Archive for February, 2014:

What Went Wrong at Mt. Gox and What’s Next for Bitcoin

Date: Feb 26 2014
Filed under: Currency, Global Economy, Internet, Internet Fraud AFP/Getty Images/Yoshikazu Tsuno By Joshua Brustein How Did Mt. Gox Lose Hundreds of Millions of Dollars' Worth of Bitcoins? Two words: transaction malleability. A hacker can tinker with the code that makes a bitcoin transaction happen, ...Read More »

SecondMarket jumps to give legitimacy to Bitcoin

Date: Feb 26 2014
SecondMarket jumps to give legitimacy to Bitcoin. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/1nJKseETZXM/ Read More »

Feds to investigate GM ignition recall timing

Date: Feb 26 2014
WIll determine if GM reported safety defect within time set by federal rules. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/eJSxYJTDmF0/ Read More »

Tesla: 4 states contend for 6,500-job battery plant

Date: Feb 25 2014
The money will be used for the battery plant and a new mass-market electric car http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/L1UWZWiCVoc/ Read More »

Carolyn Carpeneti Presents Video Series on the Art & Business of Hiring Great People

Date: Feb 25 2014
1888PressRelease - Founder of Executive Search Firm Carolyn Carpeneti & Co. Comments on How the Executive Recruitment Business Model is Broken. San Francisco, CA - Carolyn Carpeneti, a leading executive recruiter who has helped build out leadership teams at such iconic ...Read More »

Philip Seymour Hoffman’s 3 Biggest Estate Planning Mistakes

Date: Feb 25 2014
Filed under: Estate Planning, Wills Invision/Associated Press/Victoria Will The tragic death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has shaken the entertainment world; the state of his $35 million estate should shake the world of personal finance. The 46-year-old actor executed his will in late ...Read More »

A Day at Disney World Hits $99 (Taxes, Parking, Food and Souvenirs Extra)

Date: Feb 25 2014
Filed under: Walt Disney, Vacation Planning Associated Press/Phelan M. Ebenhack It's going to cost you a little more to ride Space Mountain. On Sunday, Disney (DIS) rolled out ticket price increases with single-day admissions climbing $4 across its four major theme parks in ...Read More »

Verizon, AT&T in talks with Netflix for faster download

Date: Feb 25 2014
Netflix seeks deal with Verizon, AT&T for direct connection that would increase download speed http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/ofVe0jYFQQU/ Read More »

Consumer Confidence Slips a Bit in February

Date: Feb 25 2014
Filed under: Economic Indicators, GDP, Consumer Goods, Economy, Investing Kiichiro Sato/AP By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON -- U.S. consumer confidence fell slightly in February on concern about the near-term outlook for business conditions and jobs. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its confidence index slipped ...Read More »

Consumer confidence dips slightly in February

Date: Feb 25 2014
Concerns about the near-term outlook for business conditions and jobs were cited. http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/UsatodaycomMoney-TopStories/~3/IyIIg8JDvyw/ Read More »