Yahoo To Avoid Billions In Taxes By Spinning Off Alibaba Stake
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is spinning off the company’s prized stake in China’s Alibaba Group Holding in a move that will let Yahoo avoid paying billions in future taxes. A…
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is spinning off the company’s prized stake in China’s Alibaba Group Holding in a move that will let Yahoo avoid paying billions in future taxes. A…
Follow Us: Get the Upshot in your Inbox JAN. 27, 2015 Neil Irwin – The same forces that led to a rising dollar in recent months have meant lower long-term…
As in years past, far more men than women attended the World Economic Forum in Davos. Only 17 percent of the 2,500 participants at this year’s gathering were women. However,…
The following post first appeared on FactCheck.org. Mitt Romney said that under President Obama “there are more people in poverty in America than ever before.” That’s true, but the poverty…
WASHINGTON, Jan 26 (Reuters) – Obamacare will cost 7 percent less than expected over the next decade for federal subsidies to help lower-income people pay for private health insurance, congressional…
Obama approval hits a milestone on Gallup’s daily tracking. Open-ended questions show two very different nomination contests brewing. And the nation is bitterly divided by those who think the Patriots…
Your ponytail is shrinking…or your part’s getting wider…or there’s more hair in the shower drain. Take heart — you’re not alone. According to New York City dermatologist Neil Sadick, MD,…
For many people, it’s hard to imagine life without the Internet. Sure, having web access lets us update our Instagram feeds or look up Oreo cheesecake recipes — nothing too…
In his State of the Union address last week, President Barack Obama cheered rising wages. What he didn’t mention is that much of the income gained since the recession has…
The study, in JAMA Internal Medicine, included 2,642 people, average age 74. Half the participants were women, 62 percent were white and 38 percent were African-American. All were free of…
ATHENS, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Greeks vote on Sunday in a historic election expected to bring in a government led by the leftwing Syriza party, which has promised to take…
Americans expect Obama to accomplish less in the next two years, but his ratings are rising anyway. And historical precedents points to a close race in 2016. This is HuffPollster…
You might try setting your wake-up alarm earlier and exercising before breakfast. There is some evidence that working out on a completely empty stomach — or, as scientists call this…
Jan 22 (Reuters) – JPMorgan Chase & Co paid Chief Executive Jamie Dimon a first cash bonus in three years, part of a total 2014 pay package of $20 million…
In comparison to recent years, vinyl has made a significant surge, clawing back from what seemed like extinction. With a 52 percent increase in vinyl purchase in 2014, hitting the…
There’s a lot of uncertainty about how much money Uber drivers make and whether being an Uber driver is, as the company says, an ideal part-time job. Uber released a…
* ECB launches bond-buying program with new money * Amounts to 60 bln euros a month together with existing schemes * Program to run until end-September 2016 * National central…
BY KATHRYN DOYLE Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:50pm EST (Reuters Health) – Although pediatric high cholesterol levels in the U.S. have gone down since 1999, about one in 10 kids…
The federal health authorities reported Thursday that nearly one third of women of reproductive age had had an opioid painkiller prescription filled every year between 2008 and 2012. Experts said…
Every time you witness homophobic bigotry on the Internet, remember this: By and large, America is ready and willing to support gay professional athletes. Seventy-three percent of Americans say they…
It’s tough being a Republican presidential hopeful these days. The GOP’s hard-core conservative base vociferously opposes same-sex marriage, but American voters overall support it. More than one-third think they’d be…
Bad news, New Yorkers: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has voted to raise fares for subway and bus riders, as well as MetroCard holders. The MTA board approved the fare hike…
State of the Union watchers think Obama’s speech was better than last year’s. Few Americans tuned in but those that did were active on social media. And the margin of…
If you’ve considered birth control over the past few years, chances are you’ve had at least one friend wax enthusiastic about an intrauterine device, or IUD. The method, which is…
WASHINGTON — Americans who watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address largely approved, giving him better marks than they did for last year’s speech, according to instant polling…
Two new national polls confirm that President Obama’s approval rating is rising. Among Republicans, Mitt Romney has a higher favorable rating than Jeb Bush. And 2014 was a rocky year…
Sleep takes up one-third of our lives, but it puzzles us so much. Many of us are tired all the time — 40 percent of Americans sleep less than the…
Shares of Netflix surged more than 13 percent in after-hours trading on Tuesday, after the company reported subscriber growth that topped its own forecasts. The world’s biggest subscription streaming service…
The U.S. may not have “risen from recession” quite as rousingly as President Barack Obama suggested in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night. Seven years after that severe…
Given how much we know about the importance of getting enough good-quality sleep, facing insomnia without worry and fear can be tough. Insomnia has been linked with a greater likelihood…