Rolls-Royce is making an SUV
Properly speaking, Rolls-Royce, itself, is not calling the vehicle it intends to produce an SUV. Instead, Rolls-Royce has said it will offer its customers a “go anywhere vehicle.” While Rolls-Royce…
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Warren Buffett picks up stake in Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox
Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar:…
8 Professions Where You Can Make Way More Money With A Certificate
It’s no secret that higher education often leads to better, and higher paying, jobs. But even if you are in a job that only requires a Bachelor’s degree, you can…
Cost of getting a show dog to Westminster
Advertising your dog: A winning dog needs press. Canalizo estimates you could spend $1,000 a month on ads to promote your dog in the trade magazines that show judges receive….
HBO signs up John Oliver until 2017
“We are incredibly proud to have John as part of the HBO family,” said HBO president Michael Lombardo. “His unique ability to deliver socially significant commentary week after week, along…
Hot tech stocks: can they last in 2015?
“This is a fresh break out…I think this group continues to head higher,” Parets said. Related: Apple said to be redesigning stores Show me the money: Perhaps the biggest plus…
Super-sneaky malware found in companies worldwide
“The U.S. government calls on our intelligence agencies to protect the United States, its citizens, and its allies,” NSA said in a statement to CNN. The Kaspersky report is the…
Arnaud de Borchgrave, a Journalist Whose Life Was a Tale Itself, Dies at 88
Arnaud de Borchgrave, the son of a Belgian count and a storied foreign correspondent who cabled back bell-ringing scoops throughout the Cold War decades, often from the battlefield, died on…
West Coast port shutdown: Oranges rot on the dock
That’s because retailers planned in advance “to make sure that it didn’t interrupt the holiday shopping season,” said Jason Brewer of the Retail Industry Leader’s Association. But “they’re sort of…
Nokia is paving the way for driverless cars
Unlike Google (GOOG) and Apple (AAPL, Tech30) Maps, Here isn’t all that well known to consumers. That’s because most of what it does is behind the scenes for other firms….
Canadian Rail Strike Ends as Parties Agree to Arbitration
OTTAWA — A strike by about 3,000 locomotive engineers and conductors at the Canadian Pacific Railway unexpectedly ended on Monday, its second day, as both sides agreed to arbitration. The…
Cheap oil killed this CEO’s $14 million job
A slew of energy companies have also announced major layoffs, including Halliburton (HAL), Weatherford International (WFT) and Schlumberger (SLB). The Transocean shakeup makes Newman one of the highest-profile CEOs to…
Vodafone Turns Focus to Broadband, Seeking to Catch Up to Rivals
After years of focusing heavily on its cellphone business, Vodafone, based in Britain and the world’s second-largest mobile operator behind China Mobile based on subscribers, is concentrating on high-speed broadband….
Troubled Chinese Property Developer Says Total Debt Exceeds $10 Billion
HONG KONG — The troubled Chinese developer Kaisa Group disclosed on Monday that its debts now total more than $10 billion and that it urgently needs to restructure its borrowings…
Aid To Needy Often Excludes The Poorest In America – NYTimes.com
www.nytimes.com: The safety net helped keep Camille Saunders from falling, but not Charles Constance.
Sudden Turbulence On Hawaii-Bound Flight Sends 5 To The Hospital
HONOLULU (AP) — Seven people were injured Saturday on a United Airlines flight after the plane was struck by sudden turbulence, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said. – © 2015…
As Eurozone Finance Ministers Meet About Greece, Compromise May Be Elusive
BRUSSELS — German and Greek officials traded barbed remarks ahead of a meeting of eurozone finance ministers on Monday, signaling how difficult it may be to resolve the latest crisis…
Japan Makes a Quick Exit From Its Latest Recession
TOKYO — Japan’s latest recession was as short as it was unexpected. The Japanese economy, the world’s third-largest, started expanding again at the end of 2014, government data showed Monday,…
How The Boss May Be Quietly Pocketing Your Server’s Tips
Laurie Zabawa says she’d been working at a Hilton Garden Inn in Bozeman, Montana, for seven years when the owners outsourced the management of the hotel in 2012. For Zabawa,…
Weimar on the Aegean
Try to talk about the policies we need in a depressed world economy, and someone is sure to counter with the specter of Weimar Germany, supposedly an object lesson in…
Oprah Winfrey asked this unorthodox interview question to find an executive for her television network
When Oprah Winfrey searched for a president for her television network, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), she whittled down applicants with a question that made some people very uncomfortable, she…
Blizzard mania costs U.S. over $1 billion
Related: 4 stocks popping thanks to Snowmageddon Time will tell whether the blizzards are enough to send the U.S. economy into negative territory again this winter.
Pope Francis has arrived…as a “plush doll”
The idea for Bleacher Creatures struck Hoffman four year ago, at a baseball game with his kids. “I wanted to buy them toys at the ballpark, but there weren’t many…
Live from New York, ‘SNL 40’ brings huge ratings for NBC
The big ratings for “SNL 40” are even more impressive when considering that viewers had plenty to choose from on Sunday night. The special had to compete with AMC’s ratings…
Fatal Accidents as a Global Health Crisis
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox FEB. 16, 2015 Jeremy N. Smith – The World Bank has made reducing transport deaths a major investment priority, and Michael Bloomberg…
What are penny stocks?
Penny stocks today: The widely accepted definition of penny stocks has been somewhat extended to cover other, higher-priced stocks which also trade in less-regulated, over-the-counter markets. Over-the-counter stocks are generally…
Kanye’s Yeezy Adidas sneakers sell out
Related: Kanye’s cashFrom hip hop to high fashion Related: Stephen Curry is the face of Under Armour’s new basketball shoe
Is this Richard Branson’s next investment?
Branson has been investing in emerging technology since 2009, including early investments in Twitter (TWTR, Tech30), Square and BitPay. “I really wanted the opportunity to pitch to him,” said Raygorodskaya,…
Would President Hillary Clinton be good for the stock market?
“She would be very well received,” by Wall Street, says Greg Valliere, chief political strategist at Potomac Research Group. “There’s a certain comfort level there because of Bill.” Related: Rand…
Wanted at police departments: Guns that don’t kill
Called the Alternative, the device is basically a small metal ball that is clipped on the end of a gun. When the gun is discharged, the bullet embeds itself into…