Newmark's Door

Four stories from the not-always-accurate but often-interesting NY Times (free registration required):

Folks are now IM-ing each other in Net-equipped classrooms. Asset or liability?

Michael Boskin's recent discovery about the federal deficit seems to be wrong.

I half-jokingly remaked to my colleagues that our business school should have an entire course devoted to Wal-Mart. Other business schools are getting close.

When I went to graduate school in southern CA, Trader Joe's was already a legend. Apparently they are doing very well. They need to open a store in North Raleigh.