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Academic Study Of Top Tweeters In Finance Is A Complete Disaster
The core idea was sound: Two Italian academics set out to formally measure the best financial Tweeters.The execution left much to be desired.Published in English last month by the University of Pavia,...
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The 10 Most Traffic-Clogged Cities In The US
Those of us who are condemned to lengthy daily commutes can take solace in the fact that we are not alone.In a recent study, Texas A&M's Transportation Institute found that the average commuter...
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Intel Bought A Wearable Fitness Band Company For A Reported $100 Million
At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, chip maker Intel emphasized that it plans to delve deeper into the wearables space, and today the company has further proved that notion.Intel just announced...
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Edward Snowden Declares Victory
Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden on Tuesday hailed President Barack Obama's plan to reform the NSA's bulk surveillance programs as a "turning point" in the debate over privacy...
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Why Is S&P Data About To Disappear From The Best Economics Website In The World?
Stop the presses. The St. Louis Fed Reserve just put out a release saying on April 25, all series from "S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC will be removed from FRED, ALFRED, and GeoFRED."Here's what we'll...
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Learn To Pronounce All Those Tricky Fashion House Names
Fashion houses span the globe, so it makes sense some cultures have trouble pronouncing brand names such as Moschino (mos’kee’no) or Fausto Puglisi (fao’sto poo’yeezy).Fashion magazine i-D created an...
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Facebook Buys Oculus VR For $2 Billion (FB)
Facebook is buying Oculus VR, a startup that makes virtual reality headsets, in a $2 billion deal.Oculus doesn't make a consumer product yet, but its headset called the Oculus Rift for video game...
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Mere Words Can't Do Justice To How Awesome It Is Inside The Oculus Rift...
Facebook just acquired Oculus VR, the company that makes the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) gaming headset for $2 billion.But it is not until you try an Oculus headset that you realize why this new...
View ArticleWe Tried The Oculus Rift — The Company Facebook Is Buying For $2 Billion
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> Facebook is buying Oculus Rift for $2 billion.For those of you wondering what Oculus Rift is, it's a virtual reality headset that is...
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Mark Zuckerberg: Here's Why I Just Spent $2 Billion On A Virtual Reality Company
Facebook just announced that they're spending approximately $2 billion to buy Oculus VR, the leader in virtual reality technology.Now, that might not make a lot of sense at frst glance.Facebook is a...
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The Maker Of Candy Crush Saga Sets IPO Price At $22.50 A Share (KING)
King, the maker of addictive gaming app Candy Crush Saga, priced its initial public offering at $22.50 a share ahead of its public debut on the New York Stock Exchange tomorrow, CNBC reports.King ended...
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The Future Of Typing On Tiny Screens Could Look Like This
Minuum is a startup that has minimized a mobile keyboard to a single line. With just a few letters, Minuum's founders say their technology can accurately predict which word you intend to type the vast...
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Gwyneth Paltrow And Chris Martin Announce Split In Super Civilized Blog Post
Gwyneth Paltrow used her Goop blog to announce Tuesday afternoon that she and her Coldplay frontman-husband, Chris Martin, are separating after ten years of marriage.The couple, who have two children...
View ArticleTerrifying 61-Car Pile-Up Shuts Down Minnesota Highway [VIDEO]
A massive 61-car pile-up in snowy conditions shut down a Minnesota highway yesterday, the local StarTribune reports. Drivers were left shaken as cars careened into each other near the Mendota Bridge on...
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How A 21-Year-Old College Dropout Built The Virtual Reality Company Facebook...
Facebook is buying Oculus Rift, a startup that makes virtual reality headsets in a $2 billion deal.Oculus doesn't make a consumer product yet, but its headset for video game developers has completely...
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Here Is Oculus VR's Statement On Being Bought By Facebook For $2 Billion
Here's Oculus VR's official statement on the acquisition:Oculus Joins FacebookMarch 25, 2014We started Oculus with a vision of delivering incredible, affordable, and ubiquitous consumer virtual reality...
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Investor Chris Dixon On His Oculus Rift Demo: 'I Was Glimpsing Into The Future'
Facebook just bought Oculus VR, the company that makes virtual reality gaming hardware, for $2 billion. Over the year, Oculus VR has recieved about $93 million in funding. In December of last year, it...
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An 85-Year-Old New York City Steakhouse Got A Revamp — Here's What You Should...
New York restaurateur Dean Poll likes classics. He eats at the Four Seasons and the 21 Club. He owns the Boathouse in Central Park. To him, it's not worth it unless it's a legend.So when Poll had the...
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Microsoft Is About To Release Its Most Important Product In Years (MSFT)
For years, Microsoft was powered by two cash cows: Windows and Office. But in the past three years, the Windows business has stalled. After peaking in the first fiscal quarter of 2011, Windows revenue...
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How Pitbull Plans To Become A Billion-Dollar Empire By Appealing To The...
Cuban-American rapper Pitbull, 33, has just two years to make his dream of becoming a billion-dollar brand by age 35 into a reality."Do I think it's realistic to be a billion-dollar company by [age]...
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