Stories, News & Links for Thursday 2 Oct 14

Known for its brothels, casinos and seedy bars, Reno, Nevada enters the high tech age pulling in huge distribution centers, warehouses, and the new $5 Billion Tesla battery factory

Theater Chain Companies' Stocks Fall After Netflix Announces 4 Movie Deal With Adam Sandler

'Warren Buffett: Investment In Tesco Was A "Huge Mistake"

Salon: 8 Disturbing Ways The Koch Brothers Have Amassed Their Fortune

Asian stocks heading for 5 day decline on Fed concerns

Windows 10 is coming, and it is supposed to enhance Windows 7 of which there are four times as many users than Windows 8

Ireland caught by EU in dealing favorable tax avoidance to Apple in return for employment of Irish citizens

Ireland caught by EU in dealing favorable tax avoidance to Apple in return for employment of Irish citizens

Ebay and Paypal will become separate companies

Unplanned refinery closures in Canada and the USA have futures traders betting on higher gasoline prices before year's end

Hedge Funds Score With Small-Cap Shorts in Russell Drop 

AirBerlin cancels $5 Billion of Boeing orders

Stocks lower on global unrest; all S&P 500 sectors fall

Mother Jones: "The Rich Are Getting Richer, Part Millionth"

Russia/Exxon strike oil in the vast Arctic

Rolling Stone Magazine: "Inside The Koch Brothers' Toxic Empire`

Occupy Central in Hong Kong has entered Day 2 and has now grown to 50,000 civil disobedient protesters

The Automatic Earth: The US has no banking regulation and it doesn't want any