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This Is How Many Of Mark Cuban's 'Shark Tank' Investments Actually Succeed
inc - 24 Oct 2015 20:15
A TV show is one thing. The day after may be another.
The #1 Rule for Branding, Sales, Marketing, Engineering, Management and Happiness
inc - 24 Oct 2015 18:10
The secret to success in business and in life is so simple that it can be summed up in five short words.
After unrest, pumpkin fest aims for jack-o-lantern mark
Business Insider - 24 Oct 2015 21:23
LACONIA, N.H. (AP) -- The annual New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival will try to scare up a world record a year after violence and scores of arrests soured its relationship with its longtime host city. Laconia police Chief Ch...
Wall Street soars as tech giants boost S&P 500
New York Post - 24 Oct 2015 07:42
And we're back! Wall Street soared for a second day on Friday, putting the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index back into positive territory for the year. Stellar results from some...
Tesla CEO says negotiating with China on local production
Reuters - 24 Oct 2015 04:07
(In this story Tesla corrects Chinese transcript, issues English-language statement. Tesla says negotiating with China on local production, instead of starting production in two years)
Michael Bloomberg slams big tobacco: 'These people try to kill for their own profits'
Business Insider - 24 Oct 2015 10:03
Michael Bloomberg laid into the cigarette industry at a conference in London on Monday, saying that tobacco companies "deliberately go out every day and try to kill, for their own profits, the poor around the world." The...
Twitter Is Eager To Make Money Out Of Two-Week-Old Moments, Starts Showing Ads
Tech Times - 24 Oct 2015 07:00
Twitter announced that it will begin experimenting with Promoted Moments, or Moments curated by brands instead of Twitter's own editors. The move signifies Jack Dorsey's aggressive push to reinvent Twitter and make money...
Uber Could Be World's Most Valuable Start-Up If $1 Billion Fund-Raising Goal Reached
The Huffington Post - 24 Oct 2015 05:20
ImageContent(562af90be4b0aac0b8fd1175,562af6971400002b003c90d4,Image,HectorAssetUrl(562af6971400002b003c90d4.jpeg,Some(),Some(jpeg)),Andrew Matthews/PA Wire,) Just three months after raising an enormous sum of money from...
Directors Say Volkswagen Delayed Informing Them of Trickery
The New York Times - 24 Oct 2015 03:14
Senior Volkswagen board members say they learned of the company's emissions scandal not from executives--but from news reports.
Warning to Silicon Valley: Automaking is hard
USA Today - 24 Oct 2015 17:03
The pitfalls make automobile manufacturing touugher than smartphones
United Parcel Service, Inc Pilots Unions Vote To Call Strike
Bidness etc. - 24 Oct 2015 17:02
According to a report on The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE:UPS) pilots' union recently voted to authorize the executive board to call for a strike, which increases pressure on the company, ...
Microsoft No Longer Cares To Tell Us How Many Xbox Ones It's Sold
Forbes - 24 Oct 2015 16:59
Microsoft just announced the results for the first quarter of the fiscal year, and one particular statistic was plainly missing, how many Xbox Ones were shipped or sold during the time period.
McDonald's Corporation (MCD) Third Quarter Results Add To UBS Confidence
Bidness etc. - 24 Oct 2015 16:53
UBS has come up with a report on McDonald's Corporation (NYSE:MCD) stock yesterday, following its third quarter (3Q) results. UBS analyst, Keith Siegner, reiterated a Buy rating for the stock, and increased the price obj...
15 Cheap Work-Life Hacks for Small Businesses
inc - 24 Oct 2015 16:00
A set of cool tech-tools to make your life as an entrepreneur easier.
Bernie Sanders Wants To Bring Back Your 40-Hour Workweek
The Huffington Post - 24 Oct 2015 15:51
This story was published in June 2015 and is being republished today on the 75th anniversary of the 40-hour workweek going into effect. WASHINGTON -- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) thinks A...
Google Investing Big Bucks In Bold Projects To Boost Digital Journalism: $169M Fund Should Heat Things Up
Tech Times - 24 Oct 2015 15:48
Google has come up with a massive €150 million or around $160 million fund to boost digital journalism in Europe. It is a bold project that will be funded over a period of three years.
This company is using sewage water to brew beer for a very important reason
Business Insider - 24 Oct 2015 15:00
Mmm, nothing like sitting back and cracking open a cold can of crisp amber ale...that was once sewage. A municipal water utility in Portland, Oregon, recently held a contest to see who could brew the tastiest beer from w...
10 most profitable companies in the world
USA Today - 24 Oct 2015 14:32Republican leaders struggle to find votes to up debt limit
Miami Herald - 24 Oct 2015 09:33
Congressional Republicans say they are short of the necessary votes for raising the debt limit and avoiding a first-ever government default. With barely a week before deadline, there's no plan on what to do. …
A Fan of American Express and Schlumberger
Barron's - 24 Oct 2015 08:41
ClearBridge Large Cap Growth's Margaret Vitrano also likes Thermo Fisher Scientific, W.W. Grainger.
ConAgra shares fall amid prolonged Ralcorp sale
New York Post - 24 Oct 2015 08:14
ConAgra Foods' prolonged sale of its private-label Ralcorp business is starting to reek. Shares of ConAgra fell $1.11, or 2.62 percent, to $41.28 on Friday, despite a Reuters report that...
Amazon scrambles to fix glitchy Fire TV ahead of holidays
New York Post - 24 Oct 2015 08:03
Amazon's glitch-ridden Fire TV has created a five-alarm emergency inside the company. The Seattle Web giant reportedly has recruited hundreds of employees to test samples of the new, 4K-capable unit...