Apple’s MLK Day honors stir controversy
“There is no greater way to celebrate [King’s] legacy than to serve the communities where we live and work,” wrote Denise Young Smith, head human resources at Apple, in a…
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“There is no greater way to celebrate [King’s] legacy than to serve the communities where we live and work,” wrote Denise Young Smith, head human resources at Apple, in a…
“Our Super Bowl ad promised a new and improved RadioShack. And one of the keys to any successful rebranding effort is ensuring that there is consistency between the brand messaging…
“God gave us 10 styluses. Let’s not invent another,” Jobs said about the project, according to Walter Isaacson’s biography. Yet Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities said the widely expected 12.9-inch…
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Overall, this weekend’s conference championships averaged 46.1 million viewers. While high, these totals were down from the comparable week last year, when 55.9 million viewers watched the NFC championship and…
Saudi Arabia, which has long played the balancing role in world oil marketspumping more when demand is strong, trimming supply when it slowshas had enough. It’s time for other producers,…
Related: Falling oil’s next victim: banks Fed, earnings loom: Investors also remain antsy about when the Federal Reserve will attempt to slowly hike rates after years of keeping them incredibly…
Furthermore, Biard said “we must stop declaring that those who write and draw are ‘provocateurs,’ and are throwing gas on the fire. We must not place thinkers and artists in…
Related: Murdoch and Fox draw online backlash “No-go zones” have been a theme on Fox. Critics have accused the network of advancing a frightening narrative that demeans peaceful Muslims. Earlier…
Require paid sick leave: Obama backs a proposed law that would allow workers who don’t already receive paid sick time to accumulate up to seven days each year. (A study…
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….
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…
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…
FXCM said it is “actively discussing alternatives” to restore its capital levels, but didn’t give any specifics about those talks. Investment bank Jefferies Group is in conversations with FXCM over…
“It’s an adventure to buy milk, sugar, flour, oil, meat,” says Rodriguez, listing many other items. “The life of Venezuelans has changed a lot. It is sad to see.” Related:…
He also speculated that the $1.50 figure includes both Fox News and its much smaller sibling Fox Business. “They are getting more aggressive with that channel,” he said. The new…
It’s safe: The organizers don’t release specific information, but it is estimated that around 5,000 Swiss troops, police and security personnel guard the town. It’s pricey: The ticket is around…
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,…
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…
He invested $20,000 of his own funds and partnered with a U.S. manufacturer to make beer tables with two to four self-service taps. In February 2009, Goodman landed his first…
“If you’re a small bank in Texas or North Dakota, the risk goes well beyond drilling for oil or gas. You funded the mobile homes that workers live in, the…
The current strategy is clearly not working. The lower and middle classes are carrying the burden. We’ve regained competitiveness only by depressing domestic demand and increasing unemployment. Austerity has exacerbated…
“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…
The magazine’s so-called “survivors’ issue,” published Wednesday, expressed appreciation for the outpouring of public support after the January 7 attack. The support continues, with sellouts at newsstands across Paris on…
Backlash from fans and critics was fervent. “It’s a movie about blacks being shut out of society. … And now we’re shut out of Hollywood,” Al Sharpton told the New…
Even though the unemployment rate has dropped to its lowest level since mid-2008, Americans are still finding it challenging to land a job. That’s particularly true among those age 50…
Related: Target shuts down in Canada Fleeting holiday cheer: Some investors are hopping off that treadmill. Best Buy’s shares plummeted 15% Thursday morning, knocking them into the red for the…
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…
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…
Walker, now co-owner of oilfield services company Frontier Services, learned to keep cash on hand and avoid loading up on debt to pay for equipment. “I may have to get…