NFL’s domestic violence Super Bowl spot: ‘It’s up to us to listen’
The NFL has a deal to run spots during every game that’s broadcast, and it sometimes uses them to address public relations issues like serious player injuries. NoMore.org ran dozens…
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Google Fiber expands to four more cities
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Blizzard 2015: There’s a run on toilet paper
Customers also seem concerned about keeping the lights on and staying warm. Duraflame log sales jumped up too, according to Putterman. Walmart (WMT) sold out of eggs Sunday night in…
IBM disputes report of 112,000 layoffs
IBM analysts are skeptical of the report too. “I don’t know if the report’s right or wrong, but I believe it’s very likely a gross exaggeration,” said Frank Gens, chief…
Blizzard of 2015: Winners and losers
–Hardware stores and gas stations: Nothing sells shovels like a snowstorm. There’s also a spike in interest for ice scrapers, sand, salt, snow blowers and gas to run them. This…
This money manager hates Carl Icahn
Related: Icahn is battling the workers’ union of the Taj Mahal casino But Scherrer said his firm first invested in eBay because it believed it is better off with PayPal….
Barbie-maker Mattel CEO out as sales falter
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Hashtag #money. The business of the pound sign
Anyone can use the platform’s basic features for freebut businesses can pay for services like embedding a Tagboard page on their site or using more than one hashtags. The startup…
Syriza won, so what’s next for Greece?
3) Restructure debt: Here’s where the battle really begins. Greece’s new guard wants austerity measures such as tax hikes and government spending cuts to be revised. But the country’s international…
This Chinese brand is worth more than Alibaba
Related: Jack Ma: Alibaba is still a baby Millward Brown, owned by WPP (WPPGY), said that more competition can be expected between Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu (BIDU, Tech30) — China’s…
To avoid Sony’s fate, companies play war games
“What this is at its heart is a critical decision-making game,” said Craig Stronberg, a consultant at the firm who designed the game. Related: Obamacare site tells marketers you smoke…
How to skip the pre-blizzard frenzy in stores
The list of most requested items for New Yorkers include: Water Flashlights Snow boots and snow pants Pet food Candles Alcohol Prescriptions Mac chargers – Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc….
Microsoft sales soar, thanks to its non-Windows products
–Xbox won the holiday season, beating the Sony (SNE) PlayStation 4. Microsoft sold 6.6 million Xbox Ones, which is more than it sold a year ago. But Xbox revenue was…
Ex-employee of Fox-owned station commits suicide outside 21st Century Fox HQ
Perea did not work at Fox News Channel. But he invoked the cable news channel’s name in online complaints. Perea had posted a long list of YouTube videos titled “American…
Exclusive: Amazon’s script for making movies
He said Amazon would like to begin streaming its own original movies on Amazon Prime Instant Video later this year. But the release strategy will really ramp up next year,…
Apple Pay won’t add to Apple’s profit
Related: Apple Pay is a win for (smart) retailers Yet with Apple taking just 0.15% of every Apple transaction, all that love and goodwill isn’t going to add anything significant…
ID thieves stealing tax refunds still a big problem, IRS says
“Taxpayers should protect their computers and only give out their Social Security numbers when absolutely necessary,” said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in a statement Monday. More specifically, the IRS recommends…
Muslim Woman Sues Police For Forcing Her To Remove Hijab
A Muslim woman who was forced to remove her hijab by police in Michigan claims her religious rights were violated, and she’s hoping a civil rights lawsuit will ensure other…
Is your target-date fund ripping you off?
Meanwhile, the younger investors in the Target 2050 funds are decades away from retirement and should be in funds with returns that are on the higher end of the range….
Look out: Big week ahead for stock market
Big tech week: Investors are looking to tech companies to lift the market higher now that energy firms and banks are struggling. It’s been a record year for Apple, which…
When Silicon Valley takes LSD
Tim Ferriss, a Silicon Valley investor and author of “The 4-Hour Workweek,” says he knows many successful entrepreneurs who dabble in psychedelics. “The billionaires I know, almost without exception, use…
Mike Judge on (the lack of) sex in Silicon Valley
We’ve had things happen where we put something in the show that we made up, and then it really happens, in between the time we did it and when the…
Are smart drugs driving Silicon Valley?
The idea: mix and match enough of them to find the killer combo; the winning blend is what’s known as a “stack.” Asprey’s stack is ever evolving as he experiments…
Inside a high-tech San Francisco swinger’s party
“We are in Silicon Valley,” says Stella, an engineer who attends. “People here don’t have a very high tolerance for bad websites.” Stella has been with her husband, Greg, both…
I have a fiancé, a girlfriend and two boyfriends
Han compares her experimentation with her relationship to the experimentation that happens in the Bay Area, a mecca for entrepreneurs who question the way things work. “I think that in…
I did LSD with Steve Jobs
“We were monk-wannabes,” Kottke said. They were on a quest to better understand consciousness using an LSD varietal known as Orange Sunshine as their Sherpa. “We were … in a…
‘American Sniper’ Triggers Flood Of Anti-Muslim Venom, Civil Rights Group Warns
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee said this week that threats against Muslims and Arabs have soared following the release of “American Sniper,” a hugely popular and hugely controversial film. Threats reported…
Human Rights Groups Press Obama on India
NEW DELHI — A year after the arrest of an Indian diplomat accused of exploiting a domestic worker in New York ruptured relations, India and the United States have put…
George Takei: Buddhism ‘Made A Lot Of Sense For Me’
George Takei is an actor, a social media star, and a gay rights activist. – Read George Takei’s entire blog on Lion’s Roar.
Indiana church sues JPMorgan for millions
Not wanting to burden the church with handling such a large endowment, Lilly appointed three banksIndiana National Bank, American Fletcher National Bank and Trust and Merchants National Bank & Trust…