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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...

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Royal 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...

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Myanmar 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...

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EXPLAINED: 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...

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Russia 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...

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Here 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...

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Rihanna 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...

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Sluggish 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...

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One 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...

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REPORT: 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...

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Initial 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...

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The 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...

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MASSIVE 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...

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This 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...

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US 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...

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We 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...

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The 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...

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Italy, 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...

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7 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...

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Speaker 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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