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Galaxy S7 Vs Galaxy S6 Vs Galaxy S5: Should You Upgrade?
Forbes - 25 Feb 2016 06:00
Samsung has delivered a blend of the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S5, but is the Galaxy S7 worth your money?
Straightened-Out Croissants and the Decline of Civilization
The New Yorker - 25 Feb 2016 03:00
International breakfast circles were roiled, as the Times might write, by the news last week that Tesco, the British supermarket chain, had decided to stop selling croissants that are shaped like croissants. Actually, th...
Why Wall Street hates this man
USA Today - 25 Feb 2016 15:04
Brad Katsuyama and his firm, IEX, want to change the way stocks are bought and sold
Town and company
The Economist - 25 Feb 2016 19:41
WOLFSBURG has no cathedral, but two glass towers loom over the city. Inside them, robots whisk new Volkswagens into storage racks, an entertaining ceremony akin to a votive offering. The towers also dominate the Autostad...
2 years ago these founders were rejected by more than 20 investors --now they've raised $58 million and are growing like crazy
Business Insider - 25 Feb 2016 17:54
Thrive Market Thrive Market cofounders Gunnar Lovelace and Nick Green were rejected by more than 20 venture capital firms when they first tried to raise money for their health startup. The pitch was this: The pair wanted...
This could be the technology that will finally replace Bluetooth
BGR - 25 Feb 2016 07:15
Bluetooth has proven to be an incredibly useful innovation that has enabled wireless connections between devices over short distances with minimal power consumption. However, some engineers have been working on a new Wi-...
Why MoneyWeek is backing Brexit
MoneyWeek - 25 Feb 2016 20:35
Look through the short-term economic turmoil and get inspired by a long-term vision for Britain, says John Stepek. The post Why MoneyWeek is backing Brexit was first published on MoneyWeek.
Wall Street Quiet Even As Chinese Stocks Plunge
Forbes - 25 Feb 2016 18:58
Stocks opened higher on Wall Street as investors look to add to Wednesday's strong positive reversal. Overnight, the Shanghai composite plunged -6.4% and hit a three-week low. Rumors spread that China's central bank inje...
UK housebuilding hits seven-year high
The Guardian - 25 Feb 2016 17:25
Construction on 37,080 new homes began between October and December 2015, up 23% on a year earlier The number of new-build homes being started and finished in England is at its highest level since 2008, according to gove...
The Taliban and obstacles to Afghanistan peace talks
Al Jazeera English - 25 Feb 2016 18:30
Peace talks in Afghanistan resumed this week, but on several major issues neither side is likely to compromise.
UN to name new date for Syrian peace talks
The Guardian - 25 Feb 2016 18:01
Renewed diplomatic momentum follows US-Russian brokered ceasefire The United Nations will on Friday name a new date for Syrian peace talks to recommence, the UN's Syrian special envoy Staffan De Mistura has said, as plan...
Marissa Mayer tries pushing Yahoo in New York
New York Post - 25 Feb 2016 07:16
Marissa Mayer has launched a coast-to-coast campaign to save her job -- and New York is her latest stop. The embattled Yahoo! CEO is in the Big Apple this week, pitching her own vision for the future of the slumping Inte...
FIFA Reduces Bans for Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini From 8 to 6 Years
Time - 25 Feb 2016 06:29
Former FIFA president Blatter authorized a $2 million payment to Platini
Mark Zuckerberg Condemns Facebook Employees Who Defaced "Black Lives Matter" Slogans
Fast Company - 26 Feb 2016 00:55
In a memo, Zuckerberg called out the "malicious" behavior of employees scrubbing "Black Lives Matter" from Facebook's office walls. In a private Facebook post obtained by Gizmodo, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that an emp...
See the 2016 Best Picture nominees as pop art posters
USA Today - 26 Feb 2016 00:25
These are just gorgeous.
Stocks open higher despite 6% drop in China
USA Today - 25 Feb 2016 18:49How Mark Zuckerberg Should Give Away $45 Billion
The Huffington Post - 25 Feb 2016 18:37
For a long time, the way philanthropy worked was simple: Rich people gave their money to museums and churches and opera houses and Harvard. T -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use...
Why Small Business Owners Are Backing Donald Trump
The Huffington Post - 25 Feb 2016 17:46
Some of the most generous donors to Donald Trump’s campaign thus far — other than the candidate himself — are people with jobs titles a lot like his. They just don’t make quite as much money. Excluding retirees...
Woman finds $600 pearl in her dinner
New York Post - 25 Feb 2016 17:06
ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- A woman bit down on a rare pearl while eating a meal of clams and other seafood at an Italian restaurant in Washington state. KOMO-TV reports Lindsay Hasz and her husband Chris were eating at Montalcin...
IMF warns global economy is 'highly vulnerable'
Al Jazeera English - 25 Feb 2016 08:50
Report says G20 nations should develop measures that could be implemented quickly if global growth keeps wilting.
Officer Killed While Serving Eviction Notice Identified
ABC News - 25 Feb 2016 06:34
Park County Sheriff's Office in Colorado has identified the man who was killed by police today after he opened fire on them while serving him with an eviction notice. The
3 police officers killed outside Mexico's Guadalajara
Miami Herald - 25 Feb 2016 06:21
Three police officers for a wealthy suburb of the Mexican city of Guadalajara have been killed in a daytime attack. …