Peter Mondrose

Peter Mondrose is the Editor-In-Chief at BusinessPundit. He received his degree in Economics in 1998 and a second degree in Journalism in 2004. He has served as a financial adviser, market trader, and freelance journalist for the last 11 years. When he's not investigating market conditions and reporting on workplace news, he can be found traveling with his wife, dog, and laptop. He can be reached at OnlineDegree.com.

  • Roger Goodell

    Roger Goodell says NFL will interview women for executive roles

    NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced on Thursday that the league will start using the Rooney Rule to ensure women are interviewed for open executive positions. The NFL’s Rooney Rule was designed so teams would interview one minority candidate for each open coaching position. It went into affect in 2003 after only a very small percentage of […]

  • Jobs Hiring Near Me

    Jobs Hiring Near Me? The top 100 hiring companies by state

    Because of my background in data mining for business purposes my friend John recently sent me an email with the subject: Top 100 Jobs Hiring Near Me?” At first I thought he was going to ask for my insight into which jobs he should apply for. Instead, like many job seekers, John was attempting to […]

  • DraftKings and FanDuel

    FanDuel and DraftKings can remain open in New York

    An appellate court in New York has ruled that DraftKings and FanDuel can continue operating in the state until their appeal process is completed. The sites are currently appealing a case brought against them by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who said daily fantasy sports is a form of gambling. Schneiderman argues that both company’s violate state […]

  • Valhall Oil Field

    BP partially evacuates North Sea Valhall oil field

    Violent weather in the North Sea has left one worker dead and prompted an evacuation after a barge broke loose in the storm. Statoil, a Norwegian company, and China Oilfield Services Limited, issued a statement saying they had learned “with great sadness” that one person had died and two were injured after a wave broke over […]

  • AquaFresco

    Grad Students Invent Washing Machine That Recycles 95% Of Its Water

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) doctoral candidates Sasha Huang, Alina Rwei, and Chris Lai, who study materials science and engineering, have won one of three prizes at the inaugural MIT Water Innovation Prize, for creating a washing machine that recycled 95% of the water it uses. The newly created event allows people from around the […]

  • Bill Gates Clean Energy Fund

    Bill Gates Is Investing Billions In New Clean Energy Fund

    Bill Gates and a group of international investors are pouring billions of dollars into clean energy. Microsoft’s co-founder will announce the new plan at the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, a climate change summit in Paris that will also be attended by President Obama and French President Francois Hollande. The new fund includes more than two dozen public […]

  • Walmart Website Slow on Thanksgiving Day

    Wal-Mart’s Online Shopping Experience Was Miserable On Thanksgiving

    Wal-Mart’s website malfunctioned during the Thanksgiving shopping rush on Thursday morning, just as shoppers flocked to the site. It was the first time Wal-Mart decided to offer its Black Friday ‘doorbusters’ through its website and the company offered those items hours before they were available in U.S. stores. The discounts, which were offered in stores […]

  • Gold Prices continue downward fall

    Gold Is Trading Near Its 6-Year Low And It’s About To Get Worse

    Gold on Friday hit as low as $1,051.60, the cheapest price in nearly 6 years. The last time gold prices hit this low was February 2010 when it fell below $1,045 an ounce. It was the sixth straight week that gold has lost value as investors continue to avid the commodity, despite worried about the […]

  • Janet Yellen

    Janet Yellen And Ralph Nader Face Off Over Interest Rates

    Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen squared off against U.S. consumer advocate Ralph Nader on Monday. Yellen told Nader we need to take a cautious approach to the pace at which interest rises. In an open letter to Nader, the Fed chair repeated recent statements that the central bank should only gradually raise interest rates. “An overly […]

  • Mockingjay Part 2 Box Office

    Final ‘Hunger Games’ Movie Has Worst Opening In Franchise History

    ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2,’ the final film in the “The Hunger Games” series, earned $101 million in the U.S., marking the lowest weekend box office opening in the franchises run. While the box office take for the movie was still the fifth highest opening of the year, it was the lowest for […]

  • US Passport Revoked Over Taxes

    The IRS Has Plans To Take Away Your Passport Over Tax Delinquencies

      The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is finalizing plans that will allow the federal government to revoke, deny, or limit a U.S. citizen’s passport if they owe more than $50,000 in “seriously delinquent tax debt. ” Lawmakers are in the final stages of negotiation over a bill to provide funding for U.S. highways and transit […]

  • Facebook Zuckerberg Baby

    Mark Zuckerberg Says He Will Take Two Months Of Paternity Leave

    Mark Zuckerberg plans on taking a full two months off from Facebook when he and wife Dr. Priscilla Chan, welcome their baby daughter into the world. Zuckerberg took to his Facebook account on Friday to show his plans. While the couple have not shared the due date for their child, he did say, “every day things […]