Dropbox Poaches Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside To Be COO (GOOG)
Dropbox has landed former Google employee Dennis Woodside as its first COO, Douglas MacMillan at the Wall Street Journal reports.Woodside was most recently CEO of Motorola. Google sold Motorola to...
View ArticleSurprising Twist Leads To Huge $5.4 Million Judgment Against A California...
Two sales people formerly employed by Masimo just won a huge multimillion-dollar judgement against the company, according to their lawyer, Scott Bonagofsky.A California arbitrator awarded them the $5.4...
View ArticleDelhi chief minister quits over delay in graft bill
By Sruthi GottipatiNEW DELHI (Reuters) - Activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal resigned as chief minister of Delhi on Friday, frustrated by obstacles put in the way of an anti-corruption bill, and...
View ArticleBaruch College Freshman's Death From Fraternity Pledging Ritual Ruled A Homicide
A Baruch College freshman's death during a weekend trip with a campus fraternity has been classified as a homicide, NBC News reports.19-year-old Chun Hsien Deng reportedly died following a bizarre...
View ArticleUnplowed Snow Has Made NYC A Snowboarder's Paradise
A lot of snow has hit New York City this winter, and it's hard to see the upside of slower trains, cancelled flights, and wet pant legs.Enter filmmaker Casey Neistat, who took advantage of unplowed...
View ArticleA Guy Flew 12 Hours Around The World To MtGox To Demand His Bitcoin Back
Bitcoin withdrawals at MtGox, once the world's largest Bitcoin exchange, still have not resumed since the Tokyo-based firm announced its software had failed to account for an unusual, exploitable...
View ArticleEU asks Spain for explanation over immigrant deaths
MADRID (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Friday it would ask Spain to explain why police fired rubber bullets at immigrants who were trying to swim to Spain's north African enclave Ceuta from...
View ArticleItaly's Renzi readies for power but faces daunting task
By Gavin Jones and James MackenzieROME (Reuters) - Matteo Renzi is one step from becoming Italy's youngest-ever prime minister after swiftly dispatching Enrico Letta in a party coup, but the manner of...
View ArticleA Coffee Lover's Guide To Choosing The Best Coffee Beans
Todd Carmichael is a man of extremes, even when it comes to coffee.The entrepreneur, who in 2008 set the solo speed record to reach the South Pole (nearly dying in the process), is starring in the...
View ArticleIncredible Images From The Giant Volcanic Eruption That Covered Indonesia In Ash
The Indonesian island of Java has been covered in ash from a volcano that erupted Thursday.Tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes and the volcano on Mount Kelud has been spewing...
View ArticleGuys Share Their Biggest Dealbreaker In A Relationship, And Other Sex Stats...
In the last two weeks or so we've gotten a ton of (sometimes ridiculous) data about love and relationships, but some of it useful, so we're sharing some key stats we got from a survey on how men think...
View Article20 Of Wall Street's Hottest Power Couples
In honor of Valentine's Day, we've decided to feature some of the hottest power couples on Wall Street. The range here is wide. We have fund managers who date well-known actresses. We have bankers who...
View ArticleExclusive: Syria on track to miss deadline to destroy chemical weapons
By Anthony DeutschAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Syria has relinquished only 11 percent of its chemical weapons in three shipments and is on track to miss a politically-loaded midyear deadline to completely...
View ArticleKevin Hart's New Comedy May Take Out The ‘RoboCop’ Remake At Theaters This...
It’s going to be a close weekend at the box office this weekend — at least for second and third place. While “The LEGO Movie” is expected to reel in audiences for the second week in a row, there’s a...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Investors Are Spilling Out Of The Emerging Markets At A...
Money continues to spill out of the emerging markets.According to EPFR Global data, $3.05 billion came out of dedicated emerging market funds during the week ending Feb. 12.The marks the 16th straight...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: Papa John's Founder Is Selling His Insane Park City Condo...
Papa John's founder John Schnatter is selling his Utah condo for $17.99 million, making it the most expensive condo ever listed in the state, according to real estate website Zillow.In 2008, Schnatter...
View Article3 Essential Money Conversations You Should Have Before Getting Married
Newly engaged couples spend a lot of time dreaming about the future — how many kids they'll have, what kind of house they'll live in, the exotic places they'll explore together. What they don't spend...
View ArticleNew U.K. Web Data Reveals The Dominance Of Apple's Devices, And The Decline...
Web users in the U.K. are becoming increasingly mobile-centric. Smartphones and tablets now combine for 37% of web traffic to the government web domains associated with the suffix GOV.UK in the first...
View ArticleWhy Russia And China Have Cultivated Such Close Relations
The president of China, Xi Jinping, visited Sochi last week for the start of the Winter Olympics and for talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. Russia was the destination for Mr Xi's first...
View ArticleAsia's Economic Prospects Are Improving
Although Asia's leading stock markets continue to gyrate nervously with the release of every new economic indicator from China and comment from the US Federal Reserve, the outlook for the region has in...
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