Brands Are Now Hiring YouTube Celebrities To Pitch Products
Effectively targeting and relating to audiences is still an evolving process for many brands. Initially, online marketing took a billboard approach to branding: If you build it, they will come. A...
View ArticleSaudi Arabia May Run Out Of Oil To Export By 2030
A report by Citigroup has warned that Saudi Arabia could run out of oil to export by 2030, raising fears that oil prices may rise significantly in coming years. A report by Citigroup has warned that...
View ArticleDrakerider The Newest iOS RPG From Square Enix
Square Enix has been on a tear of late, at least when it comes to iOS role-playing games. Last week, it was a Final Fantasy Dimensions and a DS port of The World Ends with You. This week, it's the...
View ArticleSex Talk Makes For More Satisfying Sex
Getting comfortable with communicating about sex may translate to benefits in the bedroom — especially if the lines of communication are open during the act. New research finds that comfort with...
View ArticleFinally! Rents Around The Country Are Beginning To Ease Up
Recent reports have shown home prices rising, especially in the housing markets which were hardest hit in the crash. Investors, buying in bulk, have been swarming these distressed markets, seeking to...
View ArticleAfter 35 Years, Voyager 1 Still Has A Long Way To Travel Before Leaving The...
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft, which launched 35 years ago today (Sept. 5), surprisingly may have far more to travel before it leaves the solar system, researchers say. How much more is up for debate....
View ArticleWorld's Richest Woman Calls For Australian Workers Wage Cut
The world's richest woman, mining magnate Gina Rinehart, has sparked a political storm by saying that Australian workers should take a wage cut to be more competitive with African workers on $2 a day....
View ArticleNationalism and Frankenfood: the Hunan GM Rice Scandal
A lot of folks here in China are up in arms about a joint research project that involved feeding genetically modified rice to some kids in Hunan Province for six months. The criticism has taken on an...
View ArticleFISHING FOR RUSSIAN ALUMINIUM IN THE WRONG PLACE CAN GET YOU KILLED – IN NOVELS
By John Helmer, Moscow In the wasted human life department, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom are currently the front-runners. With one down (Libya) and three and a half wars...
View ArticleAngela Merkel's Trip To China Was Far More Successful Than Hillary Clinton's
Bring home the bacon, or the speck, as it were, was the guiding principle for German Chancellor Angela Merkel when she frolicked in China last week. But her pleas to get the Chinese to buy the crappy...
View ArticleA 4-Year-Old Girl Hid With The Bodies Of Her Parents After Her Family Were...
A four-year-old girl and her older sister were under "extremely high" protection as police hunted for the attacker who gunned down her mother, father and grandmother at a French beauty spot. The...
View ArticleCORNELL LAW PROFESSOR: Stop Thinking That Nothing Is More Important Than...
Cornell Law School’s Lynn Stout is challenging the cherished idea that nothing is more important than share price. Ideas have consequences, we all know, but some have more consequence than others. If...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know About Your Job Interviewer
Ever wonder what's going through the mind of the person sitting across from you at your job interview? Here are 10 things that you might not realize about your job interviewer. 1. We want to find the...
View ArticleBeing A Pessimist May Actually Help Your Finances
Presumably, you wouldn’t mind being richer, happier or healthier. Which do you think is a better way to get there: A) think positively about how it will feel when you achieve your goal or B) worry...
View ArticleThe 1% Don't Have Any Investing Skills The 99% Can't Copy
It's not your imagination: The rich have been getting a lot richer. The Congressional Budget Office reports that real income for the top-earning 1 percent of the population soared 275 percent between...
View ArticleJPM and Goldman See $1,800/oz Gold By Year End – Iran, Middle East and...
Today’s AM fix was USD 1,708.50, EUR 1,355.09, and GBP 1,074.53 per ounce.Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,689.50, EUR 1,349.23 and GBP 1,065.26 per ounce. Silver is trading at $32.55/oz, €25.94/oz and...
View ArticleMars Rover Uses Ancient Knots To Secure Its Precious Payload
Five thousand years ago, the Egyptians used reef knots to fasten their belts. In the first century, Greek physicians employed both reef knots and clove hitches to tie surgical nooses. Today, these...
View ArticleAvengers Initiative Review (iPhone, iPad)
Marvel's The Avengers debuts on Blu-ray and DVD September 25, and to get fans pumped, the comic book juggernaut released an iPhone and iPad beat-em-up called Avengers Initiative, an episodic series...
View ArticleHurricane Isaac Dredged Up Oil From The Deepwater Horizon Spill
BP has suffered a further blow after it was revealed that Hurricane Isaac has uncovered oil that wasn't cleaned up after the Gulf of Mexico spill in 2010. Since Isaac made landfall more than a week...
View ArticleThe United States Has A New Rival For Influence In Egypt
CAIRO, Egypt — The United States is suddenly competing for influence over its most stalwart ally in the Middle East. Newly elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, charting a fresh course for the...
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