This South African Whiskey Ad Will Bring Tears To Your Eyes
Bell's whisky just released a heartwarming new commercial that is, by our estimation, the most inspiring ad of the new year.The ad tells the story of a graying South African man who, despite his...
View ArticleI Quit Facebook Cold Turkey And My Life Is Totally Unchanged (FB)
My dad created my Facebook account in 2004.The fledgling social network was becoming the hot new thing on college campuses around the country. It presented itself as a site where you could gossip and...
View Article4 Personal Finance Questions Everyone Should Be Able To Answer
Investing is complicated, and it may seem easy to hand your financial future over to an advisor and wipe your hands of it.But that's a mistake. Even if you have an advisor, it's incredibly important to...
View ArticleOklahoma City Brewery Created An Amazing T-Shirt Trolling Seahawks Fans
When the Seahawks won the Super Bowl, it was the city of Seattle's first major sports championship since the SuperSonics won the NBA title in 1979.Of course the SuperSonics now play in Oklahoma City as...
View ArticleCHART: The 20 Best College Basketball Teams Through 14 Weeks
To get a sense of which college basketball teams have played the best so far this season we compiled a list of the 20 highest-rated teams so far using both the traditional RPI formula (via ESPN.com)...
View ArticleHealth Care Might Be Real Opportunity For Apple's Smart Watch
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.DOES APPLE...
View ArticleHow Michael Kors Went From Design School Dropout To Billionaire Fashion Tycoon
Fashion designer Michael Kors became a billionaire Tuesday as shares of his namesake company surged 18% after reporting that its third quarter profit jumped 77%.The 54-year-old CEO founded the luxury...
View ArticleHow A 19-Year-Old Skied To The South Pole Faster Than Anyone In History
Parker Liautaud set a record in December as the fastest unsupported person to ski from the Antarctic Coast to the South Pole, completing the 314-mile journey in 18 days. At 19, the polar adventurer is...
View ArticleThe Ivy League Colleges With The Most On-Campus Drug And Alcohol Arrests
Last week, we brought you a series of maps showing which colleges across the country have the most on-campus drug and alcohol arrests.Surprisingly, or not, all of the Ivy League schools were absent...
View ArticleMicrosoft CEO's Salary Set At $1.2M
Satya Nadella had a big day today.Microsoft's newly appointed chief will have a base salary of $1.2 million, which is more than 70% higher than the base pay his predecessor, Steve Ballmer, was making,...
View ArticleMaps Show How London Tube Service Will Be Shut Down By Workers' Strike
London is bracing for the impact of a major strike by transit workers that began this evening, and will shut down most of its metro system until Friday morning.Transport for London, which runs the...
View ArticleGMO: We're Stuck In 'Purgatory Of Low Returns'
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.GMO's James Montier Says Investors Need Recognize That They're In "The Purgatory...
View Article5 Secrets To Building A Successful Startup Team
Entrepreneurs know that for every startup success story, there are thousands more that never make it out of the garage.Even startups that manage to raise millions in seed funding can crash and burn...
View ArticleYouTube Has A Music Industry Problem
Social Insider is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.YOUTUBE'S IN...
View ArticleNintendo Wants To Be Like iOS
Nintendo might not be bringing its games to iOS, but that certainly doesn't mean that it's not looking at Apple's operating system for some inspiration.In a Q&A session with investors, Nintendo...
View ArticleMAP: The States With The Most Olympic Gold Medals
California is the most athletic state in the country, Wisconsin punches above its weight, and Florida is slacking.That's what we discovered when we made these maps of Olympic gold medals by state.Using...
View ArticleFox News Beat Even ESPN In Ratings Last Week
The State of the Union and Super Bowl week proved fruitful to Fox News. For the first time since the week of the Boston Marathon bombings last April, the network finished No. 1 in all of cable among...
View ArticleThis Is The Number That Has Twitter Investors Freaked Out (TWTR)
Here's an absolute stunner from Twitter's earnings report. Last quarter, Twitter users had 148 billion timeline views. This was a drop on a quarter over quarter basis. There is simply no reason for...
View ArticleIf The World Were Only 100 People, Here's What It Would Be Like
The seven billionth person on Earth was likely born on October 31, 2011, according to United Nations data. With this milestone, how the planet can sustain such a large population has become an urgent...
View ArticleCheck Out Twitter's Tiny Usage Relative To Facebook (TWTR)
Twitter reported earnings today. The revenue and EPS figures were great, but the monthly active-user numbers were not. Twitter said it has 241 million monthly active users, which is only up 9 million...
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