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Cliff Asness Explains How High-Frequency Trading Helps Us And Why Everyone...
Michael Lewis' new book "Flash Boys" has a lot of people freaked out about high-frequency trading. It actually has some people convinced that the stock market is somehow rigged in an unfavorable way...
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Amazon Announced Its First Video Game And It Looks Pretty Awesome
Earlier today, Amazon announced a new set-top box called Fire TV that's available for $99.In addition to letting users stream online services like Netflix and Hulu, Amazon is offering games for play....
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Wharton Professor Adam Grant Explains Why The Most Successful People Are Givers
Last year Adam Grant released a book that changed the way we think about success.In the best-selling "Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success," which is now in paperback, the Wharton...
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New Digital Reconstruction Shows The Trail Left By A Predatory Dinosaur Like...
About a 107 million years ago a dinosaur from the family of the Tyrannosaurus Rex stalked or followed a long-necked herbivorous giant along what is now known as the Paluxy Riverbed, near Glen Rose,...
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CHART OF THE DAY: Wall Street's Stock Pickers Are More Bullish Than Wall...
Wall Street's research departments include both equity strategists and equity analysts.Strategists publish targets for stock markets as a whole from their big-picture analysis (i.e., top-down...
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A Huge Number Of Americans Now See Pot Legalization As Inevitable
Three out of four Americans believe marijuana will one day be legal to buy and use anywhere in the United States, according to a public opinion poll released Wednesday.Fifty-four percent of respondents...
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The Government Is Rebooting The Loan Program That Helped Now-Bankrupt Fisker...
The Department of Energy is revamping the long dormant green car loan program that helped build Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive, it announced today.The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing...
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Nicole Kidman Is Barely Recognizable In This Heavily Photoshopped Jimmy Choo Ad
Jimmy Choo's latest print ad featuring Nicole Kidman bears the actress' name in the bottom left-hand corner. That's a good thing, because people might otherwise have trouble realizing it's her.For its...
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GARY SHILLING: Here Are My 9 Investment Picks For The Current Risk-On...
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.SHILLING: Here Are My 9 Investment Picks For A Risk On Environment (A Gary...
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BILL MAHER: The People Giving Money To This GOP Candidate Are 'Idiots'
Bill Maher, the stand-up comedian and host of HBO's "Real Time," said it was "pathetic" for Republican New York City Congressman Michael Grimm to attempt to use his show in a fundraising pitch. "It’s...
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The ECB Meets Tomorrow, But No One Is Expecting Much
On Thursday, the European Central Bank Governing Council will deliberate over whether or not to take additional action to ease monetary policy and announce its decision at 7:45 AM ET. ECB President...
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At Least 4 Dead, 14 Injured After Shooting At Fort Hood Army Base
At least four people were killed and 14 injured after a gunman opened fire at Fort Hood Army base in Killeen, Texas, The New York Times reports.AP reported the suspected gunman was among the dead,...
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Arizona Mom Claims US Border Patrol Threatened Her With A Knife And Taser
An Arizona woman says U.S. Border Patrol agents threatened her with a Taser and knife after she demanded to know why she was stopped, according to a new video from the ACLU.Clarisa Christiansen, a U.S....
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President Obama Didn't Know He Was Being Used By Samsung
President Barack Obama wasn't in on Samsung's efforts to use his "selfie" with Red Sox player David Ortiz to promote its phones.A White House official confirmed to Business Insider Tuesday that Obama...
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These Goofy-Looking Reptiles Ruled The Skies For Millions Of Years
The first non-insect animal to evolve powered flight wasn't the bird, but a fuzzy reptile called the pterosaur. These animals ruled Mesozoic skies for 150 million years, soaring above the dinosaurs....
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Microsoft Built A Human-Size Piano To Show Off A Brand-New Version Of Windows
Microsoft is working on a new version of Windows for the next big trend in computing, known as the Internet of Things, it announced Wednesday at its Build conference in San Francisco.The Internet of...
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Almost 2 Tons Of Cocaine Seized Off Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - A 1.8 ton cocaine shipment worth an estimated $50 million that was thought to be destined for the U.S. market was seized off the coast of Puerto Rico, federal authorities said on...
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You Can Play More Than 100 Games On Amazon's Set-Top Box
Amazon's new set-top box, the Fire TV, is more than just a streaming-TV device.It will also play video games. Amazon has its own gaming studio that's developing games, but big companies, such as EA,...
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17 Reasons Why Wegmans Is America's Best Grocery Store
Last week, Consumer Reports named Wegmans the best grocery store in America. It's easy to see why the mid-Atlantic chain earned high marks with consumers. From great service to reasonable prices, here...
View ArticleProtestors Blocked A Tech Bus This Morning With Vomit
Yeah, you read that right.At the MacArthur BART station in Oakland, Calif., this morning, protestors blocked several tech buses for more than 30 minutes. A couple of the protestors climbed aboard the...
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