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The US has the most millionaires, but China is making millionaires faster
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 16:10
If you judge a nation by its millionaires, the you're going to hold the US in high regard. But China is actually creating millionaires at a faster clip than US. The data come via CNBC's Robert Frank, who handles the we...
Here's the first trailer for the next 'Hitman' game
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 04:04
Sony is showing off its wave of next-gen games at E3 Monday evening. Among the titles is the highly-anticipated next "Hitman" title, which will be called just that. It will be the sixth console game in the series. PlaySt...
5 Amazing Facts About Kirk Kerkorian
Time - 16 Jun 2015 23:41
98-year-old billionaire might have truly been "world's most interesting man"
Goldman Sachs turns focus toward 'Main Street' customers
New York Post - 16 Jun 2015 06:01
Having long ago become a key source of financing on Wall Street, Goldman Sachs is now turning its attention to Main Street. The banking behemoth is about to launch its...
Apple is hiring journalists
CNN - 16 Jun 2015 16:14
The richest company in the world is in the market for some journalists.
Net Outflows Befall 401(k) Plans
Wall Street Journal - 16 Jun 2015 03:19
Withdrawals from 401(k) plans are now exceeding new contributions as baby boomers age, a shift that could have profound implications for the U.S. retirement industry.
Adtile opens Motion Store where you can build your own shakeable, twistable, or movable mobile ad
Venture Beat - 16 Jun 2015 18:00
EXCLUSIVE: No coding is needed to create the ads. "All you need is an idea," said CEO Nils Forsblom.
HSBC, JPMorgan may move parts of businesses to Luxembourg: The Times
Reuters - 16 Jun 2015 06:20
(Reuters) - HSBC Holdings Plc and JPMorgan Chase & Co are in talks to relocate parts of their businesses to Luxembourg from the UK as they weigh the possibility of a British exit from the European Union, the Times report...
The timing is right for a merger, two Southland home builders say
L.A. Times - 16 Jun 2015 06:05Marvel sent an awesome congratulations to 'Jurassic World' for breaking the Avengers' box-office record
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 23:09
"Jurassic World" had a record-breaking opening weekend. It became the first film to ever cross $500 million worldwide in its first weekend. The Universal Pictures' film also holds the title for top opening weekend in Nor...
F.D.A. Gives Food Industry 3 Years to Eliminate Trans Fats
The New York Times - 16 Jun 2015 16:52
Health experts said the elimination of artery-clogging, artificial trans fats from the food supply would save thousands of lives a year.
It's no longer all about ads -- Here's how publishers, streaming sites, and apps are using subscriptions to boost revenues
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 16:23
While ads account for the bulk of revenue at most publishers, music streaming sites, and on apps, the subscription model is gaining traction. The business model allows digital media companies to provide a premium experie...
1.4 million Hondas face second recall over airbags
CNN - 16 Jun 2015 16:15
Honda says 1.4 million Accords and Civics already on the recall list for driver airbag also need passenger side airbags replaced.
How you can profit from cybercrime - legally
CNN - 16 Jun 2015 16:08
No. Don't become a hacker. But you can invest in rapidly growing cybersecurity firms. There's even an ETF for them that trades under the ticker symbol HACK.
The 25 richest self-made billionaires
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 16:00
There are two types of billionaires: those who inherited their wealth, and those who built it from nothing. Our friends at Wealth-X, a database of information about ultra-high net worth individuals, focused on the latter...
As China's Appetite For Art Grows, A Private Bank Helps Collectors Feed Their Passion
Forbes - 16 Jun 2015 15:53
Shattered sales records have become standard fare in recent years, so something extraordinary was afoot when even industry veterans did a double take last month. Christie’s sold a Picasso in New York for $179.4 million...
Small telecom companies are no pushovers
livemint.com - 16 Jun 2015 15:03
Smaller service providers have not only held their own, but have gained market share in the circles that they operate
Stratfor has 11 chilling predictions for what the world will look like a decade from now
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 15:59
The private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting, or Stratfor, recently published its Decade Forecast in which it projects the next ten years of global political and economic developments. In many ways, Stratfor think...
Slide Show: 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo
Market Watch - 16 Jun 2015 12:01
Historians call the Battle of Waterloo the day that decided Europe's fate. Here's how it is being remembered 200 years on.
Something weird is also happening during the FIRST 30 minutes of trading (IWM, SPX, SPY)
Business Insider - 16 Jun 2015 20:29
The first 30 minutes of the trading also has something weird going on. We recently highlighted a a chart from FBN Securities' JC O'Hara, showing that during the last 30 minutes of trading, the S&P 500 is down 2% this...
How to Have More Charisma Instantly
inc - 16 Jun 2015 14:30
Make this tiny change to your behavior today and you'll come across as instantly more confident and likeable.
Currencies: Dollar higher against yen after BOJ's Kuroda backtracks
Market Watch - 16 Jun 2015 07:54
'In making those comments I was neither trying to assess the nominal exchange rate (of the yen) nor forecast its future movement,' Kuroda said Tuesday during a session of the upper house financial affairs committee.