Baby Boomer, Gen X, Millennials – each label stands for an age group which, in theory, has similar wants, needs and goals. But a new study commissioned by MTV shows that there’s a big difference between the upper and lower age brackets that fall into the Millennial category. Keeping with the theme: older (or first [...]
In what could easily be misconstrued as parody of an MSNBC segment, the panel guests on Tuesday’s edition of Now with Alex Wagner helped President Barack Obama clarify the difference between himself and former Vice President Dick Cheney – a comparison recently dismissed by the president though without much explanation as to why. Show More Summary
What would your grocery store produce section look like if bees going extinct? (It’s pretty scary). Also, is there really a massive difference between buying, procuring, purchasing, and sourcing? What’s going on with the automotive supply...Show More Summary
The definitions are simplistic, but they have stuck with me since I learned them in a middle school Bible class: "grace" is getting what you don't deserve; "mercy" is not getting what you do deserve. The difference between the two.....
By Andrew Osborn and Oliver Holmes ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Differences between Russia and the West mean an international peace conference on Syria is now unlikely to be held before August, a source at a meeting of Group of Eight leaders said on Tuesday as heavy fighting was reported in Aleppo. Show More Summary
Yesterday, the White House released a transcript of a press briefing with Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor, that had a pretty big typo. Talking about the difference between the American and European response to Syria, the...Show More Summary
Investors looking to play a beaten down sector like coal need to understand the difference between Market Cap, “MC” and Enterprise Value, “EV.” Most investors recognize MC, the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the share price. This simple metric serves investors well if there’s not much debt on the balance sheet. In short, market [...]
In the U.S., it's no secret that the unemployment rate for college grads is lower than that of those without college degrees. The same goes for China. Standard Chartered's Stephen Green presents them in his research note to clients. "Southwestern...Show More Summary
Frozen started off as a pretty straight-up adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson’s story The Snow Queen. But, as we detailed earlier today, it mutated to become something rather different. Now it is a story of “two sisters torn apart by a big family secret,” with Queen Elsa (Idina Menzel) as the elder sibling, who cursed her kingdom [...]
Transcendent athletes are few and far between, sometimes arriving once per generation. By all measures, they're mere mortals—ostensibly no different than any of us. They, too, are made of flesh and blood. But that doesn't explain why they're capable of such feats of athleticism, does it? They breathe a rarified air. Show More Summary
The difference between a successful app and an also-ran is often the care taken when you execute on your original idea. Here are ten things to keep an eye on if you’re striving for app success. More »
For airline travelers, the difference between a direct flight and a layover is often a matter of convenience. But when the passenger is an indicted defendant, the stakes can get much higher.
Four wheel drive, all wheel drive, 4WD, AWD, full-time, part-time, 4Hi, 4Lo, 4×4. There are many names and just as many ways of motivating every wheel a vehicle has on the ground. What’s the difference between four-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive? In one word: Marketing. Want to know more? Click past the jump as we dive in [...]
Writes Mireille Miller-Young, an associate professor of feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the last of a set of 6 short essays in the NYT answering the question "What's the difference between a good sex scene and a gratuitous one in films?" The sentence above is the 4th to the last sentence in her essay. Show More Summary
While it took an enraged Dunkin’ Donuts customers eight minutes to express her extreme displeasure at not receiving a receipt, other bad consumers are bit more, shall we say — concise? with their vituperative rants. To wit: A very rude man who is beyond consolation at the mere presence of cheese on his burger. He makes his case to … [More]
During the WWDC Keynote presentation last week, Apple executive Craig Federighi showed off Mac OS X Mavericks. One of the new features is more substantial support for multiple monitors. In Mountain Lion, there are issues with using full-screen apps on setups with multiple monitors. Show More Summary
There’s a definite difference between cheese and milk. It's clear in the tastes, textures, state of matter, and smells. However, when it comes to that iffy area in-between milk and cheese it get’s a little muddy. What exactly is theShow More Summary
It can be difficult to understand what Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) brings to the table until you have been behind the wheel of one of its vehicles. In other words, there is a big difference between reading about cars from the electric car maker and actually test driving one. As you are well aware, Tesla [...]
As a Bing Ads product manager specializing in campaign optimization, I often get asked the differences between Quality Score on Bing Ads and AdWords. In order to answer that, we first have to understand why Quality Score was developed and its components. Simply, the goal of Bing Ads Quality Score is to help advertisers optimize the quality [...]Show More Summary
New research has identified some key differences between the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) and SARS. The findings, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, detail the viral load profile of MERS-CoV, giving a complete explanation of how it circulates though the body. Show More Summary