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Ten Superbowl XLVI Ads To Watch For During The Big Game
watch the game live online or on your mobile phone. You can also watch many of the big game’s big ad spots on YouTube before the game. And many advertisers are tapping into social media as...


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Will The Best Super Bowl Spot Be About Hockey, Canadian And Not Even On The Broadcast?
Can a Super Bowl spot that doesn’t have dogs, babies and big celebrities possibly be the best spot of the game? Well, this Budweiser spot certainly makes the case for it. It’s a...
Martin: The Inherent Dangers Of The Single Member LLC And Alter Ego Veil Piercing
http://goo.gl/OeMWp This case involves a Single Member LLC (';Tradewinds';) that constructed to build an airplane hanger. Tradewinds only had one asset, an airplane, and when litigation...
Lil Kim Has Big Tax Troubles
Image via Wikipedia I don’t make a habit of posting about celebrity tax woes. Quite frankly, I don’t get why most taxpayers care if an occasional pop star or movie mogul owes a few...
What Hyundai Didn't Include In Its Super Bowl Ad
Image by AFP/Getty Images via @daylife Like many other automakers Hyundai is running ads on this year’s Super Bowl, including one for its popular Elantra line of cars. By all accounts...
Keystone Pipeline Ensnared in Politics, Hypocrisy
The Keystone XL pipeline may have kicked off the presidential race but it's also setting the stage for a Battle Royale in Congress. Not only are senior House Republican preparing to link its...
Romney Nevada Win Leaves Rivals With Few Options
Mitt Romney's decisive victory in Nevada was never much in doubt. He won the state's caucuses four years ago, kept his organization active and he could count on support from Mormons who...
Will Monster's new in-ear headphone dazzle audiophiles?
I'm hoping the whole celebrity-branded headphone shtick will soon run its course, but I have to admit Monster's new Earth Wind & Fire Gratitude in-ear headphones are pretty spectacular....
What if the Vita had an Apple logo instead of Sony's?
Sony PS Vita the other day. That's right, I plunked down a $50 deposit at a Gamestop near work, thereby earning the right to own Sony's new handheld game console the day it comes out here...
Qualcomm not talking about bribery probe
Qualcomm this week revealed a federal probe into the company's compliance with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act but declined to provide further details.In a conference call with analysts on...
France to Google: Free is Evil
Google guilty of abusing the dominant position of its Google Maps application and ordered it to pay a fine and damages to a French mapping company. In a ruling Tuesday, the Paris court upheld an...
Top Tax Tips From Zuckerberg's Facebook Bonanza
Warren Buffett with his 17% tax rate? A mere piker, he paid less than $7 million in federal income and payroll taxes in 2010.Surely a $3 billion after-tax take-home is nothing to complain about. ...
Are the Anti-Putin Protests Too Centered on Moscow?
One thing that does seemnoteworthy, though, is that the protests in other Russian cities seem to have been rather underwhelming. Moscow’s turnout was estimated as anywhere between 100,000 and...
Economic Preview: Is plan to double U.S. exports in 5 years working?
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- In his State of the Union address last month, President Barack Obama said the U.S. is on track to meet the national goal he set early in 2010 to double U.S. exports over...
Microsoft office goes cloud to join cloud war with Google Docs
The war on cloud intensified as Microsoft Office announced its decision on Tuesday to go cloud in an attempt to compete with its immediate but not last competitor, Google Docs.Microsoft holds a...
Forbes Leadership Highlights of the Week: Set for Super Sunday
';Doritos Is ‘Crashing the Super Bowl’ Again, and Frito-Lay CMO Ann Mukherjee Explains Why.'; But Frances Adams of Denny’s held...
Not So Super Sunday: Eleven Minutes Of Actual Playing Time
Click for full photo gallery: The Most Valuable Super Bowls Football combines the worst two things about America: violence punctuated by committee...
More Tibetans Self-Immolate Amid China's Crackdown
Three more Tibetans set themselves on fire at a remote village in Sichuan province on Friday to protest against Chinese policies in the troubled region, according to news reports. The U.S.-funded...
Stocks: Let the good times roll?
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Stocks surged last week to their highest levels in years, but there are few key economic reports slated for the week ahead to sustain the rally.The big news last week was...
Visualizations take you inside science
contest aims to advance scientific research--while demystifying it for the general public--through visualizations. The National Science Foundation and the journal...
Commentary: Federal Reserve deserves closer scrutiny
Breaking news: When it came to the collapse of the bubble that touched off the 2008 meltdown of the U.S. economy, the Federal Reserve was a placid herd of clueless blockheads. Less than two years...
The Surface Of Mars Is Too Dry For Life
Trenches dug on Mars by Phoenix. (Credit: NASA) A new study by a research team at the Imperial College in London has confirmed what has been the most probable result since the Viking lander first...
FX Weekly Report : US employment data highlights upside
Although the Euro closed just -0.5% against the US Dollar this past week, any upside momentum in the pair stalled in the run up to 1.3250 levels. With the Greek debt-swap talks dragging onto next...
NewsWatch: U.S. stocks follow win streak with focus on Europe
Money managers and strategists chime in on the prospects for the U.S. financial sector and how they are approaching these stocks, which have enjoyed a strong...
With job spurt, US economy races ahead of Europe
recession taking hold in parts of Europe. Analysts said that in the United States, where the economy added 243,000 net new jobs in January to pull down the unemployment rate to 8.3 percent, the...
Over 6,300 People Have Applied To Be Astronauts
At some point, I think most little kids think to themselves, ';When I grow up, I want to be an astronaut!'; And it looks like quite a few people never lost that dream. NASA has announced...
Cartier Is Looking For Women Entrepreneurs In Search Of Funding
Forbes Billionaires List , you can apply for business funding through the Cartier Women's Initiative Award. The award is an entrepreneurship competition for women-led, for-profit businesses. ...
Video: Marotta on Money
David John Marotta explains that the purpose of Marotta On Money is a weekly financial column and daily financial blog about the comprehensive wealth management small changes that have a large effect...
Smartphone Shipments Top PCs For The First Time Ever
Image via Wikipedia 2011 marked the beginning of a major shift toward mobile computing. Smartphone shipments topped PCs for the first time ever last year, by 73 million units, according to...
CEO Appleton reflected Micron's high-risk business
(Credit: Micron Technology) Steve Appleton mirrored the survivalist streak in the company he led. Micron Technology CEO Appleton died Friday at 51 years old when a...
Find Your Sweet Spot-and Stay There
A young woman I know is a star. In her early thirties, she had an M.B.A. and was already running a small division of a successful fashion company. She had that rare combination of design sense and...
CEO Appleton reflected Micron's risky existence
(Credit: Micron Technology) Steve Appleton mirrored the survivalist streak in the company he led. Micron Technology CEO Appleton died Friday at 51 years old when a...
Tom Brady: I watched last year's Super Bowl on illegal site
When saints become sinners we all breathe more easily, because we all realize the distance between them and us is not so great. Many will feel their lungs expand, therefore, on hearing that the...
A Bar Called Murphs - New Jersey Politics - Understated Income - Shocking Combination
ANTHONY MURPHY, INC. t/a MURPHS LIQUOR & BAR and PETER MURPHY, Individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DIRECTOR, NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF TAXATION, Defendant-Respondent is one of them. Murphs...
Hyundai MPG Claim Dropped From Super Bowl Ad
Image by AFP/Getty Images via @daylife Last minute edits are prevalent in the advertising business - here's one important tidbit that was reportedly cut (as of Friday night) from one of...
Have Patience With Valve: The Next 'Half-Life' Will Be Amazing
My first real PC gaming crush was on Half-Life 2, still one of the best, smartest, and most engaging first-person-shooters ever made . The graphics, dialogue, voice-acting, and game mechanics are all...
GM Dealers Agree to Upgrade, but Not All Are Happy
The upgrades include new signs, more modern interiors, and lounges with free Wi-Fi. In some cases, dealers might also open cafes or salons. The company announced its plans at the National Automobile...
Micron Names New CEO After Death of Former Chief
named D. Mark Durcan its chief executive officer of the company Saturday, following the death of former chairman and CEO in a plane crash a day...
Why Apple's A5 is so big--and iPhone 4 won't get Siri
iPhone 4, but the iPhone 4S integrates Audience's "EarSmart" technology directly into the A5 processor, the company's S-1 filing said. The details answered a question that...
Super Bowl: Where to watch online, and more
(Credit: Screenshot by CNET) For the first time ever, the Super Bowl will be officially live-streamed online this year. Viewers will be able to watch the Giants battle the Patriots on their PCs,...
Twitter more tempting than sex and sleep, study says
(Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) What do you desire most right now? A drink? A cigarette? A nap? That hottie at the next table? Come on, be honest. What you really want to do this instant,...
Scientists, online experts gather in SD
Thousands of experts from the widely divergent fields of science and online marketing will convene in San Diego next week, when hundreds of troubled homeowners will also be in town in search of...
Did Piracy Kill Exclusive PC Games?
Lead Designer, Ian Frazier, the real culprit behind the demise of the exclusive PC title is piracy. Others have speculated that the modern consoles, with their high-definition graphics and uniform...
I'm Okay with Mitt Romney's Income and Estate Tax Planning
Image via Wikipedia Americans are allowed to pay the lowest tax they are legally obligated to pay. Taxpayers who pay more do so usually because they are unaware of rules or planning opportunities...
During Super Bowl, Indianapolis Arts Scene Gets Ready For Its Close-Up
Turf IDADA Art Pavilion , a contemporary-art exhibition planned specifically for the big game. A collaboration between the Indianapolis Downtown Artists & Dealers Association, Arts Council, Super...
A Car Insurance Policy for Less—But Only If You Call
After you hear the tale of Thomas Mitchell, a retiree living in Arizona, you may suddenly have the urge to run to the phone and call your auto insurer. And perhaps even your life insurer. And your...
Mutual Fund Workers Denied Whistleblower Cover
A U.S. law protecting whistleblowers at publicly traded companies does not cover employees of mutual funds, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday in a case involving two...
Romney expected to win in Nevada
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- In this election season's first Republican presidential caucus in a Western state, Mitt Romney is widely expected to win Nevada and its 28 convention delegates at...
Apple's week brings new hire, court rulings, iPod spy shots
You certainly can't call the past few days boring for Apple. The company filled a vacancy left on its executive team, was handed a fairly major setback in a German court, and maybe had its...
U.S. dollar closes lower on Taipei forex
Taipei, Feb. 4 (CNA) The U.S. dollar fell against the Taiwan dollar Saturday, shedding NT$0.02 to close at NT$29.525 on further fund inflows as foreign institutional investors continued their bets on...