TV Ratings Agency Nielsen Will Begin Measuring Online Streaming
Nielsen, the company that provides television ratings, is catching up with the times: It said that in the fall, it would begin including online streaming in its ratings.
Which Is The Most Miserable U.S. City? Detroit.
Forbes magazine is out with its latest ranking of “Most Miserable Cities” in the U.S. and of 20 metropolitan areas listed, Detroit is on top.
Defense Cuts May No Longer Be Political Sacred Cow
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned that the automatic spending cuts due to hit the Pentagon and other branches of government next week will damage U.S. national security.
Inflation Was In Check Last Month; Jobless Claims Jumped Last Week
For the most part, the number of weekly claims has stayed within a range of 350,000 to 400,000 since the fall of 2011.
Existing Home Sales Rise Again; ‘Seller’s Market Is Developing,’ Realtors Say
Sales of existing homes rose 0.4 percent in January from December and were up 9.1 percent from January 2012, the National Association of Realtors reports.
Biden: For Protection; ‘Buy A Shotgun, Buy A Shotgun’
Vice President Joe Biden’s advice to his wife about protecting their home in Delaware: They don’t need an assault-style weapon.
Single-Family Housing Starts Edged Up In January
Work was begun on 0.8 percent more single-family homes in January than had been started the month before, the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development say.
‘It Felt Like An Earthquake’: One Still Missing After Kansas City Explosion
“It sounded like thunder, but it felt like an earthquake,” Tracey Truitt, a lawyer who was working in a nearby building, tells the Kansas City Star about an explosion Tuesday evening that leveled a restaurant in the city’s Country Club Plaza.
Newtown Shooter May Have Taken Cues From Norway Massacre
Investigators trying to piece together a motive in December’s killings in Newtown, Conn., believe that 20-year-old shooter Adam Lanza may have been inspired by a similar 2011 massacre in Norway.
Quite A Haul: $50 Million Worth Of Diamonds Stolen In Lightning-Fast Heist
In a heist right out of movies such as The Italian Job, eight masked gunman drove on to the tarmac at Brussels’ international airport Monday night, sped to a plane being loaded with diamonds and made off with about $50 million worth of the precious stones, authorities say.
