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Updated May 16, 2016 1:50 p.m. ET Facebook Inc. FB -1.11 % is now selling video ads on behalf of other companies, a move that could prove lucrative for the technology giant and intensify its competition with Alphabet Inc. GOOGL -1.38 % subsidiary Google and other online ad specialists. The company said on Monday it…
/end .figure Previously: A Day in the Life of Dr. Oz “We’ll be there for forty-five minutes, tops,” Derek had said. “I just promised Angela we would come by. I’m sorry. I really am. But I swear it won’t be that bad.” Alix had rolled her eyes at him. “My one night out this whole…
/end .figure For Ted, it was a predictable morning at the local fair trade coffee shop. Co-eds filled the place, desperate for their caffeine fix, using high voices to order Starbucks sizes that weren’t even applicable there. Ted shook his head as yet another pierced the air with her dismay, “So, nothing is pumpkin?” It…
.post-info .has-bugs .single-featured-image Tuesday, April 14, is the 19th annual Equal Pay Day. The day is a symbolic representation of the gender pay gap: The average woman would have had to work all last year and into April this year to earn as much as the average man did in 2014 alone. But speaking in…
Gender disparities in income are greater in many white-collar U.S. professions than blue-collar and don’t lend themselves to legislative remedies Dr. Anne Montgomery, left, says her pay has lagged behind that of husband Dr. Glen Stream, center, because of trade-offs for her family. ‘To get back up to speed takes a while,’ she says. PHOTO: SANDY HUFFAKER…
Face of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has been in damage control mode all week. A Gizmodo exposé revealed on May 9 that the social media company may have been suppressing conservative news from its Trending Topics section. Zuck offered to meet with conservative leaders on Friday in an attempt to smooth things over. Facebook has also attempted…
Melania Trump says she is shocked by Chris Matthews’s recent remarks about her physical appearance. “Unbelievable,” she said in an interview with Du Jour published on Tuesday. “That’s what I’m saying — I’m not only a beauty, I’m smart. I have brains. I’m intelligent. I would just say, Men will be men.” Matthews was caught analyzing Trump’s appearance…
Face of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has been in damage control mode all week. A Gizmodo exposé revealed on May 9 that the social media company may have been suppressing conservative news from its Trending Topics section. Zuck offered to meet with conservative leaders on Friday in an attempt to smooth things over. Facebook has also attempted…
Before he raped me, I considered Sean my friend. I decorated a cake for his birthday. I played my songs for him. He shared his closet-grown weed with me. He giggled as I jumped in a pile of leaves. I trusted him. And then, two days after Thanksgiving, I asked Sean to accompany me to an…
BFFs Alex Trebek and Neal Pollack pose on the set of Jeopardy I’m a Jeopardy! champion. I won three games in September of 2013. This didn’t happen during “Power Players Week.” I’m not a power player to anyone but that one guy in Pittsburgh who bought my band’s album in 2004, and also the editor…