peHUB Second Opinion 4.3.2013

Uncovering the “human factor” in risk management models.

How Instagram and Vine are shaking up the news industry.

Things are turning around for Facebook on the mobile front, but will the additional revenue be enough?

Speaking of Facebook, Vanity Fair has just published a big fat profile of the company for its May issue.

U.S. currency was beautiful once.

Verizon: Nope, we aren’t buying Vodafone.

Ex-Goldman trader Matthew Taylor pleaded guilty today to wire fraud.

Zynga dives into gambling in the U.K.

Job burnout may be worse for your heart than smoking.

It’s official: next February, Jay Leno is out and Jimmy Fallon is in at “Tonight.”

Best-selling author (and angel investor) Tim Ferriss is pro soda ban and against tight pants. He also thinks exercise is overrated.

The Manhattan real estate market this year is “insane,” according to reports released yesterday by the city’s major brokerage and database firms.

Image: Former Goldman Sachs trader Matthew Taylor departs Manhattan Federal Court in New York, April 3, 2013. Taylor pleaded guilty on Wednesday to defrauding the Wall Street bank with an unauthorized $8.3 billion futures trade in 2007, saying he exceeded internal risk limits and lied to supervisors to cover up his activities. Reuters/Brendan McDermid