This is nutty: Kind Bars are full of fat but healthy?

Kind says its snack bars are healthy, despite the FDA's warning letter requiring the bars to remove their 'healthy' labels. In a response to a scathing warning letter from the FDA made public this week, the maker of Kind Bars says it is working...

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ECB president Mario Draghi attacked by protester

Just minutes into his introductory statement, a women jumped onto his desk shouting "end ECB dictatorship!" She was dragged out of the room by security guards, but not before showering the startled Draghi with confetti. The news conference was briefly...

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Smith & Wesson: Gun orders are picking up again

Smith & Wesson (SWHC) shares soared 13% Wednesday as the company announced that firearm orders are picking up again. Sales in recent weeks have been better than expected. The company now forecasts sales of between $175 million to $179 million...

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Mark Zuckerberg only works 50 to 60 hours a week

In a surprise Q&A session Tuesday evening, Facebook's (FB, Tech30) CEO said he only spends 50 to 60 hours each week doing "real work" in the office or in meetings. But he conceded that if the definition of "work" were expanded, he'd be working his...

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OPEC pumps up output in fight for market share

The cartel has just chalked up its biggest monthly increase in production in almost four years as Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Libya all boosted output, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday. OPEC supply jumped to 31 million barrels per day in...

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One in six retired NFL players goes bankrupt

A new study found that nearly 16 percent of former players end up filing for bankruptcy within a dozen years of retiring. It also revealed that career earnings and the length of a player's career had little impact on whether they will end up broke....

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U.S. economy still on track for best year since 2005

Official data for the first quarter will be released April 29, and forecasters are marking down their numbers due to weak spending by consumers and businesses. The IMF cut its forecast for U.S. GDP growth in 2015 to 3.1%, from 3.6% in January....

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Nearly 1 million new malware threats released every day

A new report from Internet security firm Symantec (SYMC, Tech30) provides an alarming picture of how difficult it's becoming for computer users to stay safe online. Last year was a big one for high-profile cybercrime, from the Heartbleed bug to major...

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Amazon, HarperCollins avert public fight

With this deal, Amazon has struck accords with four of the so-called "big five" book publishers: Hachette, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and HarperCollins. The fifth publisher, Penguin Random House, won't comment on its status with Amazon (AMZN,...

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KFC 'dreadful,' says man who brought franchise to Britain

The man who brought Kentucky Fried Chicken to Britain decades ago now says the food there is "dreadful" and pledged never to eat at the fast-food joint again. Raymond Allen opened the first KFC franchises in the United Kingdom after a chance encounter...

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The rocket built to take down Elon Musk

This week, Elon Musk's SpaceX once again tried to recycle its rocket boosters used to launch satellites, cargo and astronauts by landing the boosters on a barge after they detach from the rocket. Meanwhile, Boeing (BA) and Lockheed Martin (LMT) on...

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Alan Turing manuscript fetches $1 million at auction

Turing apparently wrote the 56-page manuscript in 1942 when he was trying to create one of the world's first computers in order to break the German military's code, known as Enigma. Those efforts, which were successful and were credited with being...

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'You are all influencers': How lesbians in tech are gaining ground

"You are all influencers," she says. "You know what's going on here." LGBT women are advancing in the tech world, but they need help finding support in such a male-dominated field. Pittsford, founder of the group Lesbians Who Tech, will be hosting...

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You're right - flying got worse in 2014

The annual Airline Quality Ranking from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, tracks measures that affect a passenger's experience - on time performance, lost bags, customer complaints and being involuntarily bumped off of a flight. All got worse in...

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Gap and Target among 13 stores probed for hourly wage practices

Some retail workers are required to call in the night before to see if they will have work. The office of attorney general Eric Schneiderman sent letters last week to 13 retail chains asking for information about their so-called "on call shifts,"...

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Revenge porn could get you two years in jail in England

The law forbids people from disclosing "a private sexual photograph or film if the disclosure is made without the consent of an individual who appears in the photograph or film, and with the intention of causing that individual distress." Revenge...

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Nine things to know about legal pot

People who've never been high are suddenly wondering how much an eighth really is. And those that could spot an eighth of weed from across a room can now, in some places, walk into a store and buy it. (Try Mary Mart, Bud Commander or the Happy Crop Shoppe...

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Nearly 90 percent of Americans have health coverage

A poll by Gallup found that the uninsured rate among U.S adults declined to 11.9% in the first quarter, down one percentage point from the end of last year and an improvement from the 18% without insurance in the fall of 2013, when the Americans were...

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HBO still hasn't heard from Scientology lawyers for 'Going Clear'

"Facts are stubborn things," HBO CEO Richard Plepler said in an interview with CNNMoney this week. "Everybody's entitled to their own opinion, but they're not entitled to their own facts," he added. "I think the documentary bears up very well to any...

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Epic rally in stocks to keep running

That's the key takeaway from CNNMoney's survey of more than a dozen investing professionals. They believe, on average, the S&P 500 will claw its way to 2,155 by the end of the year. That's nearly 3% higher than current levels and would give the benchmark...

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Hillary Clinton's economic plans need an overhaul

Clinton is expected to begin her presidential campaign this weekend, yet she's stayed mum on the economy -- something she hammered on during the 2008 campaign. "She's a blank check at this point," says Dean Baker, co-director for the Center for...

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Hillary Clinton's economic plans need an overhaul

Clinton is expected to begin her presidential campaign this weekend, yet she's stayed mum on the economy -- something she hammered on during the 2008 campaign. "She's a blank check at this point," says Dean Baker, co-director for the Center for...

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The Obamas paid $93,362 in federal income taxes

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama reported about the same amount of income in 2014 as they did in 2013. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama reported $495,964 in gross income last year, according to their 2014 tax returns released...

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HBO still hasn't heard from Scientology lawyers for 'Going Clear'

"Facts are stubborn things," HBO CEO Richard Plepler said in an interview with CNNMoney this week. "Everybody's entitled to their own opinion, but they're not entitled to their own facts," he added. "I think the documentary bears up very well to any...

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Hillary Clinton's economic plans need an overhaul

Clinton is expected to begin her presidential campaign this weekend, yet she's stayed mum on the economy -- something she hammered on during the 2008 campaign. "She's a blank check at this point," says Dean Baker, co-director for the Center for...

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HBO still hasn't heard from Scientology lawyers for 'Going Clear'

"Facts are stubborn things," HBO CEO Richard Plepler said in an interview with CNNMoney this week. "Everybody's entitled to their own opinion, but they're not entitled to their own facts," he added. "I think the documentary bears up very well to any...

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The Obamas paid $93,362 in federal income taxes

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama reported about the same amount of income in 2014 as they did in 2013. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama reported $495,964 in gross income last year, according to their 2014 tax returns released...

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The Obamas paid $93,362 in federal income taxes

President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama reported about the same amount of income in 2014 as they did in 2013. President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama reported $495,964 in gross income last year, according to their 2014 tax returns released...

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BuzzFeed reposts deleted Dove article

BuzzFeed reposted a story about Dove soap after questions arose over why it had been deleted. "I blew it," Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith wrote in a memo that he tweeted Friday. "Twice in the last couple of months, I've asked editors -- over their better...

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HBO still hasn't heard from Scientology lawyers for 'Going Clear'

"Facts are stubborn things," HBO CEO Richard Plepler said in an interview with CNNMoney this week. "Everybody's entitled to their own opinion, but they're not entitled to their own facts," he added. "I think the documentary bears up very well to any...

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Amazon in talks with Spike Lee for site's first big movie

Amazon is in talks to do so, according to published reports this week. Lee is working on a film called "Chiraq" and is pursuing actors like Samuel L. Jackson, Jeremy Piven, Kanye West, and Common for some of the roles. According to the Chicago Tribune,...

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Cuba expected to come off U.S. terror list: Corporate America cheers

President Obama will likely announce that Cuba will be lifted from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terrorism list -- right before he meets with Cuban president Raul Castro in Panama at the Summit of the Americas, according to CNN reports. It will be one...

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Who needs McDonald's? Russia to launch its own national fast food chain

Russia might soon get its own Russia is betting on a national network of restaurants that will rival fast food brands of the West by investing nearly 1 billion rubles ($19 million) in a restaurant project started an Oscar-winning Russian director...

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Gillette shows off 'Avenger' razors for an 'Iron Man' beard

How else would Iron Man's alter ego generate the perpetual energy supply he needs to obliterate facial hair with uni-beam pulse bolts? Gillette pulled a clever stunt Friday aimed directly at fans of the Marvel's "The Avengers." The 110-year-old...

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