Christmas Trees Are Selling At A Pace We Haven't Seen In Years
Apparently it's shaping up to be a great year for Christmas tree sales."It appears that while housing is still weakening consumer spending is strengthening on many fronts, from furniture sales to...
View ArticleA Self-Driving Nissan Has Successfully Navigated Public Roads In Japan
Would you share the roads with a car that was driving itself? Several Japanese drivers already have, as Nissan has completely its first public highway test for an autonomous vehicle.The Nissan Leaf...
View ArticleFrench Student Makes A Big Profit Selling Tins Of Air From His Village
Would you like to breathe the air of the picturesque French town of Montcuq? For just 5.50 euros (plus another five for shipping to the U.S.), a 250ml tin full of that air could be yours."Air de...
View ArticleEveryone Is Baffled By Alan Greenspan's Comment About Bitcoin
Earlier today, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan discussed Bitcoin with Bloomberg's Trish Regan.Regan got right to the point: "Is Bitcoin a bubble?" Regan asked."I guess so," Greenspan said, adding,...
View ArticleOne Criterion Trumps All Others When Advisors Pick Investments For Clients
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.One Criterion Trumps All Others When Advisors Pick Investments For Clients...
View ArticleDennis Rodman Is Making Another Trip To North Korea
Dennis Rodman is to make another trip to North Korea in his mission to build peace with the reclusive nation via the medium of basketball.The retired NBA star will help train the North Korean...
View ArticlePeople Are Loving This Picture Of Valley Tech Stars Hanging Out With 1990's...
Silicon Valley had a 1990's flashback, thanks to the musical and comedy tastes of Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff.Benioff tweeted this picture of 1990's superstars MC Hammer and Jerry Seinfeld hanging...
View ArticleUnderstanding Facebook's FBX — Social Media's First Ad Exchange
Facebook launched FBX — the first-ever social media real-time bidding (RTB) ad exchange — in June 2012 to let advertisers buy Facebook ad inventory that retargets users based on their past online...
View ArticleFriday’s Employment Report Will Show That America Actually LOST Jobs For The...
Let’s begin with the indisputable fact that the nation’s already-weak labor market has been getting weaker for some time.There are a number of massive structural forces contributing to what...
View ArticlePeople Think The Onion's Hilarious 'Stop And Kiss' Video Is Real
On Tuesday The Onion ran a hilarious video mocking the NYPD’s “Stop and Frisk” policy, with the headline “Bloomberg Defends NYPD’s Controversial Stop And Kiss Program.” In the video, newscasters debate...
View Article'Totally Out Of Control' Students Force Florida School Bus Driver To Pull...
A school bus driver was forced to call 911 when chaos erupted on the bus and a parent, desperate to get his child off the bus, smashed a window.WKMG-TV reported the unnamed parent of a Southwest Middle...
View ArticleThree Norman Rockwell Paintings Sell For Nearly $60 Million
Three oil paintings by Norman Rockwell, the celebrated 20th century master illustrator of everyday life in America, sold Wednesday for almost $60 million, setting a new record for the artist.The best...
View ArticleIt's Impossible To Compete With This Woman's Snapchat Art
As a kid, Dasha Batelle was so fascinated by comics, she used to copy them out of the newspaper and The New Yorker.So when the 24-year-0ld New Yorker began her job as a paralegal, she realized she...
View Article11 Best Streaming Apps To Turn Your Tablet And Smartphone Into A TV
Most of us can't live without a subscription to Netflix or Amazon Prime.With busy schedules and other issues that arise, the ability to stream content to a multitude of devices from anywhere has become...
View ArticleGoogle's Mystery Barge In San Francisco Bay Under Investigation
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The agency that oversees development in the San Francisco Bay in California has begun a formal investigation into the construction of a secretive Google Inc barge on an island...
View Article14-Year-Old Boy Accused Of Rape And Murder Of His Teacher Pleads Not Guilty
US boy, 14, pleads not guilty to charges he raped, killed his high school math teacherSALEM, Massachusetts (AP) — A 14-year-old boy accused of killing his high school math teacher pleaded not guilty to...
View ArticleWhy Paul Walker’s Death Is ‘Uncharted Territory’ For Hollywood
The death of Paul Walker midway through the filming of “Fast & Furious 7″ has left Universal Pictures in a precarious position, with the fate of one of its most important franchises hanging in the...
View ArticleNBA Game In Mexico City Evacuated Because Of A Fire In The Arena
The Minnesota Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs were scheduled to play a regular season game tonight in Mexico City. However, it appears that the game has been canceled as a fire has filled the arena...
View ArticleApple Just Signed A Huge Deal With China's Largest Mobile Operator
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Mobile Ltd <0941.HK>, the country's largest mobile operator, has signed a long-awaited deal with Apple Inc <AAPL.O> to offer iPhones on its network, the Wall...
View Article11 Moments That Made The Ford Mustang The Ultimate American Car
The all-new 2015 Ford Mustang is set to officially make its debut tomorrow morning, and while the photos have leaked, it's still going to be quite an event for the auto world.That's partly because the...
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