NFL (officially) comes to YouTube
The NFL is one of TV’s most reliable and massive hits. With a lot of TV content shifting to digital platforms, it only makes sense to give the league’s highlights…
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How to skip the pre-blizzard frenzy in stores
The list of most requested items for New Yorkers include: Water Flashlights Snow boots and snow pants Pet food Candles Alcohol Prescriptions Mac chargers – Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc….
Microsoft sales soar, thanks to its non-Windows products
–Xbox won the holiday season, beating the Sony (SNE) PlayStation 4. Microsoft sold 6.6 million Xbox Ones, which is more than it sold a year ago. But Xbox revenue was…
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…
U.S. deficit to ‘hold steady’ until 2018, then start growing
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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….
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….
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…
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…
#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…
‘Mr. Cub’ Ernie Banks dies at 83
“Words cannot express how important Ernie Banks will always be to the Chicago Cubs, the city of Chicago and Major League Baseball,” Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts said in a statement….
Ernie Banks, ‘Mr. Cub,’ Dead At 83
Ernie Banks, the legendary Chicago Cubs baseball player and Hall of Famer, died at age 83 on Friday night in Chicago, a spokesperson for his family said. The news of…
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…
Chicago-Area Teen Fatally Stabs Brother, Cops Say
SOUTH CHICAGO HEIGHTS, Ill. (AP) — Police say a 14-year-old boy stabbed his 16-year-old brother to death in the Chicago suburb of South Chicago Heights. South Chicago Heights Police Chief…
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…