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Get Ready for Sub-5% Yearly Returns
Barron's - 28 Oct 2016 00:21
Balanced portfolios will likely earn no more than low single digits, says a Research Affiliates report.
Do Traditional & Established Businesses Really Need An Online Presence?
Forbes - 28 Oct 2016 14:00
Do traditional, established businesses absolutely need a digital presence? Of course not. But there may be a significant opportunity loss by failing to do so.
2016 MacBook Pro: Specs, price, and which model you should get
Venture Beat - 28 Oct 2016 03:50
At its “October 27 Mac event” in Cupertino today, Apple announced its 2016 MacBook Pro lineup (read our hands-on). There are three models to choose from, and it’s not a very easy decision to make. Preorders begin t...
Want to Make More Money? Use These 6 Tricks Recommended by Millionaires
inc - 28 Oct 2016 16:00
Earning more money, building wealth, and expanding busineses are all related to beliefs. Want to make millions? It starts with successful thinking.
U.S. lawmakers raise privacy concerns over new rule that allows government hacking of computers
Venture Beat - 28 Oct 2016 07:48
(Reuters) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. Congress on Thursday asked the Justice Department to clarify how a looming rule change to the government’s hacking powers could impact privacy rights of innocen...
Futures Movers: Oil prices hold steady ahead of weekend OPEC meeting
Market Watch - 28 Oct 2016 07:05
Oil prices got a boost in late September when the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed that group production needed to be scaled back in order to improve prices.
Smart cars drive 2nd biggest tech deal in history
CNN - 28 Oct 2016 05:54
Qualcomm scooped up chip maker NXP Semiconductors on Thursday in a $39 billion deal that's being driven by the booming smart car market.
BotBeat: This week's top bot stories
Venture Beat - 28 Oct 2016 05:34
VentureBeat's Bots Channel tracks the most important news and analysis from the exploding field of bots and messaging. Each week, we select the top stories and present them in in our free weekly newsletter, BotBeat. We i...
HoneywellVoice: Why We Need Smart Buildings
Forbes - 28 Oct 2016 23:30
Smart buildings have been shown to save energy, streamline building management and prevent expensive equipment failures.
Wealth Matters: Aligning Your Investments With What Motivates You
The New York Times - 28 Oct 2016 18:13
In finance, phi is a way for investors to quantify how their motivations, or the motivations of their money managers, will affect long-term returns.
Former Skeptics Can Be Your Best Spokespeople
Harvard Business Review - 28 Oct 2016 17:00
A close look at ad campaigns from Hillary Clinton and Apple.
Wall St. Is Higher, Though Health Care Companies Are Sliding
The New York Times - 28 Oct 2016 16:01
Shares of the prescription drug distributor McKesson plunged after the company's revenue fell far short of analysts' forecasts.
Twitter Woes Highlight Startup World's Greatest Challenge: Building Real Businesses
inc - 28 Oct 2016 16:00
Startups must carve a narrow path between growing too slowly to become a giant, and growing too rapidly without building a real business
Under Armour goes over the top with $1,500 trench coat
New York Post - 28 Oct 2016 15:51
Under Armour's growth is slowing, its stock price this year slipping, but its prices are going up, up, up. This holiday season, the top end of its price points will hit new highs when it unveils a wool, black-and-gray ca...
Family sues Amazon over hoverboard that burned $1M house
Miami Herald - 28 Oct 2016 15:49
A family is suing Amazon for selling a hoverboard blamed for starting a fire that burned their $1 million home in Nashville. The Tennessean reports ( ) that the Fox …
What These Multi-Millionaire Founders Saw That You Didn't
inc - 28 Oct 2016 15:45
Crack the code like these entrepreneurs and you may be the next success story.
Less Channel, More Product: the Growth Formula for Banks
American Banker - 28 Oct 2016 15:30
What matters is what the customer gets, not how they get it. Investing in digital distribution yields little unless banks are delivering the products and services that customers crave.
Amazon Records Lowest Quarterly Profit In A Year: What's Behind The Disappointing Results?
Tech Times - 28 Oct 2016 15:24
Amazon book earnings of only 52 cents per share for the third quarter, badly missing average analyst estimates. The company was able to meet the expected revenue targets though, so why did it fall short of its expected p...
Laws Of Attraction - Is Beauty Tech Poised To Catch The Eyes Of Investors
Forbes - 28 Oct 2016 11:04
"The music industry generates revenues of about $20bn worldwide every year, " says Lopo Champalimaud "The hair and beauty market is worth $100bn in Europe alone." From his perspective as CEO and co-founder of Treatwell -...
Airbnb, Instagram, Google: What Marketers Can Learn From These Companies' Rebrands
inc - 28 Oct 2016 05:06
Learn what these three brands did right or could have done better when they unveiled their new branding.
Noteworthy Friday Option Activity: C, PAYC, HIG
Forbes - 28 Oct 2016 21:31
Among the underlying components of the Russell 3000 index, we saw noteworthy options trading volume today in Citigroup Inc (NYSE: C), where a total of 90,055 contracts have traded so far, representing approximately 9.0 m...
Ex-UK leader says voters should be able to reconsider Brexit
Miami Herald - 28 Oct 2016 15:23
Britain's former leader, Tony Blair, says the nation's voters should be given another chance to weigh in on whether the U.K. should leave the European Union. The former prime minister …