fat finger
a keyboard error made by a securities trader who pushes the wrong key or keys when entering a trade. In a day short of major U.S. data, the bond market was jolted during the [...]
exoplanet
a planet that is outside our solar system. In a long-awaited announcement, scientists operating NASA's Kepler planet-hunting satellite reported on Wednesday that they had identified 1,235 possible planets orbiting other stars, potentially tripling [...]
cloud computing
any service that operates over an Internet connection, allowing immediate access from any computer or mobile device with Web access. Business owners can access software or store information—such as customer contacts, accounting data and presentations—and [...]
grease payments
small payments that are made by a foreign company in some countries to facilitate the initiation of certain services. The new [British] law, called the Bribery Act, takes effect in April [2011]. It resembles [...]
Nollywood
the name of the Nigerian film industry. It is hard to avoid Nigerian films in Africa. Public buses show them, as do many restaurants and hotels. Nollywood, as the business is known, churns out about [...]
Dunbar’s number
#Dunbarsnumber - the idea that a person can only have a limited number of close relationships, probably around 150. [O]ur minds are not designed to allow us to have more than a very limited [...]