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Israeli Troops Killed A 14-Year-Old Palestinian While Searching For The Three Kidnapped Teenagers
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 13:05
Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian 14-year-old in the occupied West Bank Friday as they pressed a crackdown on the Islamist Hamas movement in their search for three missing teenagers. Troops also wounded two Palestini...
Convict Is Interviewed In Jail, Reflects On His 'Sexy' Mugshot Going Viral Online
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 23:10
To the ladies and gents who fell in love with alleged criminal Jeremy Meeks earlier today, we're sorry to report Meeks is married. At least, that's what the alleged criminal told ABC News today when reporters interviewed...
How to Get More Out of Your Network Alliances
Forbes - 20 Jun 2014 03:59
Business networks are not just about cutting costs. New strategy frameworks show how you can create value by combining ideas, resources or market access across different partners.
Bacon Prices Have Gone Parabolic In Canada
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 15:20
For bacon-lovers, this is an all-out food crisis. According to the May consumer price index report from Canada, the price of bacon surged by 9.3% month-over-month, or 20.5% year-over-year. This nugget was unearthed by Bl...
Write Umbrella Agreements to Foster Innovation and Avoid Regret
Harvard Business Review - 20 Jun 2014 18:00
Maintaining business relationships in a changing environment.
News Analysis: Federal Reserve's Bond-Buying Fades, but Stimulus Doesn't End There
The New York Times - 20 Jun 2014 02:34
As the Fed curtails the expansion of its enormous portfolio, its reinvesting of maturing securities may continue to help the economy.
Girl's Delightfully Old-Fashioned Letter Gets Her Dad A Week Off From Work At Google
The Huffington Post - 20 Jun 2014 23:29The Staggering Cost Of The Last Decade's US War In Iraq -- In Numbers
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 22:09
There's a huge difference between the very limited expansion of the U.S.'s presence in Iraq that president Barack Obama announced on June 19 and the full-on U.S. invasion of the last decade. Still, the very fact that the...
Famous Narrator Takes Us Inside One Of The World's Coolest Jobs
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 21:06
You probably don't know Renee Raudman by name — but there's a good chance you've heard her voice. Raudman is one of the most requested narrators in the multibillion dollar audiobook industry, having recorded well over ...
Family feuds are complicated by wealth
Investment News - 20 Jun 2014 20:25
Advisers add stability by preparing the next generation, U.S. Trust survey finds.
Warren Buffett is backing solar power - and so should you
MoneyWeek - 20 Jun 2014 10:54
In a huge vote of confidence for solar power, Warren Buffett is backing the sector to the tune of $15bn. John Stepek looks at the latest developments in the industry, and picks the best ways for you to invest. The post W...
Banker told his mommy he expected a $15M bonus
New York Post - 20 Jun 2014 03:33
Show me the money! Wall Street star Deeb Salem, a former Goldman Sachs mortgage bond trader, feels his $8.25 million bonus in 2010 was about $5 million less than he...
The World's Biggest Advertising Company Will Double Its Spending On Twitter
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 23:57
On a panel Friday at the Cannes Lions advertising awards festival in France, WPP CEO Martin Sorrell said his firm would double the amount of money it spends on Twitter ads on behalf of its clients in 2014. The amount of ...
Only New Yorkers Will Understand The Subway Ad Campaign From Boxed
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 17:59
Companies often design special ad campaigns for New York City that comment on city life in a glib tone, such as Diet Coke hailing the kinds of people moving to the city, Seamless joking about your apartment not having s...
Felix Zulauf: Buy Japan
MoneyWeek - 20 Jun 2014 11:00
Investment guru Felix Zulauf predicts a rally in the market for Japanese stocks. The post Felix Zulauf: Buy Japan was first published on MoneyWeek.
Oracle To Wall Street: Our Fourth-Quarter Miss Was Good News (ORCL)
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 02:40
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison had a great explanation as to why the company missed fourth-quarter and full-year revenue expectations: Oracle is actually kicking butt. It sold a lot of new cloud-computing contracts and that ...
How To Keep Growing Your Business After You Reach $1MM Per Year
Forbes - 20 Jun 2014 01:38
Here are what a few successful entrepreneurs have to say about making transitioning past $1MM per year in revenue, and how to keep on growing.
One Intriguing Way The NCAA Cartel Could Crumble And Pave The Way To Paid Athletes
Forbes - 20 Jun 2014 23:10
What's stopping some Mid-Major conferences from breaking free from the NCAA and offering to pay athletes?
After 12 Months, The Number Of Daily Bitcoin Transactions Have Gone Nowhere
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 22:55
The number of daily Bitcoin transactions has barely budged in the past 12 months. Here's the chart according to Blockchain. Daily transactions remain stuck in the same 60,000-70,000 range they were at this same time late...
The 50 Best Quotes From 2014 Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity
The Huffington Post - 20 Jun 2014 22:39An 89-Year-Old Philadelphian Has Been Charged With Helping Murder 216,000 Jews During The Holocaust
Business Insider - 20 Jun 2014 17:29
Germany is seeking extradition of an 89-year-old Pennsylvania man in connection with the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Jewish men, women, and children at the Auschwitz and Buchenwald Nazi concentration camps, a U.S....
Harley Davidson reveals LiveWire electric motorcycle (video)
Venture Beat - 20 Jun 2014 02:45
Harley Davidson, the brand behind those often obnoxiously loud V-twin motorcycles favored by bikers, has built an electric motorcycle. No, the sky is not falling. Called LiveWire, the new electric motorcycle pairs Harley...