Sure, paper clips end up floating around junk drawers and clutter desk tops, but they’re good for more than just organizing papers. These bendy wires can be quite handy in pinch — and they can make a ...

The paper clip is something of a fetish object in design circles. Its spare, machined aesthetic and its inexpensive ubiquity landed it a spot in MoMA’s 2004 show Humble Masterpieces. This was a ...

During World War II, Norway was occupied by the Nazis. Norwegians, at great personal risk, showed their resistance to the fascism of the Nazis and the antisemitism by wearing a paper clip. That simple ...

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Wall Street lost a legend on Friday. Alan "Ace" Greenberg, the former Bear Stearns CEO, died after a battle with cancer. He was 86. Greenberg, who could be described as "old school" on Wall Street, ...

In 1993, a bank in Abbotsford, Canada hired a 23-year-old stock broker named Trent Dyrsmid. Dyrsmid was a rookie so nobody at the firm expected too much of his performance. Moreover, Abbotsford was ...