Marketplace Articles

RealVibez: Creating a Caribbean vibe on the Web

By Keith Evans / Assistant Marketplace Editor
Interested in Caribbean culture? Looking to find music from the latest reggae artists? Then check out RealVibez.com, the closest thing you can find to a "Caribbean MTV." This up-and-coming Web site focuses on distributing the latest Caribbean content, as well as creating new revenue streams for Caribbean artists.

Market Report: Fashion in the workplace: How short is too short

By Matt Struzziero / Heights Senior Staff
The National Association of Colleges and Employers recently surveyed 1164 employer members (203 responded) to give a sense of the job market graduating seniors can expect. And the news is good. Fifty-eight percent of respondents reported that they plan to increase their college hiring over last year, one-third will be keeping it constant, and only 6 percent plan to hire fewer college students.

Politically Speaking: Big assets, lotteries are not for sale

By Tim Mooney / Opinions Editor
Hamstrung by large fiscal commitments and hefty campaign promises, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has proposed a series of casinos to help fill the gap. The situation, however, took on a new wrinkle when state Republicans filed a bill with another quick fix: selling off Massachusetts' interest in the state lottery to a private company in exchange for an immediate infusion of cash.

Tech Journal: Third-party iPhone applications make their debut

By Bryan Irace
Itching to get your hands on an iPhone but can't justify shelling out $399 for a first-generation product? It's totally reasonable to want to wait for iPhones to contain built-in GPS or support faster mobile network connections, which have been speculated to arrive in later models.

Health & Science: As of now, we are limited by the speed of light - 'c'

By Paul Symansky
The speed of light in a vacuum is just under 300 million meters per second. A massless light "particle," a photon or any electromagnetic radiation for that matter, cannot travel faster than 300 million meters in one second; in fact, nothing in this universe can.