The Dirty Little Secret About Location-Targeted Mobile Ads
Tom MacIsaac is the CEO of Verve, a leader in location-based mobile advertising.As Sir Martin Sorrell said, location targeting in mobile is the holy grail of marketing. Reaching consumers when they are...
View ArticleWhat It Took For One Woman To Pay Off $25,000 Of Debt In Two Years
It’s cool that Zooey Deschanel saves for retirement and some celebs love to discount shop, but we’re less wowed by those feats because they’re, well, rich and famous.We are, however, very inspired by...
View ArticleThe Happiest And Saddest States According To Twitter
Sorry, Louisiana, you are the saddest state. And Hawaii (shocker!) you are the happiest. That's according to a team at the Vermont Complex Systems Center, who posted their new analysis of 10 million...
View ArticleNever Trust The First 'Good Faith' Mortgage Estimate A Lender Gives You
When you’re in the process of buying a property and financing your purchase, you probably would like to make sure your lender is giving you a fair deal. In order to make that determination, you need to...
View ArticleNetanyahu Breaks Silence With Denial About 'Prisoner X'
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, deepened the mystery surrounding the suspected Mossad agent, Ben Zygier by firmly rejecting reports he had "contact" with Australian intelligence before his...
View ArticleZappos CEO Tony Hsieh Says Having Your Own Corner Office Is Like Living In...
Tony Hsieh talks about his Internet juggernaut Zappos in the same way that urban planners talk about cities. In fact, the language is uncanny. He believes the best ideas – and the best form of...
View ArticleNorth Korea Threatens South Korea With 'Final Destruction'
South Korea faces "final destruction" if Seoul and its allies continue to push for tougher UN resolutions against North Korea's nuclear programme, Pyongyang warned Tuesday."We have never recognised the...
View ArticleAn Ivy League University Wants To Recruit Local Immigrants For An...
Should one of America’s most well-regarded universities be affiliated with the military’s interrogation program and, by extension, its ongoing operations to identify and eliminate terrorist...
View ArticleAn OfficeMax-Office Depot Merger Could Work Because People Get Them Confused
News outlets are reporting today that OfficeMax and Office Depot are apparently considering a merger.The move makes sense for many reasons. The combination will result in significant cost reductions....
View Article11 Pinterest Profiles That Will Make You Better With Money
I used to read blogs for fun. Now, the blogosphere is so cluttered that I turn to Pinterest for a refreshing browse.Savvy social media users are no strangers to Pinterest, though the pinboard-style...
View ArticleMexican Farmers Are Becoming Vigilantes To Fight Drug Cartels
AYUTLA - In the southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, residents of about 15 municipalities have decided to form a “community police” to confront the drug cartels.Please follow International on...
View ArticleIt's Easier Than Ever To Profit From International Investing
Global corporations Sinopec, Vitol, Total and Glencore each earn at least $200 billion in annual sales -- but you've probably never heard of them.It's the lack of familiarity with the world's top...
View ArticleDonald Trump Wants To Sue The Guy Who Begged Macy's To Dump His Products
Donald Trump is threatening an online internet campaigner with a $25m lawsuit over a campaign to encourage Macy's to drop Trump's products from its shelves and his face from its advertising.Angelo...
View ArticleRevelations About Adam Lanza's Mental Health Still Don't Explain His Violence
Frontlinefinally aired the findings of its weeks-long investigation into Sandy Hook shooter Adam Lanza, his mother, and his mental health on Tuesday night. Answers were not among the findings. Okay,...
View ArticleWall Street Banks Are More Dangerous Than Ever
Just how big are the biggest US banks, and how safe are they? When trying to figure all that out, it makes a big difference if you are analyzing them according to US accounting standards or...
View ArticlePeople Have Been Crash Dieting For Over 2,000 Years
Pre-20th-century dietsIn Calories & Corsets: a History of Dieting over 2,000 years, Louise Foxcroft shows that worrying about our food habits, and trying to change them, isn't a modern phenomenon....
View ArticleDo Women Undermine Themselves With Punctuation??!!!!:)
The other week we discussed the power of body language. But another kind of language that can be just as powerful is the kind we convey virtually: emails.Women tend to put more emotion and...
View ArticleWhy Clarence Thomas Writes His Opinions In Plain English
When Clarence Thomas led the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission, he fought to make it handicapped accessible."I firmly believed, how can we talk about all these theoretical issues when there are...
View ArticleTurning Away Customers Is A Great Strategy For Domino's In India
My colleague Sunil pointed me a neat article on Domino’s Pizza’s Indian operations. While the chain long ago gave up on an explicit delivery time guarantee, their Indian franchisee Jubilant Foodworks...
View ArticleMan Arrested For Harassing Baby Manatee In Florida
The incriminating images show Ryan William Waterman, 21, and his two children petting a manatee calf at Taylor Creek in Fort Pierce last month, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
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