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Dog Eats $500: Owner Tries To Get Money Back
Sky News - 12 Apr 2013 04:42
A US man goes to extreme lengths to get his cash back after his canine feasts on five $100 bills.
North Korea Nuclear Missile Test 'Imminent'
Sky News - 12 Apr 2013 07:11
Intelligence suggests a North Korean missile test may happen soon as the US Secretary of State heads to Seoul for crisis talks.
Obama's Income Down in 2012
ABC News - 12 Apr 2013 23:55
Obama, first lady earned less than 2012 than prior years in office, paid $112k in income taxes
In praise of 'slacktivism'
CNN - 12 Apr 2013 23:45
If you don't spend much time online, and if you're older than most college students, you may have missed the thousands of teens and 20-somethings who were running around the country this week with red "X" marks on their ...
Samsung Galaxy S4 Will Help GameStop Grow Its Used Mobile Electronics Sales
Forbes - 12 Apr 2013 23:42
As the vice president of video game retailer GameStop's mobile business, Joe Gorman has overseen the burgeoning electronics trade-in business as well as the sales of gaming tablets. Thanks in part to the wave of trade-in...
A look at the North Korea crisis
Fox News - 12 Apr 2013 23:35
As the world waits and watches for an expected North Korean ballistic missile test, the U.S. and its allies are prepared to respond if necessary.
Portugal's shoe industry steps up
CNN - 12 Apr 2013 16:16
Isa Soares travels to Northern Portugal where the county's shoe industry is going from strength to strength.
Cuomo Picks New MTA Chief
The Huffington Post - 12 Apr 2013 23:58Inside SF's New Exploratorium, The Hands-On Museum Beloved By Techies [TCTV]
TechCrunch - 12 Apr 2013 20:05
The Exploratorium, San Francisco's hands-on science and technology learning museum, is set to open up next week in its brand new location at Pier 15 right on the Bay, and we got the chance to head inside a few days early...
DealBook: Ex-Credit Suisse Executive Pleads Guilty to Inflating Value of Mortgage Bonds
The New York Times - 12 Apr 2013 23:49
Kareem Serageldin, a former senior trader at Credit Suisse, admitted in court on Friday that he fraudulently inflated the value of mortgage bonds as the housing market collapsed.
Amazon lifts executive stock awards as Apple rivalry heats up
Reuters - 12 Apr 2013 23:57
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The Caucus: Group Raising Funds for Obama's Agenda Releases Numbers
The New York Times - 12 Apr 2013 15:14
Totals suggest that the organization may struggle to raise the kind of resources that the president was able to rely on during his campaigns.
Nearly a quarter of all books sold in US in 2012 were ebooks
The Register - 12 Apr 2013 23:46
Hard times for dead-tree booksellers Sales of standalone e-readers might be declining, but ebooks make up a growing portion of sales for US book publishers, according to the latest stats from the Association of American ...
Architects Turned A Master Bedroom Into A 130-Square-Foot Apartment [PHOTOS]
Business Insider - 12 Apr 2013 23:50
From NYC's micro apartments to one couple's 140-square-foot home, small living spaces are the "it" trend in home design. And now it seems they've made their way over to Europe. First reported on by Wired, American archit...
Everton v Queens Park Rangers: squad sheets
The Guardian - 12 Apr 2013 18:51
Fresh from "the cruellest last kick" he has suffered in football - Shaun Maloney's stoppage-time equaliser for Wigan last weekend - Harry Redknapp desperately requires a remedy at Goodison Park. QPR are seven points adri...
Billionaire Scores Victory in Battle Against Counterfeit Trophy Wines
Forbes - 12 Apr 2013 04:30
For nearly a decade William I. Koch, the billionaire coal and petroleum magnate, has spent millions of dollars waging a legal crusade against wine counterfeiting. Today he scored a major victory when a federal jury in Ma...
Barrick's Reverse Midas Touch And Other Golden Rules
Forbes - 12 Apr 2013 23:39
Given continuing downward momentum, commodity investors should tread carefully. As many major stock market averages cling near all-time highs, commodity and mining investors are feeling acutely heightened pain. Some mine...
LinkedIn Confirms Pulse News Purchase
Ubergizmo - 12 Apr 2013 05:25
Business networking site LinkedIn did make a few quick rounds sometime in the middle of March this year concerning the possibility of them purchasing Pulse News for a cool $90 million. Well, I guess as with all other goo...
The White Entrepreneurial Guy Meme, Or, A Tale Of Two Detroits
The Huffington Post - 12 Apr 2013 23:59GameTruck Brings the Gaming Party to Your Doorstep
Mashable - 12 Apr 2013 23:55
If you've ever tried to organize a video game night for kids or adults, you know finding enough controls and couch space, along with games that everyone can agree on, is a bit of a challenge. Thankfully, GameTruck offers...
Larry Cohen: No NLRB, No Voice
The Huffington Post - 12 Apr 2013 23:51
Today the NLRB has no teeth, but if H.R. 1120 has its way, tomorrow it might not survive. A vote for H.R. 1120 is a vote to send this country to a pre-1935 era, before the National Labor Relations Act.
GOLDMAN: Here Are The 3 Reasons Why We'll See A Sharp Reduction In The Deficit
Business Insider - 12 Apr 2013 23:42
Jan Hatzius of Goldman Sachs had some interesting commentary on the deficit the other day. You'll recognize the sectoral balances chart in his work as he's one of the few analysts on Wall Street who seems to really appre...