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China's Yuan Has Fallen To A Level That Means 'Real Pain'
China's yuan has weakened to a level that has some folks sweating.The offshore yuan (CNH) exchange rate has fallen to 6.20 per dollar.This comes days after policymakers announced that it would allow...
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Here's More Proof That The San Francisco Real Estate Market Has Exploded In...
There's been a lot of talk about soaring rents in San Francisco, and, according to a map compiled by real estate listing site PropertyShark, the home sale market is just as hot. PropertyShark did an...
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Tango, A Messaging App With 200 Million Users, Has Raised A...
Tango, a messaging app and mobile social network, has raised $280 million, largely from Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.Alibaba contributed $215 million and holds a minority stake in the company....
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Netflix CEO Blasts Comcast Over Net Neutrality
Last month, Netflix and Comcast announced that they have come to an arrangement that should ensure quality television and movie streams for Comcast customers for the foreseeable future. Here are the...
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Here's The Remarkably Ironic First Tweet From Vladimir Putin
Twitter rolled out a new feature Thursday that allows people to see what a users' first tweet ever was, and it turns out Russian President Vladimir Putin's is a real doozy given the current situation...
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Editor's note: Below is an interview with Peter Tchir, founder of TF Market Advisors. This Q&A went out to subscribers of our "10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell" newsletter on...
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The Number One Reason Why Wealthy Investors Dump Their Advisors
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.The Number One Reason Wealthy Clients Switch Advisors (Vanguard) A new report...
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How To Identify Where Someone's Been — Without A Fingerprint Or Human DNA
Wiping fingerprints and cleaning up stray hairs may not be enough to remove evidence that you've been at a crime scene.According to microbial ecologist Rob Knight, speaking at TED 2014 in Vancouver on...
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TURKEY BANS TWITTER
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened to shut down Twitter and other social media platforms after a court ruling on Thursday.Hours later, the government had shut down access to Twitter...
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You Can Explore The Colorado River On Google Street View
Google Street View has gone off road and into the waters of the Colorado River.Last week, the Google Maps team, utilizing "trekkers" from the American Rivers Organization and the Google Earth Outreach...
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A New Pepsi Ad Shocks Londoners Waiting At The Bus Stop
Pepsi Max kicked off its 'Unbelievable' campaign by pranking commuters sitting inside a typical London bus stop.A stop on New Oxford Street was rigged with hidden digital technology that tricks...
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Gamblers Betting On Horse Races Waste Too Much Money On The Longshot
Earlier today, David Nussbaum wrote at FiveThirtyEight about how, when making bets on football games, people tend to overly bet on the favorite. This is in spite of the fact that point spreads for...
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The New Phone Giants: Indian And Chinese Manufacturers' Fast Rise To Threaten...
The top Indian and Chinese smartphone manufacturers are classically disruptive. They produce products that are "good enough," at a fraction of the cost of comparable models from premium brands. These...
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TWITTER: Here's How You Can Still Tweet From Turkey
Turkey's government shut down access to Twitter in some parts of the country, after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened to shut it and other social media sites down. Twitter responded with...
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A Mystery Tech Company Is Set To Take Over An Office Project That's Twice The...
It looks like the Winchester Mystery House is not the only mystery in San Jose, Calif., anymore.The city approved a massive office project on Wednesday for an undisclosed tenant, and the rumor mill is...
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This Twitter Account Is Documenting 'Hate Crimes' Against Techies In The Bay...
The tech industry might be booming here in San Francisco, but that doesn't mean everyone loves it.And that's where @TechHateCrimes comes in: its mission is to document what it calls "hate crimes"...
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HATZIUS: Here's Why It's Still Going To Be A Long Time Before The Next Rate Hike
Janet Yellen's first decision as Fed chief was perceived to be somewhat hawkish yesterday for two reasons.One is that the "dots" the charts showing when various FOMC members foresaw the first rate hike...
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This Is What It Would Look Like If Superman Had A GoPro Camera
Ever wonder what it'd be like to fly through the air faster than a speeding bullet?Wonder no longer, thanks to this group of Los Angeles-based filmmakers, called Corridor Digital.To pull this off, the...
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Our First Impressions Of Lenovo's Answer To The iPad Mini
When you're competing with the iPad, you've got to make something that isn't just good enough — you have to make the user fall in love with the product.When I first saw Lenovo's ThinkPad 8 in this...
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Iran Is Building A Shoddy Replica Of A US Navy Aircraft Carrier For Some Reason
Iran is building a non-functioning replica of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that analysts believe may be for propaganda purposes, The New York Times reports."Based on our observations, this is not a...
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