Ackman fires off 40 pages of questions aimed at Herbalife

Bill Ackman has a lot of questions for Herbalife — as a matter of fact, 284 of them. The hedge fund manager fired off 40 pages of questions at the controversial nutrition company that he has called a “pyramid scheme” and is shorting to the tune of $1 billion. Ackman, the founder of Pershing Square Capital, focused his questions on the lack of clarity about...

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Miami startup that turns text to video receives $1 million in seed funding

Guide, a new technology startup based in Miami, announced Tuesday it has closed a $1 million round of seed funding from investors including the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Sapient Corp., MTV founder Bob Pitman, actor and producer Omar Epps, and early Google employee Steve Schimmel. The Knight Foundation is supporting Guide through its new early-stage venture...

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Miami U.S. attorney issues warning and crackdown on ID theft, tax-refund fraud

Guard your identity with your life, warns South Florida’s top law enforcement official. U.S. Attorney Wifredo Ferrer says the double whammy of ID theft and tax-refund scams are the “new Medicare fraud,” picking the pockets of hard-working people and the federal government every year for billions of dollars. “We need to protect our personal identities as best we can,” Ferrer...

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Exclusive: D23 Magazine Rachel Weisz in 'Oz the Great and Powerful'

Disney's Oz The Great and Powerful lands in theaters March 8, and along the yellow brick road Disney's spring issue of Disney twenty-three magazine has plenty of lollipop details about the incredible production. We have a sneak preview, plus an exclusive image of Rachel Weisz from the article!Pics: Stars on the Set! "I thought it would be really fun to be bad, to be wicked," says Weisz of what drew...

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Cop's tweets proved right after 2 parolees arrested again for crimes in B'klyn

Eduardo Guzman, left and Efrain Gauthier, right.He was right.A Brooklyn captain who took heat for using his Twitter account to warn the public about the release of parolees in his command was on to something -- two career criminals he tweeted about were recently cuffed again for crimes in Brooklyn.Captain Jeffrey Schiff, the commanding officer of the 76th...

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Can’t find time for play? Try scheduling it

If your resolutions for 2013 include achieving a better work-life balance, your calendar holds the key to your success.But, to pull off your goals, you’re going to need to turn the traditional way of thinking upside down.Most people schedule their work commitments on their calendars and squeeze in family, friends and fun around it. Instead, schedule your work around your...

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International Noise Conference celebrates its 10th anniversary at Churchill’s Pub

Frank Falestra is standing at the backyard bar of Churchill’s Pub, tinkering with a lighting board that has a broken switch. It’s an urgent repair because the switch controls red light. “Red is important at a rock bar,” he says. Falestra, better known as Rat Bastard, is hailed as the godfather of Miami’s noise scene and the founder of International Noise...

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Adorable Tots: Celebs and their Cute Kids!

Rosie O'Donnell Rosie O'Donnell cradles her daughter Dakota in this intimate Instagram pic, in which she also sings the praises of her new baby carrier. "NuRooBaby.com -- a wonderful baby carrier -- with skin on skin contact -- love it," she writes.  ...

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Alleged SoHo firebug 'stressed from jealousy' lawyer claims after man pleads not guilty to setting fatal blaze

Steven HirschWei Chu Hu pleaded not guilty today to setting a blaze on Jan. 11 in SoHo that left one woman dead and destroyed the homes of numerous other residents.He was "stressed," the Manhattan man accused of setting a deadly SoHo fire last month -- out of jealousy -- explained afterward."He said he burned a building down because he was stressed about...

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Cutting edge tech from Swiss Army

The Victorinox Swiss Army Jetsetter looks like a traditional pocket knife the company is famous for, but instead of the knife you get a pocket full of storage. A foldout and detachable USB 2.0 flash drive is among the features in the mini tool kit, which includes a ball point pen, bottle opener, Phillips screwdriver, tweezers and scissors in the 16 GB model I tested out....

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