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This is the only correct way for men to dress for a black tie event like the Oscars
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2017 21:23
AP/Skye Gould/Business Insider Many men panic when they recieve an invitation to a black tie event. Questions run through their mind: "What does black tie mean?" "Does my tuxedo still fit?" "Do I even remember how to wea...
Trump says he can't find any country the US has a trade surplus with -- here they are
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2017 18:44
Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images On Thursday, President Donald Trump is holding a "listening session" with 24 manufacturing CEOs. The president described "unbelievably bad" trade deals the US had with other nations and added...
Buffer Annuities: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
ThinkAdvisor - 23 Feb 2017 16:27
This cross between an indexed annuity and a variable annuity has gained attention in the investment world--and not all of it positive.
Fired CEO is accused of epic theft
New York Post - 23 Feb 2017 22:12
A Manhattan tech CEO blew through nearly half a million dollars in company money to fund a lavish lifestyle that include high-priced hookers for himself -- and epic shopping sprees for his socialite wife, a new lawsuit c...
House session goes late as GOP struggles to pass tax cut
Miami Herald - 23 Feb 2017 07:26
The Michigan House is meeting overnight as majority Republicans struggle to gain support for an income tax cut. Legislation that would reduce the 4.25 tax to 3.9 percent over four …
Green Dot posts 4Q loss, promises better results this year
American Banker - 23 Feb 2017 01:08
The prepaid card issuer has been striving to overcome the setback it suffered from the discontinuation of a popular product in 2015.
And they called it the streak: Dow up for 10th straight day, 21K in reach
USA Today - 23 Feb 2017 23:46
The blue chips gained 0.2% to climb to a another, new all-time high.
How I launched a side hustle that earns enough to cover my mortgage payment -- and requires less than 10 hours of work per week
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2017 21:22
Flickr/Airsoftpal It was 2012. The economy was in shambles, my industry was reeling, and I was increasingly being asked to do multiple jobs at work. I could barely keep up. I loaded my iPhone with apps like Evernote, Out...
'Tailored' Accounting Takes Companies Into Alternate Reality
Wall Street Journal - 23 Feb 2017 19:36
Recent moves by the Securities and Exchange Commission serve as a reminder that non-GAAP corporate results should be digested with a grain of salt.
How Brands Can Still Win the Oscars Without a $2 Million TV Spot
AdWeek - 23 Feb 2017 16:59
Leonardo DiCaprio nearly broke the internet when he finally won an Oscar in 2016: The announcement was the most-tweeted minute of an Oscars broadcast ever, with 440,000 tweets per minute. Whether someone in this year's t...
Tesla Faces Life After Subsidies In Hong Kong, 'Beacon City' For Electric Cars
Wall Street Journal - 23 Feb 2017 15:43
Hong Kong, one of Tesla's best markets in the world, is curbing an electric vehicle subsidy, which could prove very painful.
Trump's turn to put a positive spin on the economy
New York Post - 23 Feb 2017 06:32
Funny how this works out, but now it will be Trump's turn to make the economy look better than it actually is. The economy is growing at a 2.4 percent annual rate, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. That's...
New headache for Ivanka Trump: Jewelry licensee owes over $5K in N.Y. taxes
USA Today - 23 Feb 2017 06:05
Firms doing business with Ivanka Trump face tax warrant, lawsuits, other business issues.
Pro Athletes Have Every Resource For 2nd Career (Part II-Universities)
Forbes - 23 Feb 2017 19:22
Pro Athletes Have Every Resource For 2nd Career (Part II-Universities)
Facebook Is Expanding Ad Breaks for Live and Uploaded Video
AdWeek - 23 Feb 2017 19:00
Publishers and creators might soon be able to make more money off their Facebook video content. Facebook is introducing or expanding three types of video ads for both the social network and publishers' websites: in-strea...
Giving up your defined-benefit pension isn't so crazy
MoneyWeek - 23 Feb 2017 18:15
While defined-benefit pensions are the envy of those who don't have them, ever more people are electing to give them up, says Merryn Somerset Webb. The post Giving up your defined-benefit pension isn’t so crazy was fir...
9 things you should never say during a salary negotiation
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2017 18:00
antoniodiaz/Shutterstock You're 96% sure that you are ready to schedule a meeting with your boss to ask for a raise. Or perhaps you're nearing the end of the job interview process and an offer is in sight. However, if yo...
3G missed Unilever but its methods are spreading
The Economist - 23 Feb 2017 17:44
Rejected suitor JORGE PAULO LEMANN(pictured), a Brazilian investor, is ill-accustomed to failure. On February 17th Kraft Heinz, backed by Mr Lemann's 3G Capital, said it had bid $143bn for Unilever, a maker of food and p...
The 3 most important things we learned from Tesla's earnings (TSLA)
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2017 17:01
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Tesla reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 earnings on Wednesday, and although the loss for the quarter was narrower than analysts expected, it was still a loss. There had been a lot of c...
Assessment: How Successful Was Your Company's Reorg?
Harvard Business Review - 23 Feb 2017 17:00
Only 8% deliver the expected results.
Claims for US jobless benefits tick up, level still healthy
Miami Herald - 23 Feb 2017 16:58
More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but claims remained at a low level consistent with a healthy job market. THE NUMBERS: The Labor Department said Thursday that 244,000 …
US iPhone users each spent $40 on apps in 2016
Business Insider - 23 Feb 2017 16:51
BI Intelligence This story was delivered to BI Intelligence Apps and Platforms Briefingsubscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. US iPhone owners are spending an increasing amount of money on apps, acc...