Business News
Massive breach of up to 80M at Anthem
USA Today - 5 Feb 2015 07:04
The attack may be the nation's largest health care breach.
RadioShack Store Closings to Jolt Some Developers
Wall Street Journal - 5 Feb 2015 06:10
Many small, regional real-estate investors are preparing for life after RadioShack files for bankruptcy and the store closings that may result.
Surging German factory orders just added to the budding European recovery
Business Insider - 5 Feb 2015 09:38
Europe seems to be experiencing a modest recovery. German factory orders are just the latest indicator that suggests the eurozone economies are picking up some speed: Orders climbed 4.2% in December from November, and ar...
Your tweets will soon show up in Google searches -- again (TWTR, GOOG)
Business Insider - 5 Feb 2015 03:59
Twitter and Google have partnered to make your tweets more searchable online, according to a Bloomberg report. Starting in the second half of this year, tweets will begin appearing in Google searches as soon as they ar...
Yum's China sales fall less than expected, shares rise
Reuters - 5 Feb 2015 03:29
(Reuters) - Yum Brands Inc , owner of KFC and Pizza Hut, said on Wednesday that sales at established restaurants in its biggest market China fell less than feared in the fourth quarter as it fights to recover from a food...
Ending an era, CME Group to shutter most futures pits
Reuters - 5 Feb 2015 05:46
(Reuters) - The world's largest futures market operator will shutter almost all of its open-outcry futures pits by July 2, ringing the closing bell on a once-raucous tradition that has been in decline since the rise of c...
Sexy, free Tinder 'swipes' IAC bottom-line bucks
New York Post - 5 Feb 2015 05:44
The wild popularity of the red-hot Tinder hook-up app left Barry Diller a little cold in the fourth quarter. Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp warned Wall Street on Wednesday that it may take...
States with worst taxes for average earners
USA Today - 5 Feb 2015 15:10
State and local tax systems play a significant role in redistributing income.
Obama-touted Iowa utility balks at FCC Internet plan
USA Today - 5 Feb 2015 06:27
FCC plan would reclassify the Internet as a public utility, similar to phone service.
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says trolls are driving away 'core' users
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2015 05:18
Twitter -- at 284 million registered users -- needs to keep growing its user base to support the advertising needs of its big brand clients.
Employees reveal the best things about working at Apple (AAPL)
Business Insider - 5 Feb 2015 03:30
Apple can be one of the most challenging places to work. You're surrounded by the best in your industry, and given Apple's high standards there's always pressure to perform at the top of your game. Describing it as a str...
QuickLogic (QUIK) Stock Plummeted Today After Reporting Fourth Quarter, Full Year Loss
The Street - 5 Feb 2015 23:41
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of QuickLogic Corp. fell more than 25% to a 52-week low of $2.06 today, closing at $2.19, after the company reported a 2014 fourth quarter net loss yesterday of $3.7 million, or a net lo...
GOP Rep. Schock's Spox: White House 'Should Build A Mosque' For Obama
TPM - 5 Feb 2015 20:50
Rep. Aaron Schock's (R-IL) spokesman once said that a mosque should be built on the White House grounds to accommodate President Barack Obama, Buzzfeed reported Thursday.
Wall Street And The Financialization Of The Economy
Forbes - 5 Feb 2015 06:25
A new word has emerged in the lexicon of the new economy - financialization- defined as the “growing scale and profitability of the finance sector at the expense of the rest of the economy and the shrinking regulation ...
Moonves looks to buy CBS ahead of potential Viacom merger
New York Post - 5 Feb 2015 06:22
CBS boss Les Moonves, fearful a merger with Viacom will be forced upon his company after majority owner Sumner Redstone dies, is discussing ways to buy out the broadcaster's controlling...
Battle looms over tough open Internet rules
USA Today - 5 Feb 2015 06:215 things we learned from January auto sales
USA Today - 5 Feb 2015 05:56
Pickups, SUVs, vans were hot -- cars not. And some surprising picks for deals this month.
U.S. West Coast shippers invoke specter of port shutdowns
Reuters - 5 Feb 2015 05:21
LOS ANGELES
Google knew Glass 'wasn't even close to ready,' but Sergey Brin pushed it out
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2015 05:00
Glass was still an early prototype when Google made it available to fans and journalists in 2013.
DealBook: As Greece Rebels, the Notion of Debt Forgiveness Returns
The New York Times - 5 Feb 2015 04:14
With Europe grappling with staggeringly high unemployment and stubbornly low growth, showing some mercy on debt may yet gain ground.
Startups: 3 ways to keep from burning through your cash
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2015 04:00
Guest:High burn rates are not just a symptom of competition for customers and talent --- they also show that a cadre of entrepreneurs in the Valley are getting too caught up in generating growth, publicity, and showing o...
Meet The Woman Behind The Hats That Keep You Looking Young
Forbes - 5 Feb 2015 20:57
When hat maker Satya Twena learned that the NYC factory where her hats were made was closing, she found the money to purchase (rescue) the business and launched a Kickstarter campaign to rehire the employees. Now she's m...