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
OptionsTesla scores big windfall
Upstart electric car maker Tesla Motors is receiving a huge windfall from an unlikely source: competing automakers.
Read more.An unexpected bright spot for unions
Georgia is rarely thought of as union-friendly, but as the entertainment industry in the Peach State has flourished, so too have the membership rolls of local unions.
Read more.Seniors losing savings to 'pension advance' firms
Federal and state officials are looking into so-called "pension advances," deals they say are digging retirees and military veterans deep into debt, while also putting individual investors at risk.
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CNBC
OptionsJPMorgan on Edge Over Jamie Dimon Vote
Some JPMorgan investors are worrying about what will happen if dissident shareholders sack "quarterback" Jamie Dimon.
Read more.Jamie Dimon Vote Should Be 75%-25%: Bove
Ahead of the JPMorgan Chase vote Tuesday to split the chairman and CEO roles, banking analyst Bove lauded Jamie Dimon.
Read more.Best Buy Earnings Top Estimates
Best Buy reported weaker-than-expected revenue and warned that investments to win back shoppers could squeeze profits.
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Forbes
OptionsGood News For Boeing: 787 Dreamliner Deliveries Resume And United Takes Off
Two separate pieces of news bring some relief for battered plane-builder Boeing.
Read more.Would Peter Drucker Wear Google Glass?
Harvard’s Rosabeth Moss Kanter once remarked that Peter Drucker was so farseeing, his “eyeglasses must contain crystal balls.” With Google Glass, we all may be able to say the ...
Read more.Mary J. Blige Is Obliged To IRS
Grammy winner Mary J. Blige is being chased for taxes again. Like mixing plaids and stripes, celebrities and taxes often seem to be in discord. Stars may make a lot ...
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Business Week
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Wall Street Journal
OptionsSyrian Gains Renew Pressure on U.S.
The Syrian army battled alongside Hezbollah militants to reclaim a rebel-held city, amplifying pressure on President Barack Obama to find a way to alter the course of events in the ...
Read more.Twisters Blast Oklahoma
Large tornadoes swept through towns just south of Oklahoma City, killing at least 51 people -- including 20 children -- and laying waste to numerous buildings, including more than one elementary school.
Read more.Apple Avoids Overseas Taxes, Panel Finds
Apple paid no corporate income tax to any nation on tens of billions of dollars in income over the past four years, Senate investigators disclosed ahead of a hearing on ...
Read more.Latest Pipeline Spill Is Mostly Contained
Crews worked to clean up some 2,500 barrels of crude that spilled over the weekend at an oil-storage terminal in Cushing, Okla., the third-biggest crude spill seen in the ...
Read more.Treasury Knew IRS Was Planning Apology
The IRS briefed the Treasury Department extensively last month about a looming report that would find the agency had inappropriately targeted applications from conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status.
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Entrepreneur Update
Options10 Questions to Ask When Creating Your LinkedIn Company Page
How you can make a company page that generates leads, sales and traffic back to your website.
Read more.A $50 Million Bet on Las Vegas Tech Startups
How the Vegas Tech Fund plans to help transform the tech scene in Sin City, in part two of our series on Tony Hsieh's $350 million Downtown Project.
Read more.Yahoo Redesigns Flickr to Make It 'Awesome Again'
Pinterest Pins Will Promote Product Pricing, Availability and Retail Location
The 'Pin It' button will also be available over mobile apps, the popular social network says.
Read more.Emerging Players in Tech-Fashion Innovation
Think creating the next iPhone is tough? Try making the perfect pocket or purse to hold one.
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Financial Times
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The hearing is set to shine a harsh spotlight on the group’s use of loopholes that allowed it to save tax on $44bn in ‘otherwise taxable offshore income’
Read more.Dublin rejects Apple tax avoidance claims
Ireland’s deputy prime minister denies Dublin is in a difficult position after US Senate finds Apple paid less than 2 per cent tax on Irish profits
Read more.IMF calls for more Middle East reforms
In its annual economic update, the IMF says a moderate rise in oil-importing countries’ economic growth will not be sufficient to ease region’s unemployment problem
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MarketWatch
OptionsCorrections: Stock futures drift lower ahead of Fed speakers
A MarketWatch story that published on May 21 misstated the day of the week in the first paragraph. The story has been corrected.
Read more.Indications: Stock futures drift lower ahead of Fed speakers
U.S. stock futures drift lower on Tuesday with investors expected to look for more clues on any tapering of the Federal Reserve’s easing program. Two Fed presidents with ...
Read more.Oklahoma tornadoes kill at least 20 children
Violent tornadoes sweep through Oklahoma City and neighboring towns, killing at least 51 people, including at least 20 children, as they lay waste to numerous buildings.
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Business Insider
Options10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell
Good morning. Here's what you need to know.
- Markets in Asia were mixed in overnight trading, with the Japanese Nikkei up 0.1%, the Hong Kong Hang Seng down ...
Read more.The Front Pages Of Today's Oklahoma Newspapers Are Crushing
The latest reports from Moore, Oklahoma indicate that at least 91 people have died in a monstrous tornado. 20 are children. The death toll is expected to rise.
The front ...
Read more.8 Currencies That Could Tank As Commodities Collapse
A big story this year has been the decline in commodities.
That's bad news for countries and currencies that are closely tied to commodities.
In a note, Sebastien Galy ...
Read more.This Strange Dutchman With A Giant Orange Van 'Nearly Broke The Internet'
The day Sven Olaf Kamphuis parked his huge orange Mercedes van with its German numberplates outside Bar Javis, in the Catalan town of Granollers, the owner's son snapped a ...
Read more.There's An Audacious Plan To End Hunger With 3-D Printed Food
Anjan Contractor’s 3D food printer might evoke visions of the “replicator” popularized in Star Trek, from which Captain Picard was constantly interrupting himself to order tea. And indeed Contractor ...
Read more.JPMorgan Shares Could Tank If Dimon Loses Today's Vote And Leaves The Company
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - As final ballots come in on a proposal to strip JPMorgan Chase & Co Chairman and Chief Executive Jamie Dimon of his chairman title, some worry about what ...
Read more.Syria And Israel Trade Gunfire In Golan
Syrian forces fired upon and at the very least damaged an Israeli vehicle in the Golan heights, reports the Associated Press.
Syria claimed to have destroyed a vehicles, where Israel ...
Read more.10 Things You Need To Know This Morning
Morning.
People are still talking about Yahoo's $1.1 billion purchase of Tumblr. For example, here's a great post from Tumblr's first employee, Marco Arment.
Read more.Girls Partying In Glasgow Nightclub Realize The Bathroom Has Two Way Mirror
Police in Scotland have launched an investigation into a new Glasgow nightclub following complaints from clubbers that its girl’s toilet housed a two way mirror.
Punters are asked to ...
Read more.A List Of Yahoo's Terrible Acquisitions (And Some Good Ones!)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc announced on Monday it would shell out $1.1 billion to buy blogging service Tumblr, in a bid to revitalize its brand and attract a ...
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