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Unemployment In Europe Improves By A Tiny Bit
The unemployment rate in the euro area slipped to 11.5% in June from 11.6% in May.This was marginally better than the 11.6% unemployment rate forecasted by economists.Still, this is up from 10.2% a...
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Europe Has A Serious Pricing Problem
Eurozone consumer prices climbed by just 0.4% year-over-year in July. This was down from 0.5% in June, and it was worse than the 0.5% expected by economists.This was also the tiniest increase in prices...
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Video Shows Isolated Amazonian Tribe's First Contact With Outside World
Members of an isolated tribe have emerged from the Amazon rainforest and made contact with the outside world in a video released by Brazil's indigenous authority.The video shows indigenous people from...
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Markets Are In The Red, Major Portugese Bank Crashes (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ)
Stocks are down across Europe.Britain's FTSE is down 0.2%.France's CAC 40 is down 0.7%.Germany's DAX is down 1.0%.Spain's IBEX is down 1.6%.This comes in the wake of new inflation and unemployment...
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Snowden A Recluse One Year On After Receiving Russia Asylum
Fugitive US intelligence agent Edward Snowden marked on Thursday one year of political asylum in Russia, where he continues to live a life shrouded in mystery amid a dearth of public appearances.Little...
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10 Things In Tech You Need To Know This Morning (AAPL, GOOG, AMZN, MSFT)
It's the last day of the month, let's make it special. It will be sunny, with a high in the low 80s here in New York. Here's the news du jour.Apple's plans to transform the television industry have...
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France's Largest Bank Posts Massive Loss After Historic Fine
BNP Paribas on Thursday posted a net quarterly loss of 4.3 billion euros ($5.75 billion), as a record fine for violating US economic sanctions sent it into the red for the first time since 2008.The...
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China's Elites Are Now Playing Polo
Gripping his mallet, Peng Zhichun gallops towards goal on a Chinese polo field, one of a growing number of the country's wealthy elite discovering the joys of the saddle and the whip."New clubs are...
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TSLA, DDD,...
1. Argentina Defaults. Argentina defaulted after failing to make a $539 million interest payment to a group of hedge funds. No one really knows what will happen next — the country has been locked out...
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Man Straps On GoPro, Jumps Off Building
To the roof! Professional stunt man Ethan Swanson donned an HD Hero3 GoPro while taking a leap off of a Chicago rooftop, and the video is enough to warrant a need to wring your hands out after...
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The iPhone 6 Isn't Coming Until October, Says MacRumors (AAPL)
The iPhone 6 might not be out until later than expected. Richard Padilla at MacRumors reports the following:Apple may be planning to launch the iPhone 6 on Tuesday, October 14 as the month itself will...
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General Manager Has The Perfect Response To People Slamming The David Price...
This year's trade deadline was filled with big trades involving big players, but none was bigger than the 3-team trade in which the Detroit Tigers landed pitcher David Price from the Tampa Bay Rays.The...
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The 50 Most Influential People Behind The Scenes In Sports
So much of the way we watch and enjoy sports is determined by people who have never participated in a professional athletic event in their lives.Casting a wide net, we searched the sports world for the...
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How Erin Andrews Became The Most Famous Broadcaster In Sports
This feature is a part of our Most Influential People Behind The Scenes In Sports series.Erin Andrews has managed to do what only a handful of broadcasters have ever done — leave ESPN and became more...
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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE RISES AND STOCKS FALL: Here's What You Need To Know (DIA,...
Stocks slipped for the second straight day as the July jobs report came in a bit below expectations and the unemployment rate ticked up to 6.2% from 6.1%. After yesterday's sharp sell-off, stocks again...
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The Election Of A Satirical Party To The European Parliament Speaks Volumes
"Satire cannot have any consequences," argued Martin Sonneborn in his masters thesis in 1994. Almost by accident, he has proved himself wrong. Die Partei ("The Party"), the elaborate joke of a party he...
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Latin America Is Becoming More And More Authoritarian
Latin America needs term limits. But how strict should they be?NO SOONER had Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia's president, secured himself a second term in a run-off election in June than he announced that...
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4 Troubling Signs That Michael Kors Is Past Its Prime
Michael Kors' may be reaching a saturation point in the U.S.A growing number of analysts and investors are turning sour on the ubiquitous brand, citing uneasiness over increased promotions and signs...
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JAY Z: How The Hottest Agent In Sports Makes And Spends His $500 Million
This feature is a part of our Most Influential People Behind The Scenes In Sports series.A year after launching, Jay Z's sports agency Roc Nation Sports has signed one of the best athletes on earth...
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18 Examples Of Michael Jordan's Insane Competitiveness
This feature is a part of our Most Influential People Behind The Scenes In Sports series.With the values of NBA franchises exploding, Michael Jordan is now a billionaire.He's known as one of the most...
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