New Video Of Charlie Hebdo Shooting Shows How Calm And Well-Organised The...
A new video of the shooters who killed 12 people in a terrorist attack on the Paris magazine Charlie Hebdo shows the gunmen calmly stopping in the street after the massacre to reload their weapons and...
View ArticleGoogle Apps Exec: 'The Whole Industry Looked At Us Like We Were Crazy' (GOOG)
It's 2015 and no one today questions that there are two major Coke-and-Pepsi options for email and office files: Microsoft Office and Google Apps.But ten years ago, when Google Apps was an infant, "The...
View ArticleThe Productivity Hacks I Used To Write A 93,000-Word Book In 6 Weeks
Last week I published my first book, "Marissa Mayer and the Fight to Save Yahoo!"One question people ask me a lot is how long did the book take to write.There are a few answers to that. I took book...
View ArticleMeet The Chinese Luxury Shoppers Who Are Taking Over The World
The New Silk Road is catering to millions of Chinese feeding a new Bling Dynasty. Within this substantial empire, many characters stand out.Let me introduce you to five of them.Spending time in China...
View ArticleChris Christie Is Getting Ready To Launch A Leadership PAC
According to a New York Times report published Tuesday evening, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is planning to launch a leadership political action committee "as early as this month." This move...
View ArticleChipotle Has Stopped Serving Pork At Hundreds Of Restaurants
NEW YORK (AP) — Chipotle says it stopped serving pork at hundreds of its restaurants after suspending a supplier that violated its standards.Chris Arnold, a spokesman for the Mexican food chain, told...
View ArticleTHE MOBILE-PAYMENTS REPORT: Apple Pay's Ramp-Up, New In-Store Payments...
Mobile payments — the use of phones to complete transactions in stores instead of cash and physical card swipes — are going to grow much more quickly than many observers believe. In no small part, this...
View ArticleGoogle Wouldn't Tell Us Why It Didn't Sign President Obama's Student Privacy...
The White House announced its commitment to protecting students' privacy online in a press release on Monday.Part of that commitment was a pledge companies could sign saying they wouldn't misuse...
View ArticlePorsche Just Gave Its Newest 911 Big Horsepower — And A Big Price Tag
In the US, Porsche offers an incredible 20 different variants of its iconic 911 sports car. Like the lineup of a rock band, the roster does not remain static.At the end of 2014, the 50th Anniversary...
View ArticleBritish Jewish people fear future in Europe
London (AFP) - Almost half of British Jewish people fear they have no long-term future in Britain or Europe, according to a survey published on Wednesday.The poll of 2,230 British Jewish people by the...
View ArticleUN conference asks men to speak out for women's rights
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - A controversial conference on gender equality opens at the United Nations on Wednesday with its focus squarely on getting men and boys engaged in promoting...
View ArticlePope Sri Lanka Mass: LIVE REPORT
Colombo (AFP) - 02:30 GMT - Pope Sri Lanka Mass: LIVE REPORT - WELCOME TO AFP’S LIVE REPORT on Pope Francis’ visit to Sri Lanka. At least a million worshippers are expected to attend the papal mass on...
View ArticleCopper Is Getting Annihilated (DBC, CU)
And now copper is getting crushed.In overnight trading in New York, the price of copper was down about 6% to below $2.50 a pound, a more than four year low for the commodity. The crash in copper prices...
View ArticleWorld Chess Champ Magnus Carlsen Lost An Amazing Game
Norway's 24-year-old chess phenom, Magnus Carlsen, successfully defended his World Chess Championship late last year in Sochi, Russia, once again defeating 44-year-old Viswanathan Anand of India.But...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo: From massacre to new edition
PARIS (AFP) - A timeline of the crisis in France following Islamist attacks that killed 17.WEDNESDAY, January 7:- Two men armed with Kalashnikov rifles storm the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a...
View ArticleCharlie Hebdo readies first edition since massacre
Paris (AFP) - French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo returns to newsstands with a record run on Wednesday, but its first edition since Islamist gunmen massacred its staff has already drawn ire from...
View ArticleNishikori beats tough conditions for Kooyong Classic win
Melbourne (AFP) - Japan's Kei Nishikori fought past a tough Australian challenge from Jordan Thompson to post a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7/4) opening win at the Kooyong Classic on Wednesday.The defending...
View ArticleCitrus caviar: France discovers Australia's exotic condiment
Paris (AFP) - French wholesaler Alain Cohen is the gastronomic equivalent of a gold digger, constantly on the lookout for new culinary treasures. When he makes what he thinks is a major find he...
View ArticleJapan approves biggest ever defence budget amid Asia tensions
Tokyo (AFP) - Japan approved its largest-ever defence budget for the next fiscal year on Wednesday, as hawkish Prime Minister Shinzo Abe looks to strengthen surveillance of territorial waters in the...
View ArticleRussia's Economic Crisis Is Affecting The Future Of The Brooklyn Nets
Russia's tanking economy and currency might have something to do with the possible sale of the Brooklyn Nets.For months there have been rumors that Mikhail Prokhorov, the owner of the Brooklyn Nets, is...
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