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Air Force One Percent Has Landed - Americas Top Private Jet Hotspots
Flightaware , an online tool for tracking flights shows a list of arrivals at the airport and a map of planes as they make their approach. Julia Roche ...
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The Problem with Obamacares 50 Employee Cutoff
workers respectively. Would you hire them knowing that, by surpassing the magic number 50, you will now be obligated under Obamacare to pay a penalty unless you offer all your employees affordable healthcare insurance? Imagine you are owner of a large business, with a significant part-time workforce. It is the busy season and you need more labor. Would you increase the work hours of your ...
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How You Can Benefit From All Your Stress
Smiley face (Photo credit: Wikipedia) You are stressed -- by your deadlines, your responsibilities, your ever-increasing workload, and your life in general. If you are like me, you even stress about how much stress you're feeling -- worrying that it is interfering with your performance and possibly taking years off of your life. This might sound a little crazy, but what if it's the ...
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Cambodias Booming New Industry Orphanage Tourism
It's the end of your three week vacation in Southeast Asia. You did good. You managed to hit all the locations on the backpacker's circuit; lounging on the tropical Islands off the Thai Peninsula, experiencing the street food of Bangkok, exploring the temples of Siem Reap, and shopping on the floating markets of the Mekong River. Now, with just a few days left before your flight home, ...
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10 Top Beach Resorts Around The World
10 Top Beach Resorts Around The World The desire to visit faraway shores (or even those in your own backyard) is so deeply woven into our collective summer psyche that it's practically instinctual. There's just something about feeling sand between your toes, a cold drink in your hand and a warm, salty breeze on your face that simply can't be replicated at a lake house or pool. ...
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World stock markets to grind higher
"This is a classic holiday market reversal," said Neil Shah, a director at London's Edison Investment. When investors and traders return to their desks after the long weekend in the U.S. and the U.K., stocks would continue moving higher, he said. Japan, where the ...
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Vermont fights back against patent trolls
Patent trolls, experts say, typically snap up patents in droves. Their goal isn't to create products themselves, but to make money by pursuing dubious infringement claims against businesses that supposedly encroach on their patents. They threaten businesses with huge lawsuits if licensing fees aren't paid immediately, often without including even basic facts about the patent in ...
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Stocks slip for third straight day
Federal Reserve over the size of the central bank's bond buying program. With the major gauges up about 15% for the year, some investors have speculated the market is on the verge of a long-awaited pullback. But others say stocks will continue to grind higher as investors look for opportunities to get in on the rally. Bill Stone, chief investment strategist for PNC Wealth Management, ...
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China gives US regulators access to audit records
WASHINGTON (AP) -- China has agreed to give U.S. regulators access to audit records for Chinese companies whose shares trade on U.S. stock exchanges, a step forward in a long-running ...
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The Week in Charts See how low inventories are juicing home prices
It's Macro 101 -- limited supplies plus rising demand equals higher price. And that's just what is happening in the market for new homes. In April, the median price of a new home jumped 15% to $271,600 -- a record high, according to the Commerce ...
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Procter Gamble plays it safe with CEO return
The abrupt switch at the Procter & Gamble helm got Wall Street excited Friday morning, lifting the stock and earning the consumer-products giant an upgrade to buy from UBS ...
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Diana Furchtgott-Roth Apple IRS highlight the need for tax reform
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- What do Apple CEO Tim Cook and countless Tea Party followers have in common? All have been the subject of congressional hearings this week about the frailties of our current tax ...
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Metals Stocks Gold backs off one-week high
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- Gold prices posted mild losses on Friday, backing away from a week-high settlement a day prior, and seeing little benefit from dollar weakness as investors readied for the long U.S. holiday ...
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Economic Report Durable-goods orders snap back in April
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Higher demand for autos, airplanes and military wares boosted orders for long-lasting goods in April, but bookings also rose in most other industries in a positive sign for U.S. ...
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Microsoft Xbox One a let down says Steven Butts of IGN
One thing's for sure: It's one big gamble for Microsoft. After eight years on the market, Microsoft's Xbox 360 is being replaced. The ...
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Best Buy to shave $50 off iPhone starting May 26
(Credit: CNET) Consumers looking for an iPhone or certain Android phone may want to check out the latest sale at Best Buy come Sunday. Starting May 26, buyers will be able to save $50 off the price of ...
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Get an entry-level Lenovo laptop for $284.99
(Credit: Best Buy) Quick housekeeping note: Deals are available at the time I write about them, and I usually have no way of knowing how much inventory a seller has left. Unfortunately, occasionally an item sells out soon after I post it, which is what happened yesterday. Believe me, I share your frustration. The good news is that good deals very often come around again -- and I always try ...
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Apples Ive at work on drastic iOS overhaul
(Credit: Apple) Jonathan Ive, Apple's senior vice president of industrial design and the new design chief for iOS, has one idea in mind for the mobile operating system: out with the old and in with the new. According to 9to5Mac, ...
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Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D Review Better Jump Through The Jungle
is a beautiful game. In fact, it's one of the best looking titles I've played on the Nintendo 3DS, and makes some of the best use of 3D I've seen on the system. When an enemy is killed, it goes flying toward the screen. Environments pop out of the handheld system, and some levels--especially the silhouette levels--are simply gorgeous. Small details, like the dandelions you can ...
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Spinning RECORD Battle Over Rosiglitazone Heats Up Two Weeks Before Crucial FDA Meeting
Battle lines are being drawn two weeks before a highly unusual two-day FDA advisory committee meeting to discuss the contentious diabetes drug rosiglitazone ...
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An Entrepreneurs Handbook To Slaying Goliath
Every time I've started a company, I've chosen a category in which multiple, bigger players already exist. And every time I've chosen to go this path, I get the same response from friends, family and especially investors. They'll say, "You're too late to win this game," or, "Company X just secured $45M on a $275M valuation, has 130 employees and is the ...
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Seven Ways To Instill A Superhero Code Of Conduct Into The Next Generation Of Entrepreneurs
Photo Credit (Wikipedia) When I (Corey) was a child, I went through a phase where I would keep two children's aspirin under my pillow while I slept in my superman jammies. My 4-year-old brain was pretty sure that if a robber snuck into my room in the night to do me harm, those little peach-colored sugar pills would give me the strength to fend him off much like the Underdog super energy ...
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The Many Faces of Dungeons and Dragons
First published in 1974, the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons has seen many changes. Here's a look at some of the core rule books issued over the ...
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The New Dungeons Dragons Goes To Print In Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle
A year ago today, Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast launched a public playtest of a new edition of the classic fantasy role-playing game. Codenamed D&D Next, the rules are an ambitious redesign meant to unify four decades and five editions' worth of players under one single system -and now fans will get to see them in print for the very first ...
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Strong Drug Performance Boosts Santarus Higher
Santarus is a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing and commercializing proprietary products for the prevention and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases and disorders. Founded in 1996, it is based in San Diego, ...
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Rhode Island offshore wind farm contraversey
There is division in the ranks over a wind farm planned for construction off Block Island, while officials in the state government have accused future surveys for potential new sites of lacking in scope.
Deepwater Wind is becoming a controversial name in Rhode Island over plans to build an off shore wind farm just off the coast of Rhode Island. While not as controversial as Deepwater Horizon, the BP oil rig that caused the mess in the Gulf of Mexico, the renewable energy plans of Deepwater Wind are certainly raising some hackles. Read more
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