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10 Downright Crazy Excuses for Calling in Sick
inc - 15 Oct 2015 06:05
Here are this year's ten most ludicrous reasons given when workers called in sick.
Flash Memory Giant SanDisk In Sale Talks With Rivals Micron And Western Digital
Tech Times - 15 Oct 2015 06:21
SanDisk entered talks about a corporate acquisition with competitors Western Digital and Micron. Rumors about the merge of the three memory drive producers shook the stock markets, causing the shares of all companies to ...
First US trial over Libor scandal kicks off
New York Post - 15 Oct 2015 04:47
Two UK traders gamed the global financial market's benchmark interest rate for five years to enrich themselves and their bank, prosecutors said Wednesday as the first criminal trial tied to...
Ivanka Trump On Candidate Trump's Impact On Business, Making A Family Business Work And More
Forbes - 15 Oct 2015 18:02
Ivanka Trump's business interests range from hotels and real estate to fashion, fragrance and fine jewelry. She talks about how the Trumps make their family business work and how Donald Trump's presidential campaign is i...
Papa John's Stores To Dish Up Half A Million Dollars In Wage Theft Case
The Huffington Post - 15 Oct 2015 18:00
Four current and former Papa John's franchisees have agreed to pay out nearly $500,000 to New York workers in order to settle a wage theft investigation, New York's attorney general and the U.S. Labor Department announce...
US Stocks Advance; Citigroup Gains on Strong Earnings
ABC News - 15 Oct 2015 17:48
US stocks gain as financial stocks climb; Hospital stocks slump after HCA warns on earnings
Health Tech Startup Theranos Struggles With Blood Test Devices
The Huffington Post - 15 Oct 2015 17:44
Theranos has struggled behind the scenes to turn the excitement over its technology into reality. At the end of 2014, the lab instrument developed as the linchpin of its strategy handled just a small fraction of the test...
More Workers Calling In Sick When They're Well
NBC News - 15 Oct 2015 17:24
Managers best be on the lookout: 38 percent of employees called in sick when they were feeling fine in the past year, the highest level since 2005.
The EU and my Aga dream
MoneyWeek - 15 Oct 2015 17:20
I've always wanted a red Aga, says Merryn Somerset Webb. But EU rules say I can't have one, and the "democratic deficit" means there's no real way of changing that. Unless our relationship is radically redefined, I'll be...
No Social Security Benefits Or Tax Hike For 2016, But Medicare Premiums Could Soar For Some
Forbes - 15 Oct 2015 17:17
About 30% of Medicare recipients could face premium increases of as much as 52% , even as 70% of Medicare beneficiaries will have their premiums held to the same $104.90 per person a month they paid in 2015.
What Walmart's Slump Could Mean for Holiday Shoppers
ABC News - 15 Oct 2015 17:14
Walmart shares tumbled in a brutal selloff Wednesday that caused a domino effect across Wall Street, taking many other major retailers with it.
Goldman Sachs Earnings Fall 38 Percent, Missing Forecasts
ABC News - 15 Oct 2015 17:10
Goldman Sachs' earnings fall in third quarter, missing Wall Street estimates
Richard Branson: How Dyslexia Made Me a Better Businessman
Time - 15 Oct 2015 17:06
He says he learned to use it to his advantage
Why L.A. Fashion Week gets no buzz
L.A. Times - 15 Oct 2015 15:00Lebanon's Game Cooks studio launches PolyBlast mobile arcade game
Venture Beat - 15 Oct 2015 14:00
EXCLUSIVE: PolyBlast, a mobile arcade-puzzle game from a rare game studio in Lebanon, is debuting on the app stores today. That’s no small achievement as PolyBlast comes from one of the unlikeliest places for game deve...
Hong Kong Leads Asian Shares Higher
Wall Street Journal - 15 Oct 2015 06:49
Shares in Hong Kong led the region higher Thursday amid fresh signs of reform for Chinese state-owned firms.
Three Ways That Halloween Can Be a Treat for Small Businesses
Forbes - 15 Oct 2015 06:34
What originally began as a Celtic pagan tradition and became a celebration for kids in America, has in the past two decades become an occasion for adults. The Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, haunted attractions geare...
Come Again? Third Rock Pumps $52M into Hearing Loss Startup
Forbes - 15 Oct 2015 06:01
Hearing loss is one of those rare things---a gigantic pharmaceutical opportunity that hardly any drug company cares about.
New Venture Capital Data Shows Startups Squirreling Away Nuts for Winter
inc - 15 Oct 2015 06:00
VCs are focused on making sure the companies they've already bet big on don't go hungry.
How a Millennial Paid Off His Entire Student Loan Debt in 11 Months
inc - 15 Oct 2015 06:00
The average American college student owes $35,000 at graduation. This guy said to heck with that.
Valeant Under Investigation for Its Drug Pricing Practices
The New York Times - 15 Oct 2015 05:42
Valeant Pharmaceuticals, which has been criticized for sharp increases in drug prices, said it had received two federal subpoenas.
LG Is Jumping Into Mobile Payments With LG G Pay? Here's What We Know So Far
Tech Times - 15 Oct 2015 05:00
LG is the latest electronics company to develop its own mobile payments system. In a billion-dollar industry that is growing as more players jump in, how does LG plan to differentiate itself?