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Lost in Thailand shakes up China's movie industry
BBC - 18 Feb 2013 01:59
The budget film that has taken China's cinemas by storm
India cracks down on taxation of transfers within foreign firms
Reuters - 18 Feb 2013 01:47
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CBS' BOB SCHIEFFER: 'Even Washington Managed To Underestimate Its Own Ineptitude' On The Sequester
Business Insider - 18 Feb 2013 01:40
"Face the Nation" host Bob Schieffer ranted at Congress and the White House during a 90-second monologue Sunday, blaming collective Washington "ineptitude" for the spending cuts scheduled to kick in March 1 as a result o...
Why the free market fundamentalists think 2013 will be the best year ever | Slavoj Žižek
The Guardian - 18 Feb 2013 01:30
As communists once did, today's capitalists blame any failures on their system being 'impurely' applied The Christmas issue of the Spectator ran an editorial entitled "Why 2012 was the best year ever". It argued against ...
The 'IT' crowd doesn't like me and I finally don't care
Venture Beat - 18 Feb 2013 01:19
Guest Post For some reason over the last 6 months or so I started caring about being liked. Liked by the Silicon Valley set. Liked by venture capitalists. Liked by the kind of men that determine who is or is not "one of ...
FORMER GOLDMAN BANKER: You Should Know The Ugly Math Behind Your Credit Card Debt
Business Insider - 18 Feb 2013 01:04
Part III - Compound interest and Consumer Debt Please see earlier posts Part I - Why don't they teach this in school And Part II -Compound interest and Wealth So in the last post I wrote about the the incredible power of...
Businesses GIVE AWAY Guns To Lure Customers
The Huffington Post - 18 Feb 2013 01:02Letters: Politics and the Poundland ruling
The Guardian - 18 Feb 2013 01:00
How on earth do we end up with a challenge to this awful government's attack on the welfare system (Back to work schemes broke law, court rules, 13 February) coming from a "self-described reticent and shy woman" sent to ...
VIDEO: UK and India eye stronger trade ties
BBC - 18 Feb 2013 00:49
The British prime minister is set to make a second visit to India, in a bid to forge stronger business relations between the two nations
Maker's Mark to stop watering down its whiskey
NBC News - 18 Feb 2013 00:48
After backlash from customers, the producer of Maker's Mark bourbon is reversing a decision to cut the amount of alcohol in bottles of its famous whiskey.
Danica Patrick Wins Pole For Daytona 500
Business Insider - 18 Feb 2013 00:39
Danica Patrick's first full season in NASCAR got off to a fast start as she won the pole position for next weekend's Daytona 500. She is the first woman to ever win a pole for a Sprint Cup race. Patrick had been the fast...
VIDEO: Life for Indian workers in the Gulf
BBC - 18 Feb 2013 00:35
The BBC's Middle East Business Report programme met two of the 1.75 million Indians living in the United Arab Emirates to ask about their lives, and visited their families back home in India to find out how their money i...
PAUL RYAN: The Sequester Is Going To Happen Because Democrats Have 'No Leadership'
Business Insider - 18 Feb 2013 00:32
Republican House Budget Chair Paul Ryan laid the blame on Democrats Sunday for failing to avoid the sequester, accusing the Senate and the White House of showing "no leadership" on budget issues. "There's no leadership o...
Maker's Mark Execs Describe The Moment They Knew Their Plan Was Boneheaded
Business Insider - 18 Feb 2013 00:29
Maker's Mark sparked a big bourbon controversy when it decided to lower the amount of alcohol in liquor. Loyal customers spoke out and Maker's Mark ended up reversing the decision quickly. Geoffrey Kleinman at Drink Spir...
Sharan Burrow: Why We Need a Charleston Revival
The Huffington Post - 18 Feb 2013 00:19Maker's Mark reverses decision to lower alcohol content
Chicago Tribune - 18 Feb 2013 00:14Maker's Mark reverses decision to lower alcohol content
Reuters - 18 Feb 2013 00:06
(Reuters) - Maker's Mark said it was taking back a decision to reduce the alcohol content in its bourbon because of a large number of complaints from customers.
On the downside: bad meat and angry meteors. On the upside: awesome footage | Charlie Brooker
The Guardian - 18 Feb 2013 00:00
This week, I've seen things that have changed me. I have watched animal carcasses being hacked apart and been petrified by meteors hurtling from the sky As a fan of nightmarish dystopian sci-fi, I've been enjoying watchi...
Joe Scarborough Doesn't Seem To Understand Economics
Business Insider - 17 Feb 2013 23:46
Joe Scarborough, a man comically ill at ease with numbers, Powerpoint, or any analysis that doesn't involve polling Beltway insiders, thinks Paul Krugman is crazy for worrying more about unemployment than the long-term d...
BY THE NUMBERS: The Destructive Power Of The Russian Meteor
Business Insider - 17 Feb 2013 23:37
NASA said the meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was the largest reported fireball since the Tunguska event in 1908. Here are some more stunning estimates regarding the meteor: • The space rock struck Earth's atmo...
Cinven eyes £1bn float of Partnership Assurance
Telegraph - 17 Feb 2013 23:13
London's dried-up market for initial public offerings is expected to receive a major boost from a £1bn flotation of specialist insurer Partnership Assurance.
An NYC Doorman Tells Us Exactly What Makes You A Nightmare Tenant
Business Insider - 17 Feb 2013 23:03
Milton, 25, has been working as a part-time doorman in a Greenwich Village rental building for the past 3 ½ years. It is his first job as a doorman. Here's what he had to tell us about resident mood swings, off-the-book...