LEGENDARY INVESTOR: I Drove A Tesla And It Was The Greatest Car Experience...
GMO's Jeremy Grantham just put out his latest quarterly newsletter to GMO clients. And in it he has some high praise for Tesla. In a section titled "Fossil Fuels: Is Tesla a Tease or a Triumph?" he...
View ArticleLinkedIn Tanks After Q4 Earnings Report
LinkedIn announced its Q4 earnings. The stock is tanking in after-hours trading, and has been down as much as 10% due to weaker-than-expected outlook for Q1 of 2014. Here's what the company...
View ArticleHere's The Real Story Of The 'Cool Runnings' Bobsled Team That The Movie Got...
"Cool Runnings" is one of the most popular Olympics movies of the past few decades, and it's mostly made up. It's based on a true story, but a member of the unlikely Jamaican bobsled team that inspired...
View ArticleNew Payments Startups Face An Uphill Battle To Disrupt The Credit Card...
The credit card industry processes a massive volume of transactions — about $4 trillion this year in the U.S., according to BI Intelligence estimates. With so much money in play, it's no wonder that a...
View ArticleMore Mobile Dollars For Top Tech Companies
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.MORE MOBILE...
View ArticleANALYST: Here's Why It's A Terrible Idea To Buy Individual Bonds Over Bonds...
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.The Fallacy Of Buying Individual Bonds Over Bond Funds (Morningstar) Many...
View ArticleWhat It's Like To Play 'League Of Legends,' The Game Where The Best Players...
The most-played PC game in the world isn't the Sims or SimCity or even World of Warcraft. It's League of Legends, and it's a lot of fun.Part of this game's success is that players can compete in...
View ArticleGRANTHAM: The Great American Shale Boom Is A Dangerous Waste Of Time And Money
Jeremy Grantham, whose GMO LLC investment firm manages $117 billion in assets, says the Great American Shale Boom is a dangerous waste of time and money.Grantham, who started his career as an economist...
View ArticleNorth Korea Is Almost Done Building A Giant Missile Launch Pad
New commercial satellite imagery hints that North Korea is almost done building a tower capable of launching long-range missiles — probably, further than the ones they've already launched into space,...
View ArticleTwitter Is Becoming A Niche Social Network For Advertisers
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.TWITTER'S...
View ArticleRich Tech Entrepreneurs Would Get Less Criticism If They Weren't Actively...
It would be easier to sympathize with rich tech entrepreneurs who don't want to be criticized simply because they are successful if they weren't also actively trying to make their workers poorer.I'm...
View ArticleHere's How Americans Stereotyped 16 Big Cities Around The Country
Reputation is everything. That's especially true in America, a country where tourists spend $166 billion annually, lured by the delight of the American lifestyle, according to The Atlantic. But what is...
View ArticleThe Government Is Paying IBM To Build A 'Vanishing' Network (IBM)
This sounds like an April Fool's joke but isn't. The military's tech research organization, DARPA, wants to invent a network of computers, sensors and other devices that will vanish on command.By...
View ArticlePolice In New York Are Trying Out Google Glass
If you live in New York City, it might not be long until you come across an interesting and kinda creepy sign of the times.According to a new report from VentureBeat, the New York Police Department is...
View ArticleAOL Employees Are Furious Over CEO's Comments During A Conference Call —...
So, once again, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is having a rough day because of something he said on a conference call with thousands of employees.In August, Armstrong got in hot water for firing an employee...
View ArticleDespite Their Immense Wealth, The Saudis Are Not Happy
MONEY can buy many things: luxury, influence, security--and even time. How frustrating, then, to be vastly rich but never quite to get what you want. Such is the dilemma faced by the world's richest...
View ArticleAn Increasing Number Of Lunatics Are Surfing On Lake Superior In The Dead Of...
Minnesota is probably the last place you might think of to go surfing, but a group of diehard Minnesota surfers are quietly proving that the Midwest might just be the next extreme surf spot....
View ArticleWhat The Opening Ceremony Looked Like From The Athletes' Point Of View
Next to actually competing in the Olympics, the greatest thrill for many of the athletes is the march into the stadium during the opening ceremony.The American team appeared to have a lot of fun and...
View ArticleMcDonald's Is About To Open Its First Restaurant In Vietnam
Vietnam's first McDonald's restaurant is opening on Saturday, marking the fast food chain's first venture into a new southeast Asian market in two decades.The restaurant, located in Ho Chi Minh City,...
View Article24 Gorgeous Photos From Sochi's Fantastic Opening Ceremony
With the exception of one major ring malfunction, the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Olympics was fantastic.The music was great, the dance numbers made sense, and it felt uniquely Russian. It was clever...
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