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10 Exotic Locations For Your Next Plastic Surgery Procedure
Business Insider - 25 Jun 2013 21:28
Medical tourism is a booming, $100 billion industry, and it's only becoming more popular as technology improves and more countries look to cash in on the trend. But medical tourism is not without risks, and anyone consid...
14 Truly Bizarre Oreo Flavors From Around The World
Business Insider - 25 Jun 2013 18:03
You may not have been keeping up with the latest snack-food news, but we certainly have. In the last few years Oreos have become the chameleons of the cookie aisle, branching out into new forms and even wilder flavors. T...
Good luck: Wealthy single women seeking female advisers
Investment News - 25 Jun 2013 22:42
States with most women advisers don't match those with most wealthy women.
After Hours: Apollo shares fall after-hours on results
Market Watch - 25 Jun 2013 23:42
Shares of Mistras, Synnex also fall, while shares of AeroVironment surge.
Doctors Think This Woman's Heart Problems Came From Drinking Only Soda For 16 Years
Business Insider - 25 Jun 2013 23:31
A 31-year old woman's heart problems and fainting might have had something to do with the fact that she drank only soda for about half her life, according to a report of her case. The woman, who lives in Monaco, a small ...
Everything Every Federal Reserve Official Said About The 'Taper' This Year
Business Insider - 25 Jun 2013 23:28
Last Wednesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke rocked the global financial markets by telling us that the Fed could begin to taper, or gradually reduce, it's month purchases of $85 billion dollar worth of Treasury...
A Cricket And An Algorithm Drew This Picture
Business Insider - 25 Jun 2013 23:09
How does a cricket become an artist? Try placing it in one of Harvey Moon's drawing machines where its movements will be tracked by a camera and turned into original works of art. Bugs Draw For Me, just one of Moons' imp...
Pimco Funds Battered in Bond-Market Retreat
Wall Street Journal - 25 Jun 2013 21:56
Bond king Bill Gross and his protégé Mark Kiesel are among the hardest hit from the broad bond-market selloff. Both of their funds are now on a two-month losing streak.
At a glance: Changes coming with Windows 8.1
Boston - 25 Jun 2013 19:57
Microsoft plans an update to its Windows 8 system to address some of the complaints and incorporate other feedback received since the radical makeover to the operating system came out in October.
US immigration Bill may erode India's GDP by 0.4%
livemint.com - 25 Jun 2013 09:46Supreme Court limits workers' discrimination, retaliation suits
L.A. Times - 25 Jun 2013 09:00Farkas Co-op Saga Continues
Wall Street Journal - 25 Jun 2013 04:03
A14-room duplex owned by Arlene Farkas overlooking the East River is due for a foreclosure auction in July, according to a legal notice. Or not. according to her son.
WATCH: How A Drawing On A Napkin Became A Hugely Successful App
The Huffington Post - 25 Jun 2013 23:55Demanding workplaces necessary for some -- or are they?
Miami Herald - 25 Jun 2013 23:45
Some workplaces still insist employees putting in long hours. New studies confirm that at some point, the law of diminishing returns takes over.
12 Tips And Tricks For Taking Amazing Instagram Photos (FB)
Business Insider - 25 Jun 2013 23:44
Instagram is one of our favorite apps of all time. The popular photo (and now video!) sharing app makes it easy to share pictures and videos with friends and followers on most social networks. Want your images to look aw...
The NSA's PRISM Surveillance Program Only Gathers Info On Stupid Terrorists
Business Insider - 25 Jun 2013 23:44
It doesn't really matter if the NSA gathers all the information from the big tech giants, because real terrorists, smart terrorists, the guys in management, they don't use those platforms. Only terrorism's idiots do. Leo...
The CEO Of McKesson Is Entitled To A Record-Breaking $159 Million Pension
Business Insider - 25 Jun 2013 23:42
McKesson's Chairman and CEO John Hammergren has set a new record in corporate America: Largest pension around. The drug distribution company disclosed in a regulatory filing Friday that Hammergren was entitled to a $159 ...
Get region-free Blu-ray software for free
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2013 23:20
Sponsored Post We have a special giveaway gift -- region-free Blu-ray Player software for Windows
Orlando startup Kony raises $18.3M to help big brands stay afloat on mobile
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2013 23:09
Kony has raised $18.3 million in its fourth round of funding. Kony powers apps for enterprise organizations and brands across multiple channels and operating systems.
Strangling innovation: Tesla versus "rent seekers"
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2013 22:46
Guest Post The greatest number of jobs is created when startups create a new market - one where the product or service never existed before or is radically more convenient. Yet this is where startups will run into anti-i...
To really get smart, Apple's Siri may need a human touch
Venture Beat - 25 Jun 2013 22:15
"Speech recognition is easy," Jones says. "The hard problem is figuring out what is really being asked for ... and humans do that really well."
What It's Like Playing Chambers Bay Golf Course, Where The U.S. Open Will Be Played In 2015
Business Insider - 25 Jun 2013 21:55
Last week I was in Seattle to meet with some tech companies. I carved out some time to play golf because, well, priorities. One of the courses I made time for was Chambers Bay, which is going to be home to the U.S. Open ...