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Here's A Map Of Time Warner's Huge North East Internet Outage
Business Insider - 19 Oct 2013 19:10
If you have Time Warner Internet service, and you live in the North East (especially New York City), you may have had trouble connecting to the Internet today. Don't worry, you're not alone. Time Warner have confirmed th...
This 28 Year Old Built A $3 Million Business In 10 Months Thanks To Instagram, He Says (FB)
Business Insider - 19 Oct 2013 16:30
At the start of 2012, 27-year-old Arvin Lal was pumping iron with his friend, a chiropractor who mixed his own herbal supplements. The friend gave him a weight loss remedy. "I tried it and I lost 8 pounds in two weeks. I...
Norwegian Air expands
CNN - 19 Oct 2013 09:34
Richard Quest talks to Norwegian Air Shuttle CEO Bjorn Kjos about plans for expansion and budget flights.
BASF & Yara considering joint ammonia plant in US
News Observer - 19 Oct 2013 10:04
A German chemical company and a Norwegian fertilizer company may build big ammonia plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Train strike clogs San Francisco-area highways
Miami Herald - 19 Oct 2013 08:58
San Francisco Bay Area rapid transit officials and union leaders are offering what they say are solutions to a strike that scrambled the commute for hundreds of thousands of workers who headed to work before dawn and bac...
Investors question Twitter’s structure ahead of planned IPO
News Observer - 19 Oct 2013 05:01
Profits aren't the only thing lacking at Twitter ahead of its planned initial public offering. It's got a dearth of patents, too.
Investors Shrugging Off 'Washington Whiplash'
Wall Street Journal - 19 Oct 2013 02:53
Even as investors resign themselves to the possibility of another debt-ceiling fight early next year, many say the market has become largely inoculated to the dysfunction on Capitol Hill.
Andretti signs Hinchcliffe and moves to Honda
News Observer - 19 Oct 2013 23:59
James Hinchcliffe will return to Andretti Autosport in 2014 with sponsorship from United Fiber & Data.
AP source: JPMorgan would pay $13 billion in proposed settlement over mortgage securities
Boston - 19 Oct 2013 23:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- AP source: JPMorgan would pay $13 billion in proposed settlement over mortgage securities.
15 Feature Films To Inspire Entrepreneurs
Nibletz - 19 Oct 2013 16:57
Thinking of taking in a movie at home this weekend, check out these 15 feature films to inspire entrepreneurs , here.
Why Can't We Be Friends: Social Sharing and SEO
Nibletz - 19 Oct 2013 15:27
By Markerly’s Christine Beuhler No one can seem to agree: is SEO out of date and obsolete or still worth it? And what are social signals? What's going on? I'm going back to bed. SEO and Google Google doesn't seem to li...
Why Wharton Undergrads Are Saying 'No' To Having Kids
Forbes - 19 Oct 2013 15:23
In his fascinating new book Baby Bust, Wharton management professor Steward D. Friedman reveals that the percentage of undergrads at the school who planned to have children declined by about half over 20 years.
Do It Now, Keep It Simple, Think. (Lessons From 10 Days Away)
Forbes - 19 Oct 2013 12:00Illinois High Court Shoots Down Amazon Sales Tax Law; Will SCOTUS Step In?
Forbes - 19 Oct 2013 01:4610 Big States Taxing Internet Sales
Forbes - 19 Oct 2013 01:46
Shopped on line recently? Don't be surprised if your state's sales tax is added to the total at check-out. Congress has yet to pass the Marketplace Fairness Act which would require Internet merchants to collect sales tax...
'Gigabit Fever' Infects Mississippi As Comcast's 'WiFi Tango' Takes Google Fiber Head On
Forbes - 19 Oct 2013 00:48Government Shutdown: What's The Right Civic Lesson For Americans?
Forbes - 19 Oct 2013 00:16Argentine commuter train slams into station, again
Boston - 19 Oct 2013 17:55
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- An Argentine commuter train slammed into the end of the line Saturday morning at the same station in Buenos Aires where 52 people were killed in a similar crash last year. This time there ...
BASF & Yara considering joint ammonia plant in US
Miami Herald - 19 Oct 2013 10:13
A German chemical company and a Norwegian fertilizer company may build big ammonia plant on the U.S. Gulf Coast.
Train carrying oil, gas derails west of Edmonton
Boston - 19 Oct 2013 23:25
GAINFORD, Alberta -- Emergency crews battled a massive fire Saturday after a Canadian National tanker train carrying oil and gas derailed west of Edmonton, Alberta, overnight. No injuries have been reported so far. �...
JP Morgan, DOJ Reach Tentative $13B Deal
ABC News - 19 Oct 2013 23:22
Could be largest ever single payment by a company.
JPMorgan Chase close to $13 billion deal with Justice Department over mortgage securities
Washington Post - 19 Oct 2013 23:16
JPMorgan Chase has reached a tentative agreement with the Justice Department to pay $13 billion to resolve allegations that it knowingly sold faulty mortgage securities during the financial crisis, a person familiar with...