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Bernie Madoff to Be Deposed By Victim
ABC News - 9 Apr 2016 05:40
Victim to be face-to-face with infamous, convicted conman.
5 things Warren Buffet does after work
Business Insider - 9 Apr 2016 16:30
Chip Somodevilla / Getty When the Oracle of Omaha talks, people make pilgrimages. In fact, thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders flock to the tiny town of Omaha, Nebraska each year to hear him talk about investing...
S&P Says Q1:16 Earnings Will Decline 10%, Who Cares?
Forbes - 9 Apr 2016 19:29
An earnings season for stock pickers
Vocations: Scouring the Dark Web to Keep Tabs on Terrorists
The New York Times - 9 Apr 2016 18:06
Alex Kassirer, an analyst at Flashpoint in New York, helps government agencies and corporations by monitoring jihadists and criminals in hidden corners of the web.
New rules 'will crack down' on exploitation of gambling addicts
The Guardian - 9 Apr 2016 17:00
But campaigners say measures to protect those at risk are just a sticking plaster over a serious problem The stakes could be about to get a lot higher for the gambling industry, if regulators are to be believed. This wee...
Meet the insanely successful founder of a billion-dollar startup who doesn't like to work 'as a matter of principle'
Business Insider - 9 Apr 2016 16:46
Jared Smith is one of the most famous names in the tech industry you've never heard of.
French bank chief 'more worried about sector now than in 2009'
Reuters - 9 Apr 2016 15:47
CERNOBBIO, Italy
Mayor de Blasio's Campaign Fund-Raising Scrutinized in U.S. Corruption Inquiry
The New York Times - 9 Apr 2016 06:58
The wide-ranging federal investigation involves a web of people, including businessmen and senior officials at the New York Police Department.
Yahoo extends deadline for potential buyers to submit bids
New York Post - 9 Apr 2016 06:53
Yahoo is giving potential buyers another week to submit their bids for the Internet giant. The deadline for first-round bids was originally April 11, but suitors now have until April 18 to submit offers, sources said. Ya...
Frustrated bank investors are searching for a silver lining
Business Insider - 9 Apr 2016 04:10
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How This Entrepreneur Came Back After Losing Millions
inc - 9 Apr 2016 04:00
Wake up on the right side of the bed every day. You need to be self-motivated and inspired...no one else is going to do that for you.
When the "P" in P2P Means Ponzi
Forbes - 9 Apr 2016 20:07
The latest tabloid tale from China’s peer-to-peer (P2P) sector concerns Shanghai-based Deer Financial Group, with many related companies including Fast Deer (快鹿) Financial, Golden Deer (金鹿) Financial, Dangti...
These stunning before-and-after photos show why this unconventional diet is taking the industry by storm
Business Insider - 9 Apr 2016 17:39
Instagram/21 Day Fix The 21-Day Fix is taking over the diet industry. It comes from Beachbody, the same company that brought the world the notoriously intense at-home workouts Insanity and P90X. There's a nutrition pla...
7 money basics to teach your kids in elementary school if you want them to grow up to be rich
Business Insider - 9 Apr 2016 16:30
Scott Barbour/Getty Less than half of states in the US require that students at public high schools take a personal finance class before they graduate. "Even if they have personal finance being taught in high school, th...
The Ocean Rift in virtual reality is like relaxing in an IMAX theater
Venture Beat - 9 Apr 2016 23:05
With the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, I feel like I’ve got an IMAX theater in my home. And the most relaxing VR experience I’ve seen so far is Ocean Rift. With Ocean Rift, you are immersed in an underwater wo...
Why big data needs a unified theory of everything
Venture Beat - 9 Apr 2016 22:10
GUEST: As I learned from my work in flight dynamics, to keep an airplane flying safely, you have to predict the likelihood of equipment failure. And today we do that by combining various data sets with real-world knowled...
Customers Don't Care About Customer Service (At Least, Not The Way You Think They Do)
Forbes - 9 Apr 2016 22:00
Customers don't care about customer service. At least, not exactly.
Huawei P9 photos and first impressions: Fantastic phone with annoying software
Venture Beat - 9 Apr 2016 21:02
REVIEW: Huawei unveiled its latest flagship phones earlier this week, and after months of leaks and rumors, we finally found out what the Chinese electronics giant has been cooking up. It turns out Huawei has been workin...
A year investing in European startups: Here's what I've learned
Venture Beat - 9 Apr 2016 20:07
GUEST: Last year, I moved to Europe to work in a growth stage venture capital fund. Having invested in tech companies in India and the US before, I expected the European tech ecosystem to be much smaller in comparison. H...
What downturn? 11 companies became unicorns in Q1
Venture Beat - 9 Apr 2016 19:18
With no IPOs taking place in the first quarter of 2016, much attention is now focused on unicorns. Will they be able to maintain their billion dollar valuations, or will they would be picked off one at a time, succumbing...
Why Is The Stock Market So Wacky? Fear
Forbes - 9 Apr 2016 19:09
Plain fear - of oil, of China, you =name it - is the big impetus for the stock market's wobbles this year,
Why You Can't Stow A Skull In The Overhead Bin
Forbes - 9 Apr 2016 19:05
A German professor was arrested at an airport for buying a human skull in Italy. Here's why it's a bad idea to try to stow a skull in the overhead bin.