New Economic Saviors: Marc Cuban and You

Google and Apple will try to kill it, Microsoft to buy it

(NEWSER) - Mark Cuban has some good news and some bad news for Facebook. Good news: It's the “new internet,” our go-to place for at-work entertainment. “Everything that the net was 5 or more years ago, Facebook is today,” the entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks' owner writes on his blog , and it'll soon take over every other site with its latest platform innovations. Now the bad news: Anything that big looks like a threat to Apple and Google. More»

(NEWSER) - The baby boomers may be pushing 60, but they're primed to lead another "entrepreneurship boom" in America, Dane Stangler writes in the American. After all, according to one study, it's the close-to-retirement-age crowd—not 20-something whippersnappers—that has led US entrepreneurial activity since it last picked up in the mid-1990s. More»

Favoritism for JR Smith? Read all about it on Mavs owner's feed

(NEWSER) - When Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban has disagreed with referees in the past, he's tended to gripe, shout, or bellow—and pay the resulting fines. But now he's also tweeting, notes Chris Matyszczyk on Cnet.com. Cuban posted a complaint about a no-call on a Nuggets player: "how do they not call a tech on JR Smith for coming off the bench to taunt our player on the ground?" More»

Recession becomes the mother of invention for would-be businesspeople

(NEWSER) - New businesses are sprouting up across America as unemployed people running out of time and money decide that the only way to get a job is to create one, the New York Times reports. Economists say now is the time in the downturn cycle when "forced entrepreneurship" starts, and this time around, the Internet is making it easier for aspiring people to get their ideas—from web design services to jellyfish aquariums—off the ground. More»

Owner of NBA's Dallas Mavericks accused in 2004 stock sale

(NEWSER) - Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was charged today with insider trading, the Dallas Morning News reports. The government alleges that, in 2004, Cuban spoke with the CEO of a company in which he held shares, and was told, confidentially, of a new stock offering that would dilute the value of his holdings. “Well, now I’m screwed,” Cuban allegedly said. “I can’t sell.” More»