October 19, 2015

HeadBox Is An Online Marketplace In The U.K. For 'Inspiring Spaces'

HeadBox HeadBox is a newly-launched marketplace in the U.K. for 'creative, inspiring and off-site spaces'. It enables corporate, SME, and private bookers to find and book spaces for things like launch events and parties, off-site meetings, workshops or basically any kind of occasion that requires a setting that moves slightly beyond the everyday. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Hillary Clinton Looks to Turn Benghazi Hearing Into Next Boost

With the Republican-led committee under fire, the former secretary of state and Democratic front-runner prepares to testify.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Emails: Clinton Foundation Donor Lobbied State Department for Haiti Hotels

A donor to the Clinton Foundation reached out to Hillary Clinton's office to promote a Haiti hotel project that later received support from the U.S. government and Bill Clinton, according to emails released by the Department of State.

The post Emails: Clinton Foundation Donor Lobbied State Department for Haiti Hotels appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Spotify Moves Closer To Launches In Indonesia And Japan

Spotify NYC D'Angelo It's now two and a half years since Spotify first brought its music streaming service to Asia, and the company is moving close to entering in two important markets in the region: Japan, where music streaming is beginning to show promise, and Indonesia, the world's fourth most largest country with a population of over 250 million. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Nexus 5X Review: Google's Second Best Flagship Device

Screen Shot 2015-10-18 at 7.33.31 PM LG and Google have worked together again to bring you their latest Nexus incarnation. The Nexus 5X, one of two new flagship phones from Google, is being described fondly by the company as "the all-around champ." I'm not sure what that means. Also, they're saying things like the 5X is "capturing the soul of the Nexus family." I'm not sure what that… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Square Reportedly Poaches Yahoo Chief Development Officer Jacqueline Reses

Apple Pay Square Square filed for a long-awaited IPO this week, and the payments firm has reportedly nabbed a big name to help it go public: Yahoo's chief development officer Jacqueline Reses. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Netanyahu to Kerry: No concessions

(Paul Mirengoff) The spate of stabbings by Palestinians of Israeli Jews has caused John Kerry to spring into action, defined as it always is for Kerry as attempting to wring concessions from Israel. Kerry plans to meet with PA president Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah II in the Middle East next weekend. In advance of these meetings, Kerry will meet with Israeli prime minister Benjamim Netanyahu on Thursday, assuming events allow

Source: Power Line

Driver's Astonishing Response After He's Caught on Video Swerving His Car Into a Passing Motorcycle and Sending the Riders Crashing to the Road

"If her arm gets infected they're going to have to amputate it."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

Feds Hide Secret List Of 11 Staggering Obamacare Insurers

"We are paying for it. We have a right to know," Sally Pipes, president Pacific Research Institute

Via: The Daily Caller

Zomato Closes Its Cashless Payments Service Following A Trial In Dubai

Zomato_App1_hi-res-L Following up on a big round of layoffs earlier this week, Zomato said it is shutting down its cashless payments system — a system that it had trialled in the Middle East at the beginning of this year. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Trump's Trolling Of Jeb Could Spell Doom For The Governor

Bush is now doing the last thing he wanted to do in his run for president

Via: The Daily Caller

Veteran Sheriff's Deputy Fatally Shot by Man He Was Guarding in Hospital Room

"This tragedy reminds us that Minnesota's law enforcement officers risk their lives every day and night to keep us safe."

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

China's Economic Growth Declines to 6-Year Low

Weakening trade and manufacturing have fueled concern about possible job losses and unrest.

Source: TheBlaze.com - Stories

October 18, 2015

Has Hillary's Last Defense Been Destroyed By a Smoking Gun?

(John Hinderaker) The Daily Mail has hyped a 2002 memo from Colin Powell to George W. Bush that it said was "part of a batch of secret emails held on the private server of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton which U.S. courts have forced her to reveal." The Daily Mail misread the email, claiming that it put then-Prime Minister Tony Blair in a bad light when in fact, it didn't. The Drudge

Source: Power Line

Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush pay staff; Donald Trump spends on travel

For Hillary Rodham Clinton, having the right people in place was the key to the "silent primary" period from July to September, as she spent $5.5 million on payroll — more than a fifth of her outlays — to keep her massive operation humming.

Her chief competitor in the Democratic ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Washington Gadfly Exclusive: Federal Judge OKs WaPo Racist Jokes

How insensitive

Via: The Daily Caller

Would-be Groom Calls Off Wedding. Family of Bride-to-be Gets Stuck With Reception for 120. Check Out the 'Really Kind' Way They Chose to Handle It.

"To lose out on something so important to yourself and then give it to someone else is really giving, really kind."

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Target Teams Up With Techstars To Create A Retail-Focused Startup Accelerator

Target Target is the latest big company to launch its own startup accelerator. This will a partnership between Target and Techstars, and it's being led by West Stringfellow, former chief product officer at Big Commerce and Rosetta Stone. (There are plans to hire a managing director as well.) Stringfellow said this was one of his initial ideas when he joined Target's entrepreneur in… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Analysis: Making headlines no guarantee of election success

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Two state senators with proposals that grabbed headlines and divided their colleagues are not returning to the Mississippi Capitol next term.

Sens. Nancy Adams Collins of Tupelo and Phillip Gandy of Waynesboro were both defeated in the Republican primary in August. Their defeat raises questions about ...

Source: www.washingtontimes.com stories: Politics

Trey Gowdy: How Did 7 Congressional Committees Miss Amb. Chris Stevens' Emails? [VIDEO]

Rep. said Sunday that he is baffled that the previous seven congressional committees that investigated the Sept. 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi failed to obtain emails U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens sent in the months before the attacks occurred. "How did they miss Ambassador Stevens' emails? None of the seven previous committees bothered to access the […]

Via: The Daily Caller