Business News
CEO of huge YouTube network explains why he's betting on Vimeo
Business Insider - 4 Jun 2015 16:21
One of YouTube's biggest networks is seriously diversifying its interests. This past February, YouTube gaming-giant Machinima struck a deal to sell video on Vimeo's on-demand platform. Machinima's deal with the video-sh...
Peter Fenton's latest investment is a database startup called Cockroach
Venture Beat - 4 Jun 2015 16:00
Meet Cockroach Labs.
The Real Reason Why 'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee' Became a Hit
inc - 4 Jun 2015 22:35
It's a good thing Jerry Seinfeld didn't take his fictitious neighbor's business advice when Kramer said, "You don't sell the steak, you sell the sizzle." Here are some lessons for from the comedian on creating a meaty se...
This CEO can say Warren Buffett took his advice- twice!
New York Post - 4 Jun 2015 04:45
New NetJets Chief Executive Adam Johnson just might be the most effective letter writer in the country. The 44-year-old executive has twice in six years written letters to Warren Buffett,...
These Are the 20 Largest Privately Held Companies in America
Time - 4 Jun 2015 02:00
Many of these companies remain private with so many resources available for investment
The states with the most people dying from cancer (24/7 Wall St)
USA Today - 4 Jun 2015 22:27
Lung cancers were the top cause in 45 states.
As it Happens, You Can Put a Price on Privacy
The Huffington Post - 4 Jun 2015 17:25
You May Give Data Away, But One Recipient Pegs its Value in the Millions Kramer, Jerry's eccentric neighbor on Seinfeld, once asked rhetorically: "Why does RadioShack ask for your phone number when you buy batteries?" Th...
How Chinese Investors Revitalized A 109-Year-Old U.S. Auto Company
Forbes - 4 Jun 2015 17:02
By Lisa Wirthman
Here's What Elizabeth Warren And The SEC Are Really Fighting About
The Huffington Post - 4 Jun 2015 03:12
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) stunned Wall Street this week with a scathing letter to Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White. The letter said White had been soft on high finance felons, bu...
Here's how to play the first World Video Game Hall of Fame inductees online
Washington Post - 4 Jun 2015 20:48
Behold, the first six games inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame: Pong, Tetris, Pac-Man, Super Mario Bros., DOOM and World of Warcraft.A committee of scholars, game experts, journalists and others whittled dow...
Unease Over Use of Personal Data by Companies
The New York Times - 4 Jun 2015 19:22
Many Americans do not think the trade-off of their data for personalized services, giveaways or discounts is a fair deal, according to a University of Pennsylvania study led by Joseph Turow, above.
T-Mobile And Dish Network Merger: Analysts Like The Strategy
Forbes - 4 Jun 2015 18:01
With the likes of AT&T, Verizon, Comcast and Sprint unable to digest another mega acquisition, a potential partnership between Dish and T-Mobile is now seen positively by Wall Street.
Here's How to Tell If You're Doing Too Much
inc - 4 Jun 2015 17:30
Use this checklist of job functions in your company as a wake up call to help you scale.
Here's How Ikea Is Fighting Climate Change
Time - 4 Jun 2015 17:11
It's a big challenge for the company that uses 1% of the world's commercially logged wood
Made In Detroit: The Story Behind The Motor City's Manufacturing Boom
Forbes - 4 Jun 2015 17:05
By Brian Sodoma
Want To Create Fundamental Breakthroughs? Take A Break.
Forbes - 4 Jun 2015 17:03
By Vivek Bapat, SVP, Global Head of Marketing Strategy, SAP
Scientists are skeptical about the secret blood test that has made Elizabeth Holmes a billionaire
Business Insider - 4 Jun 2015 16:53
Faster, cheaper, better. An innovation that accomplishes those three things has the potential to disrupt an industry. But such innovations are rare. Theranos, a company founded by Stanford sophomore Elizabeth Holmes in t...
Yahoo's NFL Deal: Can Marissa Mayer's Pro Football Play Do For Streaming Video What It Did for Television?
Forbes - 4 Jun 2015 16:49
More than anything else it was television that made the National Football League. The NFL’s popularity began with “The Greatest Game Ever Played”, the championship game between the Baltimore Colts and New York Gian...
Why It'll Take You Forever to Pay Off Your Car
Time - 4 Jun 2015 16:33
It takes more than five years now, on average, to pay off a car
I.M.F. Recommends Fed Delay Raising Interest Rates
The New York Times - 4 Jun 2015 16:29
Citing slower-than-expected economic growth, the International Monetary Fund said early 2016 would be a better time to raise the Federal Reserve's benchmark rate than this year.
National Bank of Greece: Barclay's CEO Bets On Last Minute Bailout Deal
Bidness etc. - 4 Jun 2015 16:25
Barclays CEO Antony Jenkins told Bloomberg that he is expecting Greece to break the deadlock in bailout talks with international creditors "at the 11th hour." Greece's Syriza government is presently locked in negotiation...
IMF Warns Fed Should Delay Rate Hike Until 2016
The New York Times - 4 Jun 2015 15:37
The U.S. Federal Reserve should delay a rate hike until the first half of 2016 until there are signs of a pickup in wages and inflation, the International Monetary Fund said in its annual assessment of the economy on Thu...