International Business Times

Real-time news, intelligence and analysis on the forces reshaping the global and national economies.

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Ted Koppel is worries about the security of America’s power grids. He talks with IBTimes about why.

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The group of armed militia who took over a federal building and were arrested earlier today weren't the first ones to dispute land rights in Oregon. The state has has a long history of battles over land rights. This interactive map displays the transfer of land in the northwestern U.S. from American Indians to settlers between 1776 and 1887.

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A massive snowstorm has been slamming the U.S. East Coast, but Tian Tian, the male giant panda at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., doesn’t seem to mind at all. We take a look at the economic impact of huge blizzards on major cities in the link... but seriously, we just couldn’t resist sharing Tian Tian. http://bit.ly/1PqCnNI

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A California facility spewing massive amounts of natural gas is one of more than 400 storage sites across the United States. Underground wells from Alaska to New York store trillions of cubic feet of the fuel during the year, which utilities tap during chilly winters or power outages. 

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President Obama addresses the nation on the weekend that economic sanctions with Iran officially ended. As the Obama administration celebrated a successful diplomatic victory, Iran is preparing to reenter the international oil market once again.  

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Anne Hathaway “Pounces” To J-Law’s Defense

Jennifer Lawrence has suffered major internet backlash after “scolding” a journalist during a press conference at the Golden Globes. But Anne Hathaway later came to her defense, assuring the public the “Joy” star was merely joking, and asking them to stop tearing down women “when we perceive them to have misstepped.”

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Inside The Safehouse Used By ‘El Chapo’

Mexican officials allowed cameras a peek inside the house notorious drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was hiding before his recapture late last week. The home was badly damaged during the raid that resulted in his arrest.  

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All The President's Firsts

President @BarackObama is the first United States leader to use these words in a #SOTU address

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Happy Birthday David Bowie!

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Mourning David Bowie

David Bowie: musician, legend, financier? Remembering "Bowie Bonds"

David Bowie through the years

Iman, Bowie’s wife, tells of their fairytale romance

“Blackstar,” Bowie’s last album, may have warned of his death

David Bowie’s most iconic songs

David Bowie also ran an ISP called BowieNet and a bank called BowieBanc

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Wanted: Ideas.

The Republican Party must begin proposing ideas rather than simply serving as an echo chamber of opposition should it wish to win the White House in 2016, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” Sunday.

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Pampered Puppies at CES

Even pampered pets got in on the tech action during the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show

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Kodak Brings Back The Super 8

At #CES2016, IBT got a chance to speak with @kodak CEO Jeff Clarke about the return of the beloved #Super8 film camera. Watch the full video.

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Nerds Gone Wild!

Once the sun sets over Las Vegas at CES, the nerds come out to play.

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What’s The Difference Between A-Bomb, H-Bomb?

North Korea’s alleged successful test of a hydrogen bomb has raised alarms from myriad world leaders. But what’s the difference between an atom bomb and a hydrogen bomb? 

Atomic bombs utilize fission, or the tearing apart of plutonium or uranium atoms. Hydrogen bombs are far more powerful and utilize fusion, or the binding together of lighter elements like hydrogen into heavier ones.

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12 Times The IBT Social Media Team Was Subtle “Hamilton” Trash In Front Of 100,000 People

1. When we couldn’t pass up this Burr quote

2. … And weren’t satisfied until we did it a second time 

3. When we acknowledged that there are still secrets in politics

4. And there are still people who write like they’re running out of time

5. This one was just too easy 

6. When Eliza Schuyler weighed in on the emissions scandal

7. “Stay aliveeee”- Cruz to his poll numbers, probably?  

8. The Fed was like “wait for it, wait for it, wait for it” for a really long time 

9. “Do you KNOW how hard it is to lead?”

10. “If your people say they hate you, don’t come crawling back to me”

11. When we used this playlist of @linmanuel​‘s songs as a neat visual

12. “Whatever you heard, sir, Jefferson started it” 

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China Gets A Gigantic Mao Zedong Sculpture

A gigantic golden statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong is being constructed at Zhushigang village, in Tongxu County, China. The 121-foot-tall state cost 3 million yuan to erect.

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This image of a drunken New Year’s Eve in the streets of Manchester, England, went viral over the weekend. The photo was taken by photographer Joel Goodman, and seems to have struck a nerve with what exactly it is that people find pleasing in a photo. Here, Twitter user @GroenMNG proved that even modern memes aren’t immune to the famous Fibonacci Sequence (AKA the golden ratio)