PayPal was no friend in need
guardian.co.uk 1 hour ago
We thought we were protected by paying through PayPal – but it won't return money taken by bogus MMA car insurance brokers
Students can't resist distraction for two minutes ... and neither can you
redtape.nbcnews.com 15 hours ago
Are gadgets making us dumber? Two new studies suggest they might be. One found that people who are interrupted by technology score 20 percent lower on a standard cognition test...
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France Must Take Deficit Cuts Seriously: Bundesbank head
cnbc.com 3 hours ago
France has a special responsibility as a euro zone heavyweight to take deficit cuts seriously, even though its budget deficit is above target, Bundesbank chief Jens Weidmann said.
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Winning Powerball ticket sold in Florida
wpbf.com 2 hours ago
The million-dollar questions have been answered...
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Energy bills 'could overtake mortgages in five years'
telegraph.co.uk 1 hour ago
Energy bills are rising so steeply that they could overtake mortgage repayments in parts of Britain in just five years’ time, the chief executive of supplier, First Utility, has claimed.
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Is Your State Bird a Stupid State Bird? What It Should Be Instead.
slate.com 17 May
This article originally appeared in the Birdist...
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It’s Official: Gold Is Now The Most Hated Asset Class
zerohedge.com 6 hours ago
Submitted by Pater Tenebrarum of Acting-Man blog , Full Court Press Not a day passes without the financial media denouncing gold as an investment option and hailing the bureaucrats...
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Enterprise vs. Millennium Falcon: Which is the Fastest?
slate.com 16 May
Star Trek is all about interstellar travel. It’s right there in the title...
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Meet the man who is betting against China
telegraph.co.uk 10 hours ago
Carson Block, the founder of Muddy Waters Research, believes that China’s banks hold more toxic assets than Western peers did ahead of the 2008 financial crash.
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East Coast trains is on the wrong track with ticket fine
guardian.co.uk 1 hour ago
East Coast trains insisted on fining me, although it was a genuine mistake
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Portland’s Fight Against Fluoridated Water
slate.com 17 May
America is a fluoride nation. Beginning in 1945, when Grand Rapids, Mich., became the first city in the world to add the stuff to its water supply, the practice has spread across the United States...
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Guest Post: Why Bonds Aren't Dead & The Dollar Will Get Weaker
zerohedge.com 10 hours ago
Submitted by Lance Roberts of Street Talk Live , There have been quite a few bold predictions, since the beginning of the year, that the dollar was set to soar and that the great "bond bull ...
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Hops Enthusiasts Are Ruining Craft Beer for the Rest of Us
slate.com 16 May
As a beer writer, I often find myself preaching the word about craft beer to people who don’t want to hear it...
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Fight Back Against Restaurants' Cruel Abuse of Wine Drinkers
slate.com 18 hours ago
The other night, I was having dinner with some friends in a fairly decent restaurant and was at the very peak of my form as a wit and raconteur...
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Bernanke, in commencement address, upbeat on innovation outlook
reuters.com 16 hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke painted an upbeat picture on Saturday for the potential of innovation to lift living standards, delivering a sweeping look at the last 100...
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Bernanke Optimistic About Innovation
blogs.wsj.com 16 hours ago
The current recovery may be middling, but count Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke as an optimist about our economic prospects in the decades to come...
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The Pizza, It Is A-Changin'
business.time.com 10 hours ago
A brief look back at some of the big innovations that have helped pizza become fully ingrained in modern American dining culture
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Auditing The IRS: "Is There Any Limit To The Scope Where You Folks Can Go?"
zerohedge.com 15 hours ago
While it does have all the impromptu genuineness of a made for C-Span soap opera, the following exchange between Rep...
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"Boldly They Rode And Well", Or Why Japan Is Not America
zerohedge.com 12 hours ago
Submitted by Daniel Cloud Boldly They Rode And Well I believe that Shinzo Abe has made a very serious strategic miscalculation...
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Spot The Odd Continent Out: Total Bank Assets As % Of GDP
zerohedge.com 16 hours ago
There is a reason why in Europe, no matter how much some want to deny it, the Cyprus deposit confiscation "resolution" has become the norm...
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Philip Clarke: Tesco is waging war on food waste, even if it means we sell less
telegraph.co.uk 10 hours ago
The retail giant’s CEO, Philip Clarke, says his company is in a unique position to fight the alarming amount of produce lost or thrown away by customers.
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Netflix and Amazon Aim to Cancel Traditional TV (AMZN, NFLX)
fool.com 8 hours ago
Stay tuned to see if they can do it.
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Mystery Sponsor Of Weapons And Money To Syrian Mercenary "Rebels" Revealed
zerohedge.com 16 May
Previously, when looking at the real underlying national interests responsible for the deteriorating situation in Syria, which eventually may and/or will devolve into all out war with hundreds of...
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How to Tell If the IRS Is Eyeing You
cnbc.com 17 May
Being audited is scary. Not knowing if you might be is almost as bad. Here are telltale signs the IRS looks for.
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The humble hero
economist.com 16 May
THE humble shipping container is a powerful antidote to economic pessimism and fears of slowing innovation. Although only a simple metal box, it has transformed...
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The internet will revolutionise SME lending in the UK
telegraph.co.uk 10 hours ago
The internet is transforming our economy and our lives. More than nine out of 10 flights are now booked online. Digital music, almost unknown a decade ago, already makes up 40pc of total sales.
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Oil price manipulation 'could have driven up food and household goods prices' as well as petrol
telegraph.co.uk 17 May
Families could have been paying too much for food and everyday household goods if companies are found to have fixed the oil price, the Government has indicated.
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Rupert Murdoch overshadows Facebook IPO anniversary
telegraph.co.uk 17 May
Rupert Murdoch has taken to Twitter to compare Facebook with troubled peer MySpace.
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Marks and Spencer customer fears over contactless payments
telegraph.co.uk 14 hours ago
Shoppers at Marks and Spencer have complained that the retailer’s “contactless” payment system has taken money from their accounts without their permission.
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Changing my religion
economist.com 16 May
Plenty of room for more MUSLIM converts have an image problem. A handful, like Richard Dart, a Dorset native jailed last month, have been implicated in terrorism....
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The 2013 Terrorism & Political Violence Map
zerohedge.com 18 May
The following map ( via AON ) measures the risk of political violence to international business in 200 countries and territories, based on three icons indicating the forms of political violence which...
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How a Group of Orphaned Polish Refugees Remade Their Lives in a New Land
slate.com 17 May
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A fish restaurant in New Zealand seemed an odd place to discuss a war that took place several thousand miles away and several decades ago, but there we were: Sea bream was...
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Does the IRS Have a Liberal Bias? Of Course.
slate.com 17 May
Maybe it wasn’t the best idea for acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller to resign before talking to Congress...
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The Smith/Klein/Kalecki Theory of Austerity
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com 16 May
No pain (for you), no gain (for us).
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