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A food delivery company is advertising on porn sites in India
Business Insider - 16 Dec 2015 07:38
Zomato blog An India-based restaurant search service has literally put food and porn together mimicking the popular internet epithet "food porn." Zomato has gone a step further in aiming to tap the potential of porn site...
Rent Your Place on Airbnb? The Landlord Wants a Cut
Wall Street Journal - 16 Dec 2015 05:36
Three of the nation's largest landlords have held discussions with Airbnb about allowing apartment dwellers to market rooms through the company's global network in exchange for a slice of the revenue.
R&D Tax Credit and Small Business -- Tax Deal Changes Everything
Forbes - 16 Dec 2015 20:24
The tax deal makes important changes to the R&D tax credit that will make it much easier for small businesses as well as new businesses and start-ups to benefit from the R&D tax credit.
What Facebook Knows About Engaging Millennial Employees
Harvard Business Review - 16 Dec 2015 17:05
Five ways it helps them grow.
Government agencies spent $4.4 billion on self-promotion between 2009 and 2013, potentially against federal rules
Business Insider - 16 Dec 2015 06:01
Thomson Reuters The Obama administration got its hand slapped last year with the revelation that government agencies had spent literally billions of dollars promoting themselves with the public and news media in contrave...
ISIS has its sights set on a new source of oil
Business Insider - 16 Dec 2015 05:23
Thomson Reuters Islamic State is looking at potentially vulnerable oil assets in Libya and elsewhere outside its Syria stronghold, where the militant group controls about roughly 80 percent of the oil and gas fields, a s...
What the Fed's Interest Rate Increase Will Mean for You
Time - 16 Dec 2015 16:33
Janet Yellen & Co. will give and take
Marissa Mayer taking heat for lavish spending
New York Post - 16 Dec 2015 07:43
Marissa Mayer is sitting on the hot seat -- make that a white hot seat. The Yahoo! CEO presided over a "Great Gatsby"- themed company party this month on San Francisco's Pier 48, the reported $7 million cost of which str...
The Fed: How to tell if the Fed statement is dovish or just cautious
Market Watch - 16 Dec 2015 16:52
The key test of the Federal Reserve's policy statement will be whether it is dovish or just cautious.
Russia thinks it will take 7 years for oil prices to recover
Business Insider - 16 Dec 2015 04:46
AP/RIA-Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool, File “Lower for longer” is becoming the catch phrase of the global oil industry, as an increasing number of energy executives and government official...
FedEx Handily Tops Earnings Estimates, Helped By E-Commerce Boom
Forbes - 17 Dec 2015 01:33
FedEx reported better-than-expected second quarter earnings on Wednesday, sending shares up 5% in after-hours trading.
Rising Interest Rates Risk New Distortions
Wall Street Journal - 16 Dec 2015 16:54
Federal Reserve officials say they are nearly ready to raise rates after years of easy money, but they won't know until they try if the tools they have devised will work or create new problems.
Europe Markets: European stocks turn higher ahead of Fed decision
Market Watch - 16 Dec 2015 16:52
After a shaky start to the day, European stock markets rallied on Wednesday, as investors counted down to the closely watched Federal Reserve decision, in which the central bank is expected to raise interest rates for th...
Merry Christmas for Employees: A Boss's Guide to Making the Best of the Holidays
Forbes - 16 Dec 2015 15:01
Christmas is a busy and stressful time for many employees. Here's an employers guide to tuning it into a good time.
10 things that will cost less in 2016
Business Insider - 16 Dec 2015 08:02
Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images With the typical raise averaging 3 percent next year and necessities like rent and health care increasing way faster, consumers are going to be looking for ways to save a few bucks next year...
Chipotle aims as close to perfect food safety as possible
Miami Herald - 16 Dec 2015 07:59
Perfect food safety is not possible, but Chipotle is trying to get as close to that ideal as they can with new procedures and testing inside and outside their restaurants, the company's founder and CEO said Tuesday durin...
The Latest: Asian stocks up strongly as Fed rate hike looms
Miami Herald - 16 Dec 2015 07:44
The latest on the Federal Reserve's landmark two-day policy meeting that started Tuesday. All times local. …
Ryan tells GOP there's agreement on tax and spending bill
Miami Herald - 16 Dec 2015 07:44
Congressional leaders and the White House have reached agreement on a massive year-end tax and spending package, House Speaker Paul Ryan told GOP lawmakers late Tuesday, urging support for the legislation that delivers G...
Bill Ackman is saying this could be his firm's worst year ever
Business Insider - 16 Dec 2015 07:12
Reuters/ Jack Cusano BOSTON
Rdio is shutting down on December 22 following Pandora acquisition
Venture Beat - 16 Dec 2015 06:15
We knew music streaming service Rdio would be shutting down following Pandora’s acquisition of Rdio last month, but we didn’t know when. Now we know that the service will go offline on December 22. The company just i...
Omidyar Network Report: We're At A Tipping Point For Impact Investing
Forbes - 17 Dec 2015 01:48
A new report from Omidyar Network suggests that impact investing is reaching a tipping point that will introduce it into the mainstream in 2016.
Everything You Need To Know About How The Rate Hike Will Affect Your Wallet
Forbes - 17 Dec 2015 01:43
The Federal Reserve has decided to raise interest rates by 0.25%. Here's what the move means for your student loans, mortgages, credit cards, and all other facets of your wallet.