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The Top 20,000 Facebook Pages Posted More Content During the Second Quarter of 2018
AdWeek - 17 Aug 2018 21:44
Social media management tool Buffer teamed up with content marketing tool BuzzSumo to analyze more than 43 million posts from the top 20,000 brands on Facebook during the second quarter of 2018, and here's what they foun...
Stocks soar nearly 400 points as Dow sees best day in months
New York Post - 17 Aug 2018 06:41
Stocks shook off global fears Thursday, paving the way for the Dow Jones industrial average to clock its best day in four months. The blue-chip index soared 396.32 points, to close at 25,559.73, on positive earnings data...
I tried living on $100 a week in New York City -- and learned FOMO makes me spend more
Business Insider - 17 Aug 2018 19:10
Katie Warren/INSIDER I've attempted a few experiments now in the name of being better with money. I tried not spending any money for a month and I failed miserably. I also tried tracking my spending, whichmade me realize...
Four wheels good, two wheels better
MoneyWeek - 17 Aug 2018 10:45
British riders are dominating the Tour de France again. Could the publicity, along with advances in electric bikes, encourage us to swap four wheels for two? Frédéric Guirinec looks at the best ways to invest. The post...
Flipkart eyes up to $1.7 billion from Big Billion Day sales
livemint.com - 17 Aug 2018 07:03
The projected target for Big Billion Days also takes into account sales from online fashion retailers Myntra and Jabong, both owned by Flipkart
Oil prices slip amid fears over global economic growth
Reuters - 17 Aug 2018 06:46
Oil prices fell on Friday, with U.S. crude heading for a seventh weekly decline amid increasing concerns about slowing global economic growth that could hit demand for petroleum products as inventories build.
SEC reportedly began Tesla probe last year
New York Post - 17 Aug 2018 06:27
Federal regulators began a probe into Tesla last year, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. The Securities and Exchange Commission subpoenaed a Tesla parts supplier in an investigation over whether the autom...
Hackers target thousands of bank emails in cyber attack
New York Post - 17 Aug 2018 06:20
An international phishing campaign was launched Thursday against roughly 2,700 bank domains -- including Bank of America and Citibank, The Post has learned. Cyber-thieves posed as employees of an India-based bank and hop...
More than 1,000 Google workers protest censored China search
Miami Herald - 17 Aug 2018 05:18
More than a thousand Google employees have signed a letter protesting the company's secretive plan to build a search engine that would comply with Chinese censorship. The letter calls on …
Fintechs have more work to do to prevent discrimination: Congressman
American Banker - 18 Aug 2018 00:08
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., released a survey of lending practices that he said point to practices such as forced arbitration clauses and extracting a customer's credit score to determine creditworthiness.
Rising rates imperil world's priciest property market
CNBC - 17 Aug 2018 22:27
After a decade-long rally in Hong Kong, growing mortgage costs may finally deflate the city's housing bubble, The Financial Times reports.
Futures Movers: Oil higher, but on track for third weekly loss in a row
Market Watch - 17 Aug 2018 19:17
Oil futures move higher early Friday, but remain on track for a third weekly loss in a row.
How to tell a hiring manager you're leaving your job because your boss is a nightmare
Business Insider - 17 Aug 2018 19:05
Strelka Institute/Flickr/Attribution License Having a bad boss is a perfectly understandable reason to want to find a new job. However, at The Cut, workplace advice columnist Alison Green suggests being tactful when desc...
Tesla sinks after Elon Musk opens up about 'the most difficult and painful year' of his career (TSLA)
Business Insider - 17 Aug 2018 18:57
markets insider Teslashares sank as much as 8% Friday following an emotional interview by CEO Elon Musk. The billionaire told the New York Times that the past year has been "the most difficult and painful" of his career ...
Alabama unemployment rate unchanged in July
Miami Herald - 17 Aug 2018 18:52
Alabama's unemployment rate is unchanged from last month. State officials said Friday the July jobless rate was 4.1 percent, the same as it was in June. That rate is also …
Free tuition for all NYU medical students – a $55,018-a-year surprise
USA Today - 17 Aug 2018 18:51
"No more tuition ... The day they get their diploma, they owe nobody nothing," said Kenneth G. Langone,NYU Langone board of trusteeschair. Sticker price for tuition at the NYU School of Medicine is$55,018 a year. �...
Malaysian financier wanted in 1MDB probe says he will not surrender
Reuters - 17 Aug 2018 18:46
A Malaysian financier wanted for his role in the multi-billion-dollar scandal at state fund 1MDB has said he does not expect to get a fair hearing anywhere and will not present himself to any country where his guilt has ...
Nasdaq dragged lower by chip stocks, energy stock bolster S&P
Reuters - 17 Aug 2018 18:36
The Nasdaq Composite opened lower on Friday as weak forecasts from Applied Materials and Nvidia weighed on chip stocks, while gains in energy stocks due to rising crude prices helped the S&P and the Dow Industrials cut t...
Trump just asked the SEC to look into ditching quarterly earnings
NBC News - 17 Aug 2018 18:27
"The regulator can say six months, but if the street demands quarterly numbers, you're going to get quarterly numbers," said one analyst.
Brazil's Marfrig shares up after reports of $2.5 billion deal with Tyson
Reuters - 17 Aug 2018 18:26
Brazilian meatpacker Marfrig Global Foods SA's shares rose as much as 8 percent on Friday on reports that Tyson Foods had finalized the acquisition of Marfrig's U.S. chicken processor Keystone Foods.
US stocks dip following weak forecasts from chip companies
ABC News - 17 Aug 2018 18:09
US stocks are mostly lower as weak forecasts from chipmakers Nvidia and Applied Materials send technology companies lower
The ultimate “Thanksgiving in the Trump era” movie is coming soon
Fast Company - 17 Aug 2018 16:17
The Oath, starring Ike Barinholtz and Tiffany Haddish, takes awkward Thanksgiving dinners to the next level. What: A trailer for the upcoming comedy, The Oath. Read Full Story