Here's Why Samsung's Profits Are Getting Demolished — And Why It Might Not...
Samsung dropped some disappointing news to investors Monday night, warning in its third-quarter earnings guidance that profits could be down as much as 60% from a year ago.That's quite a drop, and it...
View ArticleMore Harvard Undergraduates Are Now Majoring In Engineering And Applied...
For the first year ever, more Harvard undergraduates majored in engineering and applied science fields than studied in the arts and humanities, according to a university report.Harvard's School of...
View ArticleLululemon Leggings Are The Hottest Item In Teen Retail
Lululemon's leggings are the hottest thing in teen retail right now. "Leggings/lululemon" were named as the top fashion trend in Piper Jaffray's semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens survey. More than a...
View ArticleDovish Fed minutes reveal global slowdown worries
Washington (AFP) - Federal Reserve officials stressed "patience" in waiting to raise interest rates, worrying about weaker foreign economic growth and the stronger dollar, minutes of their September...
View ArticleREPORT: NBC Tried To Get Jon Stewart To Host 'Meet The Press'
According to a story published by New York Magazine's Gabriel Sherman on Wednesday, NBC tried to get Jon Stewart to host its flagship weekend political talk show, "Meet The Press," last summer. Sherman...
View ArticleAn Entrepreneur Who Inspired A 'Wolf Of Wall Street' Character Is Selling His...
Alan Wilzig, a real-life inspiration for a character in Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is selling his Tribeca condo for $43.5 million without a broker, The Real Deal reports.The...
View ArticleThe Obama Administration Says A Crucial Part Of Its ISIS Plan Does Not Exist
The Obama administration's strategy to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the extremist group known as ISIS (aka ISIL or the Islamic State) has already run into its first major roadblock.The Pentagon on...
View ArticleWhy Nursing Homes Are The Worst Places For Our Elderly
If you're thinking about sending your parent to a nursing home, it's time to seriously reconsider.Facilities for the elderly, originally created as a by-product of an effort to free up hospital beds,...
View ArticleThe State Of Global Manufacturing In 4 Big Slides (AA)
Alcoa on Wednesday reported third quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations.The aluminum giant reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.31 on revenue of $6.2 billion, and the company also...
View ArticleSAME-DAY DELIVERY: E-Commerce Giants Are Battling To Own The 'Last Mile'
Companies like Google, Amazon, eBay, and Uber are operating and expanding services that allow shoppers to order something online and have it that same day, without ever leaving home.If they manage it,...
View ArticleHow Foursquare Made The Bold Decision To Split Its Product In Two, And How...
Over the summer, Foursquare unbundled its app into two separate products: Swarm and Foursquare.Swarm, the company decided, would be the check-in app. It would house the app's founding gamification...
View Article$150 Million Thrillist Is Hiring A Banker To Explore An Acquisition Or A...
Thrillist, a network of e-commerce shops, newsletters and content for men, is hiring a banker to help it mull over potential acquisition offers or a giant fundraise, Business Insider has learned.The...
View ArticleUkraine lobbies NATO, IMF as deaths mount
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukraine dispatched top envoys to Washington and Brussels on Wednesday to secure help in the face of a surge in clashes with pro-Russian insurgents that killed eight more...
View ArticleThe US Marine Corps Is The Best Military Branch, According To Glassdoor Reviews
The Marine Corps is the top-rated military service branch, according to reviews on the career website Glassdoor.The Corps, a small maritime component of the US Navy with just under 180,000 Marines on...
View ArticleJay Leno May Return To TV With A Car Show On CNBC
Jay Leno's days as Tonight Show host may be over, but that doesn't mean he's out of show business. In fact, he could be coming back to primetime television with a car show on CNBC. Jay Leno's...
View ArticleI Took My Son To A Ferrari Race And It Was Beyond Awesome
Man.Kid.Ferrari.If you think about it, those are essentially the same three words. There are times when you grow up that you still want to be a kid, and there are times when you're a kid and you know...
View ArticleGoogle Chairman Eric Schmidt: Government Surveillance Is Going To 'End Up...
Google Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt says that the ways that governments spy on other countries is going to "end up breaking the internet."Schmidt, speaking at an event hosted by Oregon Sen. Ron...
View ArticleFor The First Time, Apple Is One Of The Five Largest PC Manufacturers...
Apple is now the fifth-largest PC manufacturer in the world, having grown nearly 9% in third quarter sales this year, market research firm IDC said in its latest Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker.The...
View ArticleHere's The One Thing That Bothers Bill Clinton About Hillary Running For...
Former President Bill Clinton made a joke about the biggest problem he has due to his wife, Hillary, potentially making a White House bid in 2016 during a speech at the U.S. Conference of Mayors on...
View ArticleDemocrats Just Got Some Horrible News From New Polls
Democrats in five key battleground states are trailing their Republican opponents, according to a new Fox News poll released Wednesday. And the Fox News poll plus a separate CNN poll showed the winds...
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