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A Surprising Benefit Of Gratitude

cheryl — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:46:41 +0000

For most of us, giving comes a lot easier than receiving. Problem is, if you give and give and refuse to accept anything from others, be it a gift or a helping hand or even a compliment, you make life harder than it has to be… More…

Walmart Admits Damning Bloomberg Story Had Some Basis In Reality

cheryl — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:42:29 +0000

The effort Wal-Mart (WMT) is expending to fix its stocking issues is notable for a chain that became the world’s largest retailer in part by gaining mastery over its supply chain and logistics. See more…

How Hospital Prices Got So Crazy

cheryl — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:36:45 +0000

Why would Orange Park Medical Center in Florida charge $117,445 to place a stent into a patient’s artery, while the Mayo Clinic half an hour away in Jacksonville charges less than 45 percent of that amount?

The answer, in short, is because the U.S. health care system… See more…

Microsoft Tries (And Fails) To Beat Apple At Its Own Game

cheryl — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:32:11 +0000

The company’s (Microsoft) latest spot, an ad for Windows 8 tablets, uses a Siri voice to hawk features the virtual assistant supposedly envies in her tablet-cousin. Placed side by side, the robotic monotone “Siri” says, “I’m sorry, I can only do one thing at a time,”… See more…

Google May Double Down On Maps (And Mess Up Facebook’s Plans)

cheryl — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:25:38 +0000

Google Inc is considering buying Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze Inc, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook Inc, Bloomberg news reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Waze is seeking more than $1 billion and is fielding expressions of interest from multiple parties… See more…

Great News For Netflix Subscribers

cheryl — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:21:21 +0000

Good news, Netflix-ers! Your favorite streaming video site is planning to double its original programming in 2014, Netflix’s chief content officer Ted Sarandos told The Hollywood Reporter. Netflix wants to change the way Hollywood views Internet content… More…

What You Must Know About Grilling And Cancer

cheryl — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:16:27 +0000

So you’re planning a Memorial Day barbecue and you want to at least nod to your health. You love a juicy burger or corn on the cob or shrimp kebabs on the grill, but you’ve also heard that grilling can cause cancer. So what’s the deal? More…

How Angel Audrey MacLean Invests Like An Entrepreneur

cheryl — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:11:45 +0000

As a limited partner in Silicon Valley’s biggest venture funds, she’s been a first-round backer of eBay, Google and LinkedIn. But when it comes to making her own bets, this two-time founder looks for transformative technologies she knows something about–like storage infrastructure and data analytics. Read more…

The Unfortunate Effect Stress Has On Your Looks

cheryl — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:11:50 +0000

Stress makes its mark on the female face, according to a new study that finds men judge women with high levels of a stress hormone less attractive.

The finding is a gender turnaround on previous research that has found that women go for low-stress guys, too. See more…

Teen Displaced By Katrina Searches For What Used To Be Home In Oklahoma

cheryl — Thu, 23 May 2013 04:06:28 +0000

Around 10 a.m. Wednesday, two days after the tornado, Darius Joseph and his friend Brandon Dick set out for the disaster zone that used to be their neighborhood to see what they could salvage from the rubble.

Their eyes searched for contours of geography they could place, some shape they knew… More…