Florida startup JetSmarter, which is backed by rap mogul Jay Z and the Saudi royal family, said it has landed $105 million in fresh funds by promising to make it easy to book private jets through an app.
It's hard to walk away from a long-term relationship -- especially when it involves intertwined finances. Such is the issue now faced by hard...
"Fireproof," from the band's upcoming album The Tourist, is a crazy catchy, synth-heavy look at how naive people can be, and the trouble it can lead to. The Tourist is due out Feb. 24.
The U.S. budget deficit widened last month, highlighting the growing mismatch between government spending and revenues.
This one’s for the energy nerds out there. The University of Texas Austin’s Energy Institute has put out an incredibly useful interactive map showing what types of power plants are cheapest to build in every county in the continental United States. (No, really, it’s fascinating.)
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(From Nov 22, 2016, CNN interview of Maggie Haberman on meeting with President-elect Donald Trump with other NY Times reporters and editors post-election)
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The Brazil international overcame humble beginnings both on and off the field in order to be crowned Fifa World Player of the Year in 1999
The holiday season doesn't have to end with the new year.
The White House on Monday threw its support behind a Congressional investigation into Russian meddling in the US election, saying lawmakers had a "special responsibility" to investigate such an explosive issue.
A crash - possibly involving a farm vehicle - closed the A249 this evening.
One of Lincoln's largest hotels will be out of commission for several months.
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A few years ago, Shane and Jocelyn Sams were teachers who earned a combined $5,000 a month.
Today, they're the owners of Flipped Lifestyle, which earns $45,000 to $100,000 a month teaching others to start their own online businesses.
How did they make the leap?
Jeff Rose of Good Financial Cents interviewed the couple, who discussed everything from what it's like to go from making ends meet to having money to spare to how other people can echo their success. Читать дальше...
There's joy in the U.S. oil patch, as other major producers joined OPEC in a deal to slash crude production.
Ten electors on Monday released an "open letter" to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper requesting information about ongoing investigations on ties between Trump and "Russian government interference in the election." Nine are Democrats and the sole Republican to sign the letter is Chris Suprun, a Texas paramedic who says he won't vote for Trump, citing a Federalist paper by Alexander Hamilton that says electors must determine that the president is qualified and independent from foreign influence. Читать дальше...
(AP) — Nevada's Marcus Marshall has been named the Mountain West Conference basketball player of the week after scoring a season-high 32 points, including the game-winner with 0.2 seconds remaining, to knock off Washington 87-85. The senior guard from Saint Paul, Minnesota added four rebounds and three assists, and scored nine of Nevada's final 11 points to help defeat the Pac 12 team in Seattle Sunday night.
Among the stocks rising after positive stories in the magazine are healthcare stocks DaVita and Johnson & Johnson, and the extremely undervalued Goodyear
"The position of technology in our economy is less certain today than it has been in a couple of generations," Roger McNamee told CNBC.
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DALLAS, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The owner of a Texas store dedicated to ugly Christmas sweaters revealed the secret to his unusual hiring process -- making applicants dance for the job.
Familie en vrienden van ex-crimineel en misdaadblogger Martin Kok hebben vanavond een foto van zijn opgebaarde lichaam gepubliceerd op de website Vlinderscrime.nl. Kok werd in de nacht van donderdag op vrijdag doodgeschoten op de parkeerplaats van een seksclub in Laren.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — When he was arrested, the man accused of killing nine people during a Bible study in a Charleston church had a list of other area black churches in his car, law enforcement officials testified on Monday. A jury began last week hearing testimony against Roof, 22, who is on trial on 33 federal charges, including hate crimes and obstruction of the practice of religion. In his videotaped, two-hour confession played for jurors last week, Roof told FBI agents he left bullets in... Читать дальше...
Apple held talks to invest up to $1 billion in SoftBank's $100 billion technology fund, unnamed sources told The Wall Street Journal.
The new Collective Bargaining Agreement reportedly won’t contain an amnesty clause, which will be fine by most teams. With the salary cap rising so rapidly under the new national TV contracts, it became difficult for a couple years to sign bad contracts. But one team that could use an amnesty clause: the Pelicans, who are […]
Greece’s crisis is approaching a potential breaking point after a year of relative calm, as a government with declining political stamina confronts creditors’ unyielding demands.