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For What Its Worth -- 6 Pieces Of Advice From A Hardcore Pawnbroker
Les Gold My longtime friend Les Gold has always been hardcore. He runs an enormous pawn shop in the heart of Detroit, buying and selling anything and everything to a slew of eager customers. On any given day, he's dealing in custom jewelry, taxidermy, sailboats, and television sets - and he's doing it alongside his children Ashley and Seth. A couple of years ago, their world got even ...
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Google files First Amendment court case against NSA surveillance secrecy
The petition comes less than two weeks after The Guardian and The Washington Post revealed a National Security Agency surveillance program known as Prism. Leaked documents said the NSA has been monitoring data from nine major U.S. companies, including ...
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Tech Stocks H-P Intel boost Dow Facebook rises
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology stocks were modestly higher Tuesday, lifted by gains in shares of Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp. and Facebook ...
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NewsWatch How to trade the Federal Reserve decision
The main question hanging over financial markets right now is when and how the Federal Open Market Committee may change its monetary policy in coming months. That's why Wednesday is shaping up to be a big markets day and MarketWatch reporters analyzed how various asset classes may react depending on the message the Fed sends to the financial ...
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Microsoft Makes A Few Advertising Announcements At Cannes Lions
Microsoft has some advertising news today out of Cannes Lions. Last year at Cannes, Microsoft Advertising’s Yarn announced it would be working in partnership with creative agencies and brands on some new ad experiences. Today, they announced a new wave of prototypes they developed with agencies like BMB, Razorfish, Rooster Worldwide, UM, and VML and brands like All Saints clothing, ...
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Adobe beats analyst profit expectations mulls subscription changes
The company's Creative Cloud subscriber base grew to 700,000 in the second quarter, but Adobe is considering other options to woo those who don't like the monthly payment ...
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Google challenges DOJs surveillance gag order
Search company asks to clear its name by arguing it has the First Amendment right to reveal how many Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act orders it receives from the U.S. ...
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NASA issues asteroid Grand Challenge to all
issued a Grand Challenge aimed at locating all asteroid threats to Earth and figuring out what to do about them. It seems the asteroid threat has really picked up steam lately. We've had ...
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US Agriculture Industry Opposes Changes to Food Aid Program
CAMBRIA, WISCONSIN -- The Food for Peace program costs about $1.5 billion annually and provides U.S.-grown food to countries in need. But President Barack Obama’s proposed 2014 budget includes changes to the 59-year-old program - replacing some commodity shipments with direct cash purchases in foreign countries. While some aid agencies welcome the proposed changes, farmers and millers in ...
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Foreclosures fall to nearly 7-year low
San Diego County foreclosures have plummeted to a nearly seven-low year -- in light of rising home values, the effects of government intervention and new protections for California consumers, said real estate tracker DataQuick on ...
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Amid Security Concerns Microsoft Drops Linked Outlook Accounts For Aliases
While Microsoft has long supported linked accounts for its Hotmail and Outlook email services, the Redmond-based software giant recently noted these can be tempting targets for hackers. In a surprising move, the company has opted to sever those links entirely. On Monday, Microsoft announced it would drop linked accounts for ...
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Metals decline as traders wait for Federal Reserve
Metal prices fell as traders anticipate that the Federal Reserve may start easing its support for the economy.The price of gold for August delivery fell $16.20, or 1.2 percent, to $1,366.90 an ounce. Palladium and silver also declined. Only platinum bucked the trend and edged higher.The central bank will end its two-day policy meeting Wednesday. Until this year, the Fed's bond-buying ...
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As More Countries Scramble To Fill Revenue Holes Ukraine Plans To Triple Beer Tax
: it's about to get a lot more expensive to drink a pint in the Ukraine. Ukraine, which is the largest country wholly in Europe, borders Russia and Poland. At the turn of the 19th century, the country was poor and largely ignored by its bordering countries. Conflicts within Europe following World War I consumed Ukraine and it was eventually swallowed up by the Soviet Union. Ukraine ...
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How Is Experience Valued In the Sharing Economy
How do you buy or sell something so abstract as an "experience"? And what is it worth? That's not an idle question for companies in the sharing economy. The experience of staying in an Airbnb apartment-with all its quirks, blemishes and unique qualities-is the differentiator from the equivalent traditional hotel. Teasing out how an Airbnb home is valued or how a RelayRides ...
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Beacon Power To Build A Flywheel Plant To Keep The Grid In Good Health
Beacon Power , the flywheel energy storage company that won a loan from a controversial federal program and survived bankruptcy, will kickstart the construction of a project in Pennsylvania this Friday. The Massachusetts company plans to build a 20-megawatt flywheel plant in the town of Hazle and sell its service to the region's electric grid ...
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Conflict-Free Retirement Plan Advisers Remain Hard To Find
Reflections of Earth fireworks show at Epcot at Walt Disney World. In recent years the U.S. Department of Labor, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the General Accountability Office have all advised companies sponsoring retirement plans that conflicts of interest related to investment consultants to plans are widespread and that these conflicts have resulted in reduced returns, as ...
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E3 2013 Murdered Soul Suspect Gameplay Preview
Games ' Murdered: Soul Suspect. The marketing and buzz surrounding the title has been surprisingly sparse, given its interesting twist on the classic whodunit tale. I got to see a lengthy gameplay demo at the Square Enix booth during E3 and it's hard to deny the clever intrigue at play. Our gameplay demo started with us watching the player character and hero, Ronan O'Connor, ...
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The Paradox Of Women Business Owners
The American Express report also noted, however, that a woman-owned business employs, on average, just one person in addition to the owner; the typical privately held business (where the gender of its owner or owners isn't broken out and the company's shares are neither traded on public exchanges nor issued through an initial public offering) employs two people apart from the owner. ...
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Dmitry Itskov Wants To Live Forever.
Star Trek, "Errand of Mercy" At the Global Future 2045 conference (GF2045) in New York City on June 15-16, 2013, emcee Philippe van Nedervelde said, "It used to be that the only sure things are death and taxes. Soon, it will just be taxes. And if we get to live and prosper forever, perhaps even taxes will one day go the way of the Dodo too." His statement was met with ...
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Mobile Payments Why You Cant Live Without Them
Mobile payment providers have a big challenge on their hands: consumers just don't care about paying with their smartphones. They are happy paying by card (or cash.) It's easy enough, convenient enough, and they're used to doing it. Aside from early adopters who get a rush out of being the first to try every new app that comes along, consumers are in no hurry to change how they ...
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Microsoft slashes Surface RT prices by 60 for schools
Computerworld - Microsoft today confirmed that it has heavily discounted the Surface RT tablet to universities and K-12 schools, cutting the price of the entry-level model by 60%. It was the third time within a month that Microsoft has launched a Surface RT promotion, hinting at an impending refresh of the tablet. On Monday, Ryan Lowdermilk, a Microsoft technical evangelist, published details ...
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Want to curb texting and driving Turn it into a joke
An Australian train safety campaign called "Dumb Ways to Die" is winning big at this week's Cannes Advertising Festival. Might such a jokey style persuade those who cannot help texting at the ...
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The iPhone 5S rumor roundup
(Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Editors' note: This blog was originally published on December 6, 2012. We'll continuously update this piece up until the device's official launch; let us know if we missed any rumors ourselves. iPhone rumors are like flies at a summer picnic: they're nearly unstoppable. Collected in one batch are all ...
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The 404 1286 Where were tired of zombies
(Credit: Orlando S.) On today's show we're welcoming Dan Chiappini from GameSpot Australia along with 404 veteran Scott Stein. We'll briefly recap Scott's time down ...
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Chromebooks land at more retail stores
Google's cheap laptops arrive at more stores, Microsoft offers discounted Surface tablets for schools, and AT&T tests free phone charging stations in New ...
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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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