The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office were at first reluctant to grant software patents on inventions relating to computer software. Software patents cannot be granted to processes, machines, articles of manufacture, and compositions of matter. Patents could not be granted to scientific truths or mathematical expressions of it. The PTO viewed computer programs and inventions [...]

You feel their presence all the time. When you say business, or trade, the image that comes to mind are easily people in business suits engaged in phone conversation while gesturing to another person at the same time. They walk relentlessly from one corner to the next, often calling out to one another. You see [...]

Futures trading is a risky business. It is a financial gamble. And, like any gamble, you will never know when you will win and when you will lose. The key is simply to play the game based on the cards you are dealt with, what you know about the market so far and hope for [...]