By Sang Hyun Park
S&P Dow Jones Indices announced that Apple will join the Dow Jones Industrial Average on March 19, replacing telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. A planned stock split by Visa Inc. this month reduced the information technology-sector weighting of the Dow, clearing the way for Apple’s inclusion.
By Jack Kapp
In the aftermath of the financial crisis and the resulting monetary easing policies, Bitcoin was created to alleviate growing concerns of government manipulation of currency. Bitcoin is a virtual peer-to-peer currency that was introduced in January 2009 by a programmer or group of programmers using the name Satoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoin is designed as a decentralized currency that is not subject…