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10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning (GOOG, MSFT, AAPL)
Good morning! We're going to have a sunny Friday here in New York. Let's look at the tech news.1. Microsoft announced plans to lay off 18,000 employees. 13,000 of those layoffs happened immediately. Of...
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Amazon's First Ad For The Fire Phone Shows Why It Chose To Compete Against...
Amazon's first ad for the Fire Phone makes a simple, direct pitch: Buy the phone, and you'll get videos and games from Amazon Prime for free. Simple as that.The Verge thinks it's a "strange" choice for...
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Joss Whedon Was Brutally Honest When He Saw The Original ‘Avengers’ Script
Known for TV shows with cult followings, Joss Whedon would only get involved in "Marvel's The Avengers" if he had a script he believed in. Unfortunately, that meant trashing the draft by Zak Penn that...
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ, GOOG,...
Good morning! Here's what you need to know:MH17. U.S. intelligence believes a surface-to-air missile was fired at Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, killing the 298 people aboard. The act has been tied...
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Leona Helmsley's Former Greenwich Estate Can Be Yours For $65 Million
The Greenwich, Conn. estate of the late Leona Helmsley, the hotel tycoon who earned the nickname "Queen of Mean," is on the market for $65 million, according to Christie's International Real Estate,...
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A Fateful Thunderstorm May Have Doomed Flight MH17
When Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 went down near the Eastern Ukrainian town of Luhansk, it was roughly 300 miles off its normal course, a route that would have taken it through much safer airspace over...
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This Flaw In The Buk Missile System Makes It Really Easy To Accidentally...
Military experts think that a Buk missile — an easy-to-use type of anti-aircraft weapon — is the most likely culprit in the destruction of a Malaysian Airlines passenger jet that's thought to have been...
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Someone Keeps Breaking Into San Francisco Startups
Someone might be burglarizing San Francisco startups, San Francisco Chronicle reports.Two downtown San Francisco companies have reported several break-ins as recently as last week, and security footage...
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Emerging Payment Technologies Will Create New Winners And Losers In The Giant...
The credit and debit card ecosystem is much bigger than MasterCard, American Express, and Visa. Scores of companies play different roles in the system as intermediaries, most of them as merchant-facing...
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RUSSIA EXPERT: 'Circumstantial Evidence' Will Convince The Public That Russia...
Russia is standing firm in placing blame on the Ukrainian government for Thursday's deadly attack on a Malaysia Airlines passenger plane.But a Russia political risk expert says the circumstantial...
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Stakes Are High For De Blasio After 'Troubling' Smartphone Video Shows Man...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio held a press conference Friday afternoon to address the death of a 43-year-old grandfather named Eric Garner, who died while being taken into custody on Thursday by...
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Death Of HIV Researchers In The Malaysia Plane Crash Is An 'Incalculable Loss'
Several members of the international HIV and AIDS research community were killed when a Malaysia Airlines plane was shot down over eastern Ukraine.Reports have said that up to 100 of the passengers may...
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How To Handle The Investment Trade-Off Between Risk And Return
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.How Advisors Can Handle The Investment Trade-Off Between Risk And Return (The...
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Microsoft Has Also Laid Off Some Of Its High-Powered Lobbyists (MSFT)
Microsoft's shockingly huge 18,000-employee layoff announced on Thursday also includes cutting the jobs of some of the Washington, D.C., lobbyists working for Microsoft and Nokia.Nokia lobbyist Leo...
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PENTAGON: Russia Likely Helped Militants Who Shot Down The Plane
Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby said Friday that it "strains credulity" to think pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine who are believed to have shot down Malaysia Airlines flight MH17...
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11 Addicting New Apps For Killing Time On The Subway
The commute to and from work is rarely fun, so it's nice to have some interesting apps to help pass the time.Since many people use public transit or the subway for getting to work, we've collected apps...
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Larry Ellison Is Launching An Awesome New Film Festival On His Hawaiian Island
Oracle CEO and billionaire Larry Ellison is following in the footsteps of his children. He's getting involved in the film business.In this case, he's launching a new politically minded film festival...
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Here’s Why This School District Chose Google Chromebooks Over Mac And Windows
When David Andrade became the CIO for the Bridgeport Public Schools District in Connecticut last year, he knew he was in for a big challenge. Only a few old desktop PCs were located in the district’s...
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NBC BACKTRACKS: Reporter Who Witnessed Child Deaths Sent Back To Gaza Amid...
NBC News is sending reporter Ayman Mohyeldin back into the Gaza Strip to cover the conflict there after he was pulled out last week due to "security concerns," the network announced Friday."Thank you...
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Scarlett Johansson's 'Lucy’ Contains A Darker Version Of The Iconic Opening...
Scarlett Johansson's breakout adult role was 2003's "Lost In Translation," which opens with a long shot of the then-18-year-old actress's butt in pink panties as she lies on her side.The image is more...
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