Business News
SBI sells 4% stake in Cibil for around Rs72 crore
livemint.com - 10 Mar 2015 19:12
SBI sells 3% stake in Cibil to IIFL India Alternatives and 1% to India Infoline Finance
The man who saved CNBC is the biggest winner following NBC's Brian Williams disaster
Business Insider - 10 Mar 2015 23:40
In all the turmoil and head rolling at NBC, one change has gone almost unnoticed. Mark Hoffman, President of business network CNBC, is now reporting directly to NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke. That's the very top. Hoffman...
US Oil Workers Suffer As United Steelworkers (USW) Strike Prolongs
Bidness etc. - 10 Mar 2015 17:33
Oil workers, who walked out of their jobs from BP Plcs (NYSE:BP) Whiting refinery face troubled times ahead as they stay united in the nations biggest oil refinery strike since 1980. In a powerplay between United Steelwo...
StubHub has a confused response to its confusing Web page
L.A. Times - 10 Mar 2015 01:2112 examples of evolution happening right now
Business Insider - 10 Mar 2015 17:39
So much for high school biology. Evolution, it turns out, isn't the long, invisible process we once thought. Instead, it's happening all around us, all the time. And we are it's primary drivers. By shaping landscapes, d...
Uber gives sneak peak into growth
USA Today - 10 Mar 2015 11:02
Uber vows to create 1M jobs for women drivers by 2020, suggesting aggressive growth plans.
San Francisco Wants To Be The City That Takes Down Big Soda
The Huffington Post - 10 Mar 2015 23:45
If California is leading the charge against Big Soda, San Francisco is now standing on the front lines. On Tuesday, three San Francisco supervisors announced plans to introduce pieces of legislation aimed at curtailing r...
Salesforce Adds The Power of Data Science to Its Service and Marketing Clouds
Forbes - 10 Mar 2015 19:40
Leading Customer Relationship Management software vendor Salesforce.com recently announced the addition of data science capabilities to its Service Cloud and Marketing Cloud. In the Service Cloud, the power of data sc...
Tuesday Sector Leaders: Defense, Gas Utilities
Forbes - 10 Mar 2015 17:40
In trading on Tuesday, defense shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.5%. Leading the group were shares of Astrotech (ASTC), up about 8.5% and shares of Orbital ATK (OA) up about 2.8% on the day.
Some of Oprah's Harpo staff given 30 days' notice as studio shuts down
Chicago Tribune - 10 Mar 2015 15:57Ford Motor Company Named 2015 Worlds Most Ethical Company By Ethisphere Institute
Bidness etc. - 10 Mar 2015 10:55
Ford Motor Company (NYSE:F) led the Ethisphere Instituteand#039;s list of Worldandrsquo;s Most Ethical Companies of 2015 for the sixth straight year. The Ethisphere Institute annually honors companies that not only prior...
Simon Property makes $16-billion bid for rival mall owner Macerich
L.A. Times - 10 Mar 2015 05:20Apple debuts $17,000 watch, some waiting for killer app
Reuters - 10 Mar 2015 03:07
SAN FRANCISCO
Woman Claims Diet Pills Led to Home Purchase She Regrets
ABC News - 10 Mar 2015 23:51
A woman in Florida said "judgment-altering" diet pills led to a decision to buy a home that she now regrets.
Windell Middlebrooks, Actor Best Known As Miller High Life Delivery Man, Dead At 36
The Huffington Post - 10 Mar 2015 23:46
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Windell Middlebrooks, an actor who gained TV commercial stardom as a burly, no-nonsense beer delivery man who confiscated the brew from undeserving snobs, has died, his family said Tuesday. He was 36....
Wonkblog: A data genius computes the ultimate American road trip
Washington Post - 10 Mar 2015 21:33
This post comes via Know More, Wonkblog's social media site.Who needs an atlas when you have an algorithm? Data tinkerer Randy Olson, who previously developed the optimal search path for finding the bespectacled main cha...
Bee Taechaubol's Mad Dash For AC Milan Cash
Forbes - 10 Mar 2015 20:37
Taechaboul will have to get the money to buy AC Milan from other people.
Ebola Nurse Who Refused To Be Quarantined Moving To Oregon
TPM - 10 Mar 2015 18:58
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The nurse who refused to be quarantined after treating Ebola patients in West Africa is leaving Maine.
Super-rare, beautiful photos of mountain lion cubs caught by camera trap in LA county
Business Insider - 10 Mar 2015 17:33
Here kitty, kitty. The National Park Service in Santa Monica recently released these rare photos of a 15-month-old female mountain lion cub, called "P-33", feeding with her mother (P-19) and brother (P-32). Some of the i...
PNC Financial Services (PNC) Stock Falls Today on $391 Million Prepaid Funeral Case Damages
The Street - 10 Mar 2015 16:56
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- PNC Financial Services shares are down 1.94% to $92.70 in early market trading on Tuesday after a federal jury ordered the company to pay $391 million in damages for an alleged scam involving prep...
Most Detestable Tweets Ever? Possibly. What Would YOU Do?
inc - 10 Mar 2015 14:30
Sometimes it's hard to believe how stupid some people can be... but what if one of them works for you?
Can't Stop The Tweet: How Social Media Is Killing The Concert Experience
Forbes - 10 Mar 2015 14:10
By Elsa Wilson