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Rupert Murdoch expected to stay active in Fox corporate affairs
L.A. Times - 13 Jun 2015 16:00Do Grocery Stores Care About Safe Food?
Forbes - 13 Jun 2015 09:18
The next time you walk down the produce aisle (with your kid in tow) picking out fruits and vegetables to feed your family, ask yourself the question I ask myself when I do the same: “Does this retailer – locally, re...
BP plc Oil Spill Penalty Can Come Soon
Bidness etc. - 13 Jun 2015 17:40
A ruling regarding the BP plc. (ADR) (NYSE:BP) oil spill can be imposed on the London-based oil company in the next few days. The US District Judge Carl Barbier and the magistrate judge handling the litigation process we...
Art of the Travel Deal: Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia
Barron's - 13 Jun 2015 11:27
Expedia's Dara Khosrowshahi has transformed the travel Website from a tech laggard into a tech leader. What challenges await up the road.
Benefits of adjustable desks still unclear
Venture Beat - 13 Jun 2015 08:00
Height-adjustable desks are growing in popularity in office settings, but there's still no hard evidence that they improve the health of office workers...
Twitter loses momentum thanks to a non-committal Jack Dorsey
New York Post - 13 Jun 2015 06:54
Memo to Jack Dorsey: come back to earth before Twitter's stock crashes into a mountain. Shares of Twitter soared more than 10 percent late Thursday on news that embattled CEO...
Wingstop goes public -- and sees shares soar 61 percent
New York Post - 13 Jun 2015 06:32
Wall Street is going to need more napkins. Wingstop, a 745-store wings restaurant, went public on Friday -- and promptly soared 61 percent in its debut. The Dallas company follows...
Zimbabweans get chance to swap 'quadrillions' for a few US dollars
The Guardian - 13 Jun 2015 03:59
New exchange rate is $1 for 35,000,000,000,000,000 old dollars Zimbabweans will start exchanging "quadrillions" of local dollars for a few US dollars next week as President Robert Mugabe's government discards its virtual...
Reddit banned a community dedicated to hating fat people and now users are furious
Business Insider - 13 Jun 2015 23:57
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I just attended Hillary Clinton's long-awaited campaign launch -- here's what it was like
Business Insider - 13 Jun 2015 22:58
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton officially kicked off her front-running presidential campaign in New York City on a picturesque Saturday afternoon. But before her flood of supporters could see her speak, they h...
Exxon Mobil Corporation Must Pay $1 Million Fine For The Montana Spill
Bidness etc. - 13 Jun 2015 18:25
On Friday, June 12, the US Department of Transportation's (DoT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) rejected Exxon Mobil Corporation's (NYSE:XOM) request to reconsider a $1 million fine.
4 ways Fortune 500 CMOs leverage inbound marketing
Venture Beat - 13 Jun 2015 18:00
GUEST: The next generation of Fortune 500 marketers continues to get smarter and smarter about deploying inbound marketing as a component of their marketing quiver.
Obama's Troubled 'Anti-China' Trade Pact Probably Contains A Secret Pro-China Trapdoor
Forbes - 13 Jun 2015 17:57
President Obama imagines his Trans-Pacific Partnership will slow China's rise. He's wrong and Congress did the right thing in derailing the deal yesterday.
Tesla Motors Inc Obtains $500-750 Million Credit Line Prior To Model X Launch
Bidness etc. - 13 Jun 2015 17:13
Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) takes out $500 million worth of credit from five banks, as the electric car manufacturer is adding more cash in its pockets prior to the launch of its upcoming crossover sport utility vehi...
Fitbit Spent $22 Million On Advertising Last Year; Nowhere Close To Apple Inc.
Bidness etc. - 13 Jun 2015 17:12
Fitbit, the company set for an IPO, contributed to the highest ad spending in 2014, according to a report from Kantar Media. The leading fitness tracker company spent $21.56 million to retain its grip on the market befor...
Tsipras seeks debt relief as Greeks take offer to Brussels
Reuters - 13 Jun 2015 17:12
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This epic chart shows the average wage for almost every job in America
Business Insider - 13 Jun 2015 17:00
Reddit user Dan Lin has uploaded a chart showing the mean wage breakdown for every profession in America tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The top wages all belong to specialized medical fields, while the ones ...
These Are The Companies That Just Gave Spotify Half A Billion Dollars
Forbes - 13 Jun 2015 16:15
In addition to touting some impressive new milestones that the company has hit in terms of user numbers, Spotify has also been busy raising more money—a lot more. The streaming service has acquired another $526 million...
Why Vanguard Precious Metals & Mining Ignores Gold Prices
Barron's - 13 Jun 2015 10:21
Jamie Horvat, manager of Vanguard Precious Metals & Mining, doesn't like to speculate on the price of gold.
Slide Show: Bentley updates its spectacular Continental GT family
Market Watch - 13 Jun 2015 14:00
It's Bentley Motors' best-selling Continental GT family, updated for 2016. Do you want one? Of course you do.
Jeni's ice cream halts production after new listeria outbreak
USA Today - 13 Jun 2015 06:28
The artisan ice cream maker previously found listeria in its production kitchen in April.
Elizabeth Warren fires back at banking titan Dimon
New York Post - 13 Jun 2015 06:14
The caustic war of words between two of Wall Street and Washington's most powerful people rages on. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), an outspoken critic of banks, burned by comments by...