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There is no denying the popularity of soccer worldwide. But when it comes to average attendance per game, American football is king, with the NFL averaging 68,401 fans per game last year. The average attendance for an NF...

This math question, from an admissions test for an elementary school in Hong Kong, is going viral in China. According to ChinaSmack, it was the second-most popular post on Chinese microblogging site Sina Weibo on June 5,...

Passion versus paycheck. It's one of the oldest debates when it comes down to choosing a college major. Well, perhaps this chart can help you decide: An infographic by H&R Block shows how much clout your college major ca...

A lot of people were temporarily locked out of their Facebook accounts Friday afternoon. "Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue," the error message read. "We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please...

It is hard to believe that a CPA could be sent to prison, because of clients running personal expenses through the business , but that may well be in the cards for Larry Couchot of Dayton Ohio.  The Department of Justic...

Seventy years after D-Day, 97-year-old Jean-Louis Cremieux-Brilhac remembers the days leading up to the operation perfectly. He was, after all, the man responsible for creating the D-Day orders for the French people, BBC...

GM recalls 89,000 autos due to flaws that could stop air bag from deploying, other problems

Ride-hailing car service Uber has closed a $1.2 billion venture funding round, valuing the company at $17 billion. The eye-popping figure, more than quadruple Uber's worth a year ago, makes the company one of the most hi...

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Sometimes humor is the best way to drive a point home. It can communicate ideas that are lighthearted or serious. In a Quora thread, users answered the question, "What are some of the most profound jokes ever?" Their res...

A Pentagon report to Congress on China's military capabilities delves into one of international politics' perennial nightmare scenarios: what if China decided to retake the island of Taiwan by force? This grim thought ex...

Brad Soden makes go-anywhere, do-anything wheelchairs under the well-chosen company name of Tankchair, and we learned all about his business in this excellent write-up on Bloomberg Businessweek. Tankchairs sit on treads...

Here are four of our swing trade ideas that appear to have more room to rise.

About 99 per cent of professionals fail to optimise the way they use social media. That’s a made-up fact but it’s likely to be true. The main problem is that human beings are vain and while as executives we pretend t...

Bank of America said they will report second-quarter 2014 financial results on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. Year-to-date, Bank of America stock has traded relatively flat, but in the last month, BAC has gained over 5.75%.

When the opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange rings on Monday morning, companies on the trading floor will be joined by a new addition -- inasmuch as a 91-year-old brand can be described as "new." Time Inc., the U...

While German propaganda claimed their military defeated the June 6, 1944 Allied invasion at Normandy, German military leaders recognized how much they had lost. In November, 1944, Commander-in-Chief West, Field Marshal K...

From an idea at his home in Frisco, Texas to being a Nasdaq-listed company, Brian Dick, CEO of Quest Resource Management Group (QRHC), achieved entrepreneurial success by innovating a $55 billion U.S. industry and captu...

Stocks rise to fresh records after jobs reading comes out in line with estimates.

By lending out their stocks of physical gold, central banks may be committing the perfect crime, says Bengt Saelensminde. The post There's something fishy going on in the gold market was first published on MoneyWeek.

Everyone likes to have fun during the summer, but do the companies that provide it make for good investments? There are several that are of interest and one in particular that stands out from the rest.

As demand for electric cars grows, supply of batteries must grow to meet it. That much is obvious. But just how much is battery demand expected to grow by over the coming years? According to an Electric Vehicle Batteries...