Business News
China's Stock Market Rattles Investors, India Emerges As A Democratic Frontrunner For Business
Forbes - 28 Jul 2015 05:04
With China's stock market continuing its roller-coaster ride, business-watchers are looking for a brighter horizon - and India, right next door, is a stable option, says already invested non-stick coatings manufacturing ...
Wall Street's former Queen of commodities just made her pitch for why Bitcoin is the future (jpm)
Business Insider - 28 Jul 2015 16:35
Bitcoin technology could reshape the way financial markets operate. That is according to Blythe Master, the chief executive of Digital Asset Holdings, and one of the biggest names in the business. Speaking Tuesday at So...
UK hunts down dirty cash in London property
CNN - 28 Jul 2015 17:50
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Google search now lets you avoid lines by showing the busiest times at millions of places and businesses
Venture Beat - 28 Jul 2015 17:08
Google now lets you avoid lineups.
Mike Tyson wants a bite of the Bitcoin market
Venture Beat - 28 Jul 2015 17:07
Mike Tyson is either getting into the Bitcoin game or is getting scammed out of a bunch of money. Tyson, a former heavyweight boxing world champion, tweeted a link this weekend to a website with the best URL you’ll see...
The Margin: Gold's $1 million treasure off the Florida coast
Market Watch - 28 Jul 2015 17:02
A company with salvaging rights to a fleet of Spanish ships that wrecked off the Florida coast some 300 years ago has just raked in $1 million in gold coins and chains.
Vista Outdoor to Acquire CamelBak for $413 Million
The Street - 28 Jul 2015 16:50
NEW YORK (The Deal) -- Vista Outdoor has hunted down its second deal in a week, agreeing on Monday to purchase water bottle and hydration pack retailer CamelBak Products from Compass Diversified Holdings for $412.5 milli...
These maps are the first to reveal what the world thinks of climate change, and its startling
Business Insider - 28 Jul 2015 16:46
Four in 10 adults throughout the world have never heard of climate change, according to a new Yale-led study in "Nature." Using data from the 2007-2008 Gallup World Poll, the researchers looked at what the world's p...
Caterpillar (CAT) Stock Higher After Taking Over Dump Truck Manufacturing
The Street - 28 Jul 2015 16:45
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Caterpillar shares are up by 1.90% to $76.75 in mid-morning trading on Tuesday, after the construction and mining equipment maker announced that it would be manufacturing its own dump trucks, en...
U.S. homeownership rate tumbles to record low in second-quarter
Reuters - 28 Jul 2015 16:42
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Syngene IPO over-subscribed on second day
livemint.com - 28 Jul 2015 15:53
The IPO got bids for 1,60,79,700 shares against 1,60,00,000 shares on offer, resulting in a subscription of 1.22 times
Want to Know the Real Problem With the U.S. Economy?
The Street - 28 Jul 2015 15:24
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- For all the talk of consumer sentiment, retail sales and other measures of consumption, it is income and employment that drive economic growth. Personal consumption is simply the final transaction...
LinkedIn is taking steps to reduce the number of emails users get
Venture Beat - 28 Jul 2015 07:07
LinkedIn says it’s gotten the message: users are receiving too many emails from the professional social network. The company shared that it’s taking steps to reduce the number of emails sent and outlined two actions ...
Stripe, Digital Payments Start-Up, Raises New Funding and Partners With Visa
The New York Times - 28 Jul 2015 06:01
The San Francisco-based digital payments start-up now has a $5 billion valuation and a partnership with Visa to help it compete.
Executive Departure Draws Attention to Bank of America's Growth Strategy
The New York Times - 28 Jul 2015 05:58
The departure of Bank of America's chief financial officer stunned analysts, and raised new questions about the ability of the bank's chief executive, Brian T. Moynihan, to keep it moving forward.
Scam Accusations Knock Down Mike Tyson-Branded Bitcoin ATM
Tech Times - 28 Jul 2015 05:37
Mike Tyson has just boasted that his Bitcoin ATM will be 'changing the way we get change' once it launches on Aug. 30, but an intriguing report now suggests it may all be a scam.
Baidu Shares Drop On Outlook; China E-Commerce Battles To Intensify
Forbes - 28 Jul 2015 04:49
Shares in Baidu, the world’s top Chinese-language Internet search provider, dropped by as much as 6% in U.S. aftermarket trading after the company’s latest financial report disappointed investors.
China is rolling out the verbal intervention in another desperate attempt to underpin the nation's stock market
Business Insider - 28 Jul 2015 04:38
In the wake of Monday’s massive stock market rout, Beijing has reverted to old ways in an attempt to support frayed investor sentiment – verbal intervention. Speaking through state-run newspaper Xinhua overnight, Zha...
This is what gets written about you AFTER your job interview at Google (goog)
Business Insider - 28 Jul 2015 01:25
Google's weird job interview questions — in which engineers are asked to solve arcane, complicated logic questions on the spot — are legendary. The type of problems candidates can expect to face are, "What pattern ...
Expectations vs. Reality -- Mobilizing Careers in Southeast Asia
Forbes - 28 Jul 2015 23:59
If you hope to have a chance with the youthful, talented job seekers in Southeast Asia, then you must remember one thing: mobile-enabled talent acquisition processes are a must-have.
Here's the real reason researchers issued a dire warning about weapons that can aim and fire all by themselves
Business Insider - 28 Jul 2015 23:57
An open letter, signed by more than a thousand top artificial intelligence researchers, urges the United Nations to ban autonomous weapons. The letter, presented at the 2015 International Joint Conference on Artificial I...
Stop Your Women's Leadership "Journey" and Start Your Integrated Women's Leadership "Plan"
The Huffington Post - 28 Jul 2015 23:56
Photo credit: Bigstock/Lichtmeister Stop the "Journey." Start the "PLAN" (Part 1 of 4) Many years ago, I was at my first ever national diversity conference, when I heard a Chief Diversity Officer talk about the company's...