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If women want to be taken seriously at work, they should dress like men
Business Insider - 10 Feb 2015 23:59
The clothes you wear have a profound impact on how people perceive you. Studies suggest that formal dress makes teaching assistants look more capable, wearing thick glasses makes people look smarter, and well-dressed ...
There were way more lynchings in America than anyone thought
Business Insider - 10 Feb 2015 23:46
Nearly 4,000 black men were lynched in the South prior to the civil rights movement, hundreds more than was previously thought, according to a new report released today by the Equal Justice Initiative on lynching in Ame...
A lawyer in Florida has come up with an ingenious way for drivers to evade drunk-driving checkpoints
Business Insider - 11 Feb 2015 00:25
A South Florida lawyer, Warren Redlich, has come up with a way for drivers to handle police at drunk-driving checkpoints. He posted a video about it that has gotten over 2 million internet views. Watch the video here. ...
More robots coming to U.S. factories
USA Today - 10 Feb 2015 05:01
Heightened use of robots likely to increase productivity.
Oil at $55 per barrel is here to stay
CNN - 10 Feb 2015 05:01
Oil prices will stay at $55 per barrel in 2015 before only gradually recovering to around $73 per barrel in 2020, a new report said.
Cheapest Tickets For 2015 NBA All-Star Game Nearing $1,000 On Secondary Market
Forbes - 11 Feb 2015 01:14
The NBA All-Star Game is coming to New York City, and fans will have to pony up big just to get into Madison Square Garden on Sunday. The league’s best will take to the court in the annual East-West bout, where the get...
Give Britain a pay rise, says Cameron
BBC - 10 Feb 2015 07:37
David Cameron is to urge business leaders to give workers a pay rise, while the head of the British Chambers of Commerce will use its conference to call for an EU referendum in 2016.
The Margin: Apple CEO Tim Cook says 'sitting is the new cancer'
Market Watch - 11 Feb 2015 01:59
Apple Watch reminds users to stand up once in a while
Here's how Instagram has changed the careers of Sports Illustrated swimsuit models
Business Insider - 11 Feb 2015 01:56
The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue hit newsstands on Monday and while 250 models were submitted for consideration, just 23 girls made it inside the annual issue's pages. Even though the swimsuit edition only comes...
Yelp Gobbles Up Eat24 For $134 Million To Fight GrubHub
Forbes - 10 Feb 2015 19:24
The fight for food delivery has only just begun.
Ugly? Moi? These Photos Of Hairless Dogs Will Challenge Your Beauty Ideals
Fast Company - 10 Feb 2015 15:00
These classically "unbeautiful" pups will teach you a thing or two about wisdom. Golden Retrievers, Siberian Huskies, and Afghan Hounds: these are indisputably beautiful dogs. But the somewhat alien Mexican Xoloitzcuintl...
Spending on cyberattack insurance soars as hacks become more common
L.A. Times - 10 Feb 2015 07:19Qualcomm to pay $975 million to resolve China antitrust dispute
Reuters - 10 Feb 2015 07:03
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Akamai Technologies (AKAM) Stock Is Up in After-Hours Trading on Earnings Beat
The Street - 11 Feb 2015 01:12
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Shares of Akamai Technologies were gaining 2% to $63.45 after-hours Tuesday after the cloud services provider beat analysts' estimates for earnings and revenue in the fourth quarter. Akamai report...
Apple Inc. iPhone Grabbed 93% Of Global Smartphone Profits In Q4
Bidness etc. - 11 Feb 2015 00:04
Analysts from Canaccord Genuity have released a report which reveals that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) raked in 93% of the smartphone profits in the industry in the fourth quarter of fiscal '14.
Three Steps To Turning Customers Into Brand Ambassadors
Forbes - 10 Feb 2015 16:41
Are your customers ready to jump ship or to become ambassadors of your brand? Here's the three stage process for turning customers into brand ambassadors.
Gold, silver recover on wedding season demand, global cues
livemint.com - 10 Feb 2015 16:01BMI-Pandora trial centers on licensing fees paid for music streaming
L.A. Times - 10 Feb 2015 07:55Learning from the Latin American lending market in the U.S.
Venture Beat - 10 Feb 2015 06:00
Guest:In the United States, the FICO score has become the standard measure of consumer credit risk. Yet FICO's methodology is incredibly simplistic, and often illogical. The story is completely different in Latin Americ...
Asia shares down on Greek exit fears
BBC - 10 Feb 2015 05:19
Asian markets opened lower on Tuesday as fears of a Greek debt default and exit from the euro zone escalated.
Here's what stocks do before and after the Fed starts hiking rates
Business Insider - 10 Feb 2015 05:06
The Federal Reserve will begin tightening monetary policy, which means higher interest rates are coming. Most economists expect that first rate hike to come mid-2015. This has investors rightfully worried because higher ...
Perfect storm: How Apple vacuumed up all of the profit in the smartphone business
Venture Beat - 10 Feb 2015 04:30
Feature:Mobile executive? VB is hosting our 5th annual Mobile Summit on February 23-24 at the scenic Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, CA. See if you qualify here. That Apple scored an $18 billion profit last quarter �...