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7 Things Successful People Do During An Afternoon Lull

Do you feel like your ability to focus and your supply of discipline and willpower are always dwindling by 2 p.m.?You're not alone.Almost everyone experiences a mid-afternoon lull: a dip in energy...

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We Saw The Biggest Explosion In Health-Care Spending In Over 30 Years, And It...

Spending on health care grew an astounding 9.9% in the Bureau of Economic Analysis' advance estimate of first-quarter GDP. It's the biggest percent change in health-care spending since 1980, when...

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'Frozen' Songwriters Deny That Disney Banned The Word 'God' — Here's The Real...

It was widely reported yesterday that Disney bans the word "God" from being used in its animated films and accompanying song lyrics.The initial reports came from an NPR interview with Oscar-winning...

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How One Silicon Valley Millionaire Is Using Tech To Spark Change In India

Karl Mehta has made quite a splash in the tech world. He founded PlaySpan, which sold to Visa for more than $200 million in 2011. He was a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow in the program's...

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BREMMER: Here's Why We're Not On The Precipice Of A New Cold War

Geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer of the Eurasia Group tweeted a fascinating chart describing Russia's aggressive moves in Ukraine and the consequent international responses.Concerned about Ukraine...

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Why Walking Makes You More Creative

If you want to get your ideas flowing, go for a walk. That's what Stanford University researchers Marily Oppezzo and Daniel L. Schwartz found in a new study published in the Journal of Experimental...

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18 Awesome Fast Food Items You Can't Get In The US

Americans are consuming less fast food and causing chains like McDonald's, Burger King and KFC to ramp up their international expansion.Restaurants have had to come up with some pretty creative menu...

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The Fed Steps Up This Week After A Mess Of Economic Data — Here's Your...

Last week's weak GDP report, strong spending report, and mixed jobs report have given economists and policymakers plenty to think about.While there isn't much on the economic data calendar, several key...

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A Women's Activist Group Created Ads Warning Prospective Students About...

Aside from weighing a university's location, size, and cafeteria food, women's activist group UltraViolet wants prospective students to look at sexual violence on campus.The group is launching an...

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Burger King's Big Mac Clone Could Be Threatening McDonald's - CLONE

Burger King's Big Mac copycat is appealing to cash-strapped shoppers. The fast food chain recently reversed declining sales—thanks in part to the new sandwich, writes Venessa Wong at Bloomberg...

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Why DreamWorks Animation Keeps Failing And How It Plans To Bounce Back

DreamWorks Animation announced Tuesday that it will take a writedown on its recent release, "Mr. Peabody & Sherman."It’s the studio’s latest animated feature they’ve had to take a writedown on...

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An Incredibly Ambitious Time Capsule Was Sealed 75 Years Ago Today — Here’s...

Seventy-five years ago today, the World's Fair came to New York, and with it came one of the world's first official time capsules. Called "Dawn of a New Day," the 1939 Fair adopted a future-focused...

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'Star Wars: Episode VII' Director J.J. Abrams Teases More Cast Announcements...

May the Fourth be with you!In case you didn't know, Sunday, May 4 is Star Wars day.While a lot of the cast for "Star Wars: Episode VII" was announced earlier last week, director J.J. Abrams and writer...

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Here's Everything We Know About The First US Patient With The Deadly Virus MERS

The patient with the first confirmed case of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome in the U.S. will most likely be discharged from Community Hospital in Munster, Indiana, soon, according to the CDC and...

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Just 3.3 Million Fitness Trackers Were Sold In The US In The Past Year

BI Intelligence believes fitness bands and activity trackers will be the devices that bring wearables to the mainstream market. But thus far sales of these devices have been disappointing, and this...

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CHART OF THE DAY: Who Is Winning The Smartphone Market Share War In China?

This chart comes from Statista, based on data by Hong Kong based research firm Counterpoint. It shows market share for smartphone sellers in China. As you can see, Samsung is currently the biggest, and...

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Ex-PayPal Exec Rakesh Agrawal Emails Friends Asking For Money, Says People At...

This weekend, PayPal's new director of strategy Rakesh "Rocky" Agrawal posted a string of late-night, incoherent tweets, some of which insulted fellow employees.Agrawal tweeted the next day that he had...

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UBS: China's Property Sector Is Approaching Its Tipping Point

Talk of a Chinese property bubble is back in the headlines. Recently, leaked recordings showed that Mao Daqing, vice chairman of Vanke Group, made some bearish comments on the property sector.The...

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PAUL TUDOR JONES: 'Friday Was One Of The Greatest Days I Can Remember In...

Paul Tudor Jones just presented at this year's Sohn Investment Conference, and his idea came with a serious dose of market wisdom in the midst of what he considers one of the hardest times for macro...

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