Netflix wows Wall Street with strong subscriber growth

Netflix (NFLX, Tech30) saw strong membership growth in the first quarter of 2015 with it totaling 62.3 million members on the service. The streaming site reported 4.9 million new members were added in the first quarter of the year. This number was...

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Etsy crafts a $267 million IPO

Etsy is now the largest certified socially-responsible company, or B Corporation, to go public in the U.S. It will begin trading Thursday on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol "ETSY." The online marketplace is a place for people to buy and sell crafts...

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GM shielded from ignition lawsuits by bankruptcy rule

The decision by Federal Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert Gerber upholds GM's so-called bankruptcy shield. GM acquired the shield as part of its bankruptcy reorganization when a new company was created in 2009, referred to in court as "New GM." "Judge...

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Will Hillary Clinton support a $15 minimum wage?

If Hillary Clinton wants to woo the left, she'll likely have to support $12 to $15 an hour. President Obama made waves in his 2013 State of the Union address when he unexpectedly announced he wanted to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour,...

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U.S. fines Corinthian Colleges $30 million

The department found that the Corinthian-owned Heald College, based in San Francisco, misrepresented employment numbers to prospective students and the government. "Instead of providing clear and accurate information to help students choose which...

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How Grumpy Cat makes her millions

Grumpy Cat is part of an elite group of furry animals around the globe who have shot to Internet fame in recent years. These fuzzy creatures sign book and movie deals, do photo shoots, and act as "spokesanimals" for ad campaigns -- netting piles...

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Will.i.am is selling sheets made from old Coke bottles

Will.i.am is partnering with Coke and W Hotels on a line of bed sheets partially made from old plastic bottles. It's not that he's fallen on hard times in the music biz, it's more that he's into recycling. So the Black Eyed Peas frontman has partnered...

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Hillary channels Elizabeth Warren in campaign bid

In her video campaign announcement Sunday, Hillary Clinton unveiled what's expected to be the central theme of her presidential bid: Serving as a champion for "Everyday Americans." "Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times, but...

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High-skilled visa applications hit record high

These locations saw the most H-1B visa recipients in 2013, the only year for which data is currently available. But it's getting tougher to "win" a work visa each year. This year, 233,000 foreigners applied for the H-1B, the most common visa...

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Rand Paul launches attack website on Hillary Clinton

The top of the site has a photo of Paul with his quote: "Hillary Clinton's attacks on liberty and the constitution make her unfit to serve as President of the United States." Paul tweeted a link to the site Sunday morning, and his campaign issued...

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