United won’t take its $70 first-class tickets
In the past, several airlines, including United Airlines (UAL), have honored “mistake fares” that offered tickets for as little as $5. Delta (DAL) also honored a similar fare in 2013….
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Banks awarding ‘lottery prizes’ for savings accounts
“Literally, you can’t lose,” said Kilmer. “The worst that happens is you save a bunch of money, and the best thing is you win a cash prize.” Most of the…
Tesla misses, but SUV buzz builds
The company expects to deliver 55,000 Model S and X vehicles in the coming year. That would be a 70% increase over the number of vehicles it shipped in 2014….
Brian Williams is benched. Now NBC must rebuild
Williams was, until this week, the country’s highest-rated news anchor. He is said to believe that he can stage a comeback and earn the “second chance” that NBCUniversal CEO Steve…
These stars got their start on Jon Stewart’s ‘Daily Show’
Before he was Michael Scott of NBC’s “The Office,” Steve Carell was also a correspondent for Stewart from 1999 to 2005. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market…
You can now get your hands on this super-rare Android phone
People who buy their phones on Tuesdays will receive invites to share with their friends. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time,…
NBC’s fact-checking of Brian Williams will be finished ‘sooner rather than later’
At least one NBC correspondent is also involved: Kate Snow, a national correspondent who joined NBC from ABC in 2010. When Williams had a prime time newsmagazine called “Rock Center,”…
NBC: Brian Williams suspended for 6 months
For NBC News, the rolling calamity began last last month when Williams paid tribute on his newscast to a soldier who had provided security to the anchor and his NBC…
Anonymous: We’ve taken down 800 ISIS Twitter accounts
Its campaign against ISIS was triggered by the bloody attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in January, in which 12 people were murdered. – Most stock quote data provided…
Jon Stewart to sign off ‘Daily Show’
Colbert’s successor Larry Wilmore started a new program, “The Nightly Show,” that now follows “The Daily Show.” – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in…
Red flag: Dot-com era valuations are back in IPO market
“With biotech, people are gambling on a blockbuster drug, even though they know that most will never develop one,” explains Ritter. Investors may not care that some biotech are unprofitable…
Qualcomm survives its brush with Chinese regulators
Related: China crackdown makes it harder to get around the Great Firewall – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the…
Automakers don’t protect you enough from car hackers, senator says
Cars are now connected to the Internet. That means someday in the not-too-distant future, a hacker could knock your car off the highway. Senator Markey’s staff found that 100% of…
Matchmakers predict the future of love
“People already talk about loving their iPhones,” she said. “It seems like it could be part of the trajectory in 50 or 100 years.” Related: Money can buy you love…
We want your love: Apps compete for online daters
For now, most dating startups are laser focused on growing their user base. “I think 10 or 15 launch every week, and at the end of the year, about one…
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough: ‘We all make bad mistakes’
She said she has been “kind of horrified by the pile-on that I’m seeing out there,” adding, “I guess it’s part of the game and Brian would know that, too….
Greek Finance Minister pledges deep reform after PM rattles markets
Related: Alan Greenspan: The euro is doomed Neither Tsipras nor Varoufakis has laid out specifically how their government would bridge the revenue gap. – “And the world economy — the…
Odds of winning the Powerball jackpot: One in 175,000,000
It’s far more likely that you’ll crushed by an asteroid that falls out of the sky (one in 700,000) – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are…
Russia: How long until the economy cracks?
Russia needs reserves for imports, but also to service $600 billion worth of foreign debtmost of it held by Russian companies and banks. Depending on who you ask, the crunch…
You can buy Warren Buffett’s Cadillac
The Cadillac, with only 20,000 miles on it, has leather in the interior with heated and cooled power seats, automatically dimming side mirrors, a parking sensor system and it is…
Will Brian Williams keep his date with David Letterman?
Williams was on a second helicopter, which did not come under RPG fire. The possibility that Williams may return to the same late-night show where he exaggerated his Iraq story…
Siemens to axe 7,800 jobs
Siemens expanded its energy operations last year by buying Dresser-Rand (DRC) for $7.6 billiononly to see the oil prices halve within six months. – Most stock quote data provided by…
That’s too bad: Goldman Sachs says Lloyd Blankfein Twitter account is fake
Goldman Sachsthrough its verified Twitter accountquickly shot down the hoax. “Sorry to disappoint, but @LCBlankfein is not the real Blankfein,” the bank wrote. – Most stock quote data provided by…
TV industry is asking: Can Brian Williams survive this?
“NBC News is dawdling. They need to suspend Brian Williams and announce a process that includes press access and an internal investigation,” former MSNBC.com editor in chief Merrill Brown wrote…
RadioShack employees: Tales from the walking dead
“When they converted me to a clearance store, I knew that was a death knell,” said one manager whose store shuttered on Sunday. “I feel the company has been mismanaged…
Illegal ways people are nabbing bigger tax credits
So by falsely inflating their income to, say, $14,000, they could qualify for the full $5,460. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real…
Radioshack declares bankruptcy
But closing stores is expensive, due to the cost of severance, liquidating merchandise and paying penalties to get out of leases. – Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market…
Toyota to pay $11.4 million in fatal Camry crash
Lee and his family were not harmed in the accident. In 2008, Lee was sentenced to eight years in prison for criminally negligent homicide. – Most stock quote data provided…
FCC chairman: Here’s how I want to regulate the Internet
This addresses a real problem. For example, Verizon blocked Google Wallet back in 2011. Verizon also blocked the PayPal app’s fingerprint authorization this year. But some things are still unclear….
Strong dollar winners: All-American stocks
So who are some of these companies with almost all their eggs in a stars and stripes basket? They are in a wide range of industries. Here’s a sampling of…