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The article discusses a trend in the field of science during the early 21st century in which research papers feature an increasing number of co-authors. According to the article, the growth of co-authors is partly a result of the more complex nature of scientific experiments and the significance of authorship of peer-reviewed research in hiring practices. The article also discusses the alphabetization of authorship, which became a benefit for French particle physicist Georges Aad.

The article discusses an assertion made by Harvard Law School professor Einer Elhauge made in an online paper posted in July 2015 that concentrated shareholdings by large fund managers such as Fidelity Investments, State Street, and Vanguard Group raise prices. According to the article, the ten largest asset managers are responsible for $6.6 trillion in stock mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The article presents comments from University of Michigan finance professor Martin Schmalz.

The article states that gains in the Shanghai, China, Stock Market, in 2015 were of great financial benefit to the Chinese government. According to the article, the Chinese government made billions of dollars in paper profits based on the stock gains of state-owned corporations listed on the exchange. The article discusses the potential impact on the Chinese economy. It also discusses the actions of the Chinese agency the China Securities Regulatory Commission.

The article discusses Portuguese banking company Banco Espírito Santo SA's reneging on a prior commitment to make good the losses of investors who bought commercial paper from its collapsed parent firm Espírito Santo International SA. Chief executive Eduardo Stock da Cunha of the bank's successor firm, Novo Banco, now says the bank has no such obligation. The imbroglio has created a dispute between the Bank of Portugal and Portuguese regulatory body CMVM. INSET: Audit Finds Possible Wrongdoing at Banco Espírito Santo.

The article discusses a shift in responsibility within the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) system for regulating large banks. Once the province of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, big bank oversight has been assumed by a committee led by Fed governor Daniel Tarullo at the Fed's Washington, D.C. headquarters. A 2010 paper called the Triangle Document describes a structure in which Washington exerts control over the 12 banks in the Federal Reserve system.

The article discusses discord at French periodical "Charlie Hebdo." The publication's circulation and revenue have soared following a January 2015 terrorist attack that killed several staff members at its Paris, France offices. Employees want the paper's two surviving shareholders including editor Laurent Sourisseau to give up their shares and make the company a cooperative, a move Sourisseau has resisted.

The article reports that high-frequency trading firm VIrtu Financial Inc. is preparing to file papers with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering (IPO). Virtu had called off an IPO in 2014 amid bad publicity about high-frequency traders stemming from the book "Flash Boys" by Michael Lewis. A protagonist of that book, Brad Katsuyama of dark pool operator IEX Group Inc, has since hailed Virtu as a non-malignant trading firm.

The article reports that HarperCollins Publishers will publish the book "Go Set a Watchman" by Harper Lee in July 2015. It will be Lee's second novel, following "To Kill a Mockingbird" which appeared in 1960. The manuscript for "Watchman," which Lee had originally submitted for publication instead of "Mockingbird," was thought to have been lost. It was rediscovered in 2014 by attorney Tonja Carter in an archive of Lee's papers.

The article discusses results of a pair of studies that show hedge funds, high-frequency traders, and others who subscribe to a data feed from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) receive company filings from the SEC moments before they are posted at the agency's Website, thus creating an opportunity for profitable trading. One paper co-written by Jonathan Rogers of the University of Colorado shows the discrepancy leads to movement in prices and trading volume.

The article discusses the causes and purposes of yawning. Research conducted by psychology professor Andrew Gallup shows that yawning in rats serves to cool their brains. In 2005 researchers including Gregory Collins of the University of Texas Health Science Center published a paper identifying brain receptors that govern yawning.

The article discusses a diaper controversy at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Consumers were angered when Wal-Mart stopped offering to match the price at which rival Dollar General Corp. was selling Pampers brand diapers from Procter & Gamble Co. Wal-Mart acted in part because its diaper packages were bigger than Dollar General's, resulting in large discounts for Wal-Mart customers. Wal-Mart has begun training staff on how so-called price-matching promotions are supposed to work.

The article discusses how the consumer goods company Procter & Gamble has increased its production of products for adults with incontinence such as adult diapers in part due to the declining birth rate in the U.S. Topics include how people spend more money over time on incontinence products than on baby diapers, how while births are flat the aging U.S. population is increasing, and how others such as toy maker Hasbro Inc. are catering to the elderly.

The article reviews the exhibition "Castiglione: Lost Genius. Masterworks on Paper From the Royal Collection" featuring the paintings of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione at the Kimbel Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas through February 14, 2016.

The article reports on a paper from economists José Azar, Martin Schmalz and Sahil Raina indicating high fees charged by banks to their clients and their payment of lower interest on deposit certificates.

The article presents a paper by four influential academics who work on security and cryptography, citing that lawful hacking is an acknowledgment of the reality that mobile and personal computers are quite insecure in the U.S. in 2016.

The article reviews several exhibitions in the U.S. in 2015 including "Sculpture in the Age of Donatello: Renaissance Masterpieces From Florence Cathedral" at the Museum of Biblical Art, "Castiglione: Lost Genius: Masterworks on Paper From the Royal Collection" at Kimbell Art Museum, and "Sultans of Deccan India 1500-1700: Opulence and Fantasy" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The article offers New York news briefs such as the lease contract signed by paper firm Central National-Gottesman Inc. with Centre at Purchase building office and the online guide provided by New York City Department of City Planning for cultural organizations and art galleries.

The article offers information on several products from different manufacturers which include the wallpaper from Wallnut Wallpaper, bookshelves and window seat from West Elm and the Ziggy Blue chevron rug from Madeline Weinrib.

An excerpt from a Brookings Institution paper by Mark W. Lipsey and Dale C. Farran is presented which focuses on a study of a Tennessee voluntary pre-K program (TNVPK).

The article mentions the redesign of the "Playboy" magazine with its March 2016 issue which is deemed to drop nude photos as claimed by media company Playboy Enterprises Inc. and to feature a larger size, as well as to be printed on heavier paper.

This article presents excerpts from the paper "The Right Stuff," by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz in the July 20, 2005 issue of "National Review" and from a speech of Cruz during the Republican presidential debate on September 16, 2015.

The article informs that Rowan County clerk Kim Davis, who was jailed by U.S. District Judge David Bunnmg for refusing to issue same sex marriage licenses filed legal papers on September 7, 2015 asking that she be released while her appeal is pending.

An excerpt from the National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper "Do energy efficiency investments deliver? Evidence from the weatherization assistance program," by Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone and Catherine Wolfram.

The article reviews the exhibition "Painting on Paper: American Watercolors at Princeton," at the Princeton University At Museum until August 30, 2015.

The article reports on the box-office results recorded for several films as of July 27, 2015 including "Ant-Man," from Walt Disney Co., "Pixels," from Sony Pictures Entertainment, and "Paper Towns," from Twentieth Century Fox.

This section presents a list of companies scheduled to report 2015 earnings including Ford Motor, United Parcel Service, and International Paper.

The article informs that the University of California, Berkeley, and National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan have developed a wireless device to indicate through milk carton cap that milk has become sour.

The article informs that a new working paper from European researchers revels that investors trading stocks with assistance of financial advisers are more diversified and overcome some common pitfalls then those who traded independently.

The article reports the popularity of commercial paper or short-term bonds as a means for companies in India like chemical firm Deepak Nitrite Ltd. to raise money for their operations as of early July 2015.

The article reports that technology firm Hewlett-Packard Co. officially confirmed its breakup with the papers it filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which was a move decided by its chief executive Meg Whitman after the company went through years of declining revenue and corporate scandals.

The article reports that the June 2015 flood in Accra, Ghana has been attributed to plastic shopping bags choking the waterways.

Excerpts from the contributions of U.S. founding father Alexander Hamilton to the Federalist Papers are presented.

The article discusses the findings of the working paper from the U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research titled "Are Firms in 'Boring" Industries Worth Less? which looked at what is known as profitability dispersion, a measure of how similar profit levels are across an industry.

The article focuses on court papers submitted on June 3, 2014 which alleged that Usaamah Rahim, a 26-year old security guard who was fatally shot by antiterrorism investigators bought three large knives and has disclosed to a friend that he planned to attack police officers in Massachusetts.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experiences at their family house in Dublin, Ireland in the late 1960s and early 1970s, particularly their use of wallpaper as decoration.

The article reports that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned police at Garland, Texas to be on the lookout for gunman Elton Simpson hours before he and accomplice Nadir Soofi attempted to attack a Prophet Muhammad carton contest.

The article discusses a research paper on the relationship between a home's eco-friendly features and its selling price, which references a study published in an issue of the "Appraisal Journal."

The article focuses on a paper released by the U.S. Federal Reserve which reveals that big bank borrower costs are lower.

The article previews the art exhibitions "Hats Off" at the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio until July 5, 2015, "Light, Paper, Process: Reinventing Photography" at Getty Center in Los Angeles, California until September 6, 2015 and "David Puxley: Wedgwood's First Studio Potter" at the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama until December 6, 2015.

The article discusses the findings of a working paper composed by researchers from Columbia University and New York University (NYU), including NYU assistant professor of management Claudine Gartenberg, concerning competition among truckers at a North American logistics company.

The article features lamps designed by Pascale Daniel, inspired by artist Isamu Noguchi's 1950s Akari paper lanterns.

The article discusses a research paper prepared by academics at the University of Florida and Singapore Management University which outlines the effect of the marriage or divorce of a hedge fund manager on the fund's asset returns.

The article discusses the relevance of Research Affiliates chief Robert Arnott's paper on the so-called fundamental index in the age of large corporations like Apple Inc.

The article discusses the importance of weighing reliability, quality and the cost of ink to better understand computer printers. Topics include the continued popularity of inkjet all-in-ones for those who need color, photo printing and a scanner, the faster printing offered by pricier printers, and the harm posed by using third-party inks which can impact the quality of photos.

The author reflects on Lee Kuan Yew, prime minister of Singapore from 1959-1990, commenting on his adversarial relationship with the press which includes lawsuits and the threat of lawsuits against international publications concerning their news coverage of the city-state, and mentions when the "Wall Street Journal" cancelled his subscription to the paper in retaliation.

The article examines the implications of the decision of the Palestinian Authority to file papers in January 2015 to join the treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC) to allow investigations against Israel for war crimes.

The article reviews the web site Einstein Papers Project by a consortium of Princeton University Press, Hebrew University and Caltech, available at einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu.

The article reports on the plan by e-commerce site Amazon.com Inc. to launch its Elements brand of diapers and wipes in 2014.

The article discusses the digital production of custom wallpaper, including the inefficiency of hand-painted wallpaper and the use of traditional techniques in addition to digital technology by Nick Cope and Rachel Mosler of Calico Wallpaper to create seamless patterns that are easy to install.

The article discusses changes to Myanmar's state-run newspaper, "The New Light," its re-launch as "Global New Light," allegations that the newspaper reflects censorship and the military agenda, and the acquisition of the paper by Japanese news agency Kyodo.