Up to 30,000 foreign fighters have gone to Syria and Iraq since 2011 – report
A quarter are from Europe and Turkey, and 7,000 arrived in first half of 2015, says terrorism index...
View Article'This time is different': real cost of Paris killings
Analysis What is the economic cost of terrorism? It feels frivolous to ask that question after the horrific Paris attacks, but it is one of the central issues with which policymakers and investors are...
View ArticleToddler found alive, alone in crib days after grandmother's death
A Tennessee toddler reportedly survived alone in her crib for days after the death of her grandmother. According to WATE, Annette Ineichen of Maryville was watching her 15-month-old granddaughter,...
View ArticleParis attacks fallout: Insurers foresee pick up in travel insurance
MUMBAI: Insurers and industry-watchers expect a spike in demand for travel insurance in light of terror attacks in Paris last Friday, as international travellers wake up to the possibility of such...
View ArticleThe decline of America’s working class
We have been on this story for years. Mostly, it is a matter of curiosity. How could so many people actually get poorer during what should have been the most fabulously productive period in history?...
View ArticleWhat is the economic cost of terrorism?
It feels frivolous to ask about the cost of terror after the horrific Paris attacks, but it is one of the central issues with which policymakers and investors are grappling. The conventional wisdom is...
View Article7 advantages 20-somethings have in today's workforce
See Also This post from Josh DiGiorgio originally appeared on Quora as an answer to the question, "What advantages do millenials have in today's workplace?" 1. We get technology. Generally speaking, we...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg explains why Facebook enabled 'Safety Check' for attacks in...
Amid the horrific terror attacks in Paris, France on Friday, Facebook activated its "Safety Check" tool to help people easily let friends and family known that they were safe. More than 4.1 million...
View ArticleGUNDLACH: A December rate hike is a 'no-go more likely than most people think'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - DoubleLine Capital co-founder Jeffrey Gundlach said on Sunday that the Federal Reserve may hesitate to raise rates given rocky economic and financial conditions, though the Paris...
View ArticleExtra pounds in this area can increase your risk of death more than obesity —...
“Waist-to-hip ratio is a simple and reliable measure for central obesity, but it is infrequently used in daily clinical practice,” Paul...
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 ArticleWhy certain people you follow on Snapchat now have random emojis next to...
You may have noticed a small change in Snapchat over the past few days. Celebrities, such as Justin Bieber ("rickthesizzler") and Kylie Jenner ("kylizzlemynizzl"), have special emoji displayed next to...
View ArticleParis attacks: how the death toll could have been much higher
Amid the carnage in Paris on Friday, what happened at the Stade de France was a triumph of calm and good sense on a mass scale. An attacker wearing a suicide vest and carrying a ticket for the soccer...
View ArticleLet’s Not Get it Wrong This Time: The Terrorists Won After 9/11 Because We Chose To Invade Iraq, Shred Our Constitution We destroyed ourselves with our dumb 9/11 overreactions. It's essential not to...
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 ArticleShareablee Ranks Top Ten TV Networks in October 2015 AMC breaks into Top Ten;...
NEW YORK, Nov. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Shareablee Inc., the leading social media benchmarking and audience analysis firm that partners with TV and cable networks CBS, NBC, ESPN, Univision, FOX News...
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 ArticleTerrorism 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 ArticleParis attacks: Global economic cost of terrorism highest since September 11,...
In the wake of Friday's massacre in Paris, a new report says the world is paying the highest price for terrorism since the 2001 attack on New York's Twin Towers. In 2014, acts of terror cost the world...
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