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China is creating cracks in one of America's biggest asset bubbles
Business Insider - 22 Aug 2017 02:57
Business Insider / Henry Blodget What happens to prices when the biggest, reckless buyer walks away? China’s State Council has issuedguidelineson what Chinese companies can and cannot acquire overseas. The purpose is t...
How to Allow Flexible Work Without Playing Favorites
Harvard Business Review - 22 Aug 2017 17:00
Three questions to ask yourself.
Southwest had 5 flights that flew in the eclipse path -- and I was on one
Business Insider - 22 Aug 2017 16:57
Paul Thompson/The Points Guy Monday's solar eclipse crossed a broad swath of the United States, touching 14 states. Hundreds of thousands of people took days off from work, pulled their kids out of school, and made their...
China, Like U.S., Struggles to Revive Industrial Heartland
The New York Times - 22 Aug 2017 06:01
Shenyang boomed during the country's go-go years. But when the investment binge fizzled, the city and its factories sputtered.
IRS Wins Avrahami Decision Before U.S. Tax Court Regarding 831(b) Captive Insurance Companies
Forbes - 22 Aug 2017 01:12
The U.S. Tax Court entered its Opinion in favor of the IRS in the Avrahami case.
Ripple Price Forecast and Analysis - August 22, 2017
Profit Confidential - 22 Aug 2017 17:00
As forecast in our Ripple Price Forecast and Analysis - August 21, 2017, the market could not remain oblivious to Ripple news forever. XRP prices surged 25% yesterday, returning the beleaguered cryptocurrency to levels n...
One Thing All Managers Do That Drags Everybody to the Bottom
inc - 22 Aug 2017 16:41
Are you an HCD Leader or an LCD Manager? Managers always choose LCD, and drag everyone down with them.
Why plumbers and electricians aren't returning your calls
Chicago Tribune - 22 Aug 2017 13:00Calpine Unlikely to See Higher Bidder
Barron's - 22 Aug 2017 11:56
Calpine's shares have had a good run, up over 30% year-to-date, topping the S&P 500 and the sector.
U.S. Exports To Afghanistan Now Dominated By Tanks, Aircraft
Forbes - 22 Aug 2017 06:08
Almost half of all U.S. exports to Afghanistan this year have been tanks, armored fighting vehicles and parts. In fact, for most of the last decade, U.S exports to the Asian nation where the United States in engaged in i...
Buffett is a two-time loser in Texas energy bid
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 04:37
The losses are piling up for Warren Buffett, and the latest is the size of Texas. Bankrupt Dallas utility Energy Future Holdings on Monday withdrew its support for a meticulously prepared, $9 billion buyout bid from Buff...
Walmart wants to copy Amazon's flying warehouse idea
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 04:30
Walmart wants to mimic Amazon's far-out technology again -- and this time the copycatting involves blimps. The Arkansas-based retailer has filed a patent for a "gas-filled aerial transport" -- basically a blimp that woul...
CIT puts $2.5 million into CDFI in Southern California
American Banker - 22 Aug 2017 22:08
It is the largest equity investment that Clearinghouse CFDI has received in its two-decade history.
Merck Maintaining Its Lofty Valuation Due To Keytruda Momentum
Forbes - 22 Aug 2017 19:39
Despite the setback that Merck faced in its Keynote-183 and Keynote-185 trials recently, its cancer drug Keytruda hasn't lost its momentum this year. To add to that, Merck's newly launched hepatitis C drug Zepatier and e...
Applied Materials Stock Seen Reaching $56
Barron's - 22 Aug 2017 19:01
The firm is seeing share-gain opportunities and solid execution in robust chip and display spending environments.
Ancient viruses are being unearthed in ice -- and they could help solve a big mystery about what makes us sick
Business Insider - 22 Aug 2017 18:14
AP/Natacha Pisarenko In a plot that sounds like something out of a low-budget horror film, scientists have recently uncovered ancient, enormous viruses in icethat some say could wake up as the Earth's climate warms. Befo...
Judge blocks law meant to protect farm equipment dealers
Miami Herald - 22 Aug 2017 17:28
A federal judge has blocked a new North Dakota law meant to protect farm equipment dealers. Four major manufacturers of farm implements have filed a lawsuit challenging the law that …
U.S. trade panel begins patent probe against Caterpillar
Reuters - 22 Aug 2017 17:22
WASHINGTON
Trump Admin Places New Penalties On Chinese, Russian Firms Over North Korea
TPM - 22 Aug 2017 17:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on 16 mainly Chinese and Russian companies and people for assisting North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs and helping the North make mone...
Blockchain Technology Is Set To Disrupt Every Industry--And Music Is Next
inc - 22 Aug 2017 17:13
Artists deserve more.
The Wall Street Journal: Johnson & Johnson opposes use of its drug in death penalty
Market Watch - 22 Aug 2017 17:12
The drug is scheduled for its first use in a Florida death penalty case this week.
Lloyd Blankfein can't resist trolling Trump on Twitter
New York Post - 22 Aug 2017 17:11
Lloyd Blankfein is trolling Trump on Twitter again. "Wish the moon wasn't the only thing casting a shadow across the country," the Goldman Sachs CEO tweeted Monday, without mentioning President Trump's name. "We got thro...