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The 5 Most Cringeworthy Moments In Lady Gaga's New 'Applause' Music Video
Business Insider - 19 Aug 2013 17:57
Lady Gaga's highly anticipated music video "Applause" debuted Monday morning, and the Mother Monster proved she hasn't run out of tricks. It's one spectacle after another: writhing on the floor in a seashell bra, dancing...
Laurie Erdman: Hormones: The Hidden Leadership Tool You Are Overlooking
The Huffington Post - 19 Aug 2013 18:35Man Pays Fine In All Coins -- 18 Workers Forced To Spend All Day Counting The Money
Business Insider - 19 Aug 2013 18:00
Bank workers in Kunming spent eight hours counting 5,000 yuan in one jiao (0.1 yuan) coins thanks to a Chinese man who paid an assault fine with some serious spite. Last year, a woman with the surname Wu was eating at a ...
Man Commits Apparent Suicide By Shooting Himself Inside Olivia Newton-John's Florida Home
Business Insider - 19 Aug 2013 23:40
Authorities say a man has been found dead from a gunshot wound inside a South Florida home owned by "Grease" star Olivia Newton-John and her husband, John Easterling, reports the AP. The man is reportedly a 42-year-old c...
7 Things You Didn't Know About the King of Suction
ABC News - 19 Aug 2013 23:20
"Nightline" spent time with Dyson as he was debuting his latest vacuum model, the Dyson Hard, which adds a mop feature to his vacuum's signature sleek and efficient design. During the interview, the British inventor talk...
THE $600 MILLION QUESTION: The Truth About How Marijuana Legalization Is Going In Colorado
Business Insider - 19 Aug 2013 18:03
Last November, the citizens of Colorado voted for Amendment 64, which legalized marijuana. However, that was only the beginning. You can't just say "marijuana is legal," then expect things to sort themselves out. Even ri...
Advertisers Can't Stop Thinking About The Google Glass 'Pay Per Gaze' Patent
Business Insider - 19 Aug 2013 14:46
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today: While Google said that it wouldn't allow ads to be displayed on Google Glass, the tech giant put in a patent for "pay per gaze" technology for ads, which would tr...
Atlantic|Pacific to acquire Carlisle's affordable housing division
Miami Herald - 19 Aug 2013 23:50
Carlisle Development Group, which is under a federal grand jury investigation, agreed to sell its affordable housing division to Atlantic|Pacific Companies.
18 College Frats With Big Name Wall Street Alumni
Business Insider - 19 Aug 2013 17:50
This week, fraternity rush is beginning at college campuses across the country. The reasons people join these groups might vary. Most people probably want to make more friends and have a full social calendar, while other...
The Problem With JP Morgan's Hiring In China Isn't Who They Hire, It's Why They Hire Them
Business Insider - 19 Aug 2013 17:29
This weekend reports surfaced that the SEC is investigating JPMorgan for hiring Chinese 'princelings' (the privileged children of ruling Communist Party leaders) in order to land business in the country. The bank has yet...
SAC LOYALIST: 'I Feel Like Will Smith In 'I Am Legend' When Everyone Else Has Died'
Business Insider - 19 Aug 2013 16:56
SAC Capital started the year with $15 billion in assets, $6 billion of which belonged to outside investors. But a high profile insider trading probe has seen Steve Cohen's embattled fund lose $3 billion in the first half...
SeraCare Life Sciences buys Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories as it looks to expand its focus on personalized medicine
Boston - 19 Aug 2013 15:11
SeraCare Life Sciences, a Milford company that makes life sciences products for the diagnostics industry, said Monday that it acquired Kirkegaard & Perry Laboratories, a company that makes antibodies used for biomedical ...
Weak Sales and Deeper-Than-Expected Loss at Saks
The New York Times - 19 Aug 2013 14:37
The luxury retailer reported a deeper than expected second-quarter loss after disappointing sales of shoes and handbags.
Greenhouse work gives Scott County economic bump
Miami Herald - 19 Aug 2013 14:11
Travis Yoder built his first greenhouse as a household project. Then he built two more and started a business called Yoder Designs.
New research shows house building rates accelerating in prime locations
Property Wire - 19 Aug 2013 09:22
The level of appetite amongst house builders for prime residential locations is rising with more than three times as many homes built over the past year in the UK's most expensive areas than at the other end of the housi...
Asia stocks flat as traders await next Fed step
Boston - 19 Aug 2013 07:17
BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets were little changed Monday as traders weighed the consequences of an anticipated phasing out of the U.S. central bank's unprecedented stimulus program.
Opening Bell 19 August | Friday mayhem leaves investors wary
livemint.com - 19 Aug 2013 04:20
Trading may remain choppy; Asian stocks open lower after US markets close in red
Creditors face deadline in Detroit bankruptcy case
Boston - 19 Aug 2013 03:53
Banks, bond insurers, employee pension systems and others standing to lose big if a federal judge declares Detroit insolvent are expected to file their objections to the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history.
How baby-boomer homeownership trends could affect the local economy
Washington Post - 19 Aug 2013 00:38
Although baby boomers make up 26 percent of the population in the Washington area, a new study has found that they make up 47 percent of the region's homeowners, a situation that suggests this aging generation has an out...
Where Is Small Business's Obamacare Special Exemption?
Forbes - 19 Aug 2013 23:51
Since the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, became law in 2010, many interesting developments have transpired regarding it, but none more than these recent ones.