that range from the extreme (space!) to the mundane (road trip to Grandma's, anyone?).
Much ado about the 30-year-fixed. @NickTimiraos on Congress's long slog to a Fannie/Freddie solution. online.wsj.com/article/SB1000…

Fannie, Freddie Future Finds a Focus

online.wsj.com — Congress is gearing up to tackle an issue that Washington has mostly ignored for nearly five years: What to do with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the bailed-out but now-profitable mortgage companies.
@justinwolfers Lisa Simpson also hates pie graphs! (Do a text search for Pie Graphs, if you're so inclined). homepage.smc.edu/nestler_andrew…

Andrew Nestler's Guide to Mathematics and Mathematicians on The Simpsons

homepage.smc.edu — Compiled by Dr. Andrew Nestler, Santa Monica College Thanks to my partner in this endeavor, Dr. Sarah J. Greenwald, at Appalachian State University Our main page is S impsonsMath.com Revised 8/23/12 This is a work in progress and for educational purposes only.
RT @hankschulman: No reaction from Bum for losing no-hitter aside from loading up a snot rocket. #sfgiants.
RT @GSElevator: #1: Checking your phone after someone else pulls out their phone is the yawn of our generation.
RT @NickTimiraos: From @AtlantaFed: "Investing in equities offers favorable returns more often than investing in housing." http://t.co/W5nW…

Real Estate Research

realestateresearch.frbatlanta.org — " Atlanta Fed Blog Gets Renewed Focus | Main June 12, 2013 Is Investing in Housing Really a Losing Proposition? In a recent article in the New York Times ( here), Robert Shiller notes that a home may not be such a great investment after all.
RT @WSJ: "1984" jumped more than 7,000% in its Amazon sale rankings this week after the #NSA scandal broke. on.wsj.com/169yIti

'Nineteen Eighty-Four' Sales Spike Amid Surveillance Disclosures

blogs.wsj.com — One of the hottest beach reads this summer is "Nineteen Eighty-Four." The spate of disclosures about America's surveillance apparatus appears to have spurred not only allusions to Orwell's dystopian classic, but also a surge of book sales. According to Amazon.com Inc.
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