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THE E-COMMERCE DEMOGRAPHICS REPORT: Men Are Actually More Likely To Shop On...
The conventional wisdom is that women account for the lion's share of consumer spending, including online purchases. But it turns out that men are the power shoppers when it comes to purchases made on...
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Severe solar storm may disrupt power, satellites
Miami (AFP) - A pair of solar eruptions over the weekend have unleashed a severe geomagnetic storm that could disrupt power and communications on Earth, US officials said Tuesday.The storm ranks as a...
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US unemployment rate before initial FOMC rate hikes following recessions
From Macquarie Research:We keep our long-held view on the timing of lift off for the Fed funds rate in June-15, a view that consensus has moved toward in recent months as evidence of declining labour...
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Kendrick Lamar's new album is the most streamed from Spotify — ever
Rapper Kendrick Lamar dropped his new album, "To Pimp A Butterfly," a week early, and the crowd went wild — Spotify says that it was streamed 9.6 million times on Monday, the first full day of its...
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Labor Market Conditions Index vs. Fed Funds Rate
From Jefferies' Sean Darby:Since 2013, the Fed’s measure of labor market conditions has been showing consistent m-m increases while the number of job openings continues to rise ... Periods where...
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Arsenal brave in defeat, Atletico go to extra-time
Paris (AFP) - Arsenal exited the Champions League on Tuesday despite beating Monaco 2-0 in their Champions League last 16 second leg clash in Monaco but losing on the away goals rule after the tie...
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BARNEY FRANK: Aaron Schock 'spent entirely too much time in the gym for a...
When former Massachusetts Democratic congressman Barney Frank first learned that Rep. Aaron Schock (R-Illinois) was resigning, he assumed it was related to longstanding rumors about Schock's...
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Kraft Foods is pulling its Macaroni & Cheese dinners off shelves because of...
Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling some of its macaroni and cheese boxed dinners because some of the product was reportedly found to have pieces of metal in it.According to a press release from Kraft...
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Wage growth measures are trending higher
From Deutsche Bank's Torsten Slok:...We know from history and from the economics textbook that once the economy hits full capacity then prices start trending higher. In other words, inflation is not a...
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Apple TV has grown from a 'hobby' into a nice little business
Apple used to call Apple TV a "hobby," but it's growing into a nice little business. Apple's TV set top box saw a spike in growth last year, and has sold more than 25 million worldwide. Projections...
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Dick Cheney just gave an emotional and intense interview in Playboy
Former Vice President Dick Cheney addressed a number of intimate topics in a new, lengthy interview with Playboy magazine.According to the men's magazine, journalist James Rosen interviewed Cheney for...
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Here's how an imploding Virginia college might actually be saved
Since Sweet Briar College abruptly announced its impending closure earlier this month, alumnae have been fighting to keep the all-women's college in rural Virginia open.While saving a college might...
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One chart makes clear why the next year of retail sales will be a big...
Last week, retail sales figures for February were a huge disappointment. Sales plunged 0.6% against expectations for sales to grow 0.3%.Economists were quick to blame the poor winter weather the US...
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This is why SAP issued that strange press release last week (SAP)
On Friday, SAP issued an odd press release saying that "recent media coverage" was "flawed" and "misleading."The German software company was trying to stomp out a firestorm in its home country over...
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Soon you'll be able to summon an Uber from other apps — without ever opening...
Uber, the taxi app that's eating the world, has let developers build on top of its infrastructure for the better part of a year now, letting you do things like call a car to take you to the restaurant...
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Incredible chart shows how intelligence changes as we age
It's not all downhill once you hit your 20s — at least as far as some markers of intelligence are concerned.Not only do we get wiser with age, new research suggests that in several ways we may also...
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WWE forced these guys to change their costumes or lose their ringside seats...
If you were watching the live broadcast of the most recent episode of WWE's "Monday Night Raw" on the USA Network, you might have noticed an unusual change occur in the first hour of the show. For the...
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Isolated tribe ventures out of threatened Peru forests
Lima (AFP) - Dressed in loincloths and speaking an unknown language, the Mashco-Piro, one of the last isolated peoples on Earth, are increasingly venturing out of their forests in Peru -- to the...
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The unemployment rate has been crushing the Fed's expectations for years
The unemployment rate has fallen faster and further than anyone reasonably expected. And this drop has particularly surprised relative to the Fed's outlook, which has been more or less revised lower...
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American Apparel has had another ad banned for appearing to 'sexualize a child'
American Apparel has made a name for itself over the years through controversy: It is famous for catching attention with raunchy ad campaigns featuring young-looking models that have fallen foul of the...
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