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AirCare Pollution App Now Available In Serbia
Forbes - 16 Feb 2019 14:34
Serbia holds an average air pollution index of 58.86 and the southern town of Nis is the country's most polluted city. But, there is a Macedonian software engineer hoping to fight air pollution in Serbia with the expansi...
Academy reverses plans, will air all awards live at Oscars
Miami Herald - 16 Feb 2019 03:22
Bowing to a backlash that had threatened to engulf an already blunder-plagued Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Friday reversed its decision to present four …
Gone in a New York minute: How the Amazon deal fell apart
ABC News - 16 Feb 2019 14:57
When Amazon chose the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens to build a new campus, New York's top brass saw it as a major coup but what they didn't anticipate was the deal's eventual unraveling
Blame Stocks for the Retail Slump
Barron's - 16 Feb 2019 04:57
Declines in stock prices today have a far greater impact on spending than they did in the 1980s.
Ken Griffin banked a whopping $870M in 2018
New York Post - 16 Feb 2019 04:38
Looks like Ken Griffin can afford his penchant for buying homes at record-setting prices after all. The billionaire investor behind Chicago trading firm Citadel -- who last month purchased the priciest home ever in the U...
Mexico to inject $3.9 billion in Pemex, seeks to prevent credit downgrade
Reuters - 16 Feb 2019 03:44
Mexico will inject $3.9 billion into ailing state oil company Pemex, officials said on Friday, promising to strengthen its finances and prevent a further credit downgrade, although investors saw the plan as only a short-...
Amazon pays no federal income tax for 2018, despite soaring profits, report says
USA Today - 16 Feb 2019 03:31Payless ShoeSource to shutter all of its remaining US stores
New York Post - 16 Feb 2019 03:30
Payless ShoeSource is shuttering all of its 2,100 remaining stores in the US and Puerto Rico, joining a list of iconic names like Toys R Us and Bon-Ton that have closed down in the last year. The Topeka, Kansas-based cha...
Payless ShoeSource to start liquidation sales at stores
Reuters - 16 Feb 2019 03:22
U.S. discount retailer Payless ShoeSource Inc said on Friday it would begin going-out-of-business sales at its U.S. and Puerto Rico stores on Feb. 17 and wind down its e-commerce operations.
Watch Out. Tax Season Is Even More Stressful Than Usual.
The New York Times - 16 Feb 2019 12:00
With millions of people filing tax returns under a new tax law and after a long government shutdown, this is a challenging year. We offer survival tips and extensive coverage.
How The Gig Economy Is Reshaping Careers For The Next Generation
Forbes - 16 Feb 2019 04:40
How is the rapidly growing gig economy reshaping the careers of the younger generations, now and in the future?
The Latest: Tribe says water bill based on misinformation
Miami Herald - 16 Feb 2019 03:52
The Latest on a drought plan for the Colorado River (all times local): 6:45 p.m. An attorney for the Gila River Indian Community says a powerful state lawmaker's push to …
Deutsche Bank reverses pledge to help distressed homeowners
American Banker - 16 Feb 2019 03:08
The funds the bank promised to spend on consumer relief will instead be used to make new home loans, according to a report by the monitor of its 2017 settlement with the U.S. Justice Department.
Southwest Airlines declares a maintenance 'emergency' with more jets grounded
L.A. Times - 16 Feb 2019 02:35Wall Street Week Ahead: Profit estimates may be adding in too much cost risk
Reuters - 16 Feb 2019 02:33
As Wall Street braces for the first quarterly decline in earnings in nearly three years, some investors are wondering if the market is factoring in a bigger erosion in profit margins than will actually come to pass.
What NOT to buy during Presidents' Day weekend sales
Market Watch - 16 Feb 2019 23:57
Consumers can score big savings on appliances and furniture, but should skip the spring apparel.
A GoFundMe is seeking $50,000 for victims and families after a deadly shooting in Aurora, Illinois
Business Insider - 16 Feb 2019 23:53
Matt Marton/AP Five people were killed and several injured in a shooting Friday in Aurora, Illinois. Authorities said the gunman opened fire on his colleagues during a meeting in which he was fired. Local organizations h...
Potential Privacy Lapse Found In Americans’ 2010 Census Data
TPM - 16 Feb 2019 23:43
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An internal team at the Census Bureau found that basic personal information collected from more than 100...
Trump reposts video from winner of Infowars meme contest after first version removed for copyright violation
Business Insider - 16 Feb 2019 23:37
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to share a video meme created by an Infowars-contest winner. The video, which was created by Twitter user @CarpeDonktum, essentially mocks the reacti...
Stephen Curry and Seth Curry have an epic bet on the line when they go head-to-head in the NBA's 3-point shooting contest
Business Insider - 16 Feb 2019 23:32
Jeff Chiu/AP Stephen Curry and Seth Curry are wagering future family tickets to their games in the NBA three-point contest at the All-Star Weekend. Depending on where Seth plays after this season, that could mean buying ...
Pro golfer Kuchar agrees to pay Mexican caddie $50,000 following criticism
Market Watch - 16 Feb 2019 23:11
Matt Kuchar apologized after previously defending his choice to pay a temporary caddie only $5,000 after winning $1.3 million at the Mayakoba Classic in Cancun.
Texas secretary of state apologized for inaccurate claim of 95,000 non-citizen voters that Trump tweeted as evidence of voter fraud
Business Insider - 16 Feb 2019 23:09
Eric Gay/AP The Texas secretary of state has apologized for misleading reports that said tens of thousands of people in the state had voted illegally. David Whitley's apology comes nearly a month after his office release...