Meet the cars of the future
BMW sees smartwatches benefiting drivers in the near future. For example, your car will communicate with your smartphone’s digital calendar to recommend and enhance navigation route guidance. In some 2016…
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Get ready for a tale of two earnings seasons
But don’t expect those energy troubles to ruin the party for everyone else. “Overall, we expect more winners from cheap oil than losers, with another good performance by Corporate America,”…
Kansas tax cuts on trial amid huge budget deficit
Tax experts lament that the cuts were poorly structured. “The goals behind them aren’t bad. But the cuts weren’t properly targeted,” said Lori McMillan, a law professor at Washburn University…
Amazon and Netflix up for Golden Globes tonight
“Orange is the New Black” by Netflix is also vying for the best comedy award. And Netflix’s “House of Cards” is up for best drama for the second year in…
Detroit Auto Show: GM to unveil Chevrolet Bolt electric car that can go 200 miles on a single charge
Earlier this week, GM (GM) briefly revealed its next-generation Chevrolet Volt plug-in car at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the…
Retailers walk line with ‘Je Suis Charlie’ merchandise
Just days after the Boston Marathon bombing, official jackets, medals, and even items used by participants were available for sale online. Ebay took most of them down, citing violation of…
Wealthiest Americans say the poor have it easy
The wealthy and the poor also disagree on corporate profits. The rich say most corporations make a “fair and reasonable amount of profit,” while 65% of the poor believe corporations…
Don’t expect a big boost in wages in 2015
Share your story: Are you expecting a raise in 2015? The mixed jobs report sent the stock market down Friday. – Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2015. All rights reserved….
High calories = high stock prices?
Related: 10 fantastic food festivals for 2015 Fancy some quick Mexican? Chipotle (CMG) is near an all-time high. (The calorie counts on those burrito bowls quickly add up when you…
BBC scraps old guidance and runs image of Mohammed
On Thursday, the official Twitter account for “Question Time” shared a link to BBC’s editorial guidelines, but that page appears to have been taken down. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain…
Oh, so you think stocks will crash?
Before you panic and liquidate your account, the most important line in Business Insider’s article is this: “On the bright side, this indicator may be a contrarian indicator.” Bingo. Related:…
2014 was America’s best year of job growth since 1999
The government also revised up its estimates for job gains in October and November, revealing employers added more than 50,000 jobs than previously thought. November was already the best month…
35% of workers say they’ll quit if they don’t get a raise
Amid the brighter outlook for jobs, nearly half of the employed adults surveyed said they expect to see a 3% to 5% hike in pay this year. And roughly the…
Oil tycoon’s ex accepts $975 million divorce check after all
The couple were married for 26 years, have two children and had no prenuptial agreement. As of last year, Hamm was worth over $20 billion, according to Wealth-X, a wealth…
Why oil could rebound to $80. Yes, $80.
Related: Stay away from these oil stocks At the same time, consumers are going to be more willing to spend money on oil because of how low the prices are….
Does free community college work?
“We’ve never turned away a student,” said Graham Thomas, director of community partnerships at tnAchieves, which raises money from large state employers or wealthy individuals. Through 2013, the program had…
Citigroup traders will get smaller bonuses this year
While the markets ended the year up, many traders were hurt by lower trading volumes, the plunge in oil prices and currency fluctuations. – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data…
‘Attaboys’ for websites that ran Mohammed cartoons
“Unlike our piece publishing the results of a public-records request for the names of New York gun owners, which garnered us almost non-stop threatening phone calls to our tips line,…
‘Cat Fancy’ reinvents itself for the Buzzfeed set
The switch from “Cat Fancy” to “Catster” may perplex some readers, but it speaks to the larger shift in the industry as magazines work to build an online presence. (This…
Where the jobs are and who’s being hired?
Black men led the way, with a 6% increase in the number employed. That’s not surprising, says Valerie Wilson, labor economist at the Economic Policy Institute, since whites usually see…
#JeSuisCharlie becomes one of most popular hashtags in Twitter’s history
Many prominent politicians and celebrities have used the #JeSuisCharlie hashtag in the past couple days, receiving thousands of retweets. French television personality Cyril Hanouna’s tweet, “Darlings I am horrified at…
Hacking group Anonymous promises revenge for Charlie Hebdo attack
Cherif and Said Kouachi, the brothers wanted for the massacre at Charlie Hedbo’s offices in Paris, were killed Friday by French security forces in a town where they had been…
Amazon data center on fire in Virginia
The owner of the property, Corporate Office Properties Trust, wouldn’t say what companies occupy the building. But a company spokeswoman, Stephanie Krewson-Kelly, said there was “little to no impact to…
Starbucks COO to take a leave of absence
Starbucks sought to quash those rumors though. According to emails sent to “partners” — the term Starbucks uses to describe employees — that were obtained by CNN’s Poppy Harlow, Schultz…
Lizard Squad attacks Brian Krebs, the blogger who hunted them down
Lizard Squad’s response is just what you’d expect from Internet hooligans. On Twitter, the group jokes incessantly about Krebs’ hairline and proudly proclaims, “You can’t arrest a lizard.” – Chicago…
Are zombie Palm phones coming back to life?
Related: BlackBerry ends 2014 on a sour note So what would Alcatel Onetouch do with Palm? Although the company has made some headway in developing regions, including Latin America, it…
Apple sued because iPhone isn’t really 16 GB
Apple did not reply to a request for comment. Related: Is Apple the perfect stock? – Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc….
Comcast and Time Warner Cable hike modem fees as much as 33%. Time to buy your own.
But the game has changed. Consider the yearly fees: Time Warner Cable’s rental fee is now $96. Comcast’s rental is now $120. If you buy an Arris SB6121 modem, it’ll…
Uber prices surge on New Year’s Eve
The company would not comment on the lack of availability, but in a 2012 blog post said, “Being unavailable, inconvenient is the opposite of Uber. This is a big part…
95-year-old billionaire is top giver of 2014
Nicholas Woodman, founder of the body-mounted camera company GoPro, gave $500 million to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, which makes grants to a variety of causes such as education and…