Bill Gates Is Doubling Down On A Bet He Made 15 Years Ago
Bill and Melinda Gates are making some big bets for the next 15 years.The Microsoft co-founder-turned-philanthropist and his wife have published their annual letter in which they spell out where they...
View ArticleRoyal Bank of Canada to buy City National of US for $5.4 bn
Montreal (AFP) - Royal Bank of Canada announced Thursday that it will purchase US financial group City National Corporation, which serves high net worth and commercial clients, for $5.4 billion.As part...
View ArticleMyanmar to look into monk 'whore' slur after UN reproach
Yangon (AFP) - Myanmar Thursday said it would look into incendiary comments by the country's most notorious hardline monk who branded a UN envoy a "whore" after strong condemnation from the United...
View ArticleEXPLAINED: Here's What's Going On With Volatility In Global Markets Right Now
The Swiss National Bank, Reserve Bank of India, Danish National Bank, Bank of Canada, ECB and Federal Reserve have all recently made decisions which contributed to increased market turmoil.Volatility...
View ArticleRussia Found A New Business Friend
Russia and North Korea keep getting closer.The two nations will set up a bilateral business council, which will "improve the interaction of North Korean and Russian business communities," the vice...
View ArticleHere Are The Top 5 Priorities For Apple, According To Top Apple Analyst Gene...
According to Apple analyst Gene Munster, these are the company's top-5 priorities in order of importance:iPhoneiOSApple WatchMacEmergingWhat's missing? The iPad. "We believe that at this point, the...
View ArticleRihanna wins battle with Topshop over use of her image
London (AFP) - Pop singer Rihanna on Thursday won her legal battle with British high street giant Topshop after it sold a T-shirt bearing her image without first requesting permission.Three judges at...
View ArticleSluggish Serena, rampant Djokovic into Australian Open 3rd round
Melbourne (AFP) - Serena Williams was slow to get going before finding her groove to bulldoze into the Australian Open third round Thursday, joining rampant fellow world number one Novak Djokovic and...
View ArticleOne Of The Most Powerful People In New York Politics Is In FBI Custody
The powerful speaker of the New York State Assembly has been taken into federal custody for alleged corruption, The New York Times reported Thursday."I hope I'll be vindicated," the speaker, Sheldon...
View ArticleREPORT: Samsung Is Still Interested In Buying BlackBerry
Technology giant Samsung is still in talks to acquire BlackBerry, a new report in the Financial Post has claimed, days after both companies denied that acquisition discussions were underway.The new...
View ArticleInitial Jobless Claims Fall (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM)
Initial jobless claims fell to 307,000 last week from a revised level of 317,000 the prior week. This was higher than expected, however.Expectations were for claims to total 300,000, down from last...
View ArticleThe Euro Is Tanking After ECB Announces QE (DIA, SPY, QQQ, TLT, IWM, EUR, USD)
Futures are surging and the euro is tanking after the European Central Bank announced a quantitative easing program.Near 9:00 am ET, Dow futures were up 125 points, S&P 500 futures were up 5...
View ArticleMASSIVE ECB QUANTITATIVE EASING IS HERE
The ECB has held rates steady in its latest monetary policy announcement. But all eyes are on the press conference that is live right now.Pretty much everyone is now expecting some sort of big stimulus...
View ArticleThis Is The Most Brilliantly Simple Idea To Spur Economic Growth Aired At...
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, you hear of a lot of vague platitudes about job creation, inequality and economic growth. Some of the ideas you hear being floated are impossibly ambitious, like...
View ArticleUS jobless claims fall after strong surge
Washington (AFP) - New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits, an indicator of the pace of layoffs, fell last week after a surge the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday.Initial...
View ArticleWe May Have Just Learned Everything About Samsung's New Galaxy Phone
Samsung is preparing to release its next Galaxy smartphone within the next several weeks, and over the past few months we've heard endless rumors about what to expect. But the latest leak, which comes...
View ArticleThe NFL Was 'Tipped Off' On The Patriots Using Deflated Balls Before The AFC...
The NFL planned to inspect the game balls used in the AFC Championship Game at halftime after getting a pregame tip that the New England Patriots were using underinflated balls, Fox Sports' Jay Glazer...
View ArticleItaly, Spain bond yields hit record lows after ECB announcement
Paris (AFP) - The yield on 10-year Italian and Spanish government bonds fell to record lows on Thursday after the European Central Bank announced a massive bond buying programme.At 1400 GMT the rate of...
View Article7 Valuable Leadership Lessons From LinkedIn's Billionaire Founder
After getting a master's degree in philosophy from Oxford in 1993, Reid Hoffman was ready to enter the world of academia. But a job at Apple started a career in tech that eventually led him to cofound...
View ArticleSpeaker Company Sonos Has An Incredibly Clever New Logo
Speaker company Sonos has updated its logo. Now, when you scroll with your mouse, it looks like the logo is pulsating, much like a speaker thanks to an optical illusion, notes The Verge. Go ahead,...
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