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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (SPX, SPY, DIA, DJI, QQQ)
Good morning. Here's what you need to know.Markets in Asia were mixed in overnight trading. The Japanese Nikkei 225 rose 1.7%, the Hong Kong Hang Seng fell 1.1%, and the Shanghai Composite dropped...
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Putin To Pardon Russia's Former Richest Man Khodorkovsky After 10 Years In Jail
Vladimir Putin will sign a pardon for jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky “in the nearest future,” the Russian president announced following a huge meeting with the press.The ex-Yukos CEO has spent...
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Target Confirms Millions Of Customer Credit Cards Have Been Hacked Since...
Target says that its stores have been hit by a major credit-card attack involving up to 40 million accounts.Greg Steinhafel, CEO of Target, confirmed the attack today.Steinhafel said in an official...
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The Russian Stock Market Just Surged After Putin Unexpectedly Pardons Oil Tycoon
Big news out of Russia.Vladimir Putin will pardon Russian oil tycoon Victor Khodorkovsky, who has spent the last 1o years in jail.ZeroHedge points out that on the news Russia's stock market is...
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Mark Zuckerberg Just Gave $990 Million To Charity (FB)
This morning, Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to give 18 million Facebook shares to charity by the end of the month.Facebook is currently trading at $55 per share, so Zuckerberg's gift is worth just...
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Snapchat Could Learn From The Explosive Growth In This Messaging App's...
Messaging app LINE has seen revenue grow explosively over the last year, providing a clue into how other mobile messaging apps, like Snapchat, might generate revenue. LINE's revenue was $157 million in...
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MOBILE INSIGHTS: BlackBerry's New Executive Hires Point To Its Future Focus
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This Is What Happens When Bill Gates Draws Your Name For Secret Santa
Every year, thousands of Redditors participate in Reddit’s Secret Santa gift exchange.This year, a 24-year-old named Rachel was shocked to discover that her Secret Santa was none other than Bill Gates....
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Assad Is Bombing Syria's Biggest City Like Never Before
The regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is in the midst of an unprecedented bombing campaign in Aleppo, Syria's largest city and one of the oldest in the world.Syrian Air Force jest have been...
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Jobless Claims Unexpectedly Jump
Initial jobless claims jumped to 379,000, higher than economist expectations for 336,000.Last week's print of 368,000 was revised up to 369,000.Continuing claims came in at 2.884 million, higher than...
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LeBron James Explodes At Mario Chalmers During A Timeout, Has To Be Held Back
The Miami Heat have generally downplayed their budding rivalry with the Indiana Pacers this year.But things were clearly tense on the Miami bench last night. During the third quarter, LeBron James...
View ArticleSOCIAL INSIGHTS: Here Are The Top Video Ads Of 2013, According To Google
TOP VIDEO ADS OF THE YEAR: Google released its list of the most effective video ads on YouTube in 2013. The company compiled the list using "an algorithm that factors in paid views, organic views, and...
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A Mother Found Out Her Son Was Shot And Killed Through His Facebook Page
Some sad news out of Indianapolis, where a mother found out that her 15-year-old son was killed when she read about it on Facebook.Police hadn't identified the body yet.Nikkita Milledge, told WTHR that...
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This One Sentence Explains So Much Of What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong
There's a devastating take down of Bitcoin getting passed around this morning.It was written by Alex Payne, a former Twitter engineer, who was CTO of Bank Simple, a startup trying to make banking...
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The Fed Achieved Something Yesterday That It Was Completely Unable To In The...
Most people were surprised by the Federal Reserve's announcement to begin tapering its quantitative easing program on Wednesday.Specifically, it said it would reduce its monthly purchases of $85...
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10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell (DIA, SPY, SPX, QQQ)
Good morning. Here's what you need to know.Markets in Asia were mixed in overnight trading. The Japanese Nikkei 225 rose 0.1%, the Hong Kong Hang Seng fell 0.3%, and the Shanghai Composite dropped...
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Top US Officials Worry Kim Jong-un Has More Aggression Up His Sleeve
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's execution of his uncle last week is an example of the worrisome unpredictability of that regime and could be a prelude to some kind of...
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WhatsApp Blows Past Its Messaging Rivals With 400 Million Monthly Active Users
WhatsApp is pulling away as the world's leading messaging app. The U.S.-based messaging app now has 400 million monthly active users (MAUs), according to a recent company announcement. The app has...
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Here's A 5-Second Guide To What Traders Are Chatting About Today
Dave Lutz of Stifel, Nicolaus passes along the top stories that traders are chatting about this morning:Good Morning, and Happy Friday! US Futures are showing a mild uptick this AM as we have Index...
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