Gaza Gets Less Than Six Hours Of Electricity A Day
Lack of fuel from Israel brought Gaza's lone power plant to a halt on Friday, days after it was fired back to life following a seven-week shutdown, the electricity company said."The plant stopped...
View ArticleThai Crisis Deepens As Army Chief Hints At Possible Coup
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's powerful army chief refused on Friday to rule out military intervention to defuse an escalating political crisis, the latest blow for a government determined a February...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, QQQ)
Good morning! Here's what you need to know.Markets in Asia were mostly up. The Nikkei was 0.03% higher. Hong Kong's Hang Seng climbed 0.27%. Korea's Kospi index gained 0.15%. In Europe, London's FTSE...
View Article10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning
Good morning and happy Friday!Here's all the tech news you need to know before heading into the weekend:1. Amazon wants to make it right: it's currently offering $20 gift cards and refunds on shipping...
View ArticleThe Euro Is On A Tear
Equity markets are fairly quiet today, but currency markets are showing life.As we mentioned earlier, the Turkish Lira is getting obliterated.Meanwhile, the euro is on a tear, rising to its highest...
View ArticleTwo Journalists Are Stuck In Antarctica, And They're Tweeting What It's Like
Two Guardian journalists are sending their regards over social media as they are trapped on a research ship in Antarctica that is retracing the steps of Antarctic explorer and scientist Douglas Mawson....
View ArticleA Growing List Of Swiss Banks Are Joining The US Tax Crackdown
ZURICH (Reuters) - A host of Swiss banks have signaled their readiness to work with U.S. officials in a crackdown on wealthy Americans evading taxes.Many more are expected to follow in the coming...
View ArticleMOBILE INSIGHTS: Mobile Is Now Clearly The Growth Engine For Digital Advertising
Mobile Insights is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Editor's note: We will not publish charts of the day or Insights on January 1. Happy holidays from the...
View ArticleShares Of No-Name Tech Company Go Crazy After It Announces Its Getting Into...
Shares in a little-known tech firm are up more than 65% in pre-market trading this morning after after it announced it was preparing to launch a beta version of its Bitcoin trading platform....
View ArticleFormer Ambassador To US Killed In Huge Lebanon Bomb Blast
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Former Lebanese minister Mohamad Chatah, who opposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, was killed in a massive bomb blast which one of his political allies blamed on Lebanon's...
View ArticleIndia Has Begun Retaliating For US Arrest And Strip Search Of Diplomat
NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India has sought details about staff in American schools in the country for possible tax violations and revoked ID cards of U.S. consular officials and their families,...
View ArticleTop India Bitcoin Operator Halts Trading After Bank Warning
India's biggest Bitcoin trading platform said on its website Friday it had suspended operations after the central bank warned against the risks of using virtual money.BuySellBitCo.in closed its...
View ArticleHere's How Facebook And Twitter Stack Up Against One Another For Advertisers
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View ArticleSOCIAL INSIGHTS: Here's How Facebook And Twitter Stack Up Against One Another...
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View ArticleWall Street Analyst Downgrades Twitter In One Of The Shortest Downgrade Notes...
Shares of Twitter are on a blazing rocketship path, and people are scratching their heads trying to figure out why.The stock is up about 100% since late November, having closed yesterday at $73.31.The...
View ArticleThe Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Will Blow Your Mind
Please enable Javascript to watch this video The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset that is most definitely the future of gaming.The device straps onto your head and completely immerses you...
View ArticleThe 25 Most Failed States On Earth
This summer, Foreign Policy came out with its annual list of the most failed states on the globe, based on 12 metrics including social, economic, and political and military indicators.We covered how...
View ArticleIcebreaker Ship Trying To Rescue A Russian Ship Trapped In Antarctica Now...
A Chinese icebreaker ship trying to reach a stranded Russian vessel carrying 74 people off Antarctica has gotten itself stuck in ice roughly six nautical miles short, CNN reports.The crew of the Xue...
View Article$7,500 A Month! Look At The Insane Salaries Interns Earn At Top Tech Companies
It pays to study math, science and technology in college these ... really pays.Competition for talented software programmers and computer hardware engineers is so intense, interns can expect land...
View ArticleThe 25 Most Expensive Teams To See In Person
Using data collected by Team Marketing during surveys of teams in the four major North American sports leagues (MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL) we created the Adult Cost Index (ACI) which is how much it might cost...
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