May 18, 2014 | Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Pittsburgh is known as a city of immigrants, but that's usually a reference to the late 1800s and early 1900s, when hundreds of thousands of workers and their families flooded into the region from eastern and southern Europe. Much less well known is the influx that Pittsburgh has experienced over the past 40 years. That wave of newcomers has been dominated by highly educated immigrants from east and south Asia.

May 14, 2014 | Forbes

American ingenuity, the stuff of lore and legend. It’s what drives global economy. We literally bank on the next disruptive entrepreneur — and innovative new technology — to completely redefine or create new industries. It’s what America does really well, our goose that continues to lay golden eggs. And yet, maybe not. The truth is that America’s startup engine is sputtering.

May 18, 2014 | Boston Globe

Quietly, Harvard has built what amounts to an in-house production company to create massive open online courses, or MOOCs, high-end classes that some prestigious universities are offering for free to anyone in the world, generally without formal academic credit. Contrary to the popular image of online classes consisting largely of video from a camera planted at the back of the lecture hall, Harvard is increasingly using mini-documentaries, animation, and interactive software tools to offer a far richer product.

May 16, 2014 | Cropwdfund Insider

The May 1st Wall Street Journal article, entitled “Frustration Rises Over Crowdfunding Rules,” describes efforts in the U.S. Congress to amend the JOBS Act even before the Federal CF Exemption takes effect. However, many states have found a way to go ahead with crowdfunding without the delay and burdens involved with the Federal CF Exemption. They have done so by adopting their own intrastate crowdfunding exemptions, often citing job creation as the goal.