There's A New Skype-Killer That Runs Right In Your Chrome Browser
KeKu is a Chrome plugin, iOS app, and Android app that lets you make phone calls over the Internet anywhere in the world for dirt cheap.Calling internationally is still a clunky process, dependent on...
View ArticleTake A Closer Look At Satya Nadella, Who Could Become Microsoft's Next CEO...
Satya Nadella is one of the leading internal candidates to become the next CEO of Microsoft, having spent 21 years at the company, rising sharply in power in the past few years, as part of Steve...
View ArticleThe Best Part Of 'Anchorman 2' Features A Star-Studded Epic News Team Brawl
Warning: There are major spoilers ahead if you haven't seen "Anchorman 2" yet.Possibly the best part of "Anchorman 2" takes place during the film's final leg when a multitude of celebrity anchors...
View ArticleGoogle Captures Some Of The Year's Most Moving Images In This Amazing...
Google has released its annual Zeitgeist video, and this year's packs in everything from Pope Francis to the Free Syrian Army.The video is not simply a collection of what Google deemed most important...
View ArticleLIVE: Bernanke Explains The Fed's Surprise Decision
The Federal Open Market Committee just announced the first reduction (a.k.a. "tapering") of the pace of monthly bond purchases the Federal Reserve makes under its quantitative easing program known as...
View ArticleBen Bernanke Just Mowed Down A Whole Bunch Of Haters
Here's an important point that's inspired by a fewtweets from our friend Josh Brown.In announcing the beginning of the reduction of Quantitative Easing — which Bernanke just did— he just slapped in the...
View ArticleWhole Foods Will Stop Selling Chobani Yogurt Next Year
Whole Foods is going to stop selling Chobani greek yogurt next year as it moves away from foods containing GMOs (genetically modified organisms). The high-end grocery chain will stop selling the yogurt...
View ArticleInterviewers Always Notice These 3 Little Details
Your resume is stellar, and you’ve written what has to be the best cover letter ever. You’re ecstatic — but not surprised — when the phone rings and you’re asked to come in for an interview.And while...
View ArticleSTOCKS EXPLODE AFTER FED ANNOUNCEMENT
The Fed announced a taper and stocks are spiking.The Dow is up 205 points and the S&P 500 is up 19 points.Gold is basically unchanged and bonds are now higher, with the yield on the 10-year at...
View ArticleThese 10 Billionaires Made The Most Money In 2013
Many familiar faces make an appearance on Wealth-X's list of the billionaires who made the most money this year. Businessmen like Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, who have dominated wealth rankings for...
View ArticleWhy Turkey's Tuesday Stock Market Meltdown Is A Much Bigger Deal Than You Think
When the Turkish stock market dives 5.2% like it did yesterday, it drags the world down with it.Of course, it dragged down the iShares MSCI Turkey ETF (which also fell 5%), but it also dragged down...
View ArticleCoupon marketer Valassis Communications
Coupon marketer Valassis Communications Inc. will be acquired by Harland Clarke Holding Corp. for $1.84 billion.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleIn One Sentence, Here's Why The Market Is Surging On Today's 'Taper'...
Citi currency analyst Steven Englander explains why the market is surging on the news that the Fed will scale back its pace of asset purchases. Here's the sentence, and then below the explanation:The...
View ArticlePussy Riot Members Could Be Freed From Russian Jail This Week
Russian lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill that is set to free the two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot while also ending the prosecution of 30 Greenpeace crew...
View ArticleUS Budget Airlines Added Jobs In 2013 While Major Carriers Cut Them
Super cheap Spirit Airlines had the biggest hiring hike of all U.S. carriers over the last year, while three of the five network U.S. airlines cut jobs year-over-year.Data released today from the U.S....
View Article12 High-Paying Jobs For People Who Don't Like Math
Math is an essential skill for many jobs, and one that's rightly emphasized at every level of education. But some people don't have the knack or inclination to study it and certainly don't want to...
View Article'Birds' Star Tippi Hedren Gets $1.5 Million After A Gallon Of Water Fell On...
Tippi Hedren, the actress who was set upon by winged assailants in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, has been awarded $1.5 million (£922,000) in damages by a court after a bizarre sound stage accident that...
View ArticleHarvard Student Arrested For Bomb Threat Tried And Failed To Hide Identity...
The FBI didn't have a very hard time tracking down the Harvard University student who emailed a bomb threat around campus — he was using anonymous web browser Tor to hide his identity, but he accessed...
View ArticleSamsung Could Have A Giant-Screen Tablet Show Up Next Month
Korea's ETNews reports that Samsung may be introducing a new tablet next month at the annual Consumers Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The tablet is said to have a 10.5-inch screen, which is larger than...
View ArticleMan Arrested For Allegedly Starting Deadly California Wildfire That Destroyed...
REDDING, Calif. (AP) — A man was arrested on suspicion of arson and murder in a wildfire over the summer that destroyed dozens of homes and left one person dead in rural Northern California, a fire...
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