Tech Investors Create a Billion-Dollar-Baby Boom
What a difference a year makes. Less than 12 months after investors valued Snapchat, the red-hot messaging app, at about $10 billion, the start-up is again in the market for…
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Tech Investors Create a Billion-Dollar-Baby Boom
What a difference a year makes. Less than 12 months after investors valued Snapchat, the red-hot messaging app, at about $10 billion, the start-up is again in the market for…
Tech Investors Create a Billion-Dollar-Baby Boom
What a difference a year makes. Less than 12 months after investors valued Snapchat, the red-hot messaging app, at about $10 billion, the start-up is again in the market for…
Buying bitcoin: Morgan Spurlock looks to live off online currency
In the next airing of “Morgan Spurlock Inside Man,” the host sets out to examine all the essential elements of this most modern form of currency. And, in advance of…
Swiss Prosecutors Search Offices of HSBC Unit
The Geneva prosecutor’s office said in a statement on Wednesday that it had opened a criminal inquiry into possible aggravated money laundering against HSBC Private Bank (Suisse), but it did…
Swiss Prosecutors Launch Money Laundering Investigation Of HSBC Subsidiary, Search Bank’s Offices
Geneva prosecutors searched the premises of HSBC’s Swiss subsidiary on Wednesday after launching a money-laundering investigation over a report that the bank helped hide millions of dollars for drug traffickers,…
HSBC offices raided over money laundering allegations
HSBC told ICIJ that it was making tax evasion and money laundering more difficult for its clients. “We acknowledge that the compliance culture and standards of due diligence in HSBC’s…
‘Frank’ disagreement among allies on hostage ransoms, British diplomat tells CNN
British and American officials tell CNN they have strong disagreements with some of their closest allies on the issue of ransoms, which their governments have long refused to pay. Ransom…
Fashion Week Brings In This Much Revenue, From Tim Gunn (VIDEO)
How much money does New York Fashion Week bring to New York City? According to fashion therapist and author Tim Gunn, fashion week brings in 900 million dollars each year!…
Breaking the bank: Bitcoins hit Africa’s money transfer traditions
Money makes the world go round, they say, but what if notes and coins were replaced with online code? Bitcoin — the world’s much talked about cryptocurrency — is just…
2016ers could face a bumpy road to Wall Street cash
The ruleapproved in 2010 by the Securities and Exchange Commissionbans financial firms that do business with state and local governments from receiving state contracts for two years if employees donate…
Karl Rove: Elizabeth Warren Could Give Hillary Clinton A ‘Scare’ In 2016
WASHINGTON — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) would present a credible threat to presumptive Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton should she decide to run for president in 2016, Karl Rove said Monday…
Chris Christie Close To Starting Super PAC: Report
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s supporters are getting ready to launch a super PAC that could raise and spend unlimited sums of money as he moves toward a formal campaign…
Affluent Private Universities Are Tax Shelters For The Rich…And The Rest Of Us Are Picking Up The Tab
The following story was first published by Capital and Main and published here in collaboration with The Huffington Post. Sign up here for email updates from Capital & Main. Private…
5 Ways Retirement Is Different For Women
It seems that the differences between men and women extend even into retirement and the planning for it. Here are five things women need to consider: 1. Women live longer….
Biggest Money Mistakes You Can Make In Marriage
www.cnbc.com: Many Americans have magical thinking when it comes to the intersection of their hearts and wallets. Unhealthy attitudes about love and money are fueled from an early age. Young…
Tea Party Legislature Targets University of North Carolina In Major Assault On Higher Learning
WASHINGTON — Art Pope, the wealthy owner of a chain of dollar stores, became a pioneer in the use of big money to seize power at the state level in…
The Golden State Warriors Just Confirmed That Everything You Think Happens On NBA Planes Does Happen
Ah, to be rich, young, happy and casually gambling with piles of money that would make regular men weep.
6 Ways To Save Money Before Going To College
We’ve all heard our fair share of college clichés and daydreamed about weekly restaurant hangouts, Facebook-worthy photos of exotic college trips and unforgettable late night adventures with friends. Unfortunately, college…
Download app, upload photo, sell house
Buying a home used to mean hiring a licensed real estate agent and visiting place after place, until you found the one you liked. These days, thanks to the Internet,…
I Decided To Re-Wear My Wedding Gown
Like most girls, it was love at first sight with my wedding dress. After a fairly painful process of trying on countless dresses and realizing I wasn’t shaped like a…
Randy Gillen Jr. Stole $500 Left At Drive-Thru Bank Window: Cops
Police say a Pennsylvania man hoping to pass a fraudulent check instead stole $500 when he found that much money left behind by another customer at a drive-thru bank window….
Stressed by Money? Get on the Couch
I felt calm as I sat on a blue couch for my close encounter with the nascent field of financial therapy. I watched as Joel Reimer, a fit, 50-something man…
Closing arguments in trial of Costa Concordia captain
Schettino, who was the captain of the Costa Concordia cruise ship when it crashed into the rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio, in January 2012, is facing 26 years…
Well Connected at Home, Young Malaysian Has an Appetite for New York
In early 2010, a young Malaysian financier named Jho Low began making some very expensive real estate deals in the United States. First, a shell company connected to Mr. Low,…
Big Dipper Drops ‘DA MONEY’ Video Off ‘FREE MONEY’ EP
If you don’t know who Big Dipper is, you’ve been missing out. The Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based queer rapper has a uniquely raw and unapologetic aesthetic that has earned him a substantial…
Stream of Foreign Wealth Flows to Elite New York Real Estate
On the 74th floor of the Time Warner Center, Condominium 74B was purchased in 2010 for $15.65 million by a secretive entity called 25CC ST74B L.L.C. It traces to the…
Kashkari rules out California Senate run
READ: Fiorina says it’s looking more likely she will run for president – But while Kashkari called his ascendance to the upper echelon of California Republican politics a “transformational moment,”…
11-Year-Old Sensation Completely Nails It With ‘Blank Space’ With Dance Remix
Taylor Hatala is giving Taylor Swift a run for her money. The 11-year-old YouTube sensation, famous for her viral “Shake It Off,” “Rude” “All About That Bass” videos, teamed up…
Fiorina: ‘Looking more likely’ I’ll run for president
“Of course people don’t know me and they need to get to know me,” Fiorina said. “Do we need to raise money? Yes. Do we need to raise as much…