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High-End Apple Watch Will Come With Unique Box
ABC News - 7 Mar 2015 02:38
The priciest of Apple Watches -- the 18-karat gold Edition collection -- won't just come in any Apple packaging but will mimic five-figure luxury watch boxes. With leathe
NYSC owner seeks a sale, but all's not gym-dandy
New York Post - 7 Mar 2015 05:29
The owner of New York Sports Clubs has to get in shape fast or risk becoming the biggest loser in the gym space. Town Sports International, which bills itself as...
How Does BuzzFeed Make Money?
Tech Times - 7 Mar 2015 03:14
BuzzFeed's website has no visible ads yet the business is thriving. How exactly does its native advertising model work?
The Apple Watch doesn't need to replace the iPhone to be a massive success (AAPL)
Business Insider - 7 Mar 2015 19:39
This is republished with permission from Cramer's Shirt. The author of this post was long Apple at the time of this writing. You can follow him on Twitter at @cramersshirt. As we eagerly anticipate the Apple Watch eve...
Job growth in California soars
L.A. Times - 7 Mar 2015 03:29Germany to Require More Women on Corporate Boards
Time - 7 Mar 2015 00:30
None of Germany's 30 most prominent companies are run by women
Dow plunges as job gains raise rate hike fears
USA Today - 7 Mar 2015 02:13READ: Full Text Of President Obama's Remarks In Selma
TPM - 7 Mar 2015 22:58
President Barack Obama delivered remarks at the 50th anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday" march in Selma, Alabama. Here's his full speech, as prepared for delivery.
What the world's most popular websites looked like on the day they launched
Business Insider - 7 Mar 2015 19:41
Web design has improved a lot since the birth of the internet. Long gone are the pixellated and cluttered monstrosities of the HTML era. Many of today's most successful websites bear only a small resemblance to how the...
Willis Tower owners in talks with Blackstone Group, source says
Chicago Tribune - 7 Mar 2015 02:28How Apple design guru Jony Ive discovered his passion (AAPL)
Business Insider - 7 Mar 2015 02:20
Apple design guru Jony Ive described finding his passion in a recent Financial Times profile. Ive studied design at Northumbria University, but his interest in making things goes back much earlier than that. "I wasn't su...
Major League Soccer, Audi Sign Multi-Year Partnership Deal
Forbes - 7 Mar 2015 18:16
In an attempt to connect to a high percentage of millennials, Audi announced a major multi-year sponsorship deal with Major League Soccer Friday coinciding with the start of the season.
Proposed GOP alternatives to Obamacare subsidies are bad medicine
L.A. Times - 7 Mar 2015 05:52
Supporters of healthcare reform were breathing a little easier last week after oral arguments at the Supreme Court over the Affordable Care Act.
Apple Inc. finally joins ranks of the Dow's elite 30 stocks
L.A. Times - 7 Mar 2015 03:29As the U.S. economy adds jobs, more workers holding on to their cash
Washington Post - 7 Mar 2015 03:24
The United States is adding jobs at its best pace in two decades, new government data showed Friday, with a 12-month hiring spree that has trimmed the unemployment rate to its lowest since the Great Recession.
Uber suspends some service in South Korea
CNN - 7 Mar 2015 02:27
Uber suspends UberX ride-share service in South Korea.
John Lewis steps into Singapore as part of wholesale export plans
The Guardian - 7 Mar 2015 02:01
Retailer, which is scheduled to reveal its annual profits next week, has signed deal to open concessions in two Robinsons department stores in city-state in July John Lewis is to step into Singapore as part of plans to e...
Amazon opens store on Alibaba's Tmall
CNN - 7 Mar 2015 01:52
E-commerce giant Amazon opens its own digital store on Tmall, an Amazon-like site owned by one of China's largest internet companies, Alibaba.
Amid a robust February jobs report, concern over stagnant wages
L.A. Times - 7 Mar 2015 01:47Burglar steals 'cruffin' recipe from San Francisco bakery, leaves cash and iPad behind
Business Insider - 7 Mar 2015 01:21
Cronuts, McGriddles, cruffins, and more: We live in a world where innovative foods have taken on cult-like (and profitable) status. That may have been going through the mind of a burglar in San Francisco last week, when ...
Poll: Scott Walker Most Competitive Against Clinton
TPM - 7 Mar 2015 01:20
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) is the most competitive in a head-to-head matchup against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, according to a new McCatchy-Marist Poll released on Friday.
BP drops bid to oust Gulf spill claims administrator
Reuters - 7 Mar 2015 01:06
(Reuters) - BP Plc on Friday ended its bid to oust the administrator overseeing payouts to businesses and individuals claiming damages arising from the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, citing steps the administrator has ta...