The Fort Hood Shooter Apparently Wants To Die
Army Maj. Nadal Hasan, the accused Fort Hood shooter whose trial entered closing arguments today, seems poised to become the first person to receive the death penalty from the military in more than...
View ArticleA Staggering Look At The Rise Of College Underemployment
While the White House introduces plans to reduce the cost of college, perhaps the real question we should be asking is if so many Americans need to go to college.After all the nearly 19 million 4-year...
View Article4 Ways Advisors Can Calm Clients Who Are Panicking About Rising Interest Rates
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.4 Things Advisors Can Do To Calm Clients Worried About Rising Rates (The Wall...
View ArticleQE3 Is The Area 51 Of Monetary Policy
Area 51 has been steeped in mystery and a favorite subject of conspiracy theorists for decades. But CIA documents released late last week officially acknowledge its existence and suggest that its...
View ArticleXiaomi (Or 'The Apple Of China') Is The Most Important Tech Company You've...
You've probably never heard of Xiaomi. But if you know someone in China, chances are pretty good that person is a fan of the company.Xiaomi is easily one of the most interesting tech companies right...
View ArticleUPS Drops Health Coverage For 15,000 Employee Spouses, Blames Obamacare
UPS has decided, as a result of increased costs and provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), to stop covering employee's spouses who can get coverage from their own employer, according to a memo...
View ArticleMeet The Science And Tech Geniuses Who Got High And Solved Amazing Problems
Drugs. Those illegal mind-altering poisons. Can you believe people actually do these things?Believe it. And it's not just the laypeople who are using. There are plenty of brilliant heavyweights in the...
View ArticleJapan Is Surging
Japan is surging.The Nikkei is up nearly 2% in early going.The rally comes following strong economic reports on Thursday from the Eurozone and the US, where Flash PMI readings emphasized the strength...
View ArticleMARIA SHARAPOVA: How The World's Highest-Paid Female Athlete Makes And Spends...
Maria Sharapova has been the talk of the U.S. Open and now she won't even be playing in it because of a shoulder injury.But before she was sidelined, she flirted with the idea of changing her name to...
View ArticleAD OF THE DAY: Hooters Waitress Gets Quizzed On Her Football Knowledge
NFL analyst and former coach Jon Gruden puts a Hooters waitress through her paces in a new ad for the macho restaurant chain.The ad plays on Gruden’s "QB Camp" segments on SportsCenter, in which the...
View ArticleWWII Veteran Beaten To Death In Spokane
A veteran who was wounded during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II was beaten to death Wednesday outside of the Eagles Lodge in Spokane, Seattle Times reports.Delbert Belton, 88, died from injuries...
View ArticleThis Chart Of Surging Interest Rates Is Everything
From SocGen, this chart might just be everything.It shows the increase in US interest rates (orange line) vs. an index of the US dollar vs. emerging market currencies (dark blue line). With virtually...
View ArticleFormer 'King Of Biotech' Settles With SEC Over Market Manipulation Scheme
NEW YORK (Reuters) - An investor formerly known as the "King of Biotech" has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over a market manipulation scheme, according to court...
View ArticleMom Punches Skateboarder In The Face After He Accidentally Runs Into Her Kid
An unlucky California skateboarder found out the hard way that some mothers react very aggressively when they see their children get hurt, even if it is by accident.While shooting a segment for a...
View ArticleBen Affleck Is The New Batman
Ben Affleck is the new Batman.Variety's Justin Kroll broke the news.Affleck will play Batman in a movie featuring Batman and Superman. It'll be a sequel to this summer's Superman movie, "Man of...
View ArticleHelmet Cam Captures Speeding Motorcyclist Crashing Into A Bear
Canadian police have released video showing a speeding motorcyclist crashing into a young black bear as it ran across the highway, AFP reports.The video release, meant to warn others about the dangers...
View ArticleWHERE ARE THEY NOW: The 13 Most And Least Successful 'Survivor' Winners
Thirteen years ago, Richard Hatch — the conniving contestant who annoyed his tribesmen by walking around in the (not so buff) buff — took home the $1 million prize.He was the first winner of...
View ArticleNew Posters And Trailer For 'Homeland' Tease Season 3 Plot
Showtime unveiled official posters and a new teaser trailer for season 3 of "Homeland."We've seen a few action-packed teasers so far for the series return. The latest shows Saul (Mandy Patinkin),...
View ArticleMarkets Are Shouting 'TGIF'
It's been a crazy week in global markets as the sell-off in U.S. Treasuries resumed, sending bond yields to fresh new multi-year highs and tanking emerging market (EM) stock, bond, and currency...
View ArticleThis Week, Investors Pulled The Most Money Out Of The US Stock Market In Five...
Last week, U.S. equity funds reported their first outflows in seven weeks.This week, the trend of outflows from U.S. equity funds not only continued, but accelerated to the fastest pace of withdrawals...
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