Yahoo To Avoid Billions In Taxes By Spinning Off Alibaba Stake
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is spinning off the company’s prized stake in China’s Alibaba Group Holding in a move that will let Yahoo avoid paying billions in future taxes. A…
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How 2014’s Huge Market Moves Are Affecting the Economy in 2015
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox JAN. 27, 2015 Neil Irwin – The same forces that led to a rising dollar in recent months have meant lower long-term…
Words Of Wisdom From Some Of The World’s Most Influential Women Leaders
As in years past, far more men than women attended the World Economic Forum in Davos. Only 17 percent of the 2,500 participants at this year’s gathering were women. However,…
Mitt Romney’s Poverty Points Explored
The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Mitt Romney said that under President Obama “there are more people in poverty in America than ever before.” That’s true, but the poverty…
Obamacare To Cost Far Less Than Estimated, Budget Office Says
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Obamacare will cost 7 percent less than expected over the next decade for federal subsidies to help lower-income people pay for private health insurance, congressional…
HUFFPOLLSTER: Gallup’s Obama Approval Rating Hits 50 Percent
Obama approval hits a milestone on Gallup’s daily tracking. Open-ended questions show two very different nomination contests brewing. And the nation is bitterly divided by those who think the Patriots…
7 Reasons Women Lose Their Hair — And 7 Treatments
Your ponytail is shrinking…or your part’s getting wider…or there’s more hair in the shower drain. Take heart — you’re not alone. According to New York City dermatologist Neil Sadick, MD,…
12 Numbers That Show America’s Internet Has An Equality Problem
For many people, it’s hard to imagine life without the Internet. Sure, having web access lets us update our Instagram feeds or look up Oreo cheesecake recipes — nothing too…
This Map Reveals Just How Unequal The So-Called Recovery Is
In his State of the Union address last week, President Barack Obama cheered rising wages. What he didn’t mention is that much of the income gained since the recession has…
Salt May Not Affect Heart Risks
The study, in JAMA Internal Medicine, included 2,642 people, average age 74. Half the participants were women, 62 percent were white and 38 percent were African-American. All were free of…
Greek Leftists Syriza Aim For Historic Election Win
ATHENS, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Greeks vote on Sunday in a historic election expected to bring in a government led by the leftwing Syriza party, which has promised to take…
HUFFPOLLSTER: What Does Obama’s Approval Rating Mean For 2016?
Americans expect Obama to accomplish less in the next two years, but his ratings are rising anyway. And historical precedents points to a close race in 2016. This is HuffPollster…
Ask Well: The Best Time of Day to Exercise to Lose Weight
You might try setting your wake-up alarm earlier and exercising before breakfast. There is some evidence that working out on a completely empty stomach — or, as scientists call this…
JPMorgan’s Dimon Gets Cash Bonus, Total Pay Unchanged
Jan 22 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co paid Chief Executive Jamie Dimon a first cash bonus in three years, part of a total 2014 pay package of $20 million…
The Vinyl Comeback In America Isn’t Really A Thing (Yet … Maybe)
In comparison to recent years, vinyl has made a significant surge, clawing back from what seemed like extinction. With a 52 percent increase in vinyl purchase in 2014, hitting the…
How Uber Fails To Prove Its Drivers Make More Than Taxi Drivers
There’s a lot of uncertainty about how much money Uber drivers make and whether being an Uber driver is, as the company says, an ideal part-time job. Uber released a…
European Central Bank Launches 1 Trillion Euro Stimulus
* ECB launches bond-buying program with new money * Amounts to 60 bln euros a month together with existing schemes * Program to run until end-September 2016 * National central…
Despite Cholesterol Drop, Many Kids Still Have High Blood Pressure
BY KATHRYN DOYLE Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:50pm EST (Reuters Health) – Although pediatric high cholesterol levels in the U.S. have gone down since 1999, about one in 10 kids…
High Rates of Opioid Prescriptions Among Women Raise Alarm
The federal health authorities reported Thursday that nearly one third of women of reproductive age had had an opioid painkiller prescription filled every year between 2008 and 2012. Experts said…
America Is Ready For Gay Professional Athletes: Poll
Every time you witness homophobic bigotry on the Internet, remember this: By and large, America is ready and willing to support gay professional athletes. Seventy-three percent of Americans say they…
New Poll Shows Rocky Road To White House For Any Anti-Gay Republican
It’s tough being a Republican presidential hopeful these days. The GOP’s hard-core conservative base vociferously opposes same-sex marriage, but American voters overall support it. More than one-third think they’d be…
MTA Approves MetroCard, Single-Ride Fare Hike For 2015
Bad news, New Yorkers: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has voted to raise fares for subway and bus riders, as well as MetroCard holders. The MTA board approved the fare hike…
HUFFPOLLSTER: SOTU Watchers Give Speech Typically Positive Rating
State of the Union watchers think Obama’s speech was better than last year’s. Few Americans tuned in but those that did were active on social media. And the margin of…
Everything You Need To Know About Getting An IUD
If you’ve considered birth control over the past few years, chances are you’ve had at least one friend wax enthusiastic about an intrauterine device, or IUD. The method, which is…
State Of The Union Watchers Give Obama High Marks In Instant Poll
WASHINGTON — Americans who watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address largely approved, giving him better marks than they did for last year’s speech, according to instant polling…
HUFFPOLLSTER: More Polls Show Obama’s Approval Rating Recovering
Two new national polls confirm that President Obama’s approval rating is rising. Among Republicans, Mitt Romney has a higher favorable rating than Jeb Bush. And 2014 was a rocky year…
How To Figure Out How Much Sleep You Really Need
Sleep takes up one-third of our lives, but it puzzles us so much. Many of us are tired all the time — 40 percent of Americans sleep less than the…
Netflix Stock Is Soaring
Shares of Netflix surged more than 13 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday, after the company reported subscriber growth that topped its own forecasts. The world’s biggest subscription streaming service…
Obama’s State Of The Union Address 2015 Gets Fact Checked
The U.S. may not have “risen from recession” quite as rousingly as President Barack Obama suggested in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Seven years after that severe…
5 Things No One Tells You About Living With Insomnia
Given how much we know about the importance of getting enough good-quality sleep, facing insomnia without worry and fear can be tough. Insomnia has been linked with a greater likelihood…