Total, French Oil Giant, Reports $5.7 Billion Loss in Fourth Quarter
LONDON — Total, the Paris-based oil giant, on Thursday reported a loss of $5.7 billion for the fourth quarter of 2014 as it struggles with the deep slump in oil…
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Facebook now lets you post when you’re dead
From there, you can enter the name of a Facebook friend to take control of your page after you die. It will auto-generate a message to that friend: “Hi ___,…
New York’s Rotterdam shopping mall’s cut after owner fails to pay bill
That’s small comfort to employees at the mall. A salon at the mall had to shut down because there was no power for its hair dryers. An employee, who did…
Expedia to buy Orbitz in $1.6 billion deal
Expedia said it expects the purchase to boost its full-year earnings by roughly 75 cents per share, though it stressed that the estimate depends on a variety of factors. –…
Penalties await if you claim a bigger fuel tax credit than you’re allowed
Part of the problem may be that while you must have a log of the people from whom you bought the fuel and the purchase dates, you’re not required to…
You’ll pay a lot more to see the doctor with Obamacare than with job-based health insurance
Related: Cost keeps uninsured from enrolling in Obamacare High deductibles have been a sore point with some Obamacare enrollees. They have complained that they have to shell out thousands of…
Bob Simon was killed Wednesday in a car crash: His last story will air Sunday
“He was working with his daughter, Tanya, a ’60 Minutes’ producer with whom he collaborated on several stories for the program,” CBS said. – Most stock quote data provided by…
Bored of your superyacht? Time for a submarine
The machines are custom made but DeepFlight is considering moving to regular production runs as the market grows. In the last few years the company has sold 2 or 3…
I lived without a cell phone for 135 days
If I was in a real pinch, sometimes I had to ask people for their phones. Late to a meeting with my boss, and stuck in traffic, I prayed for…
Chinese phone maker enters U.S. market with … bunnies
“A lot of their success in China is because they have very tightly integrated and localized features in their operating system,” said Ben Bajarian, an analyst at Creative Strategies. In…
2014: year of the recalls
But not all recalls are so serious. Sometimes a company issues a recall just because something is misstated in the user’s manual. While the safety agency has been under fire…
What else has NBC News dug up on Brian WIlliams?
Media accounts have concentrated more on Williams’ misstatements than the apparent lack of executive oversight. (His appearances on late-night shows, for example, were set up by public relations people and…
Recreational pot delivers $53 million in tax revenue to Colorado
Related: New bank could save the pot industry – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed…
Think we’re a love match? Spit into this tube!
“It’s kind of like science fiction almost,” said Jonathan Kirshenbaum, 33, who took the test with his then-girlfriend, now-fiance, Danielle Tennenhouse, 30. “People can cheat on personality tests. You can’t…
Winning Powerball Numbers For February 11, 2015 Drawing: 11, 13, 25, 39, 54 And Powerball 19
The winning numbers for the February 11, 2015 Powerball lottery were: 11, 13, 25, 39, 54 and the Powerball was 19. Since no one has won the Powerball lottery for…
Ukraine gets new $17.5 billion International Monetary Fund bailout
The deal replaces a separate $17 billion bailout agreed to last year by the IMF. Only $4.5 billion of those funds were distributed, bringing the IMF’s total commitment to $22…
Frantic Efforts at NBC to Curb Rising Damage Caused by Brian Williams
Hours before Brian Williams took the anchor’s chair for the nightly newscast on Feb. 4, a sense of dread began to spread through the Rockefeller Plaza offices of NBC News….
Nissan makes glow-in-the-dark car
Nissan has put some interesting paint on Leaf electric cars before. Recently, it created a Leaf with mess-resistant paint that would almost never need cleaning because dirt, mudand other substanceswon’t…
A record 3,415 Americans ditch their passports
As both expats and financial institutions rush to understand the new law, some banks have chosen to kick out their Americans clients rather than comply. If a bank mistakenly fails…
Brian Williams’s and Jon Stewart’s Common Ground
David Carr THE MEDIA EQUATION Other than timing, Jon Stewart’s triumphant retirement and Brian Williams’s public and humbling disenfranchisement would seem to have little in common. – “You don’t write…
West Coast ports shut down as labor dispute heats up
“We want to go to work, and they’re blaming us,” said union president Robert McEllrath in a message to his members late Wednesday. He said the shutdown is a management…
Top hedge fund dumps Apple, buys Microsoft
Bridgewater owned about $28 million worth of Microsoft shares at the end of last year, up dramatically from less than $700,000 at the end of the third quarter. – Most…
Hot stock: TripAdvisor jumps 25%
“Emerging markets are one of the growth areas for TripAdvisor over the next few years,” says Wasiolek, noting restaurant and activity bookings are important too. While the stock is up…
West Coast Ports Shut Down Amid Labor Dispute
Troubles on the West Coast waterfront are getting worse. Amid an increasingly damaging labor dispute, 29 West Coast seaports which handle about $1 trillion of goods annually will be mostly…
One Peruvian Woman Is Standing Up To A Gold-Mining Goliath
This story was reported with Roxana Olivera, a Toronto-based investigative journalist living in Peru. On a remote farm deep in the Peruvian Andes, in a region where sheep outnumber people…
Use This Chart To Get Out Of Your Next Meeting
If you work in an office, you already know this: Meetings are the worst. – — Flowchart designed by Alissa Scheller
Former Hooters Waitress Proves You Don’t Need A Harvard MBA To Be A Successful Leader
NEW YORK — The lobby of the Ace Hotel was bustling on a recent Monday afternoon. Twenty- and 30-somethings in scarves, chunky sweaters and jeans typed at laptops and huddled…
The Case for Buying a Powerball Ticket
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox FEB. 11, 2015 Neil Irwin – But the key intuition is that while you are still throwing away money when buying a…
Powerball Jackpot Rises To $500 Million
Officials say the Powerball jackpot has risen to an estimated $500 million, which would make it the fifth largest lottery prize in U.S. history. – The chance of winning a…
Eurozone Finance Ministers Hold Emergency Meeting on Greece Bailout
BRUSSELS — Eurozone finance ministers were gathering in an emergency session here on Wednesday, under pressure to hammer out a stopgap plan to keep Greece from running out of money…