by Deca | Jul 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Akin Oyedele, Business Insider, July 19, 2015 The S&P 500 crossed its previous closing high reached two months ago on Monday, and the Nasdaq broke its previous highs clinched Friday. It was an ugly day for commodities. This article highlights the day’s...
by Deca | Jul 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Eugene Kim, Business Insider, July 20, 2015 PayPal started trading as an independent company on Monday after its spin-off from eBay last week — and it’s already worth more than some of the biggest tech companies. According to a chart put together by...
by Deca | Jul 20, 2015 | Uncategorized
Eric Schmitt and Ben Hubbard, The New York Times, July 20, 2015 The Islamic State’s reclusive leader has empowered his inner circle of deputies as well as regional commanders in Syria and Iraq with wide-ranging authority, a plan to ensure that if he or...
by Deca | Jul 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Nick Wingfield, The New York Times, July 19, 2015 Next week, when Microsoft releases Windows 10, the latest version of the company’s operating system, the software will offer a mix of the familiar and new to the people who run earlier versions of it on more...
by Deca | Jul 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Jason Gots, Big Think, July 19, 2015 It’s well-established (and completely obvious) that optimism is a bit delusional, especially if you don’t believe in some form of Heaven or live in a hermetically sealed Utopian community where life has been...
by Deca | Jul 19, 2015 | Uncategorized
Robert A. Ingram, The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2015 At the dawn of the 20th century, life expectancy in the United States was 47 years. Today, it’s 79. Two decades ago, a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C was a death sentence. The mortality rate...