These Arguments Explain The Pros And Cons Of Comcast Buying Time Warner Cable
Comcast is the largest cable and Internet provider in the country, and it wants to buy the second-largest provider in the country, Time Warner Cable. This tentative merger is going to raise a lot of...
View ArticleGM Will Fix The Classic Corvettes That Plunged Into A Kentucky Sinkhole
General Motors will oversee the restoration of the eight classic cars that fell into a sinkhole that opened under the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky. early Wednesday morning.The cars...
View ArticleA Rare Weather Phenomenon Known As Thundersleet Is Hitting Virginia
A major winter storm slamming much of the Northeast is creating something called "thundersleet."The unusual weather phenomenon has been reported in Virginia and is now heading to the Washington D.C....
View ArticlePIMCO's Award-Winning Fund Manager Does These Three Things
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.PIMCO Manager Explains Three Themes He Exploits In His Income Generation...
View ArticleAnother Tesla Caught On Fire While Sitting In A Toronto Garage This Month
Earlier this month, a Tesla Model S sitting in a Toronto garage ignited and caught on fire. The car was about four months old and was not plugged in to an electric socket, says a source.Fires are a...
View ArticleThe New Chip-And-PIN Standard Is Creating A Big Opportunity For The Major...
Card networks are pressuring merchants and banks to upgrade their hardware and software. Now, that pressure is creating an opportunity for hardware providers to move in and take market share from their...
View ArticleFacebook Slashes Price Of Auto-Play Video Ads Before Official Roll Out
Social Insider is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. FACEBOOK AUTO-PLAY VIDEO ADS DELAYED UNTIL SUMMER: Facebook may not rollout auto-play video ads until...
View ArticleA UC Berkeley Student With Measles Attended Class And Rode The BART, Health...
Health Officials notified the public Thursday about potential measles exposure after an infected UC Berkeley student attended class and rode the BART, KGO News first reported. The student, who had...
View ArticleA $600 Million Startup That Makes Cloud Storage Smarter Just Raised $75 Million
An enterprise startup called Tintri just raised a hefty $75 million round of venture investment on its way to an IPO, perhaps next year.The company makes what it calls "smart hybrid-flash storage."...
View Article6 Reasons Why Everyone Should Really Learn Spanish
We've read the arguments for learning French, but let's be honest: Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, or any other language with growing global importance would be a better choice.Spanish may be the...
View ArticleHere Are More Than 177,000 Ways To Tie A Tie
A group of mathematicians and hackers have discovered that there are more than 177,000 ways to tie a tie.In a preprint posted on the math and science repository arXiv.org, they built off of an earlier...
View ArticleCuba hopes EU talks will lead to U.S. gesture: commissioner
By Daniel TrottaHAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba hopes the opening of negotiations on a new political agreement with the European Union could lead to similar talks with the United States, a visiting EU...
View ArticleMORGAN STANLEY: Here's Your Guide To Monitoring The Economy Just Like Janet...
On Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen promised the House Financial Services Committee "a great deal of continuity" in monetary policy as she fills the shoes of Ben Bernanke.However, Yellen is...
View ArticleGoogle's Virtual Fireplace Offers Some Valentine's Day Romance — Kind Of
If you want to snuggle with your sweetie by the fireplace, but you don't actually have a fireplace, don't worry.All you actually need is a Chromecast.According to Google Play's Google+ page:When you...
View ArticleYahoo Acquires And Shuts Down Startup Distill (YHOO)
Yahoo's newest acquisition is a young startup named Distill that landed its $1.3 million in seed funding only about five months ago.With the purchase, seven Distill employees will join Yahoo, and...
View ArticleChinese Consumer Prices Rise 2.5%
Chinese consumer prices were up 2.5% year-over-year in January. This was modestly above expectations for a 2.4% rise and compares with a 2.5% rise the previous month.Meanwhile, producer prices fell...
View ArticleThese Heartbreaking Photos Show How Slavery Isn't A Thing Of The Past
Photographer Lisa Kristine has spent her entire career traveling to the most distant corners of the world, 100 countries in total, to capture vulnerable indigenous communities. Yet, until 2009, she was...
View ArticleApple TV Is Starting To Sound More Like Hulu Than A Cable Replacement
While rumors about the Apple TV have been floating around for years, it's only in recent weeks that we've started to get a clearer picture of what Apple might be trying to do in the television...
View ArticleThe New F-35 Fighter Jet Can Be Taken Down Without A Bullet Ever Being Fired
The F-35, the latest fighter jet being developed for the U.S. Armed Forces, has hit another potential snag.This time, it's not questions of the jet's structural integrity or even questions of relevance...
View ArticleChair of New Mexico Game Commission resigns after cougar killing
By Jonathan Kaminksy(Reuters) - The chairman of the New Mexico Game Commission has resigned after he was accused of helping to illegally hunt a cougar on his family's cattle ranch earlier this month,...
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