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Does the Reddit Revolt Foretell a Similar Uprising for The Music Business?
Forbes - 18 Jul 2015 18:15
What if musicians - tired of having their music used to grow subscriber numbers for streaming services - pulled their music from these services? The Reddit revolt may be a harbinger of things to come for the music busine...
Watch: Real Biz Rapid Fire with Hannah Fry
ABC News - 18 Jul 2015 02:11
The probability you will meet the love of your life and other things we can predict with math thanks to Dr. Hannah Fry.
Google Q2 Earnings Report Puts Spotlight On Mobile And YouTube Growth
Tech Times - 18 Jul 2015 11:29
Google's second quarter financial results beat analysts' forecast. Mobile and YouTube were the stars in the report.
Competition watchdog is wrong to let supermarkets off the hook
The Guardian - 18 Jul 2015 10:00
The CMA's lamentable report on pricing has rightly been met with hoots of derision So the supermarkets have won. Which? may try to put a gloss on the story, but the Competition and Markets Authority has largely dismissed...
MLPs: Have They Hit Bottom?
Barron's - 18 Jul 2015 09:09
A flurry of acquisitions in the MLP sector suggests it's becoming undervalued.
The drought is costing California farms $1.8 billion in revenue
Business Insider - 18 Jul 2015 08:45
While California remains gripped by drought, the scale of lost agricultural jobs and lowered revenue is emerging. And the numbers don't look good. Vast tracts of farmland—mostly in the Central Valley—have been fallow...
I challenged this shoe-repair startup to bring a pair of worn-out $300 shoes back to life for $40
Business Insider - 19 Jul 2015 00:43
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Meet Wang Jianlin, the richest person in China
Business Insider - 18 Jul 2015 23:28
Wang Jianlin, a former People's Liberation Army soldier who is now a real estate mogul and the world's largest cinema chain operator, is the richest person in China. With a fortune of $40.7 billion, he's caught in a rich...
Jules Bianchi crash stuns Formula One
CNN - 18 Jul 2015 22:16
Jules Bianchi crash stuns Formula One
T-Mobile US Inc Agrees To $17.5 Million Settlement With FCC For 911 Outages
Bidness etc. - 18 Jul 2015 17:33
T-Mobile has settled a case with the FCC, agreeing to pay $17.5 million for the problems caused by the company's 3-hour emergency call outage last year. The two 911 outages caused on August 8, 2014 were related and affec...
Q&A: How to value Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway
USA Today - 18 Jul 2015 17:30
Shouldn't I value Berkshire Hathaway at less than 100% when calculating asset allocation?
Waevio: Adding much needed context to the web
Nibletz - 18 Jul 2015 17:23
Waevio What is Waevio ? This site is made because there’s too much information circling around us, and a lot of them are fragmented and unorganized to people. With Waevio the main goal is to sum all that information in...
Aabaco: Yahoo's Alibaba Spin-offf To Hold 384 Million Shares
Tech Times - 18 Jul 2015 17:11
Yahoo hopes to spin off its Alibaba shares in a new company called Aabaco Holdings, but there is no guarantee the transaction will be tax-free as its shareholders want it.
Coca-Cola's Risk Versus Reward Has Turned Positive Ahead of Earnings
The Street - 18 Jul 2015 16:00
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Investors looking for a second-half bounce-back candidate that pays a solid dividend with a 3.3% yield may do well by owning shares of Coca-Cola . The stock may get a boost on Wednesday when Co...
Nasdaq Closes at a Record 5210, Up 4% on Week
Barron's - 18 Jul 2015 10:18
Tech and banking stocks drove the market up sharply, with the Dow rising 2%.
P&G Must Innovate
Barron's - 18 Jul 2015 10:18
Shares of the consumer-products giant have fallen 13% this year, but habitual underperformance means this isn't an opportunity for bargain hunters.
Wolfgang Schäuble, The Trust Troll
Forbes - 18 Jul 2015 10:16
Paul Krugman invented the term “confidence fairy” to characterize the belief that all that was needed for growth to resume after the Global Financial Crisis was to restore “confidence”. Impose austerity and the e...
British Gas falls short on promised £35 savings
The Guardian - 18 Jul 2015 10:00
Experts say it doesn't come close to matching a possible £300 cut by switching to other companies British Gas said this week that it is cutting the average annual energy bill by £35 - but you could save much more by sw...
ADHD traits can be an 'opportunity' for entrepreneurs
The Guardian - 18 Jul 2015 10:00
TED speaker Cameron Herold helped to grow three companies past the $100m mark. He explains why ADHD gives him the edge on MBA-types Which would you say is most useful to an entrepreneur; perseverance, the letters MBA on ...
Is this a 'secret eBay' with great deals, or just Pye in the sky?
The Guardian - 18 Jul 2015 10:00
The johnpye.co.uk site offers stock from bust retailers and returns from John Lewis. But do you really get a good deal? John Lewis dumps its returns and end-of-line stock there, often at rock-bottom prices. It's where 3,...
Iran Can't Just Open the Oil Spigot
Barron's - 18 Jul 2015 09:28
Even if sanctions are removed, the country needs billions in investment from wary energy companies.
Cuba's Investing Opportunities
Barron's - 18 Jul 2015 09:10
Food, telecommunications, and tourism are likely to flourish as Cuba shows signs it will embrace change. Needed: data transparency and currency unification.