CrowdSignals Aims to Create a Marketplace for Smartphone Sensor Data
Christian Reyes

• In your opinion, will this project be successful in raising money?
• If so, what has caused it to successfully raise money?
• If not, what caused it to be unsuccessful? What may the project need to include for attracting attention and gathering donations?
• Would you (or other companies) be interested in investing in the project?
• Other than getting donations, how else could the company raise money besides crowdfunding?
• Would the findings open up new opportunities for different fields?

Why Obama’s visit to Cuba is groundbreaking

http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2016/03/economist-explains-13

1. Would you visit Cuba once travel there is easier?
2. Do you think Cuba will benefit from trading with the US and allowing tourists from the US as well? Why?
3. Why do you think the relationship between the US and Cuba changed?

USC’s Tuition Will Top $50,000 for the First Time

Discussion Questions:

1. Is attending a private school of global renown like USC worth paying over $50,000 annually? Would the tuition hike change your mind?
2. Do you believe that the USC student government was right in demanding transparency on the allocation of tuition funds? Was their tuition freeze request reasonable?
3. How much will cost, college reputation, or program quality factor into your decision of where to attend college? What other crucial factors have influenced your preference of where you study?

Financing Divorce

Discussion questions:

1. Do you think it’s fair that financiers are allowed to get a share of the settlement while divorce lawyers don’t?
2. What do you think of the idea that lending to divorcees is growing?
3. Who do you think would be willing to take divorce loans and why?
4. Thinking back to the marriage and divorce graph, why do you think both have been decreasing in recent decades?

Article: http://www.economist.com/news/business-and-finance/21694473-firms-who-lend-people-seeking-end-marriage-are-attracting-interest-inside

How Donald Trump could cause a recession

Fourth Period Discussion Questions:

http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/03/news/economy/donald-trump-economy/

1. The end of the article states that there are some people on Wall Street who believe that Trump will be pretty "moderate" if elected because they doubt that he'll create policies that will hurt businesses. Do you agree with this? Why or why not?

2. Per Mitt Romney's quote you read earlier, why do you think establishment leaders of the Republican party are speaking out against Donald Trump and his campaign?

3. The article has outlined five things that will be hurt by Trump's policies. If this is the case, why do you think his presidential campaign is successful as of now?

Nevada: The Battle for Solar Energy(Net Metering)

Fourth Period Discussion Questions:

http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-solar-power-buffett-vs-musk/

http://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-03-03/warren-buffett-s-utilities-overshadow-solar-power

1. Should states be able to limit how much energy solar panel users sell back to power companies?

2. Given how much cheaper it's become to produce solar energy, how can states further incentivize people to install solar systems on their homes?

3. What potential growth do you see for solar power in the future?

KFC Hires, Fires, then Re-Hires a Transgender woman

Magali's Discussion Questions and Links

• Is the gender discrimination even worse for low-income people? Should Carter still have switched her government issued ID? What measures could expedite this process?
• To what extent is having a huge, international corporation take a public pro-transgender rights action a big step forward for transgender rights?
• Should the push for transgender rights be coming from the government, interest groups, corporations, or all of them?
• What  could be KFC’s possible motivations for addressing the problem (and the manner in which they did it)?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kfc-fire-hires-trans-woman_us_56d5bec7e4b0bf0dab336fbe

Peyton Manning Says Goodbye

Discussion Questions

1.)Do you believe professional athletes are paid too much, even though the demand for them is so high?

2.) Do you believe that endorsements are going to become increasingly popular in professional athletes as Manning made an estimated $157 million?

3.) Despite Manning’s success, and likelihood of entering the hall of fame, why do you think his networth is substantially lower than people such as Beyonce?

4.) How do you think our society can bridge the gap between the networth of professional athletes and the average household?

Articles:

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/03/07/sports/football/07reuters-nfl-manning.html?_r=0

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14913587/peyton-manning-announce-retirement-monday

Nike (NKE) Stock Falls on Alleged Bribery Scandal

1. Do you believe that Nike is a monopoly or an oligopoly?

2. Do you think that Nike was giving the $500,000 purposely  for bribery or, to their knowledge, towards the benefit of Kenyan runners?

3.   How is Nike staying ahead of its competitors? Athlete promotions?

http://www.thestreet.com/story/13485341/1/nike-nke-stock-falls-on-alleged-bribery-scandal.html

Why Fast Food is Cheap. Really Cheap.

http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/04/business/why-fast-food-cheap-really-cheap

http://www.buzzfeed.com/venessawong/why-fast-food-is-ridiculously-cheap-right-now#.pvGzgzj0B