At this conference, we will assess whether high frequency trading (HFT) has been good or bad for the securities markets and investors.

A brief analysis of current public opinion on Paris Hilton, electronic spam, political loyalties, and more.

The author introduces Frank Hatheway and Peter Martyn of NASDAQ and highlights the complexities of trading stocks electronically.

Warfighting is becoming more risky as authoritarian regimes modernize their forces. If the United States wants to retain the ability to respond successfully to crises across the globe with a leaner and more cost-effective force, then our leaders must recognize that maintaining control of the air is the starting point for U.S. military supremacy.

The authors find annual reductions in murder rates for each additional year that a right-to-carry law is in effect.

In the last decade, the majority of the world’s stock markets have converted to electronic platforms. In the United States, the New York Stock Exchange remains a human-mediated auction market operated by specialists. The NASDAQ market, however, is electronic, made up of multiple market makers who trade over a network...

Medicare is the right place to launch an electronic health record to get the maximum impact from President Bush's program for "saving both lives and money."

Institutional investors in the United States are constantly trying to reduce their trading costs, and the SEC should encourage any innovation that may reduce these costs.