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Today's home price rebound is different from bubble era, says San Francisco Federal Reserve

The recent rebound in the US house prices is not the same with the mid-2000 bubble, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Nov 22, 2015 8:12 PM EST


Top 5 brands millennial women love are mostly athletic brands

Goldman Sachs released its third annual “Teen Vogue-GS millennial brand survey” with athletic brands increasing their popularity.

Nov 22, 2015 8:05 PM EST


Draghi Determined to Do Anything to Raise Inflation Quickly

The European Central Bank declared on Friday that it is all set to act rapidly to increase anaemic inflation in the euro zone.

Nov 22, 2015 7:24 AM EST


Lockheed-Boeing JV to fly into satellite launching space

Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance (ULA) is exploring business potential in launching small satellites called CubeSat. It's planning to launch its first CubeSat by mid2017. ULA will also launch some CubeSats for free of cost.

Nov 22, 2015 6:45 AM EST


China Reveals 'Underground Banks' $125 Billion Worth of Illegal Money Transfers

China police were able to crack down an underground bank mainly used for illegal money transfer. This has been going on since April and more than 170 cases of money laundering and illegal fund transfer so far has been uncovered.

Nov 22, 2015 4:13 AM EST


Mark Zuckerberg Allocates $20 Million For Speeding Up Internet In Schools

Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla are thinking a lot about education for children these days. The couple is expecting their first child soon and they are working on how American schools need to change.

Nov 22, 2015 2:47 AM EST


Fire in the Xinghua Coal Mines Of China: 12 Dead And 1 Missing

Does the coal mine of China will keep revealing such deadly incidents every now and then? Let us hope that the coal mines in Heilongjiang region in the north east part of China do not witness any such episode of the fatal blaze with deaths and injuries.

Nov 22, 2015 2:26 AM EST


WhatsApp CEO Jan Koum sold $300 million worth of Facebook stock to pay of taxes

WhatsApp cofounder Jan Kuom sold his Facebook stock amounting to $300 million to pay off taxes he got after he sold his company.

Nov 22, 2015 2:07 AM EST


London house prices exceed pre-2008 financial crisis by 50%

London house prices is 50 percent over the pre-2008 financial crisis peak due to a significant increase that started in March 2012, with an average house price at £531,000 and a national average of £299,300.

Nov 22, 2015 2:02 AM EST


Journalists invited for a tour in new NASA Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

NASA and Google sent out invitations to journalists for a tour to their new Quantum Artificial Intelligence Laboratory set on December 8 at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley.

Nov 22, 2015 1:46 AM EST


Tech companies still lag in gender diversity

The new studies showed that the tech company has been improving on gender diversity, but still lag compare to other business sectors. The studies showed that tech companies are slow in putting women on their director boards.

Nov 22, 2015 1:09 AM EST


Ford Workers narrowly approves New Four-Year Contract with union

Ford workers narrowly approved a new four-year contract between the United Auto Workers union and the car manufacturing company.

Nov 22, 2015 1:00 AM EST


Nintendo opens its own online shop on EBay

Nintendo opens up its own official shop on the giant shopping website eBay to get a share of the shopping frenzy that would happen on the holiday season.

Nov 22, 2015 12:56 AM EST


Campaign seeks to ban 'Sardar Jokes' from Indian Websites

A petition is launched to ban “Sardar jokes” from Indian websites for promoting stereotype and offending minorities.

Nov 22, 2015 12:35 AM EST


Forbes Top 20 Most Expensive Zip Codes in America, Majority from California

Forbes released its list of America’s Most Expensive ZIP Codes in 2015 with majority of them coming from California.

Nov 22, 2015 12:24 AM EST


New Digital Crypto-Currency pays for every 10,000 steps

Bitwalking is a new digital crypto-currency that pays its user BW$1 for every 10,000 steps he or she makes.

Nov 22, 2015 12:14 AM EST


Billionaire Gabelli joins millennials Transition from Cable TV to On Demand on Mobile Devices

73-year old value investor and billionaire Mario Gabelli is joining countless millennials in cutting off their cable cords and preferring to watch TV and movie on demand in their mobile devices.

Nov 21, 2015 10:13 PM EST


Chipotle E. Coli Outbreak Spread to Six States, 45 people affected

Chipotle Mexican Grill outbreak has now spread to six states, infecting 45 people. Chipotle Mexican Grill made the headlines early November due to an E.

Nov 21, 2015 10:04 PM EST


Jawbone lays off 15% of Workforce, Closed NY Office As part of "streamlining"

Jawbone let go about 60 employees, which is 15 percent of their workforce, and has closed down its New York office as part of a wider “streamlining.”

Nov 21, 2015 9:55 PM EST


Addictive Amphetamine Pills Fueling Syrian Civil War Confiscated in Turkey

Authorities in Turkey recently conducted two massive raids along the country’s Syrian border, seizing 11 million Captagon pills, another key factor that fuels the war in Syria.

Nov 21, 2015 9:36 PM EST


GM, US Army develops Hydrogen Fuel Cell-powered Chevrolet Colorado

The US Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development, and Engineering Center (TARDEC) has teamed up with General Motors to create a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain pick-up truck out of the Chevy Colorado.

Nov 21, 2015 9:31 PM EST


NASA Develops new technology to Detect and Fight Wildfires from Space

NASA developed a new technology that will help detect, monitor, and prevent wildfire. NASA developed a new technology called FireSat that will help predict where the next wildfire will strike next Time reported that the new fire detection technology uses infrared sensors to detect wildfire when it has grown to 35 to 50 feet wide.

Nov 21, 2015 9:24 PM EST


NASA approves SpaceX to Bring Astronauts to International Space Station

NASA announced Friday that it has approved a space mission SpaceX to bring astronauts to the International Space Station, which will happen 2017.

Nov 21, 2015 8:28 PM EST


Intel hires Former Co-President of Rival Qualcomm to lead new Client and Internet of Things and Systems Architecture Group

Intel hired Venkata “Murthy” Renduchintala just one day after he resigned from rival chip maker Qualcomm.

Nov 21, 2015 8:15 PM EST


Facebook Is Introducing An Interesting Way To Deal With Break-Ups In Digital World: Is It For Better Or Worse?

Do you wish to deal with your breakup in a dignified manner in the virtual world? Preserving your self-respect and self-esteem should be your top priority no matter what. Facebook is bringing a new tool to make digital break-ups a lot easier to handle.

Nov 21, 2015 9:24 AM EST


Alt Fi Data on Whether Crowdfunding Is A Wise Investment Or Not

Crowdfunding has been blasting in fame for both financial specialists and organizations in the Britain for the past two years.

Nov 21, 2015 9:19 AM EST


Volvo Introduces Futuristic Self Driving Cars – Experience Luxury with Concept 26

Have you ever dreamt of driving cars without being present behind the wheels? Well, Volvo concept 26 futuristic self-driving cars made it possible. Now, drivers can easily multitask or just go on relax mode during the ride making driving never seemed so interesting ever before.

Nov 21, 2015 9:12 AM EST


Amazon Is Assuring Complete Security With Two-Factor Authentication System: Safe Online Experience Is A Must

Who does not wish to make life feel safer in all aspects? If you are an avid internet user, Amazon’s latest two-factor authentication system might be your next huge crush for providing ultimate secure online experience.

Nov 21, 2015 8:53 AM EST


Xbox One Price offered with $50 off on Black Friday Weekend

Microsoft announced that it will offer the Xbox One with $50 percent off from any of its 12 bundles in the Black Friday weekend.

Nov 21, 2015 2:55 AM EST


Seized Kenyan Bank Plans to Raise $98 Million to Start Operating Again

Shareholders from Kenyan lender Imperial Bank will raise 10 billion shillings to start operation again after it was seized last month by regulator for internal fraud committed by its former head, who recently died.

Nov 21, 2015 2:51 AM EST


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