Marketplace Articles

Tango Mango founder on entrepreneuship

By Michael O'Brien / Marketplace Editor
On Tuesday, the Entrepreneur Society hosted Shirley Spinetta, the founder of Tango Mango, a restaurant in Newton, Mass. for a round-the-table discussion on her business and entrepreneurship in general. "Some of you feel or think you are entrepreneurs," she said.

Entrepreneurial Edge: Anaptyx: Changing the economics of the Internet

By Alex Lindahl
We are rapidly moving into a new wireless world. The transformation has been inevitable, and we are now widely greeted with new electronics and environments that are freed from the constraints of wires, opened by streaming ones and zeroes floating through the air swiftly transferring information between devices.

Book Review: Let me tell you 'The Secret'

By Tue Tran / Features Editor
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne contains the perfect ingredients to be a commercial success, which is why it has been on The New York Times Bestsellers List for more than a year. The title evokes curiosity; the cover, mystery. Its subject is perfect for the American craze with self-help, and of course, after having been endorsed on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Secret became a household name.

Tech Journal: HD DVDs will share the fate of Betamax

By Matt Sbrogna
Many consumers are looking to take the plunge into next-generation DVDs, specifically HD DVDs and Blu-ray DVDs. While it may be tempting to buy one of these players and start building a new DVD collection, it may be best to wait a few more months. Right now, a format war is taking place within the industry between HD DVD and Blu-ray, much like the format war between VHS and Betamax during in the 1980s.

Politically Speaking: An American tragedy: The fall of Rudolph W. Giuliani

By Joshua Darr
Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign can only be described as an American tragedy. It had all the right elements: hubris, fate, and cataclysmic failure. Love it or hate it, we do not have a national primary in the United States. An elite club of states rules the process and guard their role fiercely against any other states who wish to usurp their authority.

Market Report: Fox: This Super Bowl to be the most popular of all time

By Matt Struzziero / Heights Senior Staff
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last two months, you know that the New England Patriots will be competing to complete only the second undefeated football season in NFL history, and the first in over three decades. But the implications of the most-watched television broadcast of the year go beyond the Patriots trying to make history.

Health & Science: Reconsidering the effects of 'eco-friendliness'

By Paul Symansky
Along with trendy "greenness" and various environmental protection efforts, alternative recreational programs such as eco-tourism have received their fair share of growth. While their intentions are clearly benevolent, the outcome of such activity may be harming wild animals.