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Microsoft Invented A Tablet A Decade Before Apple And Totally Blew It
Apple's iPad is a revolutionary product that is cratering the PC industry. But it wasn't Steve Jobs' idea.A full decade before Jobs launched the iPad in 2010, Bill Gates launched Microsoft's touch...
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15 Incredible Beachfront Hotels In The US And Caribbean
Who doesn’t love a beach vacation? The sun, the sand, and the ocean all come together to make for a relaxing getaway that, when complete, will send you home rested and relaxed – and hopefully with a...
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Here's The Plan To Save Earth By Nuking Asteroids
If a dangerous asteroid appears to be on a collision course for Earth, one option is to send a spacecraft to destroy it with a nuclear warhead. Such a mission, which would cost about $1 billion, could...
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Why Smart People Can Be So Irrational
Psychology writer Wray Herbert has an interesting column on why even intelligent people can fail to act rationally:"We all know people who are highly intelligent but not very smart. These people get...
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See How 6 All-Star Fund Managers Have Fared During The Market Rally
Investors in actively managed mutual funds all have one thing in common: the hope that their manager will beat the market. That is particularly true among investors who trust their money to managers...
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I Discovered Yet Another Reason To Hate Ticketmaster
Most of you know I’ve had a hate/hate relationship with Ticketmaster for a long time now.After all, this is the company that wrote the book on ridiculous consumer fees that, many people argue, only...
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The Online Rental Market Is Becoming A Hotbed For Scams
Since lenders have tightened their requirements for getting a mortgage — which is making it harder to buy a home — the rental market is hot right now. Turns out, so is the online identity theft market,...
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7 Rules You Need To Know For A Business Dinner
Taking clients out for an enjoyable dinner can help you build the long-lasting relationships that your business needs. But you need to plan carefully so you're sure to make the best possible...
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Boston Bombing Suspect Reportedly Tells Mother He Is Innocent
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) — The remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings has recovered enough to walk and assured his parents in a phone conversation that he and his slain brother were...
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Hiring Managers Share The 8 Biggest Interviewing Mistakes
They meet more people in an afternoon than most of us do in a year. But what faux pas do human resources pros see again and again during the interview process?We picked the brains of two high-profile...
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BLOOMBERG TO COOPER UNION GRADS: I've Never Been Too Poor To Donate To My...
EAST VILLAGE — Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his own memories of being a poor college grad — who worked his first summer job in his underwear because there wasn't any air conditioning — in a revealing...
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The World Has An Astonishing Chance To Take A Billion People Out Of Extreme...
IN SEPTEMBER 2000 the heads of 147 governments pledged that they would halve the proportion of people on the Earth living in the direst poverty by 2015, using the poverty rate in 1990 as a baseline.It...
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4 Steps To Getting Rich From Warren Buffett's Right-Hand Man
Charlie Munger is best known as the second-in-command behind Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A)(BRK.B).He's also a world-class billionaire investor in his own right, capable of similar...
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Starbucks Is Under Fire For Supposedly Brewing Coffee With Toilet Water
It’s news that no coffee-drinker would like to hear.Especially not after spending a pretty penny for their cup of coffee.A Hong Kong newspaper says that a Starbucks coffee shop in the city’s Bank of...
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New Turkish Alcohol Laws Could Pull The Plug On Istanbul's Nightlife
In the Siirci bar in a backstreet of Istanbul's bustling Beyoglu district, a few patrons are enjoying a cold beer. Flyers for LBGT rights and environmentalist demonstrations are scattered on a small...
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Matthew Rhys: The Americans 'Scripts Go To The CIA For Approval'
Most actors are good at deception. But Matthew Rhys - a Welshman playing a Russian pretending to be American - takes things to extremes in ITV's new US spy thriller, The Americans. He talks to Craig...
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Three Cool Small Hotel Chains You've Probably Never Heard Of
There are over 3,500 Marriott hotels on Earth. There could be 3.5 million and that still wouldn't be enough to satisfy the world's traveling population, and so, for your future travel pleasures, we...
View ArticleToo Big To Fail Banks Certainly Have Not!
Fair warning – the following may make you sick.This week the Federal Reserve of St. Louis released a report estimating that Americans on average have recovered only 45% of the wealth they lost during...
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The Top 1% Now Controls 39% Of The World's Wealth
The wealthiest 1 percent now control 39 percent of the world's wealth, and their share is likely to grow in the coming years, according to a new report.The world's total private wealth grew 7.8 percent...
View ArticleHere's What TED Talks Actually Teach You
Many of us have enjoyed watching TED talks, the online videos of scientists, artists, inventors and others talking about their work. But do we actually learn anything from them? That's the question...
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