Authors: jc
RR Auction(AMHERST, N.H.) -- A New Hampshire auction house will be auctioning off space and aviation artifacts, including some from Apollo 11, this month.
RR Auction, based in Amherst, says the sale includes an electrocardiogram of Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong’s heartbeat, taken when he first stepped on the moon.
“When...
Authors: jc
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- The free ride is almost over for millions of online shoppers who've been buying things without paying sales tax.
The senate is expected to pass a bill Monday establishing an online sales tax. It means most retailers will have to collect sales tax and pass it along to the state where the buyer lives.
I...
Authors: Jeanette Torres
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Wal-Mart is back on top of the Fortune 500 list.
The big-box retailer reclaimed the number one spot in 2012 with a growth of nearly $23 billion after coming in second on the list the year before.
Three oil companies -- Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Phillips 66 -- followed, coming in at...
Authors: Jeanette Torres
Vladimir Weiss/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Not long ago, Josh Stearns, a father of two young sons living in western Massachusetts, posted photos of a set of LEGO stickers on his Tumblr account.
Stearns, who had just begun introducing the “diminutive building blocks” to his 4-year-old son, was...
Authors: Jeanette Torres
Hemera/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- While it may be no surprise that many retirees enjoy warmer climates, it may be a shock that the top honor in Bankrate.com's 2013 list of best states to retire is Tennessee, lauded for its low cost of living.
"When you think of best places to retire, you would think of Florida or Arizona," said...
Warren Buffett: ‘Tough to Watch’ Washington Gridlock
Written by James GrebeyAuthors: James Grebey
Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- During an interview on ABC’s This Week Sunday morning, Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO Warren Buffett bemoaned the political gridlock in Washington, telling chief business and economics correspondent Rebecca Jarvis that it is “tough to watch.”
“It&...
Google Glass Highlights Tech World's Gender Disparity
Written by Louis MilmanAuthors: Louis Milman
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The marketing videos for Google’s Glass show a diverse group of people wearing the digital glasses. But a new website has popped up that points out that the first group of people wearing them might not exactly be so heterogeneous.
A new Tumblr page, White Men...
Apple Offering $10K Prize for 50 Billionth App Download
Written by Louis MilmanAuthors: Louis Milman
Image Credit: Apple(NEW YORK) -- Apple is celebrating its approach of the 50 billion App Store download milestone with a big contest.
Be the lucky user to download the 50 billionth app and Apple will send you an App Store gift card worth $10,000. The very next 50 app downloaders after number 50 billion will each get a $500 App...
Authors: jc
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(KANSAS CITY) -- Taco Bell may launch its low-cost menu nationwide after testing a $1 Cravings Menu in Kansas City, Mo., and Sacramento, Calif., in January.
“Our $1 Cravings Menu just went into test in two markets, and pending final results, will launch nationally in the near future,” said Rob Poetsch,...
Authors: jc
Scott Eells/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Warren Buffett, the notoriously tech-phobic Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO, has joined Twitter.
Appropriately enough, @WarrenBuffett’s first tweet reads, "Warren is in the House."
The Twittersphere couldn't roll out the red carpet for the 82-year-old Oracle of Omaha fast...
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