The Shale Revolution Is Changing How We Think About Oil And The Dollar
Historically, there's been a pretty consistent correlation between oil prices and the US dollar.When the dollar strengthened, oil prices would fall — and vice versa.For the longest time, this...
View ArticleVaughan slams ECB 'charges' against Pietersen
London (AFP) - Former England captain Alec Stewart insisted Wednesday that Kevin Pietersen had been right to complain of England players' involvement in a parody Twitter account mocking the star...
View ArticleLocal News Accidentally Tweets Several Very NSFW Porn Photos, Claims Account...
Whoever is running the TWC News Austin Twitter account has some explaining to do, after a very NSFW tweet was sent out this afternoon.The tweet contained several very pornographic photos. The tweet was...
View ArticleBill Gates Is Building A Machine To Diagnose Nasty Diseases
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is celebrating 10 years of its Grand Challenges in Global Health program, where it asks scientists to brainstorm solutions to gnarly health problems and then...
View ArticleAsian Markets Are Diving
Asian markets are diving, following in Wall Street's footsteps.Here's the scoreboard, via CNBC:Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleWatch Out Marvel & DC: 'The Walking Dead' Company Has A Plan To Steal Your...
When "The Walking Dead"television series premiered on AMC on Halloween 2010, the zombie apocalypse series began its transition from Robert Kirkman's then seven-year-old comic book title into a...
View ArticleJONY IVE: 'I See It As Theft' When Competitors Copy Apple Designs (AAPL)
Apple's design boss Jony Ive gave a rare live interview at Vanity Fair's New Establishment in San Francisco Thursday night.At one point, a member of the audience asked Ive what he thought about Xiaomi,...
View ArticleJoint US-Turkish military team to meet amid IS talks
Washington (AFP) - The United States and Turkey are to send a joint military team to Ankara next week for follow-up talks on fighting Islamic militants, a US official said.Two senior US envoys...
View ArticleFormer China mining executive extradited to Australia
Sydney (AFP) - A former director of Chinese mining firm Hanlong was extradited from Hong Kong to Australia Friday where he is wanted on more than 100 insider trading charges.Australian authorities have...
View ArticleCITI: Here's What The World's Big Economies Will Do In The Next 4 Years
There's a big divergence going on in the global economy right now.Growth in the US is picking up as Europe, Japan, and the emerging markets slow.In its latest monthly Global Economic Outlook and...
View ArticleMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella Apologizes: ‘If You Think You Deserve A Raise,...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella took a step back and apologized for the controversial comment he made about women early Thursday."I answered that question completely wrong," Nadella wrote in a letter...
View ArticleUS warns Ebola could become next AIDS amid fears for Spanish nurse
Madrid (AFP) - A top US health official urged swift action Thursday to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from becoming the next AIDS epidemic, while a Spanish nurse was at "serious risk" of dying.Teresa...
View ArticleRay Liotta Had A Reddit AmA For His New Film, But Everyone Just Wanted To...
Actor Ray Liotta conducted an Ask-Me-Anything session on the Reddit website on Thursday to promote his new movie "Kill the Messsenger," but most fans just wanted to get the inside scoop on the classic...
View ArticleBrazil presidential candidate Neves frontrunner on change promise
Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Brazilian presidential hopeful Aecio Neves on Thursday insisted his proposals would transform the country, while lambasting the ruling party embroiled in deepening allegations of...
View ArticleAnti-EU UK Independence Party Wins Its First Parliamentary Seat With Stunning...
The quiet seaside town of Clacton-on-sea was the unlikely epicenter of a minor political earthquake this morning as the UK Independence Party (UKIP) won its first seat in parliament following a...
View ArticleGeorge Clooney Apologizes To Fans For His 'Batman' Movie
George Clooney knows you're disappointed with his 1997 film "Batman & Robin."He is, too, and he knows he'll never live it down. The 53-year-old actor shocked fans Thursday when he showed up at New...
View ArticleThe Demographics That Make LinkedIn's Audience So Valuable To Businesses
LinkedIn is perhaps the most overlooked social network. But overall it is actually more popular than Twitter, generally considered the number two social network in the U.S. The latest data shows a...
View ArticleOlympic hurdles champ Pearson wins 'The Don' award in Australia
Melbourne (AFP) - Olympic hurdles champion Sally Pearson has been crowned Australia's most inspirational athlete of the past 12 months.Pearson, 28, claimed her second "The Don" award at a function in...
View ArticleNew mass graves found in missing Mexican students case
Iguala (Mexico) (AFP) - The case of 43 Mexican students missing since an attack by gang-linked police took another grim turn Thursday with the discovery of new mass graves where suspects said some were...
View ArticleELON MUSK REVEALS ALL-NEW TESLA D (TSLA)
The big Tesla "D" event in Los Angeles is still getting started, but Chris Woodyard at USA Today has broken the news that the "D" and "something else" will be two main things:1. An "exotic suite of...
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