Ex-employee of Fox-owned station commits suicide outside 21st Century Fox HQ
Perea did not work at Fox News Channel. But he invoked the cable news channel’s name in online complaints. Perea had posted a long list of YouTube videos titled “American…
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U.S. deficit to ‘hold steady’ until 2018, then start growing
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Exclusive: Amazon’s script for making movies
He said Amazon would like to begin streaming its own original movies on Amazon Prime Instant Video later this year. But the release strategy will really ramp up next year,…
Blizzard doesn’t stop Wall Street trading, yet
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Apple Pay won’t add to Apple’s profit
Related: Apple Pay is a win for (smart) retailers Yet with Apple taking just 0.15% of every Apple transaction, all that love and goodwill isn’t going to add anything significant…
S&P cuts Russia’s credit rating to junk
The nation’s currency has plunged to all-time lows, raising concerns that it is headed for a full-blown financial crisis. It’s lost over 40% of its value against the U.S. dollar….
ID thieves stealing tax refunds still a big problem, IRS says
“Taxpayers should protect their computers and only give out their Social Security numbers when absolutely necessary,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in a statement Monday. More specifically, the IRS recommends…
Blizzard costs flyers big bucks
Related: Get paid for canceled flights – 8 must have travel aps “It’s tough to quantify how much of that is out-of-pocket expenses, and how much is productivity,” said Tulinda…
Uber to limit price surges during blizzard
Sky-high prices during Superstorm Sandy led to Uber’s current policy. The New York Attorney General’s office negotiated the policy with Uber, and said the company agreed to “limit prices during…
Bob Dylan has a ‘gift’ for AARP members: Free copy of his new album
Dylan is known for his songwriting, but this album is his take on hits from the 1920s through the 1950sthe work of Rogers and Hammerstein, Frank Sinatra and the like….
Euro slips after anti-austerity party wins Greek elections
On the campaign trail, Tsipras said he would cut taxes and force Germany and other creditors back to the bargaining table to renegotiate the terms of the bailout package. He…
Bernie Sanders: 7-point plan for saving ‘the disappearing middle class’
Sanders is setting himself up for a major clash in Congress. Republicans now control both houses, and he was recently given the top opposition spot on the Senate Budget Committee….
Is your target-date fund ripping you off?
Meanwhile, the younger investors in the Target 2050 funds are decades away from retirement and should be in funds with returns that are on the higher end of the range….
Look out: Big week ahead for stock market
Big tech week: Investors are looking to tech companies to lift the market higher now that energy firms and banks are struggling. It’s been a record year for Apple, which…
Northeast blizzard: What you need to know if you’re traveling
Virgin America (VA): Travelers headed into or out of Boston, New York, Newark or Washington airports on Tuesday may change their reservation without fees. More from Virgin America. – Chicago…
When Silicon Valley takes LSD
Tim Ferriss, a Silicon Valley investor and author of “The 4-Hour Workweek,” says he knows many successful entrepreneurs who dabble in psychedelics. “The billionaires I know, almost without exception, use…
Mike Judge on (the lack of) sex in Silicon Valley
We’ve had things happen where we put something in the show that we made up, and then it really happens, in between the time we did it and when the…
Are smart drugs driving Silicon Valley?
The idea: mix and match enough of them to find the killer combo; the winning blend is what’s known as a “stack.” Asprey’s stack is ever evolving as he experiments…
Inside a high-tech San Francisco swinger’s party
“We are in Silicon Valley,” says Stella, an engineer who attends. “People here don’t have a very high tolerance for bad websites.” Stella has been with her husband, Greg, both…
I have a fiancé, a girlfriend and two boyfriends
Han compares her experimentation with her relationship to the experimentation that happens in the Bay Area, a mecca for entrepreneurs who question the way things work. “I think that in…
I did LSD with Steve Jobs
“We were monk-wannabes,” Kottke said. They were on a quest to better understand consciousness using an LSD varietal known as Orange Sunshine as their Sherpa. “We were … in a…
Indiana church sues JPMorgan for millions
Not wanting to burden the church with handling such a large endowment, Lilly appointed three banksIndiana National Bank, American Fletcher National Bank and Trust and Merchants National Bank & Trust…
#HeForShe campaign goes corporate
Related: Try our Global Wage Calculator Gender inequality was a big theme in Davos this week during the World Economic Forum, a high-brow event that’s known for being overrun by…
Second record box office weekend for ‘American Sniper’
Movies make most of their money Fridays through Sundays. In its opening weekend, including the Martin Luther King Day holiday on Monday, “Sniper” made $105 million, setting a new record…
2015: The global economy’s ‘sink or swim’ moment
Related: See complete coverage from Davos But as the ECB money starts sloshing around the financial system and flowing into other parts of the world, concerns have been raised about…
Soros: European stimulus will make inequality worse
Related: Davos complete coverage Germany could set an example by spending money on its roads to kick start growth. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of…
IRS warns of phishing tax scams, fake emails
If you get an unsolicited email that seems to be from the IRS or a related agency, such as the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS), don’t reply, don’t open…
Hershey lawsuit angers fans of British chocolate in U.S.
In the lawsuit, Hershey said LBB violated its trademarks by importing chocolate bars popular in the United Kingdom, such as Toffee Crisp, Yorkie, Maltesers and Cadbury. Hershey argued that the…
Is this the next CEO of Starbucks?
Chatter about a successor to Schultz started to pick up once Troy Alstead, who Johnson is replacing, announced earlier this month that he was taking a leave of absence. Alstead…
France: We’re bringing economy in line with reality
Hollande said his government would also improve the tax system to encourage companies, entrepreneurs and workers to come to France. “We’re investing in bringing investment to France,” he said. –…