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Square's High-Profile Deal With Starbucks Lost It $25 Million Last Year (SBUX)
Less than two years ago, Square signed a high-profile partnership with Starbucks.It had three parts: Square would process the payments for all of Starbucks' credit and debit card purchases, Starbucks...
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Bill Clinton Just Gave A Grave Warning About Putin's Plan For Ukraine
Former President Bill Clinton on Wednesday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of attempting to "re-establish Russian greatness," warning world leaders they are perhaps not dealing with a rational...
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Here's Why You Should Always Make The First Offer In A Negotiation
Contrary to the commonly held wisdom, people who make the opening offer in a negotiation have the upper hand.The advantage is owed to something psychologists call the anchoring principle. It's a...
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Jeff Gundlach's Crazy Treasury Market Prediction Has Been Spot On
Treasury yields have been tumbling for around 20 years in what's been an epic bull market for bonds. But with the Federal Reserve tapering its purchases of bonds and signaling that it could soon begin...
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Jihadists Who Kidnapped More Than 200 Schoolgirls Also Destroyed An Entire Town
Nigerian jihadists Boko Haram kidnapped nearly 300 girls from a primary school on April 14, propelling a previously obscure group to international infamy. But the kidnappings haven't been Boko Haram's...
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DRONES: Commercial Drones Are Becoming A Reality, With Huge Impacts For Many...
While drones are unlikely to become a part of our daily lives in the immediate future, they will soon begin taking on much larger roles for businesses and some individual consumers, from delivering...
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14 Logical Fallacies That Keep Showing Up In Bad Arguments
There are a lot of ways that people make terrible and invalid arguments.Making a good argument is about using logic to prove a conclusion based on some given facts. In a valid argument, the conclusion...
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Half Of The US Is In A Drought
As of May 6, 2014, half of the United States was experiencing some level of drought. Nearly 15 percent of the nation was gripped by extreme to exceptional drought. For the Plains and the Southwest,...
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CRISTIANO RONALDO: How The World's Highest-Paid Soccer Player Spends His...
"I think that because I am rich, handsome and a great player people are envious of me. I don't have any other explanation."That's Cristiano Ronaldo talking about why people hate him.While other soccer...
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Stocks Are Sliding
Markets are falling further into the red in late afternoon trading.The Dow and S&P 500 are down by around 0.5%.There doesn't seem to be an obvious catalyst for the acceleration.It's worth noting...
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Even Steve Cohen Has To Show His Tickets To Get Into Christie's For An Art...
Billionaire hedge fund manger Steve Cohen was spotted at Christie's on Tuesday evening at a post-war contemporary art auction.A spy saw Cohen wearing a plain black jacket, slacks and thick sole...
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9 Ways Highly Successful People Think Differently Than Everyone Else
Success isn't always about being more talented, luckier, or working harder than everybody else. It can come from thinking a little differently about the way you do business.This is a theme we've seen...
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It's Good To Be A Search Engine (GOOG, FB)
Here's a look at net revenue per user for a basket of big internet sites from digital media analyst Ian Maude.As you can see, it's good to be Google! It has a magic money machine called search that...
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The 10 Jobs Where Recent Grads Are Happiest
If you want an easy transition into the real world, try a job in tech.Occupations in STEM, especially technology, are the happiest professions out there for grads just starting out, according to a new...
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JC Penney Is Going Bonkers (JCP)
JC Penney shares were up more than 24% in after-hours trading after reporting higher than expected Q1 sales growth.Same-store sales were also strong, rising 6.2% compared with forecasts for 4.2%.Net...
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How Synthetic Marijuana Became The Drug Of Choice For US Soldiers
A type of synthetic marijuana, called Spice, is by far the drug of choice for active-duty Army personnel, according to a press release about a University of Washington study of soldiers at Joint Base...
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Berkshire Discloses Half A Billion Dollar Stake In Verizon (VZ, WMT, IBM,...
Berkshire Hathaway has disclosed a $528.7 million stake in Verizon, or 11,022,743 shares.Dan Loeb's Third Point LLC also disclosed a stake in the telecom giant.Verizon shares were up more than 1% after...
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Here Is The Real Baseball Stadium Magneto Destroys In 'X-Men: Days Of Future...
20th Century Fox released a new clip from "X-Men: Days of Future Past" Thursday.In the clip, Michael Fassbender's Magneto drops into a baseball stadium before he uses his mutant magnetic powers to rip...
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This Is What Steve Ballmer Thinks Of Microsoft's New CEO (MSFT)
Since leaving Microsoft three months ago, Steve Ballmer has remained in the public eye, speaking on stage with the dean of Oxford University's School of Business, giving the commencement address at the...
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Government Report Says An 'Unexpected Problem' Is Killing Honeybees
Fewer honeybees died this past winter than in previous ones, although bees are still dying at a rate that is not economically sustainable, according to a federal report published Thursday.The new...
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