Personal Economics
  • The Key Info We’re Withholding on Facebook

    By Cadie Thompson, CNBC

    People are willing to share a lot about themselves on social media, but they're still shy about sharing certain opinions if they feel like their views are in the minority, according to a Pew Research...

  • Type Like Hemingway, Courtesy of Tom Hanks

    By Natasha Baker, Reuters

    A new app for the iPad aims to recreate the nostalgic sense of typing on a manual typewriter, but ramped up to meet the demands of digital-age word processing. The brainchild of Oscar-winning actor...

  • Burger King to buy Canada's Tim Hortons for $11.5 billion

    Burger King to buy Canada's Tim Hortons for $11.5 billion

    By Reuters

    TORONTO, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Burger King Worldwide Inc <BKW.N> announced plans to buy Canadian coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc <THI.TO> for C$12.64 billion ($11.53 billion) in a...

  • WHO urges stiff regulatory curbs on e-cigarettes

    WHO urges stiff regulatory curbs on e-cigarettes

    By Stephanie Nebehay and Ben Hirschler, Reuters

    GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) called for stiff regulation of electronic cigarettes as well as bans on indoor use, advertising and sales to minors, in the latest bid to...

  • First Comic Book Featuring Superman: $3.2 Million

    Superman Comic Book Goes for Sky-High $3.2M

    An impeccable copy of Action Comic No.1, the first comic book to ever feature Superman, sold for more than $3.2 million in an eBay auction that closed Sunday evening. This is the highest price ever...