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Katrina recovery mixed for Gulf Coast fishing industry
USA Today - 23 Aug 2015 05:26
The seafood industry faced challenges beyond storm.
How to Go to Bed Tonight Happier (And Feeling Richer)
inc - 23 Aug 2015 17:20
What Made Steve Jobs, Richard Branson & Charles Schwab Feel Better is Guaranteed to Work For You Too
The pot industry is being cannibalized by startups
Business Insider - 23 Aug 2015 14:07
The pot industry is not just for growers anymore. Tech entrepreneurs with high ambitions are finding money in applying startup solutions to the budding industry. There’s already the on-demand delivery startups like Mea...
Investments heat up online news sector
Business Insider - 23 Aug 2015 04:28
Washington
Bernie Sanders takes aim at 'greedy' Koch brothers
Business Insider - 23 Aug 2015 03:42
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is making the billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch the face of a "corrupted" political and economic system that the Vermont senator wan...
Scientists found something surprising about the real paleo diet
Business Insider - 23 Aug 2015 23:24
It turns out that instead of just steak — rare as possible, please — the real paleo diet may have been more of a steak-and-potatoes affair. In a paper in the September issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology, the au...
From Financiers To Fashionistas: 3 Wall Street Pros Harbor Couture Aspirations
Forbes - 23 Aug 2015 16:41
By day, Emily Slocum, Naj Alavi and Cynthia Williams might look like any other Wall Streeters riding the 4-train to work. But on evenings and weekends all three swap high finance for high fashion to pursue their entrepre...
John Oliver Should Not Blame IRS For Televangelist Tax Abuse
Forbes - 23 Aug 2015 16:23
Rather than attending services at the Church or Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption this Sunday morning, I'm working on my blog. John Oliver recently founded COLPE to illustrate how much churches can get away with. ...
Ashley Madison Faces $578 Million Class Action Lawsuit
Time - 23 Aug 2015 15:56
Two Canadian firms filed the suit on Thursday
Student loan debt: America's next big crisis
USA Today - 23 Aug 2015 14:48
Just about every candidate has a "plan" to handle student loan debt. But these supposed solutions are hype, really.
Business Not As Usual: The Millennial Social Entrepreneur
Forbes - 23 Aug 2015 14:48
There's a new kind of entrepreneur permeating the American landscape. Social entrepreneurs are becoming a larger and larger force, which is parallel to the growth of working Millennials. As a member of the Baby Boomer ge...
The Socially Transmitted Disease That Has No Cure: Identity Theft
ABC News - 23 Aug 2015 07:17
Here's one socially transmitted disease you should worry about online.
Wall Street ready to fight against high-speed trading 'spoofers'
New York Post - 23 Aug 2015 05:25
Wall Street sheriffs could soon be hunting down fast-moving trading bandits overseas. Regulatory brass at American exchanges are ready to unleash a new high-tech campaign to isolate and wipe out...
Market dive may actually be a good sign
New York Post - 23 Aug 2015 05:11
China's economy started sneezing two weeks ago, and last week US stock markets got sick. How sick? The Dow Jones industrial average had its worst week in four years as...
Small Business Dilemma: Paying For Health Care
Forbes - 23 Aug 2015 04:21
Next in the Small Business Startup & Survival Guide: Paying for Healthcare.
Embattled Promontory Group is staffed with bigwig regulators
New York Post - 23 Aug 2015 03:53
Promontory Group, the prominent Washington, DC, bank adviser that agreed Tuesday to pay $15 million to settle breach-of-ethics allegations by New York state regulators, is known to be staffed with...
Al Jazeera chief ignores network's turmoil in staff letter
New York Post - 23 Aug 2015 03:43
Al Jazeera America president Kate O'Brian celebrated the network's second anniversary last week with a rousing letter to her staff. O'Brian thanked them for their hard work -- but, not...
Here's how the 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' logo looks in other countries
Business Insider - 23 Aug 2015 16:37
When "Star Wars: Episode VII" opens in theaters December, it won't just be a big hit in the US. It'll be a huge, global phenomenon. The film is expected to shatter box-office records currently held by "Avatar" and "Tita...
The Latest: 5 gold medals on offer on Day 2 at worlds
Business Insider - 23 Aug 2015 03:16
BEIJING (AP) -- The Latest from the world championships (all local times): ___ 9 a.m. The 20-kilometer walk offers the first of five world championship gold medals up for grabs on Day 2, which culminates with the marquee...
Soaring Art Market Attracts a New Breed of Advisers for Collectors
The New York Times - 23 Aug 2015 02:26
Consultants to wealthy clients now play a deal-making role for commissions that are sometimes worth millions of dollars.
This one image says everything about how huge eSports is
Business Insider - 23 Aug 2015 02:19
eSports is a pretty big deal. And in the world of eSports, no game is a bigger deal than "League of Legends." It's a phenomenon, with nearly 70 million people playing every month. But forget about us trying to convince ...
Hedge funds are shaking up corporate America and Wall Street couldn't be happier (gs, ms, agn, bkw)
Business Insider - 23 Aug 2015 02:06
Activist investing is up — way up — and that has been great news for Wall Street’s top investment banks. Hedge fund managers that agitate for changes at public companies, asking for everything from bigger dividends...