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Even A Booming Job Market Can’t Fill Retirement Shortfall For Older Workers (#GotBitcoin?)
Nearly eight million older Americans are out of work or stuck in low-quality jobs, denying them a crucial time to accumulate savings. Even A Booming Job Market Can’t Fill Retirement Shortfall For Older Workers For older Americans, the last few years of work can be a vital chance to patch…
Everyone Loathes Robocalls. Some People Try to Get Even (#GotBitcoin?)
James Haefele Uses An Air Horn Against Scam Callers. With phone spam on the rise, a plucky band is fighting back with practical jokes, air horns and inane conversations about spaghetti. Everyone Loathes Robocalls. Some People Try to Get Even When he gets a robocall, Robert B. Eckhardt doesn’t necessarily…
How LeBron James Became Stephen Curry (#GotBitcoin?)
Lebron James Is Taking Four Pull-Up Threes Per Game This Season And Making 40% Of Them. He’s shooting more 3-pointers, longer 3-pointers and trickier 3-pointers. The best player in the NBA has adapted to basketball’s evolution. How LeBron James Became Stephen Curry In the summer of 2015, not long after…
Consumer Sentiment Slump Hits Online Retailers Too (#GotBitcoin)
An unexpected profit warning in Europe suggests internet stores may be less resilient than expected in consumer downturns. Consumer Slump Hits Online Retailers Too (#GotBitcoin) Online retailers haven’t so far been properly tested by a consumer-spending downturn. Early signs from Europe suggest they won’t be as resilient as tech bulls…
Ad Agency CEO Calls On Marketers To Take Collective Stand Against Facebook (#GotBitcoin?)
Facebook Has Faced Criticism Recently Over Issues Like Its Handling Of User Data And The Spread Of Misinformation On Its Platform. Mat Baxter, CEO of IPG media agency Initiative, said he would advise clients not to spend their ad dollars on Facebook. Ad Agency CEO Calls On Marketers To Take…
Mourinho Fired From Manchester United As Premier League Heavyweights Struggle (#GotBitcoin?)
In his two full seasons at the club, Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United finished sixth and then a distant second to Manchester City. Mourinho was appointed to restore United back to the top of the Premier League, but he leaves with his reputation tarnished. Mourinho Fired From Manchester United as Premier…
Senate Passes Landmark Criminal-Justice Overhaul Bill In Bipartisan Vote (#GotBitcoin?)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell (R., Ky.) At The Capitol On Tuesday. The Senate on Tuesday passed a landmark bill that would change sentencing guidelines for federal prisoners—and would allow early release for potentially tens of thousands of inmates who were convicted of nonviolent crimes. Senate Passes Landmark Criminal-Justice Overhaul…
Deontay Wilder Might Be America’s Next Great Heavyweight (#GotBitcoin?)
[caption id="attachment_6057" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Deontay Wilder: "I'm A Monster In The Ring But It's Not The Real Me"[/caption] Deontay Leshun Wilder (born October 22, 1985) is an American professional boxer. He has held the WBC heavyweight title since 2015, and in doing so became the first American world heavyweight champion…
Amazon Targets Unprofitable Items, With a Sharper Focus on the Bottom Line (#GotBitcoin?)
Inside The Amazon Fulfillment Center In Fall River, Mass. Amazon.com Inc. has trained people to buy everything from major appliances to daily staples online. Now it is having second thoughts about some of those sales because they don’t make money—and is pushing big brands to change how they use its…
Jailed Women’s Activists Tell Saudi Investigators of Torture (#GotBitcoin?)
Many Of The Detained Women’s Rights Activists Were Leading Champions Of Women’s Right To Drive. Human-rights commission investigating alleged waterboarding, electrocution of activists who led campaign to end driving ban on women. Jailed Women’s Rights Activists Tell Saudi Investigators of Torture. A human-rights commission reporting to Saudi King Salman is…
Deformities Alarm Scientists Racing to Rewrite Animal DNA (#GotBitcoin?)
Deformities Alarm Scientists Racing to Rewrite Animal DNA Unintended consequences have included enlarged rabbit tongues and extra pig vertebrae, as bioethicists warn of hubris. Deformities Alarm Scientists Racing to Rewrite Animal DNA The purported birth last month of the world’s first gene-edited human babies, claimed by a Chinese scientist, spurred a…
New Ways To Profit From Renting Out Single-Family Homes (#GotBitcoin)
Two-and-a-half years into the U.S. housing recovery, the real-estate industry is rolling out new ways for individuals to invest in the property market. New Ways To Profit From Renting Out Single-Family Homes (#GotBitcoin) [caption id="attachment_5881" align="aligncenter" width="569"] New Ways To Profit From Renting Out Single-Family Homes[/caption] Brokers, property managers and…