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The connected TV market is most often talked about as a race between smart TV manufacturers and streaming device makers (think Apple TV). But what people miss in this discussion — and what's especially important from a...

The United States is beating Ghana in their opening World Cup match, but that is the only good news as the American side has been riddled with injuries. The worst appears to be Jozy Altidore who had to leave the game wit...

We've shown a lot of before and after photos of visual effects in movies. Reddit user SourceCode12 compiled a group of shots showing how scenes from some of the biggest films of the past year were captured. (A lot of gre...

The Allahabad High Court has asked Irda to scrutinize SBI Life's policies

Tailoring is a simple way to make clothes way more flattering. "Most men typicality wear oversized clothes, not understanding the essential elements of a good fit or compromising fit for style," Amber Hamilton, managing...

An official at a New York Veterans Affairs facility was arrested Monday for allegedly taking tens of thousands of dollars in improper gifts from a telecommunications firm doing business with the center. The arrest was an...

Room to Grow, a 120-page collection of essays published on May 22 by YGN (“The Young Guns Network”), has stirred up controversy among conservative pundits and intellectuals.  This book, which purports to offer “ne...

Wondering why Amazon is going to announce a smartphone tomorrow? This chart from Statista provides a little clue.  People who subscribe to Amazon Prime spend a lot more than non-Prime members. Prime is a $99/year servic...

The U.S. markets' technical trends continue to point firmly higher. Consider that each major benchmark has drawn buyers near well-defined support, preserving its uptrend as detailed below.

Ikea's furniture has become so ubiquitous that it's difficult to make it stand out.  To deal with this problem, several new businesses are offering add-ons that make furniture look like it doesn't come from the Swedish ...

Packing for a long trip can be problematic: you don't want to bring along too much and have to lug around a heavy bag, but you also don't want to pack too little and end up forgetting a crucial item.  Here are 10 tips t...

"3 Men and a Baby" — starring Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, and Ted Danson — has raked in over $167 million since it came out in 1987.  Twenty-seven years after the film hit theaters, the identical twin actress...

More than 95 million viewers tuned in to watch O.J. Simpson evade police in a white Ford Bronco. The famous incident, which happened 20 years ago today, was also the busiest day Domino's Pizza ever had.  Thanks to capti...

Brent crude prices have climbed more than $5 since Iraq declared a state of emergency after Sunni insurgents gained control of the city of Mosul last week. In a note yesterday, Bank of America Merrill Lynch analysts expl...

(Kitco News) - Gold futures gave up some of their gains from the last two weeks on position-squaring ahead of a meeting of the U.S. Federal Open Market Committee and since militant insurgents have not made further advanc...

As those who follow my updates know, I’m somewhat of a history buff, in general, and am particularly interested in financial market history. Last week’s piece, titled “Carry On,” highlighted that, from a news per...

Governments around the world are scrambling to understand the various terrorist networks that make situations like the ISIS crisis in Iraq possible. Given other high-profile incidents in Nigeria and Kenya in recent weeks...

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The worldwide popularity of sports TV programming has elevated professional sports franchises into their own asset class -- worth about $550 billion globally, according to a report on Monday. And...

The outlook for growth in California is optimistic, according to a Beacon Economics report predicting expansion in manufacturing and exports and a job market recovery driven by more than low-wage work.

This might settle a few family disputes. Artist Sures Kumar created a project imagining an algorithm that determined where your possessions go after you pass away, according to Fast Co. Design. The algorithm called "Beyo...

The Atlanta-based company that franchises Popeyes fried chicken restaurants has purchased the recipes for many of its dishes for $43 million from a Louisiana-based seasoning company owned by the estate of Popeyes' founde...