Get Ready Overstock, Here Come The Bitcoin Bean Counters Forbes Overstock.com Overstock.com just turned heads with the news that it will start accepting Bitcoin next year. The first major online retailer to take this step, Overstock's decision is huge for Bitcoin as other retailers are expected to follow suit. (Not to mention it is a ... | |
Hyundai Group Units Rise on 3.3 Trillion Won Asset Sales Plan Bloomberg Hyundai Group, owner of South Korea's second-largest shipping company, plans to sell assets including financial units and a hotel for at least 3.3 trillion won ($3.1 billion) to boost cash. The group will sell Hyundai Securities Co. (003450) and two other ... | |
How Tighter Government Spending Contributed to China Rate Spike Wall Street Journal An unusual shift to slower government spending toward the end of the year caught the Chinese central bank off guard and helped send money-market rates last week to their highest levelssince a crisis in June, economists say. The People's Bank of China ... | |
5 years after coal-ash spill, little has changed USA TODAY HARRIMAN, Tenn. – As Tommy Charles looks out of his dining room window, it's easy to see why he and his wife moved to Lakeshore Drive here nearly 50 years ago. The Emory River widens as it passes his house. Great blue herons glide above the placid, ... | |
Businessman, Jewish Advocate Bronfman Dies ABC News Edgar M. Bronfman Sr., the billionaire businessman and longtime president of the World Jewish Congress, which lobbied the Soviets to allow Jews to emigrate and helped spearhead the search for hidden Nazi loot, died Saturday. He was 84. | |
Soccer Star Beckham Will Promote Casinos in China ABC News Retired soccer star and sometime underwear model David Beckham has signed on to help promote Las Vegas Sands' properties in Singapore and the Chinese gambling enclave of Macau. Sands said in a statement that it hopes to cash in on Beckham's ... | |
Tiffany Ordered to Pay Swatch $449.5 Million in Damages Wall Street Journal Tiffany & Co. has to pay Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group AG the equivalent of $449.5 million in damages related to the two companies' failed partnership. The penalty exceeds the U.S. luxury-goods maker's annual earnings last year. In a statement Sunday, ... | |
Monday marks key health care deadline USA TODAY WASHINGTON — Monday marks the last day to sign up through the federal and state health exchanges to have insurance coverage beginning Jan. 1. And while government officials said the federal site, HealthCare.gov, can handle a last-minute rush of ... | |
Utilities work overtime to restore power to homes and businesses Detroit Free Press The ice storm that hit Michigan this weekend left more than 300,000 homes and businesses without power, including about 137,000 in the metro Detroit area. Crews worked overtime to restore power but thousands were expected to remain in the dark early ... | |
Venezuela car owners unfazed by planned fuel hike Washington Post CARACAS, Venezuela — Owners of the 1970s-era gas guzzling trucks and sedans that have long reigned over Caracas' smog-filled roadways will soon have to pay a bit more to keep flaunting their energy-inefficient monsters. As an economic crisis drains ... | |
Monday deadline for ObamaCare is a milestone and marker of uncertainty Fox News The deadline for most Americans to have ObamaCare insurance starting January 1 is Monday, but a series of administration fixes and delays is turning the milestone into a day that for many Americans will underscore the uncertainty about the future of the law. | |
Changing energy landscape may save Plymouth nuclear plant Boston Globe David L. Ryan/Globe Staff. The owner of the 41-year-old Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station won a 20-year license extension in 2012. PLYMOUTH — Perched on the eastern shore of this seaside community, the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station is a sprawling ... | |
The Affordable Care Act on the brink of doom Detroit Free Press It was clear from the outset that the quest to provide affordable health care coverage to millions of uninsured Americans would be a challenge at least as as formidable and complex as landing a man on the moon. But even by that standard — and it is ... | |
Obamacare enlistees race to meet Monday deadline New York Daily News Monday is the last day to sign up for federal health exchange insurance if people want their coverage to start in January. Officials have already pushed the deadline back a week and it's still unclear whether everyone who wants to enroll will actually be able to ... | |
Stocks Have More Room to Run Barron's The bull market continues, even in the face of tapering. But can the rally continue next year? Article; Comments. Email; Print; Reprints. smaller; Larger. Sometimes an entire year can seem to play out in a day, and that day would be last Wednesday. Main Street ... | |
Bernanke's rockin' New Year's tapering New York Post It celebrated by deciding to taper while going over the $4 trillion mark on its balance sheet. Ben Bernanke's last meeting as Fed chief saw him begin the long unwinding of his baby, quantitative easing (known as QE), by reducing his bond buying by $10 billion ... | |
Monday is deadline for insurance sign-ups in marketplace Herald & Review Plans: 39 plans available through the insurance marketplace at four levels: three Catastrophic, nine Bronze, 14 Silver and 13 Gold. The platinum plan is not being offered. Each plan offers varying deductible and premium costs, but the tax credits are not ... | |
Colorado to increase minimum wage 9NEWS.com DENVER (AP) - Colorado's minimum wage will increase by 22 cents on New Year's Day to $8 an hour. Supporters say the raise will benefit 104,000 low-wage workers statewide. The minimum for tipped workers in Colorado will also rise by 22 cents, to nearly ... | |
CRUISE CORNER: CARNIVAL UPS ITS GAME U-T San Diego In the last few years, Carnival Cruise Lines has been in the news more often than not for an unfortunate set of stranded ships that have significantly inconvenienced passengers. Recognizing the seriousness of these failures, Carnival has made great strides to ... | |
Lagarde: Timely implementation of the Cyprus adjustment program crucial for ... Famagusta Gazette The Managing Director of IMF Christine Lagarde has praised the Cypriot authorities for the implementation of the adjustment program, noting that fully and timely implementation as well as broad public support, is crucial to restore confidence and growth in the ... | |
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