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Mexico's Drug Cartels Have An Ingeniously Simple Method Of Laundering Money
Business Insider - 21 Sep 2014 18:11
Drug kingpins turn to trade-based money-laundering DRUG traffickers, like everyone else, only want money because they want what money can buy. But turning dirty cash from drug sales into clean, usable currency has become...
Teen Entrepreneur Megan Grassell Used Her Frustration To Fuel A Business
Forbes - 21 Sep 2014 05:01
When the retail industry failed to meet Megan Grassell's expectations, she didn't get mad. Instead, she got busy and became resolute, by honing the characteristics that can help every business succeed.
Physicists Make Big Leap In Quantum Teleportation
Business Insider - 21 Sep 2014 23:45
Physicists in Switzerland said Sunday they had succeeded in teleporting the quantum state of a photon to a crystal, in which information transited from light to matter, over a record distance of 25 kilometres (15.5 miles...
Larry Ellison leaving top post at Oracle. Hurd and Catz to become co-CEOs
Tech Times - 21 Sep 2014 04:23
Larry Ellison is stepping down as Oracle's CEO after 37 years at the company's helm. He will be replaced by Safra Catz and Mark Hurd, the firm's co-presidents.
French Farmers Set Vegetables, Manure Ablaze To Protest Falling Prices
The Huffington Post - 21 Sep 2014 00:22Texans Receiver Made One Of The Most Incredible Catches Ever And It Didn't Count
Business Insider - 21 Sep 2014 20:52
Houston Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins has caught 59 passes in his two seasons but none were better than the one he made on Sunday against the New York Giants. Unfortunately for Hopkins, this one did not count. Qua...
A Decade Of CGI: Bill Clinton's Vision Of An Expansive, Progressive Middle
Forbes - 21 Sep 2014 20:10
CGI doesn't have a Congress. It doesn't have an opposition party. It doesn't have swing states, an electoral college, a judiciary, mid-terms, or for that matter, voters.
How to navigate your first acquisition as a startup
Venture Beat - 21 Sep 2014 07:00What you need to know from the Fed's statement
Market Watch - 21 Sep 2014 05:43
Here are the most important things you need to know from the Fed's policy statement.
G20 finance chiefs confident growth goals achievable
Business Insider - 21 Sep 2014 03:35
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Why the New California Film Tax Credit is a Hill of Beans for Independent Films
Forbes - 21 Sep 2014 03:24
Here is a list of why the new California film tax credit is a hill of beans for independent films, the only category of films for which the credit is assignable, which is generally required to convert the credit into pro...
FTC slaps Yelp with $450,000 fine: Don't collect personal data of kids
Tech Times - 21 Sep 2014 03:03
The Federal Trade Commission imposed a fine of $450,000 on Yelp for collecting personal information of children online in violation of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.
Andrew Silton: Raleigh company’s IPO filing offers look into world of private equity
News Observer - 21 Sep 2014 02:00
A recent regulatory filing by Raleigh-based PRA Health Sciences, which is seeking to go public, offers a rare opportunity to look into the private world of private equity.
White House asked to intervene in water dispute
News Observer - 21 Sep 2014 23:57
Persistent drought has kept South Texas farmers and community leaders in an uproar for years over shortfalls in the delivery of water to the Rio Grande from Mexico's tributaries. Now,
The Wall Street Journal: U.S.: Allies committed to joining airstrikes in Syria
Market Watch - 21 Sep 2014 19:40
The U.S. has received commitments from allies to join in airstrikes on Syria as it prepares to launch attacks against Islamic State targets there, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says.
Dedicated freight corridor a fillip for Container Corp
livemint.com - 21 Sep 2014 15:56
A healthy balance sheet and an envious market share of around 75% among container train operators, also augur well for the firm
Two Chinese Warships Arrive In Iran For Unprecedented Visit
Business Insider - 21 Sep 2014 23:41
Two Chinese destroyers have arrived at Iran's Gulf port of Bandar Abbas, in an unprecedented visit attesting to a new rapprochement between the two countries, Iranian media reported Sunday. The four-day visit is the firs...
Mustang must sell overseas, beat rival Camaro in USA
USA Today - 21 Sep 2014 23:30
First Mustang designed specifically for foreign tastes, it incorporates updates to beat Camaro.
Meet the 19-year-old iOS developer so successful he turned down an Apple job offer
Venture Beat - 21 Sep 2014 23:30
The company asked him to become an intern, he says. Apple interns can make $5,723 a month. But, he explains,"I am, at heart, an entrepreneur. I won't be happy working for someone else."
Why 300,000 People Marched For Climate Change Action
The Huffington Post - 21 Sep 2014 23:06Advertising: A Thumbs-Up Brings Favorite Artists to Life For Pandora Listeners
The New York Times - 21 Sep 2014 23:05
Listeners who click thumbs-up on a song on the Internet radio service could be treated to a live personal performance by the artist.
NewsWatch: Stronger dollar could put squeeze on earnings
Market Watch - 21 Sep 2014 23:00
A rallying U.S. dollar could end up squeezing corporate profits and outlooks this earnings season.