The Weekend Is Over And Stocks Are Doing Nothing
The weekend is over and stocks are doing nothing.The Nikkei is closed for a holiday.U.S. futures are flat, as is the New Zealand stock exchange. Korea's Kospi is up 0.4%. Natural gas futures were...
View ArticleHere Are The Countries That Would Be Most Affected By A Russia Gas Disruption
Some parts of Europe are now threatening to impose sanctions on Russia as Moscow-supported rebels stand accused of shooting down an airplane carrying citizens of four different European countries,...
View ArticleThis Is Why The Tour de France Can Be The Most Brutally Heartbreaking...
The Tour de France can be unforgiving and crushingly heartbreaking. On Sunday's stage 15, Jack Bauer experienced this firsthand.Bauer is from New Zealand, and he was trying to become the first Kiwi...
View Article'Sex Tape' Is One Of Cameron Diaz's Worst-Opening Movies Ever
It was not a good weekend for Cameron Diaz at the box office. Her new movie "Sex Tape" with Jason Segel made $15 million over the course of three days. The Sony Pictures comedy about a married couple's...
View ArticleFox Asset Sales Would Allow Murdoch To Raise His Time Warner Bid To $100 Per...
Fox is close to an agreement to sell stakes in two European pay-TV companies, Sky Italia and Sky Deutschland, to British Sky Broadcasting for $13.5 billion, Bloomberg's Matthew Campbell, Alex Sherman...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
Good morning! Here's what you need to know for Monday. 1. Refrigerated train cars carrying the bodies of victims from the Malaysian Airlines flight that was shot down on Thursday is held up in eastern...
View ArticlePro-Russian Rebels Prevent Departure Of Train Carrying Bodies From Malaysia...
HRABOVE Ukraine/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laid out what he called overwhelming evidence of Russian complicity in the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 as...
View ArticleHow To Turn Your Kid Into A Sports Star
The accepted wisdom is that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to excell at any discipline, but teaching kids to be good at sport is actually more complicated than that, finds Matt Gaw.It’s the primary...
View ArticleHere's A Really Simple Argument That Stocks Will Keep Going Up
In his latest note, JPM's Jan Loeys presents the simple case for being bullish on the market.The argument is essentially: All of the fundamentals, including an improving economy, and low volatility...
View Article10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning (AAPL, FB, GOOG, AMZN, VZ, T,...
Good morning! Another clear, sunny day is coming for New York. The high will be in the low 80s. Let's get on with the week!1. Fred Wilson, one of the biggest backers of Bitcoin, gave three reasons why...
View ArticleHere's Your Complete Preview Of This Week's Big Economic Events
Markets got rocked on Thursday after we learned Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot out of the sky in Eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people aboard.However, markets bounced back sharply on...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ, RAI,...
Good morning! Here's what you need to know:Outrage In Ukraine. Pro-Russian separatists are interfering with efforts to recover bodies from and investigate the site where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17...
View ArticleApple's New Ad Shows How Much Users Love Their Macs
Apple has unveiled a new ad for its slender MacBook Air, according to a MacRumors report.The ad highlights the many ways Mac users can creatively customize their computers with laptop stickers.The...
View ArticleChina's Total Debt Surges To 251% Of GDP
China's total debt (financial credit) burden hit 251% of GDP at the end of June, according to Stephen Green at Standard Chartered.By comparison, the US had a 260% total-debt-to-GDP ratio in 2013 and...
View ArticleApple Is Placing A Massive Initial Order Of 70-80 Million iPhone 6s (AAPL)
Apple is ordering massive quantities of both the 4.7-inch and the 5.5-inch versions of the iPhone 6, which will launch this fall, according to the Wall Street Journal.The Journal cites unnamed supply...
View ArticleCan You Identify These Brands By Their Signature Fonts Alone?
Earlier this month, we talked about how brands use color to establish their place in consumers' minds.But that's not the only way companies use subtle imagery to make connections with people. Sometimes...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Ice Cream Shops In The US, According To Pinterest Users
No summer is complete without a good ice cream splurge.Last fall, Pinterest launched a feature called "Place Pins," which allows users to map out businesses or locations they want to visit in the...
View ArticleWildly Popular Messaging Apps Are Becoming Immersive Mobile Platforms In...
Messaging apps like WhatsApp and WeChat are huge and getting bigger. BI Intelligence's data shows that WeChat, LINE, WhatsApp, and Snapchat are all growing their user numbers in 2014 at a quarterly...
View ArticleHere's The Logic Behind A Jury's Decision To Award $23 Billion To One Florida...
A Florida jury recently awarded Cynthia Robinson $23.6 billion in punitive damages in her lawsuit against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., filed on behalf of her husband who died of lung cancer at 36 from...
View ArticleKim Kardashian App Takes Over Government Agency's Twitter Account
The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water is apparently a "C-List celebrity" in the digital world of reality television star Kim Kardashian. On Monday evening, the official EPA Water...
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