Ben Cohen

The Wall Street Journal

How the Music of ‘Super Mario Bros.’ Became a Smash Hit

By: Ben Cohen

The classic Nintendo game’s theme is one of the biggest earworms of all time—and was a tech breakthrough.

The Wall Street Journal

The Surprising Risk That Turbocharged a $142 Billion Bank Run

By: Ben Cohen

The biggest risks in any business are the ones that companies fail to imagine—like a bank run fueled by social media

Financial News

How social media fuelled the Silicon Valley Bank run

By: Ben Cohen

The biggest dangers of any business are the ones that companies fail to imagine and don’t know they should fear

The Wall Street Journal

Warren Buffett’s Formula for Success: One Good Decision Every Five Years

By: Ben Cohen

Berkshire Hathaway has obliterated the market in his 58 years at the company. He credits roughly 12 decisions.

The Wall Street Journal

America’s Math Coach Is Teaching Fifth-Graders to Outsmart AI

By: José A. Alvarado Jr., Ben Cohen

This professor is traveling the country with simple advice for an uncertain future: Be more human.

The Peterborough Examiner

Hells Angels come to town; hundreds of bikers descend on east end Toronto neighbourhood

By: Peter Edwards, Clarrie Feinstein, Gilbert Ngabo, Ben Cohen

The procession was met by police from various jurisdictions who pinned the bikers in with police cars and barricades.

The Peterborough Examiner

‘It doesn’t even feel real:’ Barrie mourns after six young people killed in weekend car crash

By: Frank Matys, John Edwards, Ben Cohen

The Star and Simcoe connected with some who knew them. A few were unable to speak without breaking down. Others struggled to find the words to convey a loss so profound.

The Wall Street Journal

The $1 Trillion Company That Started at Denny’s

By: Ben Cohen

AI made Nvidia the world’s most valuable chip maker. So did three guys sipping diner coffee and planning to conquer markets that barely existed.

Ahlam Tamimi’s 16th Victim - Zenger News

By: Ben Cohen

Twenty-two years after the Sbarro bombing, the 16th victim of that massacre succumbed to her injuries

J-Wire

Ahlam Tamimi’s 16th victim – J-Wire

By: Ben Cohen

Twenty-two years after a Palestinian suicide bomber devastated the Sbarro pizza restaurant in downtown Jerusalem, the 16th victim of that massacre succumbed to her injuries. Chana Nachenberg, an American-Israeli mother who was 31 at the time of the deadly attack in August 2001, died on May 31, having never woken from the coma in which […]