7 top stocks to buy in February
Ultimately, Tesla Motors is a long-term bet that should reward patient investors down the road. For starters, the stock should get a significant boost later this year when Tesla is…
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Amy Pascal out as Sony Pictures co-chair
Pascal has been one of the most powerful female studio executives in the film business. She helped turn Sony Pictures into a major brand in Hollywood. – Most stock quote…
Controversy grows over Brian Williams’ Iraq apology
Last Friday, while honoring a veteran on “NBC Nightly News,” Williams recounted how his helicopter was “forced down after being hit by an RPG.” He apologized on Wednesday’s “NBC Nightly…
How Brian Williams’ Iraq story changed
July 2007: In a blog post after Gen. Downing died, Williams refers to the RPG attack hitting “the chopper flying in front of ours. There was small arms fire. A…
Anthem hacked, Wall Street shrugs
Scores of companies have had data breaches in the past few years. And for the most part, the publicly traded companies who’ve been hacked have all bounced back. Target (TGT)…
Russia looks to North Korea for business opportunities
Related: Why North Korea’s economy can’t live without China – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is…
RadioShack employees: Tales from the walking dead
“When they converted me to a clearance store, I knew that was a death knell,” said one manager whose store shuttered on Sunday. “I feel the company has been mismanaged…
Illegal ways people are nabbing bigger tax credits
So by falsely inflating their income to, say, $14,000, they could qualify for the full $5,460. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real…
Obamacare penalty payers ask, ‘Where’s my refund?’
Though 21 days have yet to pass since the start of the tax filing season, some early filers are getting antsy because they usually receive their refunds more promptly. They…
People hate the new Keurig … and its stock
Related: This $3,300 refrigerator has a Keurig built in Keurig also announced plans last year to start selling a machine that will make cold beverages, similar to what SodaStream (SODA)…
The most ridiculous things people do to their company iPhones
I dropped it in the pool. My cat knocked it in the toilet. (Why was your phone on your toilet?) I drove over it. It dropped it in the ocean…
Another large oil company cuts jobs
Related: How the oil boom and collapse changed the face of small-town North Dakota – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except…
European stocks love QE, but can the rally last?
Further gains are possible in some sectors in the eurozone’s big four marketsGermany, France, Italy and Spainsaid CMC market analyst Michael Hewson. But QE won’t fix fundamental problems in the…
Bitcoin fallacy led to Silk Road founder’s conviction
It seems anonymous at firstbut only if you keep your wallet address secret. If that’s connected to your name, the whole world knows every transaction you’ve ever made. That’s why…
IRS rehired problem employees, report finds
TIGTA found that the IRS followed the federal government’s “suitability standards” for considering a job applicants’ past offenses and concluded that nothing “would prohibit the IRS from hiring these individuals.”…
12 central banks have already cut rates this year
Related: This is the global economy’s ‘sink or swim’ moment The rate cuts and other monetary policy measures are intended to boost economic activity and inflation by encouraging bank lending….
Where the jobs are and aren’t under Obama
Health care clinics, which have been multiplying in many locales, are expected to continue growing, Hempstead said. People are “finding them to be more convenient and they are delivering better…
War reporters don’t buy Brian Williams’ explanation
Carlotta Gall, the North Africa correspondent for the New York Times who’s previously covered wars in Afghanistan and Kosovo, echoes that sentiment. “You don’t make a mistake on that,” Gall…
Radioshack declares bankruptcy
But closing stores is expensive, due to the cost of severance, liquidating merchandise and paying penalties to get out of leases. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market…
Greek banks hit as Europe stands firm over bailout
Stocks in Athens fell by 6% in early trading, and the country’s banks were even harder hit. Piraeus Bank (BPIRF) plunged by 16% and the National Bank of Greece (NBG)…
Mobile merger: U.K.’s $19 billion telecoms deal
Britain’s mobile sector is dominated by EE, Vodafone (VOD) and O2, which BT spun off in 2001 to help pay down debt. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS….
My RadioShack franchise store will be fine
Brezinsky would prefer to see RadioShack live on in some form, but he’s prepared to keep his stores open under a different name if necessary. That might happen soon —…
Twitter still doesn’t have as many users as Instagram
Investors pushed the stock up about 10% as excitement builds about Twitter’s expansion of the video capabilities on its site, its partnerships with other tech companies and the new ability…
Brands that are hurting: Kors, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein
It’s likely to be a similar issue for Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfinger. Both have about half their business overseas now notes Bridget Weishaar, an equity analyst at Morningstar. “Foreign…
Very weird: Corporate bond rates go negative
Related: European stocks love QE Racing below zero: So what’s sparking this latest fad in finance? Central bankers around the world are experimenting with new recipes aimed at jump starting…
Brian Williams the latest in a string of NBC blunders
October 9, 2014: Dr. Nancy Snyderman: Who could forget NBC’s chief medical editorwho violated her voluntary quarantine last year after returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa? – Most stock quote data…
Ferguson police explores ‘less lethal’ gun attachment
Ferguson, along with law enforcement agencies around the country, are under a lot of pressure to consider less lethal force. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices…
4 bad things Internet companies can’t do anymore — if the FCC gets its way
Your phone carrier can’t block tethering apps, which turn your phone into an Internet hotspot for your laptop or tablet. AT&T (T, Tech30), Sprint (S), T-Mobile (TMUS) and Verizon (VZ,…
Chris Christie Is Now Waging 23 Court Battles To Keep State Documents Secret
There’s a lot the New Jersey Republican doesn’t want you to know. Read the whole story at Mother Jones
Keira Knightley Reenacts Meg Ryan’s Fake Orgasm In Veddy British Vanity Fair Video
To celebrate the British invasion of Hollywood — the one that includes David Oyelowo, Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Jamie Dornan, Felicity Jones, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Damian Lewis, Natalie Dormer, James Corden,…