Tulips are the new roses
“People are looking to get something extravagant and gorgeous, but as a whole, people are still trying to be conservative. When buying tulips versus roses you can find that bargain,”…
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Greed is back! Stocks at all-time highs
Forget about a 20% drop that would note a bear market. We haven’t had a 10% correction since 2011. The big concerns that spooked investors last month are starting to…
Caterpillar CEO: China’s slowdown is a positive
“We have to be there,” he said. Related: Pollution is driving foreign execs out of China Oil pain hits Big Cat: Caterpillar is also grappling with the dramatic decline in…
Opinion: Why is the West subsidizing Russia?
All of Ukraine’s import requirements could be met if supply flows were reversed and more gas was piped from west to east. The technical means to do this exist. Pipelines…
Europe’s economic engine starts to purr again
The French economy lost momentum in the fourth quarter, while Italy just about managed to avoid a third consecutive quarter of contraction. Still, both countries performed slightly better than expected…
Buying a gun silencer just got a lot easier
Related: Gun silencer sales are booming The federal government categorizes silencers as firearms, even though they are accessories that cannot fire bullets themselves. – The civilian market for silencers soared…
Tim Cook: Privacy is a matter of ‘life and death’
So the FBI can still demand a password to the documents with a warrant. But it can’t secretly grab a key from Apple. The company doesn’t have one. Since then,…
’50 Shades of Grey’ looks for box office love this Valentine’s Day
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Candy Crush vs. Words with Friends: Wall Street’s choice is clear
Investors like what they see. King pulled in $545 million in revenue compared to analyst’s expectation for $515 million. – Perhaps Zynga needs to start playing numbers with friends. Most…
Puerto Rican Powerball winner may be the luckiest
Hail said the Puerto Rican tax code specifies that prizes from lottery winnings are exempt from income tax. Instead, prizes are subject to a special tax, which ranges from 5%…
The easier path to getting rich
Related: 7 Insights for Investors From Peter Thiel’s “Zero to One” These are truly exceptional people who have done truly exceptional things. We should only hope that they get rich…
Geico accused of discriminating against low-income drivers
But the Consumer Federation of California found that this policy was not being offered to some drivers in California who asked for quotes online. It charges that drivers who are…
Sony lets you play PS4 games against celebrities
Related: Sony hacked again as PlayStation goes offline Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by…
In one week, the media world loses four titans
While the loss of Williams and Stewart are perplexing, the loss of Bob Simon and David Carr are beyond tragic. Simon, who died in a car accident on Wednesday night,…
The face of Under Armour’s basketball shoe: Steph Curry
It remains to be seen if the kids will shell out $119.99 for the Curry One shoes. UA (UA) is a relative newcomer to the basketball business and it faces…
Whole Foods is red hot again. Sales are surging.
Supermarket chain Kroge (KR)r made a big push into organic food and its stock has been routinely hitting all-time highs lately thanks to strong results. Whole Foods has also had…
Wedding dresses women want, backed by data
In July, Loverly started digging into this data for trends and discovered that crop tops were trending. That was reinforced during October’s Bridal Fashion Week, where Khalil said “a lot”…
BlackBerry fans rejoice. This gadget is for you
Related: Geolocate your keysor your cat With the help of one of the lead keyboard designers for BlackBerry (BBRY, Tech30), as well as former Nokia (NOK) and Amazon (AMZN, Tech30)…
Paris council to mayor: Go ahead and sue Fox News
Paris city council said the words undermined “the honor and reputation of Paris.” – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for…
Lester Holt, NBC’s marathon man
Holt is “the last guy to complain,” said an NBC source. The nonstop nature of Holt’s work once garnered him the nickname “Iron Pants.” Two sources confirmed the weekend anchoring…
Elon Musk’s ‘insane’ call: Tesla is worth $700 billion
He bases his $700 billion valuation estimate on a couple of assumptions. First, he thinks that the company can continue to report sales increases of 50% a year for the…
New York Times columnist David Carr dead at 58
Carr won plaudits for the book, which he reported over the course of two years. “My story is charming or horrifying, depending on which part of it you focus on,”…
Won the Powerball jackpot? Here comes the taxman
The states have their own tax laws. Powerball tickets weren’t sold in Puerto Rico until as recently as September, in Texas until 2010 and in North Carolina until 2006. The…
What really scared Sony Pictures ex-co-chair Amy Pascal: The hacked emails
The hack also revealed internal data that showed the differences in pay between men and women in Hollywood. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown…
Microsoft fixes a serious 15-year-old bug
An independent researcher, Jeff Schmidt of JAS Global Advisors in Chicago, discovered it while working on another project a year ago. He alerted Microsoft, and they worked together to fix…
The car of the future
“The future of the car is electric, and autonomous,” said Levi Tillemann, a fellow at the New America Foundation and author of “The Great Race: The Global Quest for the…
Is this the world’s most expensive chocolate?
To’ak, means “earth” and “tree” in a fusion of ancient Ecuadorian dialects, said Toth, who co-founded the company in 2013. Operations are split between Chicago and Quito, Ecuador’s capital, which…
Metals exec: 25% of physical gold buyers are crazy
These so-called crazy gold provide lots of business for Kitco. He said their influence is most obvious in the market for smaller units of physical gold between one and 32…
Savers asked to paying interest to banks
Some companies are also able to borrow money from investors for free. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the…
This company is making luxury jewelry with a 3-D printer
So how exactly does a 3-D printer make luxury jewelry? At Polychemy, 3-D printers produce a wax mold that is cast into metal; gems are then set before the entire…