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Replace AppleCare for Your iPhone With These Credit Cards
The Mac Observer - 24 Dec 2015 03:27
Here's an interesting idea for thinking differently about AppleCare for your iPhone. It turns out that several banks have a credit card feature called Cellular Telephone Protection that will cover you in the event of a d...
Madonna Goes to Court to Force Son to Come Home for the Holidays
Time - 24 Dec 2015 02:03
Her 15-year-old son is in London with ex-husband Guy Ritchie
The 12 Days of Trumpmas
Slate - 24 Dec 2015 00:33
Listen to Episode 404 of Slate's The Gist:
Time to Fed-proof your investments for 2016
Business Insider - 24 Dec 2015 04:49
REUTERS/Brendan McDermid In 1994, when the US Federal Reserve hiked rates there was an outflow of capital from emerging economies and a painful correction in Asian equity markets. This time round investors need to Fed-pr...
Oil gains boost Asian markets
Market Watch - 24 Dec 2015 04:38
A rally in oil is bringing a long-awaited, year-end rally to Asian markets Thursday.
The banker who inspired Christian Bale's character in 'The Big Short' sent his Birkenstocks to Bale so he could wear them in the movie
Business Insider - 24 Dec 2015 15:04
'The Big Short' actors discuss their interactions with the real people behind the characters they portray on screen. Follow BI Video: On Facebook
The Wall Street Journal: Surging tax revenue helps improve Japan's budget forecast
Market Watch - 24 Dec 2015 05:26
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet on Thursday approved a budget for fiscal 2016 that reflects improved finances, thanks to the highest tax revenue in a quarter of a century.
Shopping Expert Debunks Biggest Holiday Retail Myths
Forbes - 24 Dec 2015 15:42
Black Friday is done! Malls are empty! Brick-and-mortar is on the way out!
This Week In Credit Card News: Beware Of 0% Introductory Offers, Will Apple Pay Kill Credit Cards?
Forbes - 24 Dec 2015 15:11
How Apple's Trojan Horse Will Eat the Credit Card Industry
Russia goes after Putin critic ... again
CNN - 24 Dec 2015 06:35
Russia has requested an international arrest warrant for former oil tycoon and Putin-critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky for the alleged murder of a Siberian town mayor.
Hyatt Hotels attacked with payment-card stealing malware
Reuters - 24 Dec 2015 05:54
(Reuters) - Hyatt Hotels Corp said on Wednesday that its payment processing system was infected with credit-card-stealing malware in an attack discovered three weeks ago, the latest in a series of breaches at hospitality...
'Nicholas Was' Animated Video from Neil Gaiman Poem
The Mac Observer - 24 Dec 2015 03:36
Check out Nicholas Was, a wonderful video exploring a darker version of the holidays. Based on a passage from Neil Gaiman's Smoke and Mirrors, Nicholas Was is an animated video offering a different take on the myth of Sa...
Myanmar Migrants Found Guilty of Killing British Backpackers
ABC News - 24 Dec 2015 06:54
Thai court sentences 2 Myanmar migrants to death for murder of British backpackers
UK Asks US Why British Muslims Are Being Denied Entry
ABC News - 24 Dec 2015 05:48
British officials are asking US authorities to explain why a number of British Muslim passengers have been stopped from boarding flights to the US.
Woman mowed down by drunk driver sues for cost of designer clothes
New York Post - 24 Dec 2015 05:14
PORTLAND, Ore. – A Portland woman struck by a drunken driver in a crosswalk has filed a lawsuit seeking $4,600 for the designer clothes she was wearing at the time, on top of the cost of her medical bills. The Oregonia...
Facebook's new feature could open up a whole new world of revenue
Business Insider - 24 Dec 2015 04:55
Facebook/Mark Zuckerberg One thing we know about Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is that he's always willing to explore new, and better, ways to enhance the user experience and boost revenue. The long testing process of in...
Facebook's Free Internet Service In India Hits A Speedbump
Ubergizmo - 24 Dec 2015 02:42
Facebook launched free mobile Internet earlier this year in February through Internet.org, but it seems that India's regulators are rather cautious about the entire exercise. It has been reliably reported that the Teleco...
58 Years of Space Junk, Satellites, and Debris in 60 Seconds (Video)
The Mac Observer - 24 Dec 2015 01:15
This is super cool! It's a video showing the evolution of crap we've put up in orbit around the planet, or 58 years of debris in 60 seconds (via @SteveSheridan). It really helps put our planet in perspective! Note the ye...
Protesters Take Aim at Chicago Shopping District
Black America Web - 24 Dec 2015 19:30
CHICAGO (AP) -- The latest developments in the fallout from fatal police shootings in Chicago and a federal civil rights investigation into the city’s police…
Obama and Biden Share Their Favorite Holiday Tunes on Spotify
Time - 24 Dec 2015 16:52
It's 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' versus Bruce Springsteen
South Africa's lion hunting industry to be hit by US rules
Miami Herald - 24 Dec 2015 16:14
South Africa's lion hunting industry faces new restrictions as a result of the decision this week by the U.S. government to protect African lions under the Endangered Species Act, according to conservationists. …
NASA postpones next Mars mission due to leaky seal on key instrument
Fox News - 24 Dec 2015 07:01
NASA is calling off its next mission to Mars because there isn't enough time to fix a leaky seal on a key science instrument.