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An Artist Created Luxury Packaging For Everyday Items
Business Insider - 24 Apr 2014 21:16
San Francisco's Museum of Craft and Design is debuting a new exhibit by Peddy Mergui that displays luxury branding covering everyday food items. In 'Wheat is Wheat is Wheat,' Mergui portrays dressed-up food such as Loui...
Take A Look At Microsoft Co-Founder Paul Allen's Incredible Collection Of Landscape Art
Business Insider - 24 Apr 2014 23:50
Forty European and American landscapes from the art collection of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen will soon go on display at two art museums in the Pacific Northwest. The exhibit, called "Seeing Nature: Landscape Masterw...
Merrill to Advisers: Find Your 'Noble Purpose'
Wall Street Journal - 24 Apr 2014 17:25
Merrill Lynch chief John Thiel is on a personal mission to get the firm's advisers to think beyond making money and more deeply explore why they do what they do. He asks them to ponder this question: "What is your noble ...
Four Ways The Ukraine Crisis Could Escalate To Use Of Nuclear Weapons
Forbes - 24 Apr 2014 19:12
In 1983, the ABC television network broadcast a movie called The Day After about how a superpower nuclear exchange devastated the lives of typical Americans in two midwestern cities. The conflict began with a Russi...
The sharing economy: Boom and backlash
The Economist - 24 Apr 2014 17:01
AT LYFT'S base in Clara Street, in San Francisco, all is bustle. New staff are being shown the ropes. At least three dogs are tucked under desks or following their owners around. At 15,000 square feet (1,390 square metre...
Watch: Behind the Billions: 8 Things You Never Knew About Warren Buffett
ABC News - 24 Apr 2014 17:20
Rebecca Jarvis gets the inside scoop of what's in Warren's wallet and who he'd like to lunch with in Omaha.
Caixin Online: China regulator looking into Alibaba founder's deal
Market Watch - 24 Apr 2014 06:58
China's securities regulator consults large securities firms and fund companies regarding the proposed acquisition of a leading financial-software provider by Jack Ma, the founder and chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba...
The Wall Street Journal: E-cigarettes face first regulations
Market Watch - 24 Apr 2014 06:50
The Food and Drug Administration plans Thursday to impose the first federal regulations on electronic cigarettes, eventually banning sales of the popular devices to anyone under 18 and requiring makers to gain FDA approv...
Cyprus to gain from undersea gas field
CNN - 24 Apr 2014 06:44
It may be early days in the quest for energy underneath the crystal blue waters of the Mediterranean -- but the eventual bounty may be sizable for Cyprus.
Subprime lending back to haunt
CNN - 24 Apr 2014 05:16
Subprime lending is back. CNNMoney's Christine Romans explains what it is.
China to open 8 state industries for investment
Miami Herald - 24 Apr 2014 05:11
China's government says it will open 80 projects in eight state-run industries to private and foreign investors as part of efforts to make its slowing economy more productive.
Facebook first-quarter revenue grows 72 percent on rising mobile ads
Reuters - 24 Apr 2014 04:07
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Allergan adopts 'poison pill' defense in Valeant takeover bid
L.A. Times - 24 Apr 2014 03:49Apple Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL) Q2 Earnings Report: Revenue Up $2 Billion, iPhone Sales Up, iPad Sales Down
IBTimes - 24 Apr 2014 03:31
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq:AAPL) had a record-breaking second quarter as international partnerships and iPhone sales boomed. The Cupertino, Calif., company's launch of an 8GB iPhone 5c in certain international markets in mid-Mar...
DealBook: Strict Cost-Cutters Who Want to Spend $45 Billion on a Takeover
The New York Times - 24 Apr 2014 03:21
Valeant's chief, J. Michael Pearson, has slimmed down the company, but been an aggressive acquirer, spending more than $19 billion on companies. Valeant now has Allergan, maker of Botox, in its sights.
Apple expands buybacks by $30 billion, OKs 7-for-1 stock split
Reuters - 24 Apr 2014 03:10
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Wal-Mart says former CEO Scott to retire from board
Reuters - 24 Apr 2014 03:07
(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said former Chief Executive Officer Lee Scott and board member Chris Williams will not stand for re-election to the retailer's board.
Jailed Chinese Billionaire Retailer's Recovery Continued In First Quarter
Forbes - 24 Apr 2014 02:51
An improvement in business that began last year at Gome Electrical Appliances, the Chinese appliance retailer controlled by jailed Chinese billionaire Wong Kwong Yu, continued in the first quarter of 2014.
Amazon Web Services is doing so well, it has nowhere else to grow
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 23:49
Sure, Amazon's public cloud is still growing. But it needs to do more if it desires to surpass the best periods of growth.
Stocks to Watch: Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks are stocks to watch
Market Watch - 24 Apr 2014 23:27
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Microsoft, Amazon.com, Starbucks, and Pandora Media.
Surface sales up 50% from last year -- down nearly 50% from holiday quarter
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 22:46
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Security concerns aside, the public cloud market will hit $191B by 2020
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 22:35
Public cloud market growth ahead, folks. It's bigger growth than analysts had predicted three years ago.