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Family Survives Tornado In Freezer

businessinsider.com — Jewel Samad, AFP For years Anita Zhang's neighbors joked that if a tornado ever bore down on her Chinese restaurant, folks could take refuge in its roomy walk-in freezer. On Monday, Zhang got the chance to test their idea -- and to live to tell the tale -- when one of the most powerful and destructive twisters to hit the United States in recent years ripped through this Oklahoma City suburb.
RT @hblodget: Family Survived Tornado By Hiding In Walk-In Freezer In Chinese Restaurant read.bi/10kASFz
Family Survived Tornado By Hiding In Walk-In Freezer In Chinese Restaurant read.bi/10kASFz

Sharyl Attkisson Claim Dismissed By DoJ

businessinsider.com — CBS The Justice Department said late Tuesday that it never tried to obtain any information from CBS investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson, who had said earlier on Tuesday that there had been an ongoing "intrusion" into her computers.
RT @TheStalwart: Justice Department says that to its knowledge, it never compromised a CBS reporter's computer. read.bi/10kMJDu
Justice Dept. tells me that it has never "compromised" CBS reporter Sharyl Attkisson's computer: read.bi/10lJWqr
Justice Department says that to its knowledge, it never compromised a CBS reporter's computer. read.bi/10kMJDu

Willadene Zedan Graduates At 85

businessinsider.com — The employment market being what it is for newly minted college graduates, Willadene Zedan would stand out at Saturday's commencement at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wis., if only for the fact that she'll begin the job of her dreams just four days later: Accompanying a local doctor on house calls to the homebound elderly.
RT @richeis315: Inspiring 85-Year-Old Lands A Job Four Days After Graduating From College read.bi/12sHCPx
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Richard Koo Says Bank Of Japan Should Say Inflation Won't Rise Above 2%

businessinsider.com — Richard Koo is the brilliant Nomura economist who developed the framework of a "balance sheet recession" to characterize periods where private enterprises seek to reduce debt, rendering monetary policy largely useless, and thus requiring aggressive fiscal stimulus. As such, Koo has not hopped on the Abenomics bandwagon, which places a heavy emphasis on the Bank of Japan engaging in stimulus.
"One of the beautiful things about Abenomics is the perception of recklessness" businessinsider.com/richard-koo-sa…
So I don't like Richard Koo's advice to the Bank of Japan. Rare instant where I think he's off the mark. businessinsider.com/richard-koo-sa…

Tumblr's Active Users Lighter Than Expected

businessinsider.com — Mario Tama, Getty Images Now that that they Yahoo-Tumblr acquisition is a done deal, we're starting to see reports that make Tumblr look like a much less impressive property. In the press release announcing the deal, Yahoo said Tumblr has 300 million monthly unique visitors.
RT @hblodget: Exciting! If Tumblr revenue only $5mm last year, and we get same multiple, we're worth $2.2 billion! read.bi/YWFelh
RT @hblodget: Exciting! If Tumblr revenue only $5mm last year, and we get same multiple, we're worth $2.2 billion! read.bi/YWFelh
RT @hblodget: Exciting! If Tumblr revenue only $5mm last year, and we get same multiple, we're worth $2.2 billion! read.bi/YWFelh
RT @hblodget: Exciting! If Tumblr revenue only $5mm last year, and we get same multiple, we're worth $2.2 billion! read.bi/YWFelh
Exciting! If Tumblr revenue only $5mm last year, and we get same multiple, we're worth $2.2 billion! read.bi/YWFelh
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Climate Change Before And After Pictures

businessinsider.com — Almost . A steadily-warming planet impacts the all scientists now agree that global climate change is caused by humans environment in many different ways. Rising global temperatures, largely due to man-made greenhouse gases, are the source of widely-discussed observable changes to the Earth like melting glaciers, rising sea levels, warming oceans, and more extreme weather events, such as hurricanes, droughts, forest fires, and floods.
Shocking Before And After Pictures Of How Climate Change Is Destroying The Earth businessinsider.com/climate-change… via @bi_sci
RT @TheStalwart: If you believe in climate change, here's a huge batch of confirmation. businessinsider.com/climate-change…

Hedge Fund Underperforming - Business Insider

businessinsider.com — The analysts at Goldman Sachs have just published their latest Hedge Fund Trend Monitor report, which tracks the equity investments of the world's hedge funds. One thing is clear: hedge funds are struggling to keep up with the market.
RT @themoneygame: CHART OF THE DAY: Hedge Fund Performance This Year Is Just Sad by @bySamRo read.bi/10kM19p

The New York Times Versus Scroll Kit

businessinsider.com — Cody Brown, co-founder of interactive web design tool Scroll Kit, is in the midst of some legal trouble with The New York Times. Last year, The New York Times published Snow Fall, an interactive, multimedia report detailing the February 2012 avalanche at Tunnel Creek.
The New York Times Doesn't Want This Startup Even Mentioning Its Name read.bi/10LCQug

Worst Housing Markets For The 5 Years

businessinsider.com — The housing market has been showing signs of strength. Economists expect home prices to rise 8% this year and then grow at a more modest pace beyond that. Over the next five years, national home prices are projected to rise at an average 3.5% rate, according to the latest CoreLogic Case-Shiller report.
The 15 Worst Housing Markets For The Next Five Years read.bi/10LBIH2

10 Things You Need To Know This Morning

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News about Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter - among 10 Tech Things to Know This US Morning, by @sai's @JYarow: bit.ly/11XJWmJ #cjsm

Williamsburg Hipsters Unhappy With 'Poser Hipsters'

businessinsider.com — WILLIAMSBURG - Bridge-and-tunnel traffic has been reversed as less-than-hip Manhattanites now flock to Williamsburg, ruining the scene for locals, residents complain. Ever since he moved to North Williamsburg a few years ago, Michael Chandler has lost some of his favorite undiscovered bars to hordes of weekend "flipsters." "They're poser hipsters.
Hipsters v. Hipsters: "Williamsburg Hipsters Are Unhappy With 'Poser Hipsters' From Manhattan Clogging Their Bars" read.bi/ZbOKDs
RT @KimBhasin: TURF WAR RT @BI_TheLife: Williamsburg Hipsters Are Unhappy With 'Poser Hipsters' From Manhattan Clogging Their Bars http://t…
TURF WAR RT @BI_TheLife: Williamsburg Hipsters Are Unhappy With 'Poser Hipsters' From Manhattan Clogging Their Bars read.bi/12sKP1N

Man Claims $220,000 In Dead Taxes

businessinsider.com — John Berry, Jr., 42 of Dunkirk, N.Y., filed taxes for 122 dead people between 2008 and 2009. Authorities in Buffalo say he elected direct deposit for some, and electronically collected approximately $92,000 of the total $220,000 he was seeking, reports the Associated Press.

The Inventor Of The GIF Says Everyone Is Pronouncing 'GIF' Incorrectly

businessinsider.com — Steve Wilhite, the inventor of the GIF, a file format that's used to create moving images on the web, says everyone is pronouncing GIF incorrectly. Speaking with The New York Times, he said, "The Oxford English Dictionary accepts both pronunciations ... They are wrong. It is a soft 'G,' pronounced 'jif.'
RT @dashbot: Some people say cucumbers taste better pickled RT @SAI: Inventor Says Everyone Is Pronouncing 'GIF' Incorrectly http://t.co/Zs…

Ways Apple Makes Life Harder

businessinsider.com — Jim Edwards / BI I recently switched from using a Windows PCs and Android phones to all-Apple products, all the time. My new iPhone 5 and MacBook Pro are definitely really cool.

Oklahoma Neighborhoods Devastated By Tornade

businessinsider.com — Brennan Linsley / AP Families returned to a blasted moonscape that had been an American suburb after a monstrous tornado tore through the outskirts of Oklahoma City, killing at least 24 people.
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