IT HAS been a bad week for Mexico’s high and mighty, and a good week for Schadenfreude. This is thanks in large part to the growth of social media ...
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The Economist (Americas view)
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Read more.A vacation from inflation
ON A recent flight from Buenos Aires to New York, I was seated in the dreaded middle seat in the final row. At check-in I pleaded to change, but despite ...
Read more.Frozen promises
STEPHEN HARPER, Canada’s prime minister, came to power in 2006 vowing to defend Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic by building three heavy icebreakers, installing underwater sensors, constructing a ...
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CNN Money
OptionsStocks on a roll: Yahoo, Microsoft stoke appetite
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Read more.Yahoo to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion: Report
The Yahoo board reportedly has approved a deal to pay $1.1 billion in cash for the blogging site Tumblr.
Read more.The Winklevoss twins are Bitcoin bulls
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CNBC
OptionsWinning Powerball Ticket Sold in Florida
One lone ticket in Florida has won the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million.
Read more.Retiring Boomers Sell Their Businesses
Baby boomers preparing for retirement are driving a surge in small business sales.
Read more.Can Farm Waste Save Biofuels?
A budding area of ethanol fuel aims to shift the conversation back to renewable energy.
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Forbes
OptionsIBM's Watson: Maybe The Doctors Will Strangle It At Birth
Matt Yglesias makes a nice point about IBM's Watson computer here. Where legislators come in is that health care is one of the most heavily licensed and heavily regulated ...
Read more.China's Alibaba Is Soaring, But Avoid The IPO
Profits of Alibaba Group, the world’s biggest online retailer, more than doubled in the three months ended in December, jumping to $642.2 million from $236.9 million a ...
Read more.Weekend Box Office: 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Opens With "Just" $84 Million.
Here's something I bet you didn't know. Back in 1979 and 1982, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan broke the opening ...
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Business Week
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Wall Street Journal
OptionsObama Aide Chides GOP for 'Fishing'
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer said the Obama administration wouldn't cooperate in "partisan fishing expeditions" over targeting of tea-party groups by tax officials.
Read more.Swearing In the Enemy
One of the suspected Boston bombers was a naturalized citizen, and the other was on his way. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, herself a new citizen, asks how we might change the ...
Read more.No Debt Showdown Before Labor Day
The U.S. government will bump up against the federal borrowing limit this weekend, though a series of emergency steps will allow it to continue paying all of the nation ...
Read more.Hofstra Student Shot by Police Officer
A Nassau County Police officer accidentally shot a Hofstra University student Friday morning as a robbery suspect held her in front of his body and tried to back out of ...
Read more.Officer Accidentally Shot Hofstra Student
A Nassau County Police officer accidentally shot a Hofstra University student Friday morning as a robbery suspect held her in front of his body and tried to back out of ...
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Entrepreneur Update
Options9 Leadership Traits of Successful Entrepreneurs
The most successful leaders know what they're good at and exploit it to the reach their fullest potential. Here's how to identify and reveal your hidden potential.
Read more.How Groupon Thinks It Can Become a $100 Billion Company
Instead of just pumping out daily deals, the company wants to become a mobile, local commerce powerhouse.
Read more.Tips for Overcoming Early HR Hurdles
Of all the struggles you'll face as an entrepreneur, hiring, training and managing employees is one of the biggest. Here are some tips for clearing your startup's way ...
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Google CEO Larry Page's Vocal Condition and Breaking the Silence About Illness
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Financial Times
OptionsPolice fire teargas on Islamists in Tunis
Ansar al-Sharia supporters tried to gather in capital after Tunisian authorities stopped a meeting in Kairouane, a city some Muslims consider holy
Read more.Berlin warns EU over solar tariffs stance
Germany’s vice-chancellor and economy minister put Berlin on a collision course with Brussels after warning against anti-dumping duties
Read more.White house faces ‘intimidation’ accusation
With the administration facing another week of congressional hearings, the Republican party is focusing its ire on Eric Holder, the attorney-general
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MarketWatch
OptionsObama aide chides Republicans for ‘fishing’ on IRS
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer says the Obama administration won’t cooperate in “partisan fishing expeditions” over targeting of tea-party groups by tax officials.
Read more.Yahoo board OKs $1.1B purchase of Tumblr: report
Yahoo Inc’s board of directors has approved the $1.1 billion, all-cash purchase of the blogging site Tumblr, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.
Read more.NewsWatch: Stock rally’s breadth is a sign of strength, froth
Stock indexes rallying to new highs have put investors on alert for a correction. Now they have something else to worry about: Too many individual stocks touching highs.
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Business Insider
OptionsThe Hilarious Things Passengers Say On Virgin Airlines
Someone at Virgin Airlines had the foresight to install seat-to-seat chat capabilities to let passengers write messages to each other while in flight.Imgur user MangoMuffinz posted screenshots of some ...
Read more.White House Adviser Tells Fox News Host Chris Wallace His Questions On Benghazi Are 'Offensive'
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer battled with Fox News host Chris Wallace on Sunday in a contentious three-minute segment over President Barack Obama's whereabouts on the night of ...
Read more.Here's What You Need To Do Today If You're A Victim Of Revenge Porn
The anonymous person behind EndRevengePorn.com was recently revealed to be a woman named Holly Jacobs.
Jacobs herself was a victim of revenge porn, the act of posting sexual or ...
Read more.7 Big Stories That Traders Are Talking About This Weekend
Dave Lutz of Stifel, Nicolaus passes along the top stories that traders are talking about this weekend.
Here are the big ones:
- Hedge fund managers have gone short Treasuries for ...
Read more.Holocaust Documentary Shows Bogus Town Set Up By Nazis And Run By Jews
When your enemy is sworn to exterminate every one of you, is it worth trying to cut a deal with him to save at least some lives?
The question lies ...
Read more.Microsoft Gets Ready To Launch The Next XBox As Console Gaming Goes Down The Tubes
SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp is set to make a splash this week with the eagerly awaited unveiling of its new Xbox game console, eight years after the last ...
Read more.Google Glass Is Both Cool And Creepy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference.
Missing from the agenda, however, was a ...
Read more.These College Students Shot A Movie Entirely With An iPhone 4
WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) — When McDaniel College senior Ashley Hopkins graduates later this month, she will be able to tout the filmmaking skills she developed in college.She can shoot, edit ...
Read more.Thanks To Apple And Google, Wearable Technology Is On Track To Become A $50 Billion Market (GOOG, AAPL, BRCM)
Credit Suisse released a massive report on Friday detailing the outlook of the wearable technology market. The main takeaway: wearable tech is already a $3- to $5 billion market today ...
Read more.Saudi Man Escapes Punishment Of Full Paralysis For Stabbing His Friend
A Saudi man escaped a sentence of paralysis for stabbing and paralyzing his friend when they were kids, AFP reports.
The family of Ali Al-Khawahir, 24, will instead pay the ...
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