Hardcore Footbal Fans Need Two Screens to Watch One Game

The 2014 NFL season kicked off Thursday night between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers. With linebackers, quarterbacks and running backs returning to the grid irons, fans are also heading back to their sofa to watch the big games. But, according to one NFL executive, they … [Read more...]

Starbucks has Big Plans for Small Express Coffee Stores

Busy commuters and coffee aficionados are the next market demographic Starbucks (NASDAQ:SBUX) is looking to cater to. The global coffee chain is planning to establish smaller, express stores aimed toward busy commuters, while also creating premium coffee stores for those dedicated to … [Read more...]

Phony Cellphone Towers Intercepting Calls Across U.S.

America's History With Cell Phone Interception Most Americans have known for quite some time now that their cell phone messages, emails, and even some conversations were not necessarily as private as we once thought. In fact, we've sadly gotten used to the fact that cell phone … [Read more...]

Back to School Shoppers Looking for ‘Better’ Deals

Kids are officially back in school learning writing and arithmetic – unless you live in the province of British Columbia – but parents still have yet to complete all of their back to school shopping to-do lists for their children. Business analysts expect that busy consumers are … [Read more...]

Google Inc. Investors Searching for YouTube Financials

The last decade Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has changed the world as we know it. If we telescope our vision and sit back and just think, almost everything digital has been infiltrated by Google. And it won’t be a pompous statement when one says that it is Google that owns the future and … [Read more...]

Religious Discrimination Being Taught by America’s Schools

Discrimination Frowned Upon by American Culture In today's American culture, discrimination of any kind is supposedly frowned upon. Christian businesses are being sued for refusing service to gay people, other businesses are being sued for refusing to allow people to pray or … [Read more...]

Apple Inc.’s iWatch Will be a Game Changer

Amidst the turbulent waves the iCloud fiasco created, analysts and forecasters still think that Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) could thrive with the emergence of its new products - the latest iPhone and the anxiously anticipated iWatch. In the past few days Apple has had a tough time, being … [Read more...]

Credit Card Companies Under Fire for Deceptive Marketing

We have all been there at least once before before. We use our credit card a couple of times during the month and when we receive our monthly statement we are surprised to find a fee that we didn’t know even existed. These fees are now being warned about by one top United States … [Read more...]

Daimler Acquires Ride-sharing Apps RideScout and MyTaxi

Daimler (OTCMKTS:DDAIY) announced Wednesday that it has acquired RideScout and mytaxi, two smartphone applications that are aimed at expanding the ever increasing car-sharing services to customers who do not own a vehicle. Although the new ride-sharing services are disrupting the … [Read more...]

Apple Inc. Defends Credibility Amidst Celebrity Hacking Scandal

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has come under a lot of scrutiny ever since the security of iCloud accounts of certain celebrities was breached. These accounts contained controversial photos which have now leaked online and set the internet ablaze. This unfortunate yet serious incident has … [Read more...]

Auto Loan Industry at All-Time High

With the brutal winter that much of North America endured, it was expected that a lot of consumers would return to the open road once the weather started to improve. The data suggests that Americans did exactly this. According to a new report by Experian Plc (via Reuters), a … [Read more...]

Average Household Debt Rises to $61k Under Obama’s Watch

The national debt remains one of the most important issues facing the United States today. Since the beginning of the President George W. Bush administration, the country’s overall debt levels have soared drastically, which has led to a number of different proposals that would … [Read more...]

Public Pension Funds Benefiting from Corporate Tax Inversions

The matter of corporate tax inversions has dominated domestic economic policy in Washington over the past year. President Obama has slammed the corporate measure by accusing these companies of “gaming the system,” while Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has urged Congress to close the … [Read more...]

Popular Hotel Rental Website Airbnb Sued for Privacy Breach

Since the rise of the immensely popular Airbnb, a website that allows homeowners to rent out their rooms to tourists, visitors and business travelers, it has gained the ire of hotels and public officials as both entities accuse the company of being a health and safety hazard and not … [Read more...]

A 9yr Old, an Uzi, and a Political Agenda

Nine Year Old With Uzi Accidentally Kills Instructor Last week a nine year old girl accidentally shot and killed her shooting instructor when she lost control of an Uzi that she was learning to use. According to a report from NBC, “Charles Vacca, 39, was teaching the girl how to … [Read more...]

Apple Inc. Denies iCloud was Source of Celebrity Hacked Accounts

Just when things were heading towards yet another great event and a few extremely anticipated launches for the company, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been forced into an undesirable situation - the worrisome iCloud hacking scandal that has made headlines world over. Apple’s iCloud … [Read more...]

Renouncing U.S. Citizenship Just Got 422% More Expensive

In recent years, the trend for an array of Americans has been to renounce their citizenship in order to immigrate elsewhere and save money on taxes. In the first half 2014 alone, more than 1,500 Americans gave up their nationalities, the first time this has been that high since 1998. … [Read more...]

Apple Inc.’s 7 Biggest Technology Wins

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a true reflection of one word – innovation. Over the years the company has produced some of the most amazing state-of-the-art products that have not only captured the market, but changed its dynamics. Saturday we gave you a list of Apple Inc.’s 8 Biggest … [Read more...]

50% of U.S. Employees Work Longer Than 40 Hours Per Week

During the 1930s, economist John Maynard Keynes prognosticated that the average working week would be significantly reduced to just 15 hours a week or so. This was a consistent prediction for futurists, many of which attributed to this decline to technological advancement and higher … [Read more...]

Former Republican Official Eric Cantor Enters Wall Street Foray

Former Virginia Republican Congressman and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor will join the investment bank Moelis & Co. as a vice chairman and managing director, who will also be elected to its board, the company announced Tuesday. Cantor will provide the financial institution … [Read more...]