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Adam Singolda is nearly an hour into explaining his sometimes frightening pitch to media companies when he decides to go full Game of Thrones. “Winter is coming,” Singolda says, referring to the catchphrase from the bloody drama. “There is going to be a shake. But we’re building the wall.” Winter, as he sees it, is when…
Those yellow clothing-collection bins behind your local gas station or convenience store aren’t actually particularly charitable, according to a Reveal investigation. Not only will your donations likely not be helping hungry kids in Africa, they may be directly supporting a Danish international fugitive named Mogens Amdi Petersen. Most bins of this type, which have cropped…
Over the past four years, the number of million-dollar homes in the US has doubled. In 19 American towns, 100% of residences are now worth at least seven figures. Those findings come from real-estate listing company Trulia, which included properties not currently listed for sale in its calculations. Hanalei CDP, HI 100% Rolling Hills city,…
Paramount/YoutubeYes, they bought frozen concentrated orange juice, but you get the idea.It’s easy to think that the stock market is the playground of hedge funds and day traders, but in reality most of the stock market is owned by the average joe. In fact, the largest chunk is doing one thing: helping people retire. In…
Some millennials may never get to experience the joys of playing bocce and telling kids to get off their lawn, as 12 percent of Americans between the ages of 20 and 34 expect to work until they die. A study, released on Tuesday by workforce solutions company Manpower Group and conducted by surveyor Reputation Leaders, found…
When we watch a livestream on most platforms, we see how many viewers are watching at that very moment. But when we watch an uploaded video, we see how many views have been recorded. This leads many to reasonably assume that live video metrics are different than uploaded video metrics. But for the most part, they…
Start Article Post Content Marissa Mayer has sat behind the wheel at Yahoo for nearly four years. She has had the luxury of running one of the world’s most recognized internet brands, with a surging digital ad market, a cooperative board, a truckload of cash and 1 billion monthly visitors. And still she has failed…
Marissa Mayer had all the winds at her back when she took over as CEO of Yahoo in 2013. She enjoyed a reputation as a Silicon Valley wunderkind, known for her role as an early employee of and the first female engineer at Google. As Yahoo‘s chief executive, she had all the resources an ailing but still-rich company…
The biggest banks in the world have admitted to rigging LIBOR, a key interest rate that determines the value of trillions of dollars’ worth of assets — they paid billions in fines as a result. But the LIBOR-rigging scam cost investors and bond-issuers (including cities, pension funds, and charitable trusts) untold billions. A group…
French police raided Google’s offices in Paris Tuesday, looking for evidence of money laundering and tax evasion. The state prosecutor said specialist anti-corruption officers and 25 tech experts took part in the search. They were trying to establish the scale of Google’s business in France and to determine whether it has paid enough taxes. French…