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Zuckerberg chose to make the best of the situation. He skied with a backpack and tucked his petite Sony VAIO laptop inside. (Not unusual: without it, he says he feels naked.) When he got a call that something was wrong with the site, he skied to the base, sat down, established a wireless internet connection, and started programming...
...rising prices for oil, steel and other commodities, which is good news for producers, but--especially in the case of oil--is raising fears of a worldwide resurgence of inflation. China also has a fragile banking system that is hampered by bad loans and a weak capital base...
Given the continuing high cost of labor in Europe and the strong euro, some of that growth is likely to come from overseas. Naím speculates that European firms will increasingly acquire companies in places where it's less onerous to do business, such as the U.S., and move their base there. And he is worried that if the euro continues to strengthen, European protectionism could grow. "A euro of $1.40 or more for a couple of years is going to generate as much pressure on governments for protectionism as it is going to generate pressures toward deregulation," he said...
...beginning of the Reagan Administration, Negroponte snagged what seemed to be a plum assignment in Honduras. As the base for U.S.-backed contra rebels fighting the Sandinistas in neighboring Nicaragua, Honduras was vital to Washington's anti-communist policies in Central America. But if Negroponte and his wife hadn't ended up adopting five Honduran children, he would probably just as soon have forgotten his tenure there. The posting proved to be the black mark in his career. He was accused of turning a blind eye to human-rights abuses by the Honduran government; he says he saw no evidence...
...cars. Automobiles have turned up in serious design exhibitions for decades. And wealthy art collectors have museum shows dedicated to their collections all the time. Why not offer one to a guy who collects cars--especially when the Boston museum is looking to bring more males into its visitor base...