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Play It Again, Hal
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Play It Again, Hal

Excavating whistles, beeps, hums and other sounds from his laptop, a Stanford professor is developing a new orchestral landscape, and a playground for a new kind of keyboardist.

by Erin Biba

Prophet and Loss
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Prophet and Loss

As head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Brooksley Born warned a decade ago that lack of oversight in the derivatives market could lead to economic disaster. Why didn t anyone listen?

by Rick Schmitt