A Local's Guide To Shanghai
We caught up with Monica Suma to get the scoop on Shanghai’s best kept secrets: Where to eat, stay and soak in the rich history of this Paris of the East.On your first day here, seeing this is a...
View ArticleMatthew Weiner Speculates On How 'Mad Men' Will End Next Year
"Mad Men's" penultimate season ends on Sunday, leading to preemptively high spoiler-alert levels of conversation at the water cooler: How will this show, however flailing, ultimately come to close? But...
View ArticleControlling The Implosion Of The Biggest Bond Bubble In History
In theory, the Fed could continue to print money and buy Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, or even pure junk, at the current rate of $85 billion a month until the bitter end. But the bitter...
View ArticleLaw Professor: Even If NSA Domestic Surveillance Is Legal, It's Unconstitutional
The National Security Agency’s recently revealed surveillance programs undermine the purpose of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which was established to prevent this kind of overreach. They...
View ArticleAll Of The 'Mad Men' Conspiracy Theories You Need To Know Before Tonight's...
Is Don an alien? Is Joan a wizard? Is baby Gene a Russian spy who will one day grow up and be your father? According to the internet: Yes. "Mad Men" conspiracy theories are our guiltiest Monday morning...
View ArticleA Report Says Australia’s Big Four Banks Are The Most Profitable In The...
Getty/ Cameron Spencer An International Bank of Settlements report set to be released today has for the third year in a row ranked Australia’s big four banks as the most profitable in the developed...
View ArticlePerpetual Would Back An Echo Equity Raising If It Gets The Green Light For...
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – SEPTEMBER 15: A fireworks and light display is seen at the opening of ‘The Star’, formerly Star City in Pyrmont on September 15, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. Echo Entertainment’s...
View ArticleWeb Inventor Berners-Lee Warns The Powers That Be Are 'Trying To Take...
Companies and governments “trying to take control of the internet” are undermining the founding principles of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee has warned.The inventor of the World Wide Web said the...
View ArticleCollaboration Isn't Difficult As Long As You Pick The Right People
Most experts agree that collaboration in business consistently provides greater accomplishment. When it works, the combined brainpower of intelligent people can solve complex problems and achieve...
View ArticleFemale Screenwriters Hit Rock Bottom In Hollywood
Hollywood has long been inhospitable to women, and it is only getting worse for those who are also aspiring screenwriters.According to Suzana Orozco’s analysis of recent sales of spec scripts — scripts...
View ArticleHouse Lawmakers Push Government To Stop Buying American Flags Made Outside Of...
Lawmakers in the House of Representatives are renewing a push to stop the federal government from buying and flying American flags made outside the country.A bipartisan group of House legislators led...
View ArticleA Lot Of People Are Happy The Ad That Won The Most Awards At Cannes Was Not...
Photo: Youtube Australian ad agency McCann’s Dumb Ways To Die campaign for Metro Trains has claimed the most awards ever at the Cannes Advertising Festival. The viral campaign raised awareness for...
View ArticleEssential Startup Advice From LinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman
Technology and globalization are forcing everyone to be more entrepreneurial, said LinkedIn Co-founder Reid Hoffman and entrepreneur Ben Casnocha at the event Secrets from Silicon Valley. Hosted by...
View ArticleIndia's Richest Man Is Making A Risky Multi-Billion Dollar Bet On 4G...
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani hopes his multi-billion dollar bet on cheap high-speed wireless broadband could change the way nearly a billion of his countrymen use mobile...
View ArticleChaos Ahead Of The Ashes As Australia Sacks Coach Mickey Arthur
Getty / Paul Kane Australia’s 2013 Ashes campaign, already looking shaky with problems on and off the field, is in chaos with reports that coach Mickey Arthur being sacked just weeks from the start of...
View ArticleIn 10 Charts, The Case For An Epic Australian Housing Bubble
Cliff edge: ShutterstockAustralia faces a massive housing bubble – much larger than any in its history going back to 1880 – and residents don’t seem to know it.Societe Generale’s Albert Edwards earlier...
View ArticleThe ATO Will Be Taxing Bitcoin Income
The Australian Taxation Office will be taxing Bitcoin transactions and investments just as it does any other currency, the AFR reports.Katie Walsh and Jason Murphy of the Fin report that conventional...
View ArticleBitcoin Transactions Can Be Taxed: ATO
The Australian Taxation Office is confident that it will be able to tax Bitcoin transactions and investments just as it does any other currency, the AFR reports.Katie Walsh and Jason Murphy of the Fin...
View ArticleThe Aussie Market Is Down Another 1.5% Today
The ASX 200 closed 1.47% lower today, wiping more than $20 billion off the market again, after huge falls late last week.The Aussie market fell 1.5% on Friday and 2.1% on Thursday, after the Fed’s...
View ArticleThese Experts Say CEOs From Other Industries Make Better Leaders
Corporate ladder: ShutterstockSenior executives from different industries may make better leaders than home-grown talent, experts say.Moving across industries isn’t always easy. NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley...
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