Radioshack declares bankruptcy
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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…
Fly business class to London for 50% less
Other upstarts have tried to grab a slice of the lucrative transatlantic business travel market before. Three all-business operatorsEos Airlines, MAXjet and Sliverjethad all collapsed by 2008. A fourth, L’Avion…
Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht found guilty on all counts.
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Petrobras chief resigns amid corruption scandal
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American whiskey popularity grows overseas
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OPEC leader sees oil prices shooting back to $200 a barrel
Underinvestment leads to a shortage: The Secretary-General said that, “if you don’t invest in oil and gas, you will see more than $200” when it comes to future oil prices….
Stocks plunge, but bonds are still red hot
And the dollar is on fire right now. Higher interest rates and strong currencies often go together like peanut butter and jelly. But it all comes down to safety. Investors…
Another new record for Super Bowl streaming
An NBC Sports spokesman said the average streaming viewership number is not yet available. Even with a peak of 1.3 million simultaneous viewers, the online streams account for barely 1/100th…
Half of Super Bowl ads had hashtags
“Preventable ads are the #1 cause of death among our multi-year ad contracts. #MakeSafeHappen,” tweeted Sean Davis, chief operating officer at Media Trackers. Related: Super Bowl advertisers ‘are on trial’…
Pint of hypocrisy? Bud makes fun of craft beer in Super Bowl ad
At the time, former Anheuser-Busch president David Peacock said that the company was “very committed to expanding in the high end beer segment, and this deal expands our portfolio of…
The shotgun silencer: Not really silent
The noise generated by the shotgun when fired was 155 decibels, as measured by SilencerCo. The American-Speech-Language-Hearing Association rates that level as “painful” and compares it to “fireworks at three…
The tale of the missing Super Bowl I tape
The Paley Center for Media, a cultural organization, restored the recordingoriginally on two-inch quadruplex tapesbut “we keep it locked up in a vault,” said Ron Simon, Paley’s curator. Simon has…
What Super Bowl? The Ad Bowl has already begun
The game will feature 15 first-time Super Bowl advertisers. “If you would have told me 10 years ago that Chevy wouldn’t be in the Super Bowl, but that Wix.com or…
Texas banker: Let the reckless oil companies die
More job cuts ahead: Yet Evans said the industry shouldn’t fear this looming shakeout. “That’s good. That’s healthy. Even the good companies got sloppy. And others were in the business…
Anheuser-Busch is a ‘Super’ stock
Doritos will once again be running an ad created by consumersnot Madison Avenue ad agenciesthat was voted as the best of a bunch of entries by fans in an online…
Here’s how your desk should be organized
It’s also best to group like items together. “All your office supplies should be kept together, not split up in multiple drawers,” said Andrew Mellen, a professional organizer. More Tips:…
Seahawks v. Patriots: How do the fans measure up?
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Is this tech firm the Super Bowl’s next GoDaddy?
Related: Victoria’s Secret supermodels in Super Bowl gear Wix is hoping to take a play from Apple’s book — and make a name for its brand with the 100 million…
Will the Super Bowl get record ratings?
Prediction: 115.5 million “One of the few givens of a Super Bowl broadcast is that the game will set a new broadcast record. This year’s game features the two best…
Nickelodeon to launch direct-to-consumer service
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Ford promises bounce back year
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Chris Messina: Why I choose non-monogamy
Personally, I’m in a monogamish relationship. We’re committed to each other, but have a porous boundary around our relationship, meaning we’ve agreed that it’s OK for either of us to…
Shake Shack set to shake up Wall Street
Expanding … but not too quickly. The company currently operates just 63 restaurants worldwidebut 16 of them are in the metropolitan New York City area. And Shake Shack has already…
Oil crash: ‘Drill, baby, drill’ loses momentum
“Whenever prices crashand this is a once-in-a-generation crashyou’ll see the rig counts drop,” said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at the Oil Price Information Service. To be clear, U.S. oil…
Why neon is taking over the world
Sports uniform makers have gotten the message. Nike (NKE) redesigned the Super-Bowl-bound Seattle Seahawks’ uniforms in 2012 to include neon green highlights and trim. Nike also designed the highlighter-like Australian…
Did Fox and NBC get Bowe Bergdahl story wrong?
Bergdahl, a prisoner of the Taliban for five years, was released last summer in exchange for five Guantanamo Bay detainees. He indeed may be charged with desertion, and CNN’s Barbara…
Can Apple live up to the iHype?
Repeat success? Still, Wall Street wants Apple to do more than beat expectations, it wants the tech giant to crush them. Apple has beaten consensus earnings estimates for the past…
Yahoo soars on Alibaba spinoff
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