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Turkish Crisis Escalates: Prime Minister Is Decimating The Police Force In...
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have removed another 25 police chiefs from their posts, media reported, widening a crackdown on the force since it launched a corruption investigation that Prime...
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Israel On NSA Spying: So What?
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli officials said on Saturday they were not surprised by allegations the United States and Britain had spied on the country's leaders and played down the importance of any...
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A Tale Of Two Rushes: There's Gold In Them There Wells
WHEN his neighbour discovered gold in a Californian river in 1848, Sam Brannan could have kept quiet about it. Instead, he filled a jar with gold dust and rushed around the streets of San Francisco...
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Wall Street's Brightest Minds Reveal THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARTS OF THE YEAR...
Here they are: the most important charts of the year. We asked our favorite portfolio managers, strategists, analysts, and economists across the Street for the charts that they deem the most important...
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School Discipline: The Perils Of Peanut-Tossing
When pupils get in trouble for silly reasons, the results can be seriousEARLIER this autumn a school in Canon City, Colorado suspended Hunter Yelton for violating its sexual-harassment policy. His...
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A Century On, There Are Uncomfortable Parallels With The Era That Led To The...
AS NEW YEAR approached a century ago, most people in the West looked forward to 1914 with optimism. The hundred years since the Battle of Waterloo had not been entirely free of disaster--there had been...
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How To Make Delicious Cupcakes With Just Two Ingredients
There's a ridiculously easy way to make delicious cupcakes using two simple ingredients — cake mix and soda.This trick has been making its way around food blogs for years, but many people are still...
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Penn State Student Reportedly Commits Suicide The Day Before His Graduation
The death of a Pennsylvania State University Friday morning — the day before he was set to graduate — has been ruled a suicide, student blog Onward State reports.22-year-old PSU senior Andrew Magargle...
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Former IAC PR Director Justine Sacco Speaks Out About The Tweet That Got Her...
It probably wasn't the weekend Justine Sacco thought she was heading into when she clicked send on the tweet below and then shut off her phone for a 12-hour international flight.By that afternoon, the...
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95,000 People Without Power In The Northeast Due To Ice Storm
CANTON, N.Y. (AP) — A winter storm bringing ice and whipping winds to upstate New York and northern Vermont knocked out power to thousands of customers as officials urged motorists to avoid traveling...
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BlackBerry Unloads Some Of Its Manufacturing On Foxconn As Its Smartphone...
BlackBerry announced a partnership with Foxconn to make BlackBerry devices in six or seven key markets. Foxconn is a contract manufacturer well-known for making Apple's iPhones. Foxconn will start out...
View ArticleThe Unofficial Goldman Sachs Guide To Surviving A Sporting Event With Your Boss
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Wall Street Has Apple's Revenue Estimates Way Too Low, Says Gene Munster (AAPL)
Apple is up 3.3% in pre-market trading to $566.70.The stock is moving after Apple confirmed that it has a deal with China Mobile, the world's biggest wireless carrier. Apple will start selling iPhones...
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17 Bottles Of Booze That Make Perfect Holiday Gifts
The beauty of gifting quality alcohol is, quite simply, that the right bottle will compel the recipient to crack it open right away — and share.So it's really in your best interest this holiday season...
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'The Hobbit' Takes Down 'Anchorman 2'—Here's Your Box-Office Roundup
Maybe it was over-marketing, maybe it was the opening date before a big holiday, either way Ron Burgundy's big return to theaters with "Anchorman 2" wasn't as big of a deal as Paramount hoped....
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When You Defend Phil Robertson, Here's What You're Really Defending
Let's get a few things straight about what Phil Robertson said that got him in trouble.Defenses of Robertson, the star of "Duck Dynasty" suspended for his remarks in an interview with GQ, have focused...
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Why You Should Hire People Who Are Smarter Than You
Spencer Rascoff, the CEO of online real estate site Zillow, says the biggest mistake he sees managers make is in hiring.All too often, inexperienced managers will avoid hiring people who are smarter...
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Here's How Bill De Blasio Can Make Public Transit Work For A Lot More New...
In many areas, New York City's bus system is slow, unreliable, and the only way for residents to get to work and school.But incoming mayor Bill de Blasio could make things a lot better — even with no...
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This Map Shows Which Countries Call It 'Football' And Which Call It 'Soccer'
Redditor reddripper put together this excellent map of what "the beautiful game" is called around the world.It's based on language etymologies. All the pink countries call it "football," or some...
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Target Traffic Is Falling At 'The Worst Possible Time' After Data Breach
In the wake of a massive data breach, Target Corp suffered reduced customer traffic over one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year, the Wall Street Journal reported.The number of transactions at...
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