Russia Sent A Spy Ship To Havana While US Diplomats Are Visiting
A Russian spy ship "bristling with antennas and satellite dishes" docked in Havana harbor just a day before a US delegation is set to travel to the country, CNN reported today.President Barack Obama...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM,...
Good morning! Stocks rose Tuesday on the first day of a shortened trading week. Ahead of Wednesday's market open, here's what you need to know:Oil Sold Off Again Tuesday. On Tuesday, West Texas...
View ArticleTake A Tour Of The New Sky Garden At The Top Of London's Infamous...
The Walkie-Talkie building in London's financial district, which became infamous last summer for melting cars, opened its top-floor sky garden to the public at the start of January.Business Insider got...
View ArticleThere's A Plan Floating Around Davos To Spend $90 Trillion Redesigning All...
Here's one way to solve global warming: Spend $90 trillion dollars over the next few years to redesign all the cities — as in all the cities on Earth— so people live in more densely packed...
View ArticleWhat Are Traders Chatting About This Morning? Japan And The ECB ... (DIA,...
We're now just one day away from the big ECB meeting. From Dave Lutz at JonesTrading, here's a quick guide to what traders are chatting about this morning:Good Morning! US Futures are under some slight...
View ArticleReport: NFL Finds 11 Of 12 Patriots Balls Were Underinflated During AFC Title...
An NFL investigation has found that 11 of the 12 balls the New England Patriots used on offense in the AFC title game were underinflated, ESPN's Chris Mortensen reports.NFL teams each bring 12 balls to...
View ArticleNadal survives five-set scare at Aussie Open
Melbourne (AFP) - World number three Rafael Nadal survived a massive scare before winning a gruelling five-setter with American qualifier Tim Smyczek at the Australian Open on Wednesday.The 14-time...
View ArticleAlexis Tsipras, Leader Of Greece's Radical Syriza Party, Details His Grand...
Alexis Tsipras, leader of the anti-austerity party Syriza, is heading into the crucial Greek election on Sunday with a strong tailwind of support, leaving the 40-year-old the odds-on favourite to...
View ArticleThe Pirate Bay Is Coming Back
The homepage of the world's most popular file-sharing site, The Pirate Bay, has been updated to hint that the site's return is imminent.Torrent Freak reports that the homepage of The Pirate Bay has...
View ArticleTOP CEO: It's Time To Stop Dissing China And Realize That They're Taking Over...
I went to one of those fancy private dinners at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday night.The dinner had a special format. The roughly 40 attendees sat around a long, straight...
View ArticleApple Is Destroying Samsung In Its Home Market
Thanks to the iPhone 6, new figures reveal that Apple's market share is rocketing in Asia — at Samsung's expense.A new report from Counterpoint claims Apple grew its share of the global smartphone...
View ArticleHousing Starts Surge In December (XHB)
Housing starts rose 4.4% in December to an annualized pace of 1.09 million, much better than expectations.Expectations were for housing starts to rise 1.2% from the prior month to an annualized pace of...
View ArticleTop economists clash at Davos over ECB bond-buying
Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Top economists in Davos clashed on Wednesday over the impending decision by the ECB to buy up sovereign debt, an unprecedented measure to fight deflation that powerful...
View ArticleIsraeli Police Arrest Man Suspected Of Hacking Into Madonna's Computer And...
Police in Israel have arrested a man who is suspected of hacking into Madonna's personal computer and leaking unreleased music and photos online.Ynet News reports that police arrested the Tel Aviv man...
View ArticleLancashire Has Just Dealt A Huge Blow To Britain's Shale Gas Hopes
Lancashire County Council's planning officer has just dealt a huge blow to Britain's hopes to develop a shale gas industry, after it recommended that fracking operations should not take place in two...
View ArticleAn Adorable Family Robot Just Raised $25 Million
Jibo Inc., the company that built Jibo, a robot designed by famous roboticist Dr. Cynthia Breazeal, announced Wednesday that it raised $25.3 million in a Series A round of funding led by RRE Ventures....
View ArticleRussia Will Reportedly Cut Rates After Things Didn't Go According To Plan...
The Russian Central Bank is reportedly planning to cut rates.Russian newspaper Izvestia is reporting that the central bank will cut rates by 2%-3% from the current rate of 17% in the first quarter of...
View ArticleRussia preparing 18 bn euro anti-crisis plan, says deputy PM
Moscow (AFP) - The Russian government is preparing to launch an "anti-crisis programme" to tackle the country's stalled economy and depreciating currency that will cost 1.375 trillion rubles (18...
View ArticleHere's A Collection Of The Most Passive Aggressive Ways Companies Stop You...
If you spend enough time roaming the web you'll inevitably run into an over-the-top opt out form.These twisted pop ups prevent you from viewing more content on a website unless you either sign up for...
View ArticleAustralia beat China to reach Asian Cup semis
Brisbane (Australia) (AFP) - Tim Cahill's brilliant double strike took Australia into the Asian Cup semi-finals at China's expense on Thursday with a 2-0 win in Brisbane.Cahill, 35, pulled out a...
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