Warren Buffett Makes His First Donation Ever To An Independent Political Group
Warren Buffett has just done something he's never done before. The third richest man in the world just gave $25,000 to "Ready For Hillary," a group raising money to help Hillary Clinton get to the...
View ArticleFrench shipyard in $1.5 bn deal for new cruise liners
Saint-Nazaire (France) (AFP) - Royal Caribbean Cruises subsidiary Celebrity Cruises has signed a preliminary deal with the French arm of Korean shipbuilding giant STX for two new vessels valued at 1.2...
View ArticleIOC members set to consider revolutionary reforms
Monaco (AFP) - IOC president Thomas Bach on Friday enters the final straight in his campaign to pass some of the most revolutionary reforms in the history of the 120-year-old Olympic movement and set...
View ArticleSpending On Native Advertising Is Soaring As Marketers And Digital Media...
Native is one of the hottest topics in digital media, and advertisers and publishers are taking notice.By creating advertisements that are in the same format as the content audiences are there to...
View ArticleIll Tiger shows progress but settles for 70
Orlando (AFP) - An ill Tiger Woods made his first eagle in 16 months on his way to a two-under par 70 in Friday's rain-hit second round of the Hero World Challenge.The former world number one, playing...
View ArticleA Navy Engineer Was Caught Trying To Steal Plans For The US's Newest Aircraft...
The Defense Department has indicted a civilian Navy engineer for attempting to send schematics for the US's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to an undercover FBI agent who he believed was...
View ArticleDemocrats Insist Chris Christie Still Has A Bridgegate Problem
Democrats are insisting a report that found "no conclusive evidence" New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) was involved in last September's controversial closure of lanes leading to the George Washington...
View ArticleROUBINI: The Mother Of All Asset Bubbles Will Burst In 2016
In February 2013, NYU professor Nouriel Roubini made the call that US markets had entered the "mother of all asset bubbles."With the rally in stocks that we've seen this year and a surge in high-yield...
View ArticleHackers Target Sony Again With Email To Staff Threatening Their Families (ADR)
Sony staffers, reeling from a devastating hacking scandal, have received threatening emails from self-alleged hackers called the "Guardians of Peace" or GOP, reports USA Today.Those emails allegedly...
View ArticleS&P 500 delivers seventh straight weekly gain
New York (AFP) - A surprisingly strong US jobs report for November powered US stocks to another record performance, with the S&P 500 registering its seventh straight weekly gain.Wall Street shares...
View ArticleThird night of US protests against police killings
New York (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators marched in major cities across the United States in a fresh wave of protest against the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers.The latest...
View ArticleBono 'dressed as Hasidic Jew' during bike crash: Edge
New York (AFP) - How did U2 frontman Bono escape notice when he crashed his bicycle last month? If his bandmate is to be believed, it's because he was disguised as a Hasidic Jew.U2 guitarist The Edge...
View ArticleDeveloping world may need annual $500 bn for climate by 2050: UN
Lima (AFP) - Developing countries may need up to $500 billion per year by 2050 to adapt to the ravages of climate change, dwarfing previous estimates, a UN report said.The figure was about 20 times...
View ArticleThe Happiness Level Of Every Part Of The World In One Incredible Infographic
We often think about how happy we are as individuals in a given moment, but rarely look at the bigger picture.The website MoveHub.com is a resource for people looking to move abroad, and they recently...
View Article30 Stocks Traders Are Shorting Like Crazy (RHP, X, BKW, ATHN, ATHM, CZR,...
Shorting a stock can be a huge loss of its price goes up.The major stock indices are up this year, with the Dow up nearly 8% year-to-date, and the S&P 500 up 12%.But there are a number of stocks...
View ArticleKidnapped Swiss birdwatcher rescued in Philippines: military
Jolo (Philippines) (AFP) - A Swiss man kidnapped by Islamic militants in the southern Philippines nearly three years ago was rescued on Saturday during a gunbattle between soldiers and his abductors,...
View ArticleSteve Jobs Gives Posthumous Testimony In Apple Trial
New York (AFP) - Three years after the tech world mourned his passing, Apple mastermind Steve Jobs was back from the dead giving posthumous testimony in a video at a US antitrust trial.Jurors in an...
View ArticleInternet in Cuba only for the rich -- or resourceful
Havana (AFP) - With smartphones and tablet computers, they look much like young people anywhere, but Cubans have to go to extremes just to get an Internet connection and somehow get around the strict...
View ArticleAn organic garden of plenty in Mali's arid soil
SATINEBOUGOU (Mali) (AFP) - In a strikingly green corner of Mali, one man is leading an agricultural revolution, using organic farming methods to get the most out of the land -- and pass his techniques...
View ArticleThis Woman Got The Perfect Revenge When She Was Asked Out By A Guy That Used...
Louisa Manning grew up with less admirers than detractors, so when she got the opportunity a decade later to get revenge on one of the people that made fun of her - she took it.We learned via Buzzfeed...
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