Bank CEO Banned From Industry For Using Bailout Money To Buy A Condo
Darryl Woods, the former CEO of a small Missouri bank, has been barred from working in the banking sector by the Federal Reserve after using federal bailout funds to buy a condo in Florida.Woods has...
View ArticleNetflix's Streaming Speed On Comcast Up Over 65% Following Peering Agreement
The speed at which Comcast streamed Netflix topped 2.5 megabits per second (Mbps) in March, up over 65% from a low of 1.5Mbps in January, according to Netflix's U.S. ISP Speed Index.The massive boost...
View ArticleThe 5 Classic Cocktails That Everyone Should Know How To Make
Sipping on a well-made cocktail is one of life’s simple pleasures.But we shouldn’t have to go to a bar to get a precise and well-proportioned cocktail — every one of us should know how to make one at...
View ArticleThe Business Traveler's Guide To Charlotte, NC
Aside from being known as NASCAR's unofficial hometown and having near-idyllic weather, not a lot is said about North Carolina's largest city. But Charlotte, home to Bank of America, is actually the...
View ArticleFlyers In Eastern Ukraine Tell Jews To Register Themselves Or Face Expulsion
Jews in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk have allegedly been handed flyers by pro-Russian militants ordering that they register themselves and pay a tax or face deportation, The Interpreter...
View ArticleTwo Charts That Show Where The Money Has Been Going This Month (SPX, SPY,...
Stocks have had a rough go of it so far this month. The Russell 2000, an index of small-cap stocks, and the Nasdaq, an index largely comprised of tech stocks, are down 3.5% and 2.7%, respectively,...
View ArticleHere Are Anthony Bourdain's Favorite Things To Eat In Rio
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View Article9 Things You Probably Don't Know About College Savings Plans
For the 2013-2014 school year, the College Board reports that the average cost of college tops $40,000 at a private school and over $18,000 for public.It's no wonder that parents start to feel the...
View ArticleThis Company Uses A Robot To Bring Its Employees Beer From The Fridge
Menlo Park-based robotics company Willow Garage designed and built PR2, a popular robotics platform used in research facilities and universities around the world.PR2 (that's "Personal Robot 2") is a...
View ArticleSeth Rogen Slams Nancy Grace Over Her Anti-Marijuana Tweets
"Pineapple Express" actor Seth Rogen has made it no secret that he loves to smoke weed.So when HLN host Nancy Grace started blaming pot for a Denver man killing his wife, Rogen felt a need to step...
View ArticlePROFESSOR: There Is A Big, Gaping Flaw In The New Satoshi Study
Yesterday, we wrote up a study from Aston University in Birmingham, England that broke down linguistic matches between 13 individuals "regularly referred to as candidates" and Satoshi Nakamoto, the...
View ArticleCheck Out How Much Bigger A 4.7-Inch iPhone Looks Than The Current iPhone (AAPL)
Apple is reportedly going to release a 4.7-inch iPhone this fall.The current iPhone is 4-inches. You may be thinking to yourself, is 0.7-inches really that big of a difference? The answer is, yes!...
View ArticleRoger Federer May Have To Miss The French Open Because His Wife Is Pregnant
We are still more than a month away from the French Open, but Roger Federer may not get a chance to win his 18th career Grand Slam because he wants to be with his wife when she gives birth to their...
View ArticleHow Google Totally Botched The Release Of The Most Exciting Consumer Tech...
A year ago, Google Glass was the hottest thing in tech. It was the biggest thing in consumer technology since the iPad. (Mostly because nothing had come out since the iPad.)Venture capitalists were...
View ArticleEveryone's Talking About This Bullish Trend, But Art Cashin Warns It's...
We're seeing increasing amounts of evidence to suggest that business spending activity is picking up.The most compelling evidence that many analysts are pointing to is the recent acceleration of...
View Article9 Things You Didn't Know About Trader Joe's
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> Trader Joe's marches to the beat of a different drummer. The national chain has tons of little quirks and we're betting you don't...
View ArticleCadillac Doesn't Mind That Lots Of People Hate Its Electric Car Commercial
Cadillac has been lampooned by Ford and criticized by others for "Poolside," the 2014 ad for its electric-hybrid ELR that praises rich Americans who work constantly and enjoy material benefits such as...
View ArticleHere Are The 14 Tallest Peaks On Earth — And The History Of Our Dangerous...
Eight thousand is a perfectly arbitrary number. Yet, no other number looms larger for mountain climbers. Fourteen mountain peaks stand taller than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet). There could have been many...
View Article7.5-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Near Acapulco, Mexico
A 7.5-magnitude earthquake has hit Guerrero, Mexico, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.There are only about 10 to 20 earthquakes of that magnitude per year.Guerrero is a state in southern Mexico...
View ArticleHow Companies Like Fitbit And Nest Could Make Money Off Your Data
Companies like Fitbit and Nest Labs have realized there's a lucrative business in selling the data collected by wearable devices and smart home automation devices.The technology can be used for much...
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