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Breaking into Sarah Palin’s webmail account was a simple hack–one that required little to no technical expertise. There is, of course, an important lesson to be learned here for the vice presidential candidate, and hopefully the rest of us can take something away from this as well.
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, a site dedicated to revealing the connections between politics, politicians, and money donated from interest groups, unveiled a new tool this week that allows you to see how congressional committees influence legislation and how special-interest groups influence the members of those committees. The tool adds a new tab to legislation, so you can see [...]

In a roundtable discussion on the fallout from a week of turmoil on Wall Street, Wharton professors Richard Herring, Susan Wachter and Franklin Allen discuss the ripple effect of the crisis across U.S. and global markets.  They also speculated on the AIG bailout, which was announced shortly after this video was recorded on September 16.
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Big market downturns and jarring volatility have left small investors feeling whipsawed — and nervous. But it would be a mistake to abandon classic long-term personal finance principles in the face of recent challenges. The 60% stocks, 30% bonds and 10% cash approach remains the best strategy. Wharton finance professors Jeremy Siegel, Richard Marston and [...]

With global financial markets in turmoil, trade will most likely be an urgent concern for the next president. As part of Knowledge@Wharton’s ongoing coverage of the upcoming November election, we examine the candidates’ views on trade issues. So far, both Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama have tended to follow predictable party lines: McCain is [...]

The government’s rescue of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and AIG demonstrated clearly that the financial turmoil continues on Wall Street. In an interview with Knowledge@Wharton, Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel says there are some positive signals in stocks and corporate earnings, but it’s too soon to say the market has hit bottom. Siegel also talked [...]

After refusing to bail out Lehman Brothers, the government agreed to an $85 billion loan to insurance giant AIG, effectively taking over the company. Knowledge@Wharton talked to Wharton insurance professors Olivia Mitchell and Kent Smetters to find out how the world’s largest insurer got into this situation and how it can be prevented from happening [...]

Years of downloading, editing photos, backing up data, and ripping CDs can easily result in a cluttered hard drive full of duplicate files. You may want to get rid of them to save space, but you don’t want to take days to sort through them. With Duplicate Cleaner, you don’t have to commit yourself to [...]

Blizzard today announced the release date for its upcoming World of Warcraft expansion pack. The Wrath of the Lich King, the second expansion pack for WoW, is set to arrive on November 13.
The pack features Northrend, a new continent of gameplay aimed at high-level gamers. Also making its debut are the undead armies of [...]

With the recent demise of investment bank Lehmann Brothers and mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Americans are certainly feeling the brunt of the weakened economy. In these trying economic times, it’s essential to manage your finances in order to keep up with your mortgage, credit card, and loan payments each month.

So what can [...]