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Bacteria Is Turning Toxic Gold Flakes Into Little Gold Nuggets
Among the more peculiar organisms that inhabit our Earth exists a bacterium that turns water-soluble gold into microscopic nuggets of solid gold, scientists said Sunday.Chemists have often pondered why...
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Yum CEO: There's Not Much We Can Do To 'Turn The Tide' In China Right Now (YUM)
(Reuters) - KFC parent Yum Brands Inc on Tuesday said time, not ad spending, is the cure for a steep sales decline at its restaurants in China that was sparked by a food safety scare late last year.The...
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Piracy Sites Are Raking In Ad Money From Some Of The World's Biggest Brands
Sites such as Pirate Bay often portray themselves as altruistic, non-profit "freedom fighters", when the truth is they're nothing of the sort – their exploitation of artists for their own monetary gain...
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Here Are The 10 Tax Filing Mistakes You Have To Avoid
We know why you’re here.It’s OK–fearing tax season is perfectly reasonable because when it comes to deductions, credits and filing status, there’s a lot to learn–and mess up. (Don’t shoot the...
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US Prosecutor Says He's Not Planning On Filing Criminal Charges Against Lance...
US prosecutors said Tuesday they have no plans to press criminal charges against cycling cheat Lance Armstrong, despite his confession that he owes his Tour de France victories to illegal doping.US...
View ArticleFrench Government Fears 'Social Implosions Or Explosions'
The daily drumbeat of layoff and plant-closure announcements in France has been riling up desperate workers who who have little hope of finding a job elsewhere, with unemployment at 10.5%.But now the...
View ArticleWe Asked Great Investment Minds How To Invest In Post-Recession America
The financial crisis that tanked global stock markets and sent unemployment surging began more than five years ago. But we're still very much healing.Stock prices are still below pre-recession highs,...
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10 Stellar Travel Apps You've Probably Never Heard Of
Traveling is expensive enough—save your money for the actual trip by downloading these helpful and little-known travel apps that are all free.From personalized audio tours to currency converters to...
View ArticleNEW CONNEXION FOR RUSSIA’S TRUNK LINE TO TASHKENT — THE CASE OF BEKHZOD AKHMEDOV
By John Helmer, MoscowInterpol publishes the names of less than a third of the people identified by Red Notices as wanted for arrest. That’s so fugitives can’t know the risks of apprehension they run...
View ArticleThe World Economy Is Pushing The Planet Beyond Safe Operating Conditions
ADDIS ABABA – What does the future hold for the global economy? Will living standards rise worldwide, as today’s poor countries leapfrog technologies to catch up with richer countries? Or will...
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Quantitative Easing For Dummies
A PeakProsperity.com reader recently lamented:I have been trying to get my head around the mechanism of QE. Not being an economist or experienced investor I don't really understand a lot of the jargon....
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Fed Confirms That Hackers Breached Its Internal Site
WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that one of its internal websites had been briefly breached by hackers, though no critical functions of the U.S. central bank were...
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Chinese Media Urge 'Heavy Price' For North Korea Nuclear Test
China should exact a "heavy price" from North Korea if it carries out a planned nuclear test, state media has declared, in an unusually strongly-worded call for action.Beijing, which has stressed calm...
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The Best Jobs In Business Right Now
Business jobs are diverse in practice but share a common denominator: money.Some business professionals partner with companies to study the intersection between data and consumer behavior; the intent...
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Putin Demands That The Russian Olympic Committee Fire One Of Its VPs
SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A year before the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics begin, President Vladimir Putin has demanded that a senior member of the Russian Olympic Committee be fired.Putin's move came after he...
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This Drone War Leads Back To A Single Legal Paragraph
In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama declared that “a decade of war is now ending.”White House press secretary Jay Carney later said there was “no question” that the U.S. conflict...
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Anyone Can Find A CPA –– The Trick Is Finding A Good One
Everybody knows how to find a CPA. But very few know how to find a good CPA.And having a good CPA can make all the difference.Over the last 30 years as a financial advisor, I’ve seen the good, bad and...
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There's A Point When Saving Does More Financial Harm Than Good
You hear a lot about the dangers of overspending.Yet most people hardly ever mention oversaving – which is just as financially destructive.Rather than simply avoiding spending, seeking a balance...
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The Ravens' Epic Kickoff Return Touchdown Cost A Furniture Store $600,000
When the Baltimore Ravens' Jacoby Jones opened the second half of the Super Bowl with a 108-yard kickoff return, he didn't just put the game out of reach and tie a postseason record.As it turns out, he...
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New Evidence Suggests That Yes, It Was An Asteroid That Killed The Dinosaurs
The idea that a cosmic impact ended the age of dinosaurs in what is now Mexico now has fresh new support, researchers say.The most recent and most familiar mass extinction is the one that finished the...
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