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Watch the crazy way male seahorses give birth to 1000s of babies at once
Business Insider - 3 Mar 2016 17:59
Unlike most species, it is the male seahorses who give birth. Female seahorses impregnate the males with their eggs, and 10-25 days later, the males spew out thousands of baby seahorses. Story by Aly Weisman and editing ...
Adam Savage reveals why he and 'Mythbusters' co-host Jamie Hyneman won't be working together anymore
Business Insider - 3 Mar 2016 18:13
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons as co-hosts of Discovery Channel's wildly popular "MythBusters." But it turns out that their on-screen chemistry was caused by a lot of off-screen friction. Story and editin...
EX-DEA AGENT: Trump's border wall would 'serve no purpose' in the war on drugs
Business Insider - 3 Mar 2016 21:17
Retired DEA agent and "Deal" author Mike Vigil spent roughly 20 years undercover in Mexico and Colombia. Vigil argues that GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's proposal to build a wall on the Mexican border will...
Morgan Stanley sales contest raises conflict of interest concerns
New York Post - 3 Mar 2016 05:30
Morgan Stanley, the Wall Street goliath run by Chief Executive James Gorman, appears to have promoted conflicts of interest in a questionable sales contest that pushed some of their riskiest loans on their richest client...
Tech Rallies to Apple's Defense, but Not Without Some Hand-Wringing
The New York Times - 3 Mar 2016 04:13
Silicon Valley appears to be siding with Apple in the San Bernardino iPhone case, overcoming worries about the consequences of an unfavorable ruling.
Map shows how ISIS is expanding to Southeast Asia
Business Insider - 3 Mar 2016 18:20
ISW ISIS is using its safe haven and foreign fighter population in Iraq and Syria to expand influence in Southeast Asia, in pursuit of its grand strategic objective to rule all Muslim lands. ISIS’s Syria-based Southeas...
China's economy is 'still weak and unstable'
Business Insider - 3 Mar 2016 04:59
Reuters/Damir Sagolj Activity levels in China’s services sector, tasked with powering China’s economic transition in the years ahead, decelerated sharply in February, yet again amplifying concerns over the strength o...
Mitt Romney Pulls No Punches In Major Speech Trashing Donald Trump
TPM - 3 Mar 2016 18:43
In what may be an unprecedented speech by a major American political figure, former presidential nominee Mitt Romney implored his fellow Republicans on Thursday not to nominate the frontrunner Donald Trump for president....
Mastercard Plots £1bn Vocalink Takeover Bid
Sky News - 3 Mar 2016 16:25
Mastercard has made an approach to buy Vocalink, which processes billions of payments each year in the UK, Sky News learns.
Does Brexit Provide U.S. Entrance For Foreign Lenders?
Forbes - 3 Mar 2016 16:14
When you think about U.S. cities that attract foreign lending, the Big Apple probably tops the list – but that doesn’t mean New York is the only place foreign banks find attractive. Foreign lenders are active all acr...
Nathan Tinkler bankrupt as private jet brings coal baron down to earth
The Guardian - 3 Mar 2016 06:02
A failure to come up with $2.25m owed on a Dassault Falcon jet was the final straw for the electrician turned billionaire Nathan Tinkler, who rode the mining boom to become Australia's youngest billionaire before losing ...
'Suits' Season 5, Episode 16 Recap: '25th Hour'
Forbes - 3 Mar 2016 06:00
Suits did the impossible... it blew up its shows premise without an ounce of needing to see recognition for it, and it may have set a new standard for show re-invention on television.
Trump Taps Into Economic Anxiety Resulting From 'Free Trade'
The Huffington Post - 3 Mar 2016 05:26
Many people don't "get" Donald Trump's appeal, ascribing it to his racist, xenophobic talk. But there is another factor, a very strong one, and we had best pay attention. Trump is tapping into an economic anxiety felt by...
The 'Tiger Mom' was blasted for her parenting techniques, but her daughter says they made her a better person
Business Insider - 3 Mar 2016 23:40
Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, 23, is a Harvard graduate, current Yale Law School student, and entrepreneur. She is also one of the two daughters of Amy Chua, who wrote "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," a controversial memoir...
Most Asian Shares Rise
Wall Street Journal - 3 Mar 2016 08:02
Most Asian stock markets gained Thursday as rising oil prices and signs of an improving U.S. economy appeared to restore investor confidence.
Watch out, Tesla! New batteries from hi-tech energy agency coming fast
Venture Beat - 3 Mar 2016 04:33
(Reuters) – A wing of the U.S. Department of Energy focused on breakthrough technologies may soon give billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s most recent foray into energy storage a run for its money, the unit’s dire...
Able Health simplifies paperwork in the Obamacare era to get doctors paid faster
Venture Beat - 3 Mar 2016 23:59
In the United States, doctors are dealing with a changing landscape. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, insurance companies are paying them for the quality of care rather than for the number of patients served. But to pr...
How Starbucks Created The Roastery
Forbes - 3 Mar 2016 23:58
Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz has been working on his high-end Roastery stores for nearly a decade. Here's how the master plan has evolved.
February Jobs Report: Is It Millennials' Time to Shine?
Wall Street Journal - 3 Mar 2016 23:49
Millennials appear to be faring better on the employment front, a trend that bears watching in Friday's jobs report.
Mobile World Congress 2016: How the major phones fared
Venture Beat - 3 Mar 2016 23:28
ANALYSIS: Despite the volume of, ahem, material revealed prior to the show, this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain still proved to be one of the more exciting conventions in recent years. Almost every ma...
Why Does True Integration Continue To Elude CMOs?
Forbes - 3 Mar 2016 23:23
A history lesson if I may. Way back in 2011 when Donald Trump was only a billionaire reality TV star, I wrote a post entitled What Schoolhouse Rock And Integration Have In Common. For those of you old enough to know the...
When The Rubber Hits The Road: Notes From A Startup Launchpad
Forbes - 3 Mar 2016 23:16
Turns out, launching a startup is actually the 'easy' part. Managing expectations, jumping through hoops, and staying ahead of the stress associated with startup life can be downright dirty.