Hot Springs is traditionally best known for the natural spring water that gives it its name, flowing out of the ground at a temperature of 147 degrees into the famed Bathhouse Row. Hot Springs National Park is the oldest Federal Reserve in the U.S., and the tourist trade brought by the famous springs makes it a very successful spa town. Other popular attractions include Oaklawn Park, theme parks, the Hot Springs Music Festival and the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival which is held each October at the historic Malco Theater. The city is home to National Park Community College and the Hot Springs Technology Institute. [...] more
NFL avoids being named as a defendant in the newest concussion lawsuit filed by 5 former Kansas City Chiefs players against the team. [...] more>>
Darren Heitner,Contributor
When Kathy Giusti was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 1996, the disease was uncommon and fatal. Patients lived an average of three years, and there was not a single drug in the pipeline. Myeloma, a type of bone marrow cancer formed by malignant plasma cells, will affect an estimated 22,350 people [...] [...] more>>
Vanna Le,Forbes Staff
A new report from its own Inspector General notes that the US Department of Homeland Security – the government division ostensibly responsible for ensuring cybersecurity throughout the nation – itself suffers from serious cyber-vulnerabilities. The report notes that problems exist even on Top Secret systems, and that among other problems, the Department [...] [...] more>>
Joseph Steinberg,Contributor
Guest post by Jeremy Liew, a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners Yesterday Facebook made a change to its newsfeed algorithm, promoting high quality content and deprecating low quality content and meme photos. What will this mean for the new generation of content sites who have fed entirely off of social sharing? In the [...] [...] more>>
Bruce Upbin,Forbes Staff
Tesla received great news this week as German regulators concluded their investigation, noting "no manufacturer-related defects could be found." [...] more>>
Brian Solomon,Forbes Staff
President Kocherlakota of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve (and other members of the FOMC) have argued recently that tapering Fed purchases of bonds would slow the economy. This assumes that interest rates would rise and that asset values (bond prices and stock values) would fall, reducing aggregate demand and economic growth. [...] [...] more>>
William Dunkelberg,Contributor
For now, the type of batteries we commonly use can easily fit in one hand. Will there come a day when we will rely on one that is the size of a fridge? That's the pitch that California battery developer, Imergy Power Systems, will be pushing as the startup begins to [...] [...] more>>
Ucilia Wang,Contributor
VideoThe vision of drones delivering packages for Amazon unveiled this week may be a bit too fanciful for people residing in the world’s major cities, says the founder of Paris-based wireless device company Parrot, one of the world's main manufacturers of toy drones. “I think it is funny,” Henri Seydoux said in an interview. [...] [...] more>>
Adam Tanner,Contributor