The Hummingbird Project

Finance meets tech in a new thriller called The Hummingbird Project. Writer-director Kim Nguyen spins the tale of two youngish cousins who quit their jobs at a New York-based hedge fund that specializes in high- frequency trading to dig a 4-inch fiber-optic tunnel between the Kansas Electronic Exchange Data Center and the New York Stock Exchange … Continued

Black Monday

Imagine a TV comedy series that begins with a man in a business suit sitting on the curb crying. On the sidewalk behind him, black-clad punksters spray graffiti on an ornate stone pillar. Stray pieces of paper flutter across the deserted urban landscape. Funny?  But wait. Things seem to be improving as an impossible-looking red … Continued

Rock’s Revivalists: Greta Van Fleet

Hip hop and rap have surged in popularity in the past 15 years, outpacing rock, pop and country to become America’s most-streamed musical genres. But a Grammy-winning outlier is bucking music-industry trends.