By Tara Culp-Ressler Article Reprint A team of engineers at Microsoft Research have developed a high-tech bra that’s intended to monitor women’s stress levels and dissuade them from emotional over-eating. The undergarment has sensors that
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Philadelphia 76ers Rookie Puts Salary in Trust: A Smart Choice?
By SUSANNA KIM Article Reprint A rookie NBA player for the Philadelphia 76ers is being lauded for his financial prowess in putting his salary in a trust that he can’t touch for three years, possibly
Read moreEgypt to Settle $1.5 Billion Owned to Oil Firms
abcnews.go.com Article Reprint Egypt is committed to pay nearly a quarter of the total arrears it owes foreign oil companies and increase economic growth to 3.5 percent by the end of the fiscal year, in
Read moreWalmart protesters press for better pay
By: Natalie Moore Article Reprint Chicagoans joined in the thousands of planned national protests against Walmart on Black Friday to demand higher wages from the big-box retail chain.
Read moreDetroit bankruptcy given green light as judge says it should have happened years ago and thousands of workers and retirees protest over pension cuts
Judge Steven Rhodes ruled that city is eligible to shed billions of dollars of debt that accumulated during the city’s decades-long decline By Associated Press Reporter Article Reprint Detroit is eligible to shed billions of
Read moreYahoo Japan Creates Bizarre Interactive Page for Lady Gaga
By Eva Recinos Article Reprint Lady Gaga continues her series of quirky projects for her newest album “ARTPOP” — we last wrote about her flying dress — with something fans can really, er, snuggle up
Read moreHere’s Who Earns The Minimum Wage, In 3 Graphs
npr.org Article Reprint A town near Seattle may raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Massachusetts is debating raising the hourly minimum to $11. And in the nation’s capital, Senate Democrats are pushing a
Read moreSmall Firms May Soon Turn To Crowdfunding To Sell Shares
By: Yuki Noguchi Article Reprint Crowdfunding is popular among musicians, filmmakers and artists looking for a way to finance their next project. Now the Securities and Exchange Commission is considering rules that, for the first
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