The people at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London really want you to procrastinate — in the name of 18th-century fashion. Their new design-a-wig game lets you create ridiculous Marie Antoinette-esque sky-high hairstyles, complete with powder, gems and other absurd ornaments that are just begging to make a modern-day comeback. The game is as […]
Molokai more than compensates for a scarcity of swimmable beaches with natural beauty and residents who treat one another like family. read more >>> Source : The New York Times
It was not a good start to 2016 for the stock market. Stocks in the US followed markets in Asia and Europe lower to start the year deep in the red as the S&P 500 had its worst opening day since 2000 and the Dow had its worst first day of trading since 1932 (which, […]
HONG KONG/BEIJING, Jan 5 (Reuters) – China’s first landing of a plane on one of its new island runways in the South China Sea shows Beijing’s facilities in the disputed region are being completed on schedule and military flights will inevitably follow, foreign officials and analysts said. read more >>> Source : Reuters
(Reuters) – Microchip Technology Inc is planning to submit a binding offer for Atmel Corp by early next week, according to people familiar with the matter, challenging Atmel’s planned merger with Dialog Semiconductor Plc . read more >>> Source : Reuters
On the season premiere of Crackle’s “Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee,” Jerry Seinfeld did a great interview with President Obama. In one particularly interesting exchange, Seinfeld hit back at Obama when the president said he misses the anonymity of being able to walk down the street and have a conversation without being recognized. Seinfeld respectfully […]
(Reuters) – Lawyers for Bill Cosby and his wife, Camille, asked a federal judge on Monday to delay a deposition of Camille Cosby scheduled for Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit brought by seven women who allege the once-beloved entertainer sexually abused them. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Have you ever heard of the “Quarter Life Crisis”? It’s that time in your twenties and early thirties where you take stock of your life and career, and determine that things are falling way short of expectations. There’s usually a couple times a year when this comes into clearer focus; one is a birthday which […]
Facebook (FB),NetEase (NTES) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) fell sharply Monday, but LinkedIn (LNKD) showed relative strength among Sector Leaders as it emerged from a market sell-off in decent shape. LinkedIn pared losses, finding support just above its 200-day moving average. But its decline Monday did alter the chart. The stock has dropped as much as […]
MEXICO CITY, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Mexican Central Bank chief Agustin Carstens on Monday said that the U.S. Federal Reserve will likely raise rates at a “very gradual” pace this year and that Mexico… read more >>> Source : Reuters
Boy From the Crowd is a hard-rocking duo from the U.K. Their style of music has been described as punk, punk meets blues, blues meets punk and garage band blues. However it’s described, it’s loud, visceral and hits like a hammer. A few months ago, the band released an EP called “Where the Bees Come […]
DAVID BECKHAM gave fans a glimpse of his wife Victoria’s bikini body earlier today as the family continued to soak up the sun on their luxurious getaway. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
THE owner of the Priory, Britain’s best-known rehab clinic, is being bought by the US Acadia Healthcare in a deal worth nearly £1.3billion. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Monday filed a civil lawsuit against Volkswagen AG for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act by installing illegal devices to impair emission control systems in nearly 600,000 vehicles. read more >>> Source : Reuters
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. Wages are expected to rise at the fastest rate in 3 years (Korn Ferry) Global people and organizational advisory firm Korn Ferry says wages are expected to increase by 2.5% globally in 2016, making for the […]
CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports three allies of Saudi Arabia have joined diplomatic action against Iran. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
The investment arm of the Canada Pension Plan has made its entry into the U.S. student housing market through a new joint venture. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
The Garage starts off the new year with one last look at 2015. It should add Tobias Jesso Jr.’s Goon to a list of impressive albums by Grimes (Art Angels) and Carly Rae Jepsen (E-Mo-Tions). read more >>> Source : Canada.com
When I first started blogging, I had no clue that blogging was hard work. I, like most people started blogging to keep a journal of my conversations and experiences with my kids. As I began to enjoy what I was writing and saw that my audience liked it too, I realized that blogging requires not […]
On Sunday, Saudi officials announced that the Kingdom will sever all diplomatic ties with Iran, and told all Iranian diplomats to leave within 48 hours. The decision came after Iranian protesters attacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran, ransacking and setting fire to the building in retaliation for Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric […]
(Reuters) – Craig Strickland, lead singer of the country-rock band Backroad Anthem who was reported missing on Dec. 27 after going on a duck hunt, has been found dead in Oklahoma, officials and his wife said on Monday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
CRYSTAL PALACE have made an approach for Chelsea striker Loic Remy, according to reports. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
Five people are facing charges after a break-in at a Health Canada-authorized medical marijuana producer in central Ontario. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
Rangers are in talks with Accrington midfielders Matt Crooks and Josh Windass, says Stanley’s majority shareholder. read more >>> Source : BBC
What lessons about leadership and mentorship can we learn from the Star Wars universe? originally appeared on Quora – the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Nicolas Cole, Writer, Fitness Model, Entrepreneur, on Quora. I am a huge Star Wars fan. I remember seeing Episode I […]
* General Motors to invest $500 mln in ride-sharing service Lyft read more >>> Source : Reuters
EPA and Justice Department sue Volkswagen seeking at least $16 billion in fines for violating Clean Air Act with cheating diesel cars. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
You may have your work routine down to a science, from where you prefer to grab some quiet space to the exact time you take a lunch break. But there’s one very important element you may be forgetting when it comes to success in the office: Your desk. How you use your workspace — from […]
Rafael Benítez has left his position as Real Madrid coach seven months after his appointment, with Zinédine Zidane taking charge having previously been at the reserve helm. read more >>> Source : UEFA.Com
Dropbox has been granted a patent on a new peer-to-peer file-sharing technology that suggests it may be planning an alternative to its existing cloud-based service. read more >>> Source : PCAdvisor.Co.Uk
“Classical music isn’t about knowing which composer wrote what piece, sitting on which chair, thinking about what image, in what city, in which time period. It is a personal experience; a combination of sounds that will resonate within your prism of experiences and speak with you. Yes, of course, like other pleasures in life, further […]
Rafael Benitez is sacked as manager of Real Madrid after just seven months in charge at the Bernabeu, with Zinedine Zidane replacing him. read more >>> Source : BBC
CHERYL FERNANDEZ-VERSINI has admitted she could have ended up being a “drug addict” if she didn’t end up taking dance lessons. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
2015 is nearing a close, and the notion of planning is all around us. Plan your resolutions, plan your budgets, plan your projects. I came across a poem earlier this year that made me think about planning in general. It also brings in the topics of leadership, organizational structure, communication and a stark reality in […]
The web is inundated with new content on an hourly basis. So much so that it can be hard for any content to stand out. Readers have an attention span shorter than a goldfish! With trending hashtags, sponsored posts and the brevity of posting with fewer than 140 characters, hot trending topics often play a […]
The US justice department is suing Volkswagen over the emissions scandal that saw the German car giant fit software to millions of cars to cheat emissions tests. read more >>> Source : BBC
* Yen hits 11-week peak vs dollar, highest vs euro since April read more >>> Source : Reuters
In the depths of the Great Depression Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famously These practices serve several purposes in the Framework. First, they describe the ways in which scientists and engineers go about doing their work. Scientists develop, test, and continually refine explanations of how the natural world works. Engineers use the systematic practice of design to […]
Airbnb’s US bookings are disproportionately concentrated in the top metropolitan markets, according to a report from Bank of America Merrill Lynch earlier this month. While the top 10 markets account for only 13% of bookings at traditional hotels, those markets make up 40% of equivalent bookings for Airbnb. read more >>> Source : HotelNewsresource.Com
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – The year’s top-performing U.S.-listed global equities fund as rated by Morningstar sees Asian and emerging market stocks as undervalued and primed to outperform in 2016. Kristian Heugh, whose $641 million Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity fund gained 20 percent for the year through Dec. 29, said his fund has […]
Gun maker stocks are surging in a slumping market, as new federal data indicates a sales jump after 2015 ended with more mass shootings and growing political pressure to tighten regulation. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The year’s top-performing U.S.-listed global equities fund as rated by Morningstar sees Asian and emerging market stocks as undervalued and primed to outperform in 2016. read more >>> Source : Reuters
RANGERS have started talks with Accrington duo Josh Windass and Matt Crooks, according to Stanley’s majority shareholder Andy Holt. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
Legendary boxer Mike Tyson now has a Bitcoin-trading app named after him. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
LIMA, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Peru’s central bank sold $80 million in the local spot market on Monday and the sol slipped 0.23 percent to finish trading at 3.422/3.423 per dollar, the lowest in nearly ten… read more >>> Source : Reuters