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Yesterday the news broke that Google would be acquiring the internet game-livestreaming company Twitch.tv for a price of $1 billion. Details about the deal have not been released yet, but the owners of Twitch seem happy to have received such a large amount for their company. Twitch is a livestreaming website that allows people to […] More

Acela, Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor high-speed rail service, is getting close being 20 years old. With more and more people riding the train Amtrak is reflecting on its past but also looking towards the future, as it attempts to improve and better itself with the next Acela Express. “We are running close to capacity on many […] More

There’s been a leak at a major Channel Isles private bank, revealing the names and identities of thousands of  its wealthy offshore clients, including the likes  vacuum cleaner tycoon James Dyson and Hollywood actor Mel Gibson, to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Names of donors to the British government, who have spoken out […] More

A new report from the National Association of Realtors has just been released, and it shows that overseas buyers purchased $92.2 billion of United States real estate last year. But which overseas buyer grabbed the most? That would be the Chinese, who are the biggest foreign buyers of U.S. real estate, scooping up 72 percent […] More

Everyone loves to admire nice cars that they wish they could own, and the best place to do that is at an auto show. Auto shows are great because they really display the work and detail that both the manufacturers and owners put into the cars in order to make them look nice and run well. […] More

Are you looking to start your own business? Do you have an expertise or a specialty that almost no one else can replicate? Do you just really like fancy things? If any or all of these apply to you, you might want to know that right now is apparently the best time to create a […] More