Here's Your Financial Horoscope For 2013
We place a lot of value on creating a budget, establishing an emergency fund and foreseeing financial challenges as best we can.But what if there are circumstances beyond our control that can influence...
View ArticleSan Francisco's 'Mansion Discounts' Are Luring Tech Millionaires
Jeff Paster, a developer of luxury homes in California’s Marin County, couldn’t find a buyer for the brand-new waterfront mansion he listed in January for $45 million.He’s expecting that one will turn...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Dogs Sniff Crotches
This is the third installment in the Crotch Series. For earlier crotch talk, check out:Part 1: Oh, hello! Why yes, that’s my crotch!Part 2: Why is a stranger’s crotch more interesting than mine? For...
View ArticleSee What It's Like To Spend An Epic 22 Days Rafting Through The Grand Canyon
Matador Ambassador Henry Munter Recently spent 22 days in November rafting and kayaking through the Grand Canyon and brought back this gallery to give us a glimpse of the majestic canyon on the edge of...
View ArticleAmerica's Legislature Is Unleashing Hundreds Of New Bans In 2013
Grab tight your freedoms, America: The country's collective legislatures are unleashing a torrent of new bans.Hundreds of laws going into effect in 2013 will regulate everything from how many cats a...
View Article8 Historic Events That Made Social Media Matter In 2012
From political uprisings to billion-dollar acquisitions, social media packed a bigger punch in 2012 than ever before.While that comes as no surprise considering that social is still snaking its way...
View ArticleThe Revolutionary Thinking Behind Go Daddy's Super Bowl Ad With Bar Refaeli
Sexy Super Bowl ads may emit a tad less sizzle this go-round — but two will feature knock-out supermodels.Go Daddy, historically the Super Bowl's raciest advertiser, on Friday will name supermodel Bar...
View ArticleThese Are The 20 Biggest Tax Breaks In America
This handy table from the Washington Research Group shows just how inefficient the US tax code is.Tax breaks in fiscal year 2014 for health care benefits ($164.2 billion), mortgage interest ($99.8...
View ArticleBeing Overweight Isn't Always A Health Problem
Being fat is bad for you. That, at least, is the received wisdom.In reality the picture is more complex, because the prevailing measure of fatness, weight in kilograms divided by height in metres...
View ArticleThe Fiscal Cliff Deal Could Destroy Medicare
Sorry to post one of those headlines that belong in "Questions to which the answer is no", but it's not me who's raising the issue; it's James Kwak and Ross Douthat.The argument goes as follows: the...
View ArticleThe IMF Has Admitted Their Economists Were Wrong
In an important new study, Olivier Blanchard, the Chief Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has just admitted that their having respected and accepted the advice of conservative...
View ArticleBeautiful Images Of Last Night's Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Cold weather and a bright moon didn't stop skywatchers around the country from capturing stunning shots of the annual Quadrantid meteor shower this week.Astrophotographer Victor Rogus, for example,...
View Article3 Bullish And 3 Bearish Points To Consider For 2013
In money management long term success lies not in garnering short term returns but avoiding the pitfalls that lead to large losses of invested capital. While it is not popular in the media to point...
View ArticleEurope's Prolonged Financial Crisis Has Created A Crisis Of Values
NEW YORK – Xenophobia and extremism are symptoms of societies in profound crisis. In 2012, the far-right Golden Dawn won 21 seats in Greece’s parliamentary election, the right-wing Jobbik gained ground...
View ArticleKids Think Hermoine Granger Is The Best Film Role Model
Harry Potter sidekick Hermoine Granger has been chosen as the best big screen role model in a poll of young film fans.Granger, who has been played in all of the eight Harry Potter films by Emma Watson,...
View ArticleChris Christie Plans To Be Ready To Run For President In 2016
In a wide-ranging interview published online in The Star-Ledger on Sunday evening, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) indicated that he wants a decisive re-election victory in the state's gubernatorial...
View Article9 Ways You're Ruining Your Online Reputation
We all behave like idiots at times. It’s been that way since the dawn of civilization.The one saving grace has always been that only a privileged few ever got to see us say or do dumb things. Until...
View ArticleCoastal Towns Are Leading The Real Estate Recovery
Over the last few years, the real estate market has gone from having an incredibly-high foreclosure inventory, rapidly-decreasing home prices, and staggeringly-low home sales to relatively steady...
View Article5 Ways To Shop Organically On A Budget
Lately we've been trying to buy more organic products because we've become increasingly aware of the hazards of traditional farming methods.I think it became an acute issue when I started eating apples...
View ArticleIran Admits That Oil Sanctions Are Having A Brutal Effect
Iran's oil exports have been slashed 40 percent in the past nine months because of tough Western sanctions, Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi was quoted as saying on Monday, in a reversal of his previous...
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