This $3,300 refrigerator has a Keurig coffee maker built in
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Giant GM bus from the ’50s sells for $5 million
The driver’s seat was 10 feet off the ground. Parade organizers had to carefully plan routes to avoid low bridges or other obstacles. Eight tires held its 30,000 pound weight….
Where is Charlie Hebdo? My pursuit of the first copies in America
But places like Albertine and Book Culture, another Manhattan shop, went a different route. The stores made arrangements with Emmanuel Saint-Martin, the owner of a website catering to French ex-pats…
Charlie Hebdo now printing 7 million copies
The magazine’s French distributor, MLP, has been tryingmostly unsuccessfullyto keep pace with demand. Roughly one million copies each were distributed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Technical problems limited the number…
Gaza’s only accelerator gets support from Silicon Valley
There are 1.8 million Palestinians living in Gaza, a strip of land bordered by Israel, the Mediterranean Sea and Egypt. Since 2007, it has been governed by militant organization Hamas,…
7 biggest losers from Swiss currency blowout
UBS predicts the Swiss economy will expand by just 0.5% in 2015, down from an earlier projection of 1.8%. Expectations for 2016 have also been lowered, down to 1.1% from…
Meet the vigilante who hacks jihadists
“You are hosting fajer.info… which provides material support (inc mobile apps) to #ISIS terrorists,” he warned, identifying a specific computer server. At 9:19 p.m., Jester followed up with his signature…
Will Bitcoin ever rebound?
But is it fair to focus on Bitcoin’s price as a measure of failure or success? This is a currency after all. Related: Bitcoin was one of the tech failures…
Why the new Cold War matters
Related: Russia is buying weapons – a lot of them So too is cutting off ties, refusing to engage, reaching for sticks and forgetting the carrots, and writing into law…
More victims of cheap oil: Schlumberger cuts 9,000 jobs
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Warning: Bond rates are going negative
Switzerland isn’t alone in going negative. The yield on short-term government bonds of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, and the Netherlands are all sub-zero. Even short duration U.S. bond rates…
The new Charlie Hebdo is on sale in Paris
The initial plan called for 3 million copies to be distributed in France and other countries, a fifty-fold increase from Charlie Hebdo’s typical weekly circulation of 60,000. But the new…
Stop this stock market ride! I want to get off!
Oil prices actually stabilized on Wednesday. But the large drop in crude that started last fall and has continued into 2015 has definitely been one reason why traders have been…
Cheap oil can be good for stock market
The stock market shrugged off the turmoil in oil as well. The S&P 500 rose nearly 15% in 1986 and the Dow gained about 23%even though crude prices plummeted more…
The best blood test you’ll ever take
But Inside Tracker found some other issues in my blood test. For instance, I had no idea that I have very low testosterone (insert joke here). Related: Aetna raises its…
RadioShack may be preparing for bankruptcy
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America has about 5 million job openings. We’re ‘near normal’
Buzz about new jobs: There’s also anecdotal evidence that more Americans are getting jobs. A popular trend on photo-sharing site Instagram is to take a photo of yourself on your…
Apple’s new security feature not good enough
“It is amazing how much access one can get,” she said, pointing out what happens if someone breaks into a person’s iMessage. “Imagine that a hacker gained credentials of someone…
Blackberry soars 30% on reports of Samsung bid
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Tesla stock: Time to ditch it?
But Musk is hoping that Tesla will one day have a car for the masses. The upcoming Model III, which is tentatively due to be released in 2017, is expected…
The American Dream is coming back
For example, the percentage of part-time employees who want full-time work but can’t find it has dropped from 29.9% to 25.6%. One area where we have yet to see improvement…
The almighty U.S. dollar could soon equal the euro
Europe’s rescue plan will hurt the euro: The euro weakness makes sense given the continent’s economic struggles. Growth has been virtually nonexistent and unemployment is stuck near record highs. Things…
London homes are worth $2 trillion
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Ford unveils new GT supercar
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Mood Map: How the results are calculated
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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…
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…
Uber slashes prices in 48 cities
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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…