Brenda Shaffer, Global Energy Center, and Kent Moors, Energy Capital Research, discusses what will happen to oil if the tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran continue to escalate. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
“The Big Short” is a fierce, funny, wildly entertaining and downright infuriating movie that tells the story of the 2008 subprime meltdown from the perspective of four men who saw it coming. They bought “short” (betting against Wall Street) and made fortunes. It is based on the book by Michael Lewis, who also wrote the […]
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 […]
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
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
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
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 […]
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
* 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 […]
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
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
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
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
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Shares of Apple Inc fell to their lowest since August on Monday following recent worries about potentially soft iPhone sales but fared better than a 2 percent drop in major indexes. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Stocks held near session lows in early afternoon trading Monday, hurt by a rout in China stocks overnight and increased tension in the Middle East. The Nasdaq slumped 2.5%, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 2.2% and the S&P 500 fell 2.1%. Volume on the NYSE and Nasdaq was tracking sharply higher than Thursday’s levels […]
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency are suing German carmaker Volkswagen for falsifying the emissions on 600,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
Cyber-thieves have used the Javascript programming language to create ransomware that is cheap and easy to use. read more >>> Source : BBC
U.S. federal authorities are suing Volkswagen over emissions-cheating software found in nearly 600,000 vehicles sold in the United States. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
For the 31st year in a row, Blackstone’s vice chairman and investing guru Byron Wien has released his 10 surprises for the year. These are things Wien believes have a better-than-50% chance of happening, but the average investor anticipates a less than 30% likelihood of occurring. Wien started this tradition in 1986 when he was […]
The Justice Department is suing Volkswagen over an emissions-cheating scandal that has affected hundred of thousands of vehicles in the US and millions worldwide. Join the conversation about this story » NOW WATCH: How to cut and drink a fresh coconut read more >>> Source : BusinessInsider.Com
What’s worth an investment in 2016, Amazon or Apple? read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
Jobless rates were lower in November than a year earlier in 322 of the 387 metropolitan areas, higher in 54, and unchanged in 11. Nonfarm payroll employment was up in 294 metropolitan areas over the year, down in 82, and unchanged in 11. read more >>> Source : HotelNewsresource.Com
Pre-orders for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset will be open from 8 January, says the Facebook-backed company. read more >>> Source : BBC
“Violent New Year fireworks,” is how one analyst summed up events on Wall Street where the Dow fell 450 points having its worst opening day in 84… read more >>> Source : EuroNews.Com
By Steve Nicastro Don’t become a small-business statistic. Nearly half of small businesses don’t make it past the first five years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration. Optimistic owners may underestimate the costs of starting a business, run up too much debt or have bad personal credit that keeps them from getting a business […]
What’s the likelihood of a “scorched earth” oil-price battle between Iran and Saudi Arabia? The experts weigh in. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
Pizza Hut and Papa John’s start new year with new sales offer to spur sales growth at U.S. stores. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
Jan 4 (Reuters) – Oculus, the virtual reality company owned by Facebook Inc, said on Monday it would take preorders for its much-awaited virtual reality headset, Rift, from Wednesday. read more >>> Source : Reuters