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New York – New York City Revenues Ahead Of Forecast For Fiscal 2016

New York – New York City Revenues Ahead Of Forecast For Fiscal 2016

New York –  New York City will take in $304 million more in taxes and other revenues than forecast for the current fiscal year, allowing… Read More ›

Trump talks Clinton’s ‘massive’ new hairdo

Trump talks Clinton’s ‘massive’ new hairdo

Washington – Donald Trump said Wednesday he was shocked to see Hillary Clinton’s latest hairdo, calling it “massive” in an interview on conservative talk radio. Asked… Read More ›

Jury finds alleged mob captain Vincent Asaro not guilty

Jury finds alleged mob captain Vincent Asaro not guilty

New York – A federal jury in New York acquitted alleged former mob boss Vincent Asaro, who was accused in the famed 1978 Lufthansa heist at… Read More ›

In battle for Sinjar, Iraqi Kurds block key IS supply line

In battle for Sinjar, Iraqi Kurds block key IS supply line

Peshmerga forces, backed by US-led airstrikes, target jihadist positions along main route between northern Iraq and Syria   MOUNT SINJAR, Iraq (AFP) — Iraqi Kurdish… Read More ›

Suicide attacks rock Hezbollah-controlled Beirut

Suicide attacks rock Hezbollah-controlled Beirut

At least 41 deaths reported with181 wounded as two bombers blow themselves up in Hezbollah-controlled area; ISIS claims responsibility. At least 41 were killed and… Read More ›

Millennials are living with their parents longer than ever

Millennials are living with their parents longer than ever

  More young adults are living with their parents than at any time since 1940, according to new data. And for today’s millennials, it means… Read More ›

Apple is reportedly talking to banks about creating its own competitor to PayPal’s Venmo

Apple is reportedly talking to banks about creating its own competitor to PayPal’s Venmo

  Apple is in talks with banks in the US about creating its own mobile-to-mobile payments service that sounds a lot like PayPal’s Venmo app,… Read More ›

Fidelity has no business investing in startups like Snapchat: NYU professor

Fidelity has no business investing in startups like Snapchat: NYU professor

  Aswath Damodaran, a New York University finance professor, doesn’t think that a big, stodgy investor like Fidelity should invest in a startup like Snapchat.… Read More ›

Here’s what’s in store for next year’s smartphones

Here’s what’s in store for next year’s smartphones

If you’re thinking about buying a new smartphone, you might want to wait just a bit. Next year’s smartphones are going to do stuff that… Read More ›

Alabama police charge 8-year-old with murder in death of 1-year-old

Alabama police charge 8-year-old with murder in death of 1-year-old

When a 1-year-old girl wouldn’t stop crying while her mother was at a club, an 8-year-old boy became annoyed and “viciously attacked” the toddler, beating… Read More ›

Lakewood Township, NJ – Official: Anti-Islamic Police Training Class Inappropriate

Lakewood Township, NJ – Official: Anti-Islamic Police Training Class Inappropriate

  Lakewood Township, NJ – New Jersey officials say it was inappropriate for a county police academy to have a self-described former Muslim terrorist speak… Read More ›

Tokyo – Japan’s First Passenger Plane In 50 Years Makes Maiden Flight

Tokyo – Japan’s First Passenger Plane In 50 Years Makes Maiden Flight

  Tokyo – Japan’s first commercial passenger plane in half a century made its maiden flight on Wednesday, in a breakthrough for the country’s long-held… Read More ›

Geneva – Rare Blue Diamond Sells For Record $48.5 Million At Auction

Geneva – Rare Blue Diamond Sells For Record $48.5 Million At Auction

  Geneva – Sotheby’s says a rare blue diamond has sold for a record 48.6 million Swiss francs ($48.5 million) at a Geneva auction, including… Read More ›

Earth-size planet may be ‘most important ever found outside solar system’

Earth-size planet may be ‘most important ever found outside solar system’

Features of newfound world ‘bode well for the long-term goal of studying cooler planets that could have life’   CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — There’s… Read More ›

Analysis: ISIS in Sinai can expect more funds, and more Egyptian attacks

Analysis: ISIS in Sinai can expect more funds, and more Egyptian attacks

A new Egyptian assault on the group now seems a matter of time following the bombing of a Russian airliner, which murdered 224 civilians.  … Read More ›

The Mizzou media professor who called for ‘muscle’ against a journalist just issued an apology

The Mizzou media professor who called for ‘muscle’ against a journalist just issued an apology

  The University of Missouri professor caught on video blocking journalists from filming protests issued an apology Tuesday evening. Melissa Click, an assistant professor of mass media,… Read More ›

The 2 main reasons people aren’t buying the Apple Watch

The 2 main reasons people aren’t buying the Apple Watch

  The Apple Watch isn’t a flop. It’s just too new. That’s the gist of some recent findings by Wristly, a research firm that surveys Apple… Read More ›

A crowd of 10,000-plus went nuts for Trump in Illinois last night — pundits are still underestimating him

A crowd of 10,000-plus went nuts for Trump in Illinois last night — pundits are still underestimating him

  Business Insider is following Donald Trump on the campaign trail this week. Last night, Trump spoke at a rally in Springfield, Illinois. More than… Read More ›

Italy – Prosecutors Investigate Olive Oil Makers For Selling Ordinary Olive Oil As Highly Prized Extra-Virgin

Italy – Prosecutors Investigate Olive Oil Makers For Selling Ordinary Olive Oil As Highly Prized Extra-Virgin

  Italy – Prosecutors are investigating seven olive oil producers for fraudulently selling ordinary olive oil as highly prized extra-virgin. Prosecutors in the northern city… Read More ›

New York, NY – Manhattan’s Building Boom A Quandary For Aging Office Complex

New York, NY – Manhattan’s Building Boom A Quandary For Aging Office Complex

  New York, NY – A new skyline rising across Manhattan poses a challenge for the owners of the city’s aging office buildings as they… Read More ›