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Most successful Bond film Skyfall breaks $1bn record at global box office
The spy adventure has also become the first movie to earn at least 100 million pounds in ticket sales in Britain, the Telegraph reported.
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Not sure if...
Hidden fees suck.
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Apple Offers Refund After British Boy Spends $2500 on In-App Purchases in 15 Minutes
A five-year-old boy in the UK accidentally made £1700 ($2550) of in-app purchases in a freemium game in just 15 minutes after asking his father to type in the password for a free download.
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In Depressed Spain, ATMs That Dispense Free Cash
For Coca-Cola, it was both a PR move and a social experiment. The company set up an ATM that gave out 100 euros ($131) and asked only that recipients share the money. A video of the campaign has gone viral.
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Why Americans Are Cutting Coupons Out of Their Lives
Did American consumers suddenly get rich, or just get sick of using coupons? Not likely. Did the number of coupons issued shrink last year? No again. Then why did the number of redeemed coupons decrease dramatically?
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After Selling A Startup For $70 Million At Age 25, Founder Blows Through Fortune And Heads To Prison
Things looked a lot brighter for Jennifer Sultan before she became addicted to painkillers.
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Wealth Inequality in America
Infographics on the distribution of wealth in America, highlighting both the inequality and the difference between our perception of inequality and the actual numbers. The reality is often not what we think it is.
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Here's Why The Internet Tax Is A Terrible Idea
America’s small businesses are the engine of our economy and our nation’s greatest source of ingenuity and job creation. Unfortunately for millions of out-of-work Americans, though, politicians on both sides of the aisle in Washington are threatening to impose yet another onerous regulation on our country’s job creators.
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Google, Microsoft Dominate Forbes’ List Of Tech Billionaires; Zuckerberg, Moskovitz Are The Youngest
Forbes has today published its annual list of the world's richest people -- and once again tech and its related tentacles continue to lead the top of the list. Coming in at number-one for the fourth year in a row is Carlos Slim Helu, the Mexico-based mogul who controls Latin American mobile c..
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Why the U.S. Economy Is Friendliest to the Rich
By Michael Santoli Despite proclamations by the White House and Republicans, the U.S. economy today continues to be friendliest to the wealthiest. The restoration of the 2% payroll tax at the start of the year was already squeezing the typical wage-earning household before the automatic “sequester” government-spending reductions took effect. Some economists estimate a potential [...]
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Costco Wholesale Corp. back in the forefront of minimum wage debate
Costco Wholesale Corp. President and CEO Craig Jelinek is putting his name and company in the forefront of the latest drive to increase the federal minimum wage. Jelinek was prominently quoted in a press release issued Tuesday by the national advocacy group Business for a Fair Minimum Wage.
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Forget Rodman. Guys like Jeff Bewkes are the Real Winners of Vice’s North Korea Stunt
Was Vice Media’s basketball stunt in North Korea unethical? Maybe. Either way, a lot of rich people stand to get richer off it. Caitlin Dickson follows the money trail.
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Corporate Profits Are Eating the Economy
Here are two things that are true about the economy today. The Dow Jones industrial average is poised to set a new record as corporate profits stretch to all-time highs. And, there are still fewer working Americans today than there were before the start of the Great Recession.
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What The Combined Wealth Of All 1,426 Billionaires Could Do
For the 27th annual Forbes billionaires list, our team of reporters spent months tracking down the wealthiest people around the globe. We looked at public companies and hidden fortunes, as well as a host of other luxury assets to compile the authoritative account of the rich in 2013 (read more about our methodology here). Ultimately, we found 1,426 billionaires who are together worth a total of $5.4 trillion — a record sum.
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China’s Richer-Than-Romney Lawmakers Reveal Reform Challenge
The ranks of China’s ultra-wealthy in its legislature swelled 20 percent this year, highlighting the vested interests that may oppose any measures by incoming President Xi Jinping to reduce the nation’s wealth gap.
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SimCity Burning: A Warning to Microsoft, Sony, and All Publishers on The Dangers of Always-Online DRM
Requiring an always-on connection to play a game is a recipe for disaster that Microsoft, Sony, and others would be wise to avoid entirely.
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Cheap Eats: How America Spends Money on Food
The typical U.S. household spends less than practically any other country on food
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Wells Fargo Typo Victim Dies in Court
On the morning of Dec. 19, 2012, in a Torrance courtroom, Larry Delassus' heart stopped as he watched his attorney argue his negligence and discrimination case against banking behemoth Wells Fargo.
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Surrogate offered $10,000 to abort baby
This surrogacy ended with legal actions, a secretive flight to another state, and a frenzied rush to find parents for a fragile baby.
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Why cyber currency Bitcoin is trading at an all-time high
The peer-to-peer digital currency Bitcoin is surging. Experts credit greater access, wider acceptance.
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