Terrorism deaths in 2014 the highest on record, Global Terrorism Index 2015...
The number of people killed by terrorism reached a record high in 2014, with almost four in five of these deaths occurring in just five countries, new research shows. Terrorism killed more than 32,600...
View ArticleDeath and damages due to terrorism have never been higher
The Global Terrorism Index also includes careful analysis of the cost of terrorism. The figure of $52.9 billion in economic harm this past year reflects property damage, medical expenses, and lost...
View ArticleJakarta index closed higher on Thursday
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Jakarta composite index closed 0.47 percent stronger on Thursday on the US central bank deciding to raise its fund rate in December. The index of the Indonesian Stock...
View ArticleAnother new 'Star Wars' commercial just debuted online 30 days before the...
It's seems as if we're getting new ads and teasers for "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" each day. With one month until the new movie debuts in the US, Disney and Lucasfilm dropped another commercial...
View ArticleHedge Funds Shed Equity Holdings in Q3 S&P Capital IQ® Quarterly Hedge Fund...
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ® + SNL Financial, a leading provider of multi-asset class research data and insights, today released its review of Q3 2015 13F filings by...
View ArticleHedge Funds Shed Equity Holdings in Q3 S&P Capital IQ® Quarterly Hedge Fund...
NEW YORK, Nov. 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- S&P Capital IQ® + SNL Financial, a leading provider of multi-asset class research data and insights, today released its review of Q3 2015 13F filings by...
View ArticleComcast's new service targeting cord-cutters begins its rollout today
It’s easier now to avoid paying for cable than it ever has been, with services like Netflix and Hulu offering television viewers alternate methods of accessing their desired content. Companies like...
View ArticleHedge Funds Shed Equity Holdings in Q3 S&P Capital IQ® Quarterly Hedge Fund...
(Source: S&P Capital IQ) S&P Capital IQ® + SNL Financial, a leading provider of multi-asset class research data and insights, today released its review of Q3 2015 13F filings by pure play hedge...
View ArticleYouTube is opening its wallet to protect video creators from legal threats
YouTube has promised to defend a handful of video creators from legal threats to help protect "fair use" rights overall, the company announced on its blog Thursday. When someone uploads a video using...
View ArticleBig Oil's dream of drilling off the Arctic coast of Alaska may be ending
The conical drilling unit Kulluk sits grounded 40 miles southwest of Kodiak City, Alaska. See Also You can add Norway's state oil company to the list of petro-giants that have abandoned their dreams of...
View ArticleTerrorism cost the world $52.9 billion in 2014
The cost of terrorism to the world was $52.9 billion in 2014, the highest since 2001, according to the new 2015 Global Terrorism Index. This chart is taken from Vision of Humanity’s index and is based...
View ArticleInstagram follows Twitter and Snapchat by introducing curated content
With the ever-increasing amount of information and entertainment available on the Internet, there's a growing need for Internet curators. Some curators have their own websites, while others simply...
View ArticleA woman named Isis claims she's been blocked from signing into Facebook
Isis Anchalee. You might remember Isis Anchalee as the female engineer who started the #ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign earlier this year after an advertisement featuring her sparked controversy online...
View ArticleNordstrom is down but not out
The bigger they come, the harder they fall. This old saying has proven accurate in the case of upscale retailer Nordstrom lately. After bottoming below $15 during the depths of the Great Recession,...
View ArticleTwo Air France flights have been diverted due to bomb threats
(Reuters) - Two Air France flights that took off from the United States on Tuesday were later diverted after bomb threats, U.S. and Canadian media said. One...
View ArticleThe future of Facebook’s ‘Safety Check’ is a complicated ethical dilemma
Last year, Facebook introduced a tool called “Safety Check,” which gave people a simple and easy way to check on their loved ones during a crisis or disaster. Facebook built the first version of this...
View Article4 things you should consider before getting your MBA
When it comes to pricing an MBA program, tuition is only part of the equation. “A yearly tuition rate of $40,000 can easily be augmented with $20,000 in additional boarding and book expenses, depending...
View ArticleFrance can't put enough boots on the ground by itself to beat ISIS
What if the very large bulk of the French response will be in the intelligence arena? If France can nab some big bad guys or disrupt some very public plots, then it will...
View Article'The Walking Dead' Makes Another Life-Or-Death Decision
2:00 PM ET Eric Deggans Facebook Twitter Tumblr Pinterest Instagram i This walker is a spoiler-free representation of Sunday night's important episode of The Walking Dead on AMC. Gene Page/AMC hide...
View ArticleThe new 'Star Wars' game has an Easter Egg only the most serious 'Star Wars'...
As if "Star Wars Battlefront" wasn't already a game made for the most serious of "Star Wars" fans, there's a nod to one of the most iconic slip-ups in...
View ArticleTerrorism Deaths Quadruple Under Obama
The worldwide number of annual terrorist deaths has more than quadrupled since President Barack Obama was inaugurated in January 2009. Deaths from terrorism increased 80 percent last year to...
View ArticleCops are freaking out about a new type of marijuana — users say it just gets...
"Even the most potent form isn't going to result in a marijuana overdose death," he said. "It can certainly result in someone being uncomfortable, but not make someone die like drinking too much...
View ArticleBlack Friday isn't the biggest shopping day of the year — here's the data to...
Black Friday is largely considered to be the biggest shopping day of the year in the US, but the location discovery app Foursquare has discovered that another day accounted for the most foot traffic to...
View ArticleA software pirate has been ordered to make a viral video to avoid paying a...
The software pirate known as Jakub F. A serial software pirate has been forced to make a YouTube video explaining his actions in order to avoid paying out a huge sum to companies that are claiming...
View ArticleThe bond market thinks the Fed could be 'one and done'
We had some important releases last week… but not too many surprises. The Fed released their minutes from the last meeting, giving the stock market hope since some policy makers called for more...
View ArticleWhat I learned when a hacker stole my identity and took over my Facebook account
Last Wednesday, I woke up to two emails from Facebook. One let me know that the primary email address on my account had been switched to a Hotmail account I haven't used since 2009. The other let me...
View ArticleGlobal Empathy
As terror shook Paris two and a half weeks ago, I was in Brussels, wrapping up the latest leg of my book tour. I was staying less than a mile from Molenbeek, the neighborhood where the attacks on Paris...
View ArticleJared Leto thinks his Joker would make Jack Nicholson and Heath Ledger 'proud'
Since losing his Jesus mane for the "Suicide Squad" role back in March, the pressure has mounted for reigning Twitter champion Jared Leto to deliver a Joker worthy of a legendary canon that already...
View ArticleFacebook is coming out on top of digital advertising growth
A report released in October by the Interactive Advertising Bureau shows digital advertising growing this year at a year-over-year rate of about 19% -- the fastest growth rate in four years. This is a...
View ArticleTreating a little-known epidemic in America’s prisons could have a surprising...
Assuming all prisoners were screened and treated, both the general population and the prison population would see an immediate decrease in HCV cases, according to their model, as you can see in the...
View ArticleRussia: We have proof that ‘Erdogan and his family’ have been buying oil from...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Ministry officials said on Wednesday that they had proof Turkey was the main consumer of...
View ArticleResearchers built an algorithm that will create diets that work for you
But she adds that the researchers “draw a long bow” in dismissing the glycemic index and other metrics for predicting blood-sugar responses, which are better than the team gives them credit for....
View ArticleThere's never been a better time to invest in tech
Finally, my Disruption Indicator is all about new products or services disrupting entrenched or legacy industries. Just think about how ride-sharing app Uber disrupted the taxi industry… or how...
View ArticleAdobe sounds the death knell for Flash
Even Facebook acknowledged its dependence on Flash as a risk in an earnings filing earlier this year, writing that...
View ArticleThe retail business is warning of an imminent recession
Nobody will see this next recession coming, as they won’t see similar fallouts in Germany and much of Europe going into 2016 as well. But you will. This year...
View ArticleThis 'loophole' allows high-income earners to get six figures' worth of...
The federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program broadly attempts to reward students who work for the government or non-profits, if they are unable to meet payment amounts given the generally...
View ArticleHere are the best ways to follow the Paris climate talks
President Barack Obama shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting held on the sidelines of the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference Monday, Nov. 30, 2015. The United...
View ArticleU.S. Added 211,000 Jobs In November, Labor Department Says
8:48 AM ET Originally published December 4, 20158:32 AM ET Bill Chappell Twitter The U.S. economy added 211,000 jobs in November, the Labor Department says in its new report. The unemployment rate...
View ArticleContentChecked Nutritionist Lends Expertise in ValuePenguin Publication
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 23, 2015) - ContentChecked Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: CNCK) prides itself on a roster of employees well-familiar and highly experienced in their respective roles to the...
View ArticleHaving a dog might have a surprising added health benefit
You might find it hard to believe when you're running around the park after your pooch or cleaning up the latest vase it broke, but having a dog in the home can significantly reduce the likelihood that...
View ArticleNew synthetic diamonds are tougher than regular diamonds and glow in the dark
The newly-minted process can be done at normal temperature and air pressure, the researchers reported Monday in the Journal of Applied Physics. And it takes only 15 minutes, researchers told The New...
View ArticleThe Only Way to Destroy ISIS Is With a Bernie Sanders Presidency
Bernie Sanders says "I'll be damned" if the U.S. leads the fight against ISIS and Americans are sent back to never-ending quagmires. I explain in this YouTube segment that only Bernie Sanders, not...
View ArticleThere's a lot of money to be made in tech's 'new revolution'
: Understanding sector cycles is another excellent strategy for technology investing. It helps us know when there is a strong, broad trend that is lifting a certain sector. During those times, the best...
View ArticleHere's how many Wall Street jobs have been eliminated by robots since the...
I’ve written before about the IPO drought and the missing tier of investment banking support for smaller companies as a result of the decimalization of trading. What’s made transacting cheaper for...
View ArticleWhat is terrorism insurance cover? Do you need it?
Last week’s attacks at multiple locations in Paris and the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako have sharpened focus on the need for insurance to protect against losses due to terrorism. The importance of...
View ArticleThe EU just approved Avago's $37 billion takeover of Broadcom
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European antitrust regulators cleared on Monday Avago Technologies Ltd's planned $37 billion takeover of rival chipmaker Broadcom Corp without conditions. Spurred by demand for...
View ArticleThe US has entered an 'entirely new phase' of domestic terrorism
(Reuters) - U.S. officials, faced with an evolving threat of deadly attacks by homegrown extremists, are rethinking their strategy on battling domestic terror after Wednesday's assault that killed 14...
View ArticleVC Bill Gurley says this story is a must read
On Tuesday, noted venture capitalist Bill Gurley tweeted that the following article by Reuters' Paul Carsten is a "must read." Check out why below: Must read article for any late stage private...
View ArticleA strong case for deleting your Facebook account forever
Facebook is an amazing tool. It allows us to communicate at a moment's notice and can unite us on a global level. But at the same time it can be a huge time-waster and FOMO-inducer. And a new study...
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