100 Years Of The American Investor Getting Taxed
During the fall of 2012, some experts warned that raising taxes on capital gains and dividends would be bad news for the markets.Here's Deutsche Bank's David Bianco on some of the history:Higher taxes...
View ArticleMost Engineers Are Happier And Think They'll Be Richer Than The Rest Of Us,...
Software engineers are very confident that their hacking skills will someday make them millions, according to a new study.The survey, commissioned by Seattle-based code automation company Chef,...
View ArticleThis Pregnancy App Wants To Help You Choose The Sex Of Your Unborn Baby
When it comes to getting pregnant, there's an app for that. A bunch of them actually. These help a woman track her body's signals so she knows when the time is ripe to conceive.Apps like Kindara,...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: Here's Why Gold Prices Will Fall 20% Within 12 Months
Gold was an outstanding loser in 2013, falling by 30%.However, the yellow metal has rallied by around 10% since the beginning of the year.Nevertheless, most Wall Street commodities analysts remain...
View ArticleHere Are The Most Ridiculous Things Microsoft's Version Of Siri Says
Microsoft's new virtual assistant Cortana isn't even out of beta yet, but she already has a sense of humor. And she's a lot nicer than Siri.Microsoft is billing Cortana as a more human-like personal...
View ArticleA Chinese Company 3D Printed 10 Houses In A Day
There's a lot you can do with a 3D printer. Now add "building a house in a day" to the list.Make that 10 houses.The WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co. has printed 10 homes in 24 hours out of...
View ArticlePolice Don't Believe North Dakota Neo-Nazi Leader Tied To Anti-Semitic Shooting
The former Ku Klux Klan leader who has been accused of a shooting that left three people dead Sunday at a Jewish community center and retirement home in Overland Park, Kan. had been in touch with a...
View ArticleHarrison Ford Explains How He Went From Full-Time Carpenter To Han Solo In...
Harrison Ford held a Reddit Ask Me Anything Sunday that not only revealed one of the best scenes from the "Indiana Jones" films was thanks to food poisoning, but also how he was cast in the original...
View ArticleUse This Email App To Bring All The Best Features Of Snapchat To Your Inbox
Sometimes after you send an email, panic sets in:"Did I sound too mean?""Should I have added that document?" Pluto mail is a new service that hopes to fix these stressful situations.The free program...
View ArticleHere's A Surefire Way To Check If An Avocado Is Ripe
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View ArticleMen Who Allegedly Raped And Killed 4 Women Probably Wore Court-Ordered GPS...
Police believe two men suspected of murdering at least four women were probably wearing the GPS tracking devices that a court mandated because they had previously sexually assaulted children, the Los...
View ArticleThe Remarkable Story Of How Alibaba Defeated eBay In China
Alibaba, the enormous Chinese e-commerce company, is about to file for an IPO in the U.S. But one of the most crucial time periods in the company's history came in the early 2000s, when the still-new...
View ArticlePRESENTING: The 100 Most Influential Tech People On Twitter
Twitter: The go-to spot to stay informed and up-to-date on all things tech. Where a quick glance at 140 characters can totally change your perspective. We asked PeerIndex to rank for us the most...
View ArticlePHOTOS: We Took A Tour Inside Facebook's 'Mini Palo Alto' Headquarters (FB)
Silicon Valley is awash with extravagant workplaces but Facebook's is low key and village-like.The main part of campus was built to resemble downtown Palo Alto. With 1 million-square-feet of space, the...
View ArticlePutin Calls Obama About Ukraine, And The Conversation Is Tense
U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on the phone Monday about the escalating crisis in Ukraine, the White House and Kremlin both said. Readouts from both sides...
View ArticleHere's The Heroic Story Of Why An Investment Analyst Is Getting The Medal Of...
According to his LinkedIn page, Kyle White is an investment analyst at RBC Capital Markets in Charlotte, N.C. However, until July 2011, he was a sergeant in the U.S. Army. On Tuesday, the White House...
View ArticleNASA Is Testing A Flying Saucer For Landing On Mars
The jet-powered sky crane that lowered the one-ton Curiosity rover onto the Martian surface in 2012 just won't do when it comes time to putting the first humans on the Red Planet.To deliver heavier...
View ArticleThe Quest To Kill Cash: How Peer-To-Peer Payments Apps Are Improving The Way...
Using mobile devices to make peer-to-peer payments may not be a widely used service — yet. But they're poised to take off phenomenally. The service may even pave the way for using your smartphone to...
View ArticleThese Beautiful Maps Show You How Close Your Next Cup Of Coffee Can Be
Members of the Social Computing Group at MIT have created beautiful — and functional — maps of independent coffee shops in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Cambridge and Brooklyn. Better yet, the...
View ArticleSitting At Work Is Deadly, So We Tried A Treadmill Desk
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