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Are smartphones the new killing machine? Road accidents caused by not-so-smart phone users

US officials announced that deadly traffic accidents have risen to 8.1% in the first half of 2015. The official stated that smartphones are the largest cause of increasing deadly accidents numbers.

Nov 26, 2015 12:29 AM EST

5 charged in $580M medical kickback scheme

Five people including a former executive and two surgeons were charged over a medical kickback scheme worth almost $600 million. The kickback scam in the medical sector is putting more pressure on the US healthcare system.

Nov 25, 2015 11:52 PM EST

Strong quarter growth makes Walmart still a big threat to Kroger and Whole Foods

Walmart reported a $3.3 billion third quarter earnings and its strongest quarter of food sales growth in a year.

Nov 25, 2015 10:15 PM EST

Most restaurants are not familiar with the protection Food Donation Act gives

A lot of donors are not familiar with the protection that the Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act can give, which is why there still are not many food donors.

Nov 25, 2015 10:11 PM EST

Medicines Patent Pool signed agreement with Bristol-Myers to lower Hepatitis C in 112 Developing Countries

Medicines Patent Pool signed an agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co to bring down the price of hepatitis C drug in 112 developing countries by allowing global drug manufacturers to develop Daklinza, which is chemically known as daclatasvir.

Nov 25, 2015 9:58 PM EST

Google features 'Star Wars' themes, making users choose to join "Dark side," "Light Side"

Google lets its users pick to both be in the Dark side or Light side, and turn their profiles into Star Wars themed sites.

Nov 25, 2015 9:51 PM EST

MIT's snake-like robot can serve multi-purpose simply by changing shapes

MIT, the Media Lab developed a new snake-like gadget, LineFORM. It has an ability to transform itself from a straight black line into various shapes, serving different purposes. it can change into almost everything a mobile phone, a wearable watch or a lamp.

Nov 25, 2015 9:37 PM EST

6 tips to avoid over spending

Special holiday occasions bring merriment and happiness. But at the same time it results in overspending, mostly jeopardizing household budget. There are few tips to avoid overspending over the gifts and other unnecessary tasks.

Nov 25, 2015 9:29 PM EST

Hera Systems to Launch It's First Satellites to Capture Earth Images and Video

Soon, nearly-time images and videos of Earth's activities will be captured by Hera Systems' spacecraft. This will greatly help to monitoring crops and infrastructure as well as evaluate national security.

Nov 25, 2015 8:50 PM EST

How to talk about money with your children

When talking about money to the children, it is best to start early, and start with values first, before delving into specifics.

Nov 25, 2015 9:15 AM EST

How to Deal with the 'Employee Seeks Greener Grass' Dilemma

When nothing goes well for employees, it is obvious for them to search and leave for greener grass elsewhere. Why not employers should cultivate the ‘greener grasses’ in their place only? Find out more on the employer-employee equation.

Nov 25, 2015 7:02 AM EST

Google launches Star Wars VR experience on Cardboard

Google teams up with Disney and verizon to launch a Star War's VR experience for Cardboard on December 2. The VR experience will live in the official Star Wars app that will be available on iOS and Android devices.

Nov 25, 2015 4:09 AM EST

Stockpiles help US growth beat forecast in Q3

The US economy grew 2.1 percent during the third quarter as against the forecast of 1.15 percent. However, the growth rate slowed down when compared to 3.9 percent in the second quarter.

Nov 25, 2015 4:06 AM EST

Carl Icahn picks 7.13% in Xerox, says it's undervalued

Billionaire investor Carl Icahn picked 7.13 percent stake in Xerox Corp paving his way to the company's board. Icahn gave a statement that Xerox shares are undervalued as the stock fell over 20 percent this year so far.

Nov 25, 2015 3:50 AM EST

Despite easing foreign trade, Russian markets turn attractive

Ever since the imposition of economic sanctions, the Russian economy is suffering from weakening foreign trade. Exports and imports, move steeply, only to drop during January-September period. Despite the rise in oil and natural gas exports, the oil price drop in dollar value is eroding the gains.

Nov 25, 2015 3:47 AM EST

U.S. Finds Evidence of Bribery in Wal-Mart Operation in Brazil

U.S. authority investigates potential foreign bribery by Wal-Mart Stores Inc in its Brazil operations. The investigation unearthed some evidences.

Nov 25, 2015 3:17 AM EST

SoundClound Commercialization Disappoint Its Loyal Users

Commercialization has created trouble for SoundCloud's loyal users. Its confusing copyright policy made users lost their tracks stored in SoundCloud.

Nov 25, 2015 3:10 AM EST

Oil Price Crash Sparks OPEC's Revolt Against Saudi

Saudi Arabia keeps increasing its oil production resulting crash of crude oil price. This sparks revolt of OPEC members against the leading oil producer.

Nov 25, 2015 2:53 AM EST

Britain Expand Its Military Spending In Defense Against Islamic State

George Osborne, Britain's finance minister announced on Sunday that UK will increase military budget. Britain intend to purchase several defense equipment including maritime patrol aircraft from Boeing and Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jet.

Nov 25, 2015 2:52 AM EST

Social Media Drives Significant Web Traffic to Trending Stories According to Analysis

Social media become more important to drive web traffic to news story. A publishing analytics company reported both social media and search engine is equally important.

Nov 25, 2015 2:51 AM EST

Scientists genetically modified mosquitoes to be malaria-resistant

Scientists at the University of California created mutant mosquitoes that are resistant to malaria, impairing their ability to transmit the disease to humans. The breakthrough, using gene-editing technology, may help eliminate the disease.

Nov 25, 2015 2:46 AM EST

IKEA Reaches Out to Refugees By Providing Them with Shelter: Company cuts down profits

IKEA, the Swedish furniture making company announced to cut of its profit to help the refugees. It said that it will donate 1 euro ($1.06) to the UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, for every LED product sold. Earlier this year, it donated over thousands of specially designed shelter tents for the refugees.

Nov 25, 2015 2:42 AM EST

Alibaba's Jack Ma eyes South China Morning Post

Alibaba Group's founder Jack Ma is in talks to buy a stake in the publisher of Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post. The move is similar to Amazon's Jeff Bezos who tries to revive the traditional newspaper in current digital age.

Nov 25, 2015 2:36 AM EST

Apple officialy confirms the acquisition of motion-capture firm Faceshift

Previously, it came into hearing that Apple has decided to acquire Facelift. But now, it officially confirmed in its statement. The Faceshift company is behind the motion capture technology used in Star Wars. The technology captures the real-time gestures of actors onto the animated characters used in film or game.

Nov 25, 2015 2:27 AM EST

Oil supply glut creating traffic jams at sea

The rising levels of oil inventories are resulting in more supplies and this is creating traffic jams of tankers on the seas shores and along the US Gulf Coast. The floating storage of crude oil rose three times. A number of oil tankers are queuing up waiting for offloading.

Nov 25, 2015 2:20 AM EST

Morocco to build the world’s largest solar power plant

Morocco will build the largest solar power plant in the world to provide electricity in the country by 2020. The first phase of the project will go online next month. Morocco also plans to export its solar energy to other countries in Europe.

Nov 25, 2015 2:16 AM EST

Ackman Established Superiority On Pershing By Raising Its Stake In Valeant Pharmaceuticals

Activist investor Ackman has recently announced that Pershing has increased its amount of stakes in Valeant Pharmaceuticals. According to experts, this decision will play an interesting role in the besieged drug maker’s strategy.

Nov 25, 2015 2:09 AM EST

Xiaomi Introduces Latest Redmi Note 3 With Fingerprint Scanner Technology: More Surprises Unveiled

Are you a gadget freak and like to update your mobiles with the latest model launched in the market at regular intervals? The outstanding features of just launched Redmi Note 3 will surely blow your mind. Xiaomi is surprising their customers with back to back product up gradation.

Nov 25, 2015 2:02 AM EST

People with unpaid IRS debt can have their Passports cancelled

A bill that that may cancel the passports of people with unpaid IRS loans is going to be approved very soon.

Nov 25, 2015 2:01 AM EST

Gender Pay Gap Can be Solved by These Two Things

Transparency and removing negotiations are the best ways to reduce the ever growing gender gap pay, says Forbes.

Nov 25, 2015 1:50 AM EST

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