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Chilling Images From Inside The Asiana Plane That Crash Landed In San Francisco
Business Insider - 8 Jul 2013 00:28
The NTSB has just tweeted out several new images of Asiana Flight 214, which crash-landed in San Francisco on Saturday. Among them are the first pics we've seen that show inside the cabin, a scene which is obviously tota...
Add Stacey Kiebler To George Clooney's Long List Of Ex-Girlfriends
Business Insider - 8 Jul 2013 23:00
Another one bites the dust. George Clooney and Stacy Keibler have split after two years of dating. "Stacy called it quits. She wants to have children and a family someday. She knows where George stands on that," a source...
What's Wrong With Obama's Energy Policy?
Forbes - 8 Jul 2013 07:47Japan moves closer to restarting nuclear reactors
Boston - 8 Jul 2013 05:52
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan moved a step closer to restarting nuclear reactors Monday as four utility companies applied for safety inspections of 10 idled plants, the clearest sign of a return to atomic energy nearly two and a h...
Technical Trading: Rising Daily Gold Momentum Gives Bulls The Edge
Forbes - 8 Jul 2013 19:49Commission A Chinese Artist To Turn Your Instagram Photo Into An Oil Painting
Business Insider - 8 Jul 2013 23:56
Instagram users have been able to print their photos in a variety of ways for a while, but a new startup wants to let them turn their pictures into actual oil paintings. The company, Pixelist, works with a group of Chine...
Oregon's New College Plan Offers "Free" Tuition To Students
Business Insider - 8 Jul 2013 23:56
Oregon is exploring an inventive way for students to fund their educations at community colleges and four-year public universities in the state: Free tuition in exchange for paying a small percentage of their adjusted gr...
Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch resigns
News Observer - 8 Jul 2013 23:53
Barnes & Noble Inc. said Monday that William Lynch has stepped down as CEO, effective immediately, just weeks after the book retailer announced weak sales, big losses and the declining...
Jim Rogers Destroys The Last Argument Of The Gold Bugs (GLD, GDX)
Business Insider - 8 Jul 2013 18:04
Gold prices have been tumbling. But the ardent gold bulls have been hanging on. The most popular argument that these gold bulls have clung to has been that mining costs will create a floor for gold prices. The idea is th...
Pershing Square looks to raise $1 billion for bet on unnamed company
Reuters - 8 Jul 2013 23:56
BOSTON
News Summary: Stocks up ahead of company earnings
Miami Herald - 8 Jul 2013 23:53
COMPANY EARNINGS: Cautious optimism about corporate earnings sent the stock market higher on Monday. U.S. companies start reporting their second-quarter results this week.
Hedge Fund Lauches Plan B In Bid To Profit From Fannie And Freddie
Forbes - 8 Jul 2013 19:32New bribery allegations hit GSK in China: WSJ
Reuters - 8 Jul 2013 05:41
SHANGHAI
The State Of The Global Economy In 2 Huge Slides (AA)
Business Insider - 8 Jul 2013 23:55
Aluminum demand is highly cyclical, so it gives us a good sense economic activity. And Alcoa is the world's biggest producer of aluminum. Here are two charts from Alcoa's Q2 earnings presentation depicting the state of t...
India's gold import headache to resume after June plunge
livemint.com - 8 Jul 2013 14:51
Indians snapped up a record 162 tonnes of gold in May, prompting a hike in import duty to 8%
Gold bear-market history signals second-half hope for faithful
livemint.com - 8 Jul 2013 05:29
Gold is poised for the first annual drop in 13 years after some investors lost faith in the metal as a store of value
Thomson Reuters to suspend early data release amid probe
livemint.com - 8 Jul 2013 05:25
NY authorities probing if early release of Thomson Reuters' consumer sentiment index is a violation of state securities laws
The Chart That Shows Why Asiana Flight 214 Crash Landed
Business Insider - 8 Jul 2013 23:58
The cause of the deadly crash landing of Asiana Flight 214 on July 6 may not be clear, but it's easy to see why the plane hit the ground well short of the runway at San Francisco International Airport. The target speed f...
Regulators proposing stricter rule for 8 big banks
Boston - 8 Jul 2013 23:57
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Regulators want to require eight of the largest U.S. banks to meet a stricter measure of health to reduce the threat they pose to the financial system.
Federal officials end inquiry into Wynn
Boston - 8 Jul 2013 23:57
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Federal investigators are done looking into a $135 million donation casino giant Wynn Resorts gave to a university in the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau.
'Behavior engineering' may help you build a more addicting product
Venture Beat - 8 Jul 2013 23:17
Could paying more attention to the way people tick, their psychology, actually help you build a better product? This guy says absolutely.
Desire2Learn's blind workers help make better accessibility tools for classrooms (exclusive)
Venture Beat - 8 Jul 2013 22:45
Canadian ed-tech company Desire2Learn is positioning itself as a pioneer in the accessibility sector. The dedicated R&D team is building learning tools for the blind and deaf.