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These brothers are making $5 million a year showing people react to things
Business Insider - 28 Feb 2015 18:22
Real-life brothers, Benny and Rafi Fine - also known as The Fine Bros - have over 15 million subscribers and 3 billion views on YouTube. See how these brothers have made a bundle just showing people 'react' to things. ...
The Swiss Army knife of video apps is back on iPhone
Business Insider - 28 Feb 2015 18:59
VLC is arguably the most versatile video app out there, allowing you to play virtually any video file or format, and starting today it's back in the App Store after a mysterious hiatus. VLC has been a long-time favorite ...
Here's how to see this dress as both white and gold and black and blue
Business Insider - 28 Feb 2015 01:24
This viral dress has divided the internet over its coloring. People are seeing the dress in varying colors due to the different ways in which they perceive colors. As a result, some are seeing it as white and gold, while...
The two women behind the viral dress have a plan to turn it into something positive for girls
Business Insider - 28 Feb 2015 04:01
Sarah Weichel and Caitlin McNeill, the two women behind the dress photo that rocked the internet on Thursday have a plan to turn their fifteen seconds of viral fame into a win for young girls. Weichel reached out to Bu...
NY regulator puts 3 European banks in FX probe
Business Insider - 28 Feb 2015 02:05
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Entrepreneurs Must Defend Intellectual Property Rights
inc - 28 Feb 2015 00:00
There's a movement afoot to transfer your intellectual property into the public domain. It's communism by another name and needs to be stopped.
Entrepreneur with Asperger's peddling affordable electric bike
L.A. Times - 28 Feb 2015 04:59Survey: 38% of small merchants may not be ready for switch to EMV credit cards
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2015 04:00
Guest:Many small merchants are uncertain about how to best approach EMV for their businesses. The most common reason for not wanting to EMV-enabled POS systems is cost.
Net neutrality: Telecom firms prepare to unleash the lawyers
L.A. Times - 28 Feb 2015 03:57
Here's what went down on Friday's Consumer Confidential segment on KTLA-TV:
California bill would reduce sales tax on green cars
L.A. Times - 28 Feb 2015 03:40Colorado Sold Nearly 5 Million Marijuana Edibles in 2014
Time - 28 Feb 2015 00:42
The state's marijuana overseers issued their first annual report
Venezuela is becoming a naked dictatorship
Business Insider - 28 Feb 2015 23:33
Venezuela's "Bolivarian" regime is lurching from authoritarianism to dictatorship. On February 19th it arrested the elected mayor of metropolitan Caracas, Antonio Ledezma. Then it moved to expel Julio Borges, a moderate ...
Here's what's new on Netflix in March
Business Insider - 28 Feb 2015 20:48
Netflix has released a list of its March releases, and there are plenty of originals coming from the video-streaming site. Tina Fey's new comedy "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" and the new drama "Bloodline" starring Kyle Cha...
IBM Aims For $40 Billion Annual Revenue From Cloud, Big Data, Security, And Mobile
Tech Times - 28 Feb 2015 11:11
As IBM sheds off its unprofitable hardware units, the computing company aims to make 40 percent of its revenue from new businesses by 2018.
Queens Village Stirs Community Feeling
Wall Street Journal - 28 Feb 2015 05:58
Queens Village features single-family houses, quiet and plenty of diversity.
Emails show PG&E helped PUC official write safety directive
L.A. Times - 28 Feb 2015 04:11Education Department Terminates Contracts With Debt Collectors Accused Of Wrongdoing
The Huffington Post - 28 Feb 2015 03:58Nevada Gambling Regulators Vote to Allow Olympic Betting
The Street - 28 Feb 2015 03:23
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Come summer 2016, when the best of the best athletes climb podiums wearing gold, silver and bronze medals, Las Vegas gamblers could very well be counting their green. Nevada gambling regulators voted Th...
FDIC closes Puerto Rico's Doral Bank; Banco Popular steps in
News Observer - 28 Feb 2015 03:18
Puerto Rico regulators shut down Doral Bank on Friday, with Banco Popular taking over most of the operations of what once the U.S. territory's fourth largest bank.
What's an Economist's Nobel Medal Worth? $390,848
The New York Times - 28 Feb 2015 02:47
The medal awarded to the economist Simon Kuznets in 1971 was sold to an unidentified bidder for $390,848, one of only a few such medals ever to have been sold.
Tech's Ultimate App for Success: Diversity
inc - 28 Feb 2015 02:29
Research from the Center for Talent Innovation shows that an inherently diverse workforce can be a potent source of innovation.
The Tell: A half-century's worth of wisdom from Warren Buffett
Market Watch - 28 Feb 2015 02:15
We found 50 of the most memorable quotes from Buffett's annual letters to shareholders. Read and enjoy.