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How To Create A Million-Dollar Internet Store In 2016
Forbes - 28 Dec 2015 15:29
If you did your holiday shopping on Amazon, you know how hard it is for small internet retailers to beat the giant marketplace on pricing. Despite the competition, there are still many tiny online stores—often run...
Easing Hopes Lift Japan Stocks
Wall Street Journal - 28 Dec 2015 04:13
Shares in Japan rose Monday, even as industrial output slipped for the first time in three months, the latest signal of weakness in the country's economy.
Bombshell report alleges Theranos deleted data to make its proprietary technology look more accurate
Business Insider - 28 Dec 2015 04:56
WSJ Two ex-employees of the blood-testing startup Theranos are alleging that the company deleted quality control data of its proprietary machines and cherry-picked data when comparing those machines to traditional lab ma...
15 interesting startups to watch in 2016
Venture Beat - 28 Dec 2015 19:15
REVIEW: As we usher in another year, we brace for the next wave of innovation, disruption, consolidation, and dissolution. What will be the next big thing that everyone talks about? I've been asking around and looking at...
The Wall Street Journal: China OKs controversial law requiring tech firms to help decrypt data
Market Watch - 28 Dec 2015 05:23
China passed a new anti-terrorism law that requires technology firms to help security agencies in the decryption of electronic data, but dropped an earlier proposal that would have required telecoms and Internet service ...
Argentina's New President Moves Swiftly to Shake Up the Economy
The New York Times - 28 Dec 2015 02:52
Mauricio Macri's economic changes are roiling Argentina, accentuating the divide he wanted to bridge and leading some Argentines to doubt whether he will be a change for the better.
25 phrases that only people in the military will understand
Business Insider - 28 Dec 2015 23:57
... NOW WATCH: These planes have changed the military aircraft game over the past 15 years
A Wall Streeter reportedly spent $300,000 at a New York strip club in one week
Business Insider - 28 Dec 2015 18:53
Flickr, CC / brh_images New York Magazine has published a rare look inside the world of the dancers who cater to finance professionals and other high-rollers in New York, and it has got a lot of people talking. Jessi...
Theranos's Alleged Tampering With Data Is Almost Unheard Of In Biotech, Say Experts
Fast Company - 28 Dec 2015 22:15
Legal experts say this is a serious allegation, if true. The breakthrough of biotech startup Theranos--making it possible to get a blood test from the prick of a finger rather than a needle injected into a vein--increasi...
Wall Street opens lower as crude slips
Reuters - 28 Dec 2015 16:33
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks opened lower on Monday as oil prices hovered near multi-year lows due to a global glut.
Deutsche Bank sells China bank stake for up to $4 billion
Miami Herald - 28 Dec 2015 16:23
Deutsche Bank says it has agreed to sell its stake in China's Hua Xia Bank to a Chinese insurer in a deal worth between 23 billion and 25.7 billion yuan ($3.6 billion-$4 billion). …
How having two CEOs taught one startup a valuable lesson
Business Insider - 28 Dec 2015 16:13
Songkick As the proverb goes, two heads are better than one. Yet, when it comes to running a business, the idea of co-CEOs has been described as "flirting with disaster". There's simply not enough room for two at the to...
Mark Zuckerberg has once again defended his plan to bring cheap internet to the world (FB)
Business Insider - 28 Dec 2015 16:13
YouTube/Internet.org Not everyone is a fan of Internet.org, Facebook's non-profit that aims to introduce internet access to "the most disadvantaged" parts of the world. Since its February rollout in India, several big ...
More Calls To Impeach IRS Chief Over Targeting, Bonuses, Obstruction
Forbes - 28 Dec 2015 15:37
As another tax season looms, some Republicans still want IRS Chief John Koskinen out.
U.S. holiday retail sales grow a 'solid' 7.9 percent: MasterCard
Reuters - 28 Dec 2015 15:06
(Reuters) - Strong online sales and demand for furniture and women's apparel helped U.S. retail sales grow by a "solid" 7.9 percent this holiday season, according to MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse.
Wall Street Rewards CEOs Who Talk About Their Strategies
Harvard Business Review - 28 Dec 2015 15:05
Especially when they’re new.
101 Motivational Quotes to Start 2016 Off Right
inc - 28 Dec 2015 13:00
No matter how this past year went for you, use these101 motivational quotes to start 2016 off right.
Worker salaries are poised to climb in 2016
L.A. Times - 28 Dec 2015 04:39Asia Markets: Japan stocks nudge up despite signs of industrial weakness
Market Watch - 28 Dec 2015 04:32
Shares in Japan rose Monday, even as industrial output slipped for the first time in three months, the latest signal of weakness in the country's economy.
The stock market may lose a big tailwind come January (PKW, SPY, SPX, DIA)
Business Insider - 28 Dec 2015 03:40
Since the financial crisis, S&P 500 companies have spent trillions of dollars buying back shares of their own stock. In the third quarter alone, these companies gobbled up $156 billion worth of themselves. Goldman Sachs'...
Helping Fliers Avoid Change Fees (for a Modest Fee)
The New York Times - 28 Dec 2015 03:29
A cottage industry is emerging to shield fliers from change fees, which generate billions of dollars annually for the domestic airlines.
'Safe' Puerto Rican Debt Stirs Worries
Wall Street Journal - 28 Dec 2015 03:27
As Puerto Rico runs out of cash and approaches a Jan. 1 due date for about $1 billion in debt payments, investors are increasingly uneasy about the fate of bonds sold with a near guarantee.