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Vapor Tanks or E-Cigarette? Tank Sales Gain as ‘Vaping’ Becomes Trendy
The electronic cigarette, touted as a way to cut smoking, is facing a serious contender that even smokers find sexy. Vapor tanks are typically hunkier and allow smokers and would-be quitters to ...
New Class of Hacker Attacks May Target USB Devices
USB devices such as mice, keyboards and thumb-drives can be used to hack into personal computers in a potential new class of attacks that evade all known security protections, a top computer ...
Obama to CEOs: Quit Griping, Be Socially Responsible
President Barack Obama said corporate America has done well under his economic policies, telling the Economist magazine that chief executive officers should stop complaining about regulations and ...
Forecasters Reaffirm Below-Average Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook
Colorado State University (CSU) researchers continue to predict a below-average hurricane season for the Atlantic basin in 2014, citing exceptionally unfavorable hurricane formation conditions in the ...
Investment Gains Jolt Berkshire 2Q Earnings; P/C Earnings, Premiums Flat Overall
Net income for Berkshire-Hathaway soared nearly 41 percent to $6.4 billion in second-quarter 2014, with nearly $2.0 billion of investment gains lifting the total, while underwriting profits for ...
Wildfires Force Evacuations in West Coast States
Wildfires burning through dry terrain in West Coast states have forced scores of evacuations as fire teams worked to corral the blazes. Lightning sparked dozens of fires in Northern California, ...
Fairfax Discloses Probe of CEO Watsa for Possible Insider Trading
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said Quebec's securities regulator is investigating Chief Executive Officer Prem Watsa and President Paul Rivett as part of a probe into possible insider trading. The ...
Death Toll in China Quake Near 400
Torrential rains slowed rescue efforts after a magnitude-6.5 earthquake killed at least 398 people in southwest China, as Premier Li Keqiang flew to the region to oversee the response to the ...