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Gerrard set to leave Liverpool
Liverpool (AFP) - Steven Gerrard is set to make the shock announcement that he will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, ending a rollercoaster 25-year association with the English giants.Reds...
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FA Cup brims over with third-round deja vu
London (AFP) - After a frantic festive period, Premier League clubs enter the FA Cup this weekend in a third-round programme thick with historical resonance.Improbably, the very first tie out of the...
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The 76ers' Radical Tanking Plan Just Hit Its First Snag
The Philadelphia 76ers are using a extreme rebuilding strategy, amassing high draft picks and young assets by being as bad as possible in the short term. Three key pieces of this plan are Nerlens Noel,...
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Just What François Hollande Needs — A Public Slight From A Former Supporter
With a popularity rating below 20%, France’s Socialist president, François Hollande, is no stranger to criticism.But the decision on January 1st by Thomas Piketty, a French economist and bestselling...
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GM shares drop after latest ignition-related recall
Washington (AFP) - General Motors shares fell more than one percent Friday after its latest recall for another problem related to auto ignitions.Following a year when it recalled some 30 million...
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US slaps sanctions on North Korea after Sony hack
Washington (AFP) - The United States imposed new sanctions Friday on North Korea in retaliation for a cyber attack on Hollywood studio Sony Pictures.In an executive order President Barack Obama...
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JOB OF THE WEEK: Director, Global Omnichannel Analytics
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
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Here's How Many Apple Watches Apple Is Expected To Sell (AAPL)
There's one major mystery in tech as we enter 2015: How will Apple's watch do?Apple announced the Apple Watch in September. It goes on sale in "early 2015," according to Apple.The Apple Watch is...
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Here's What Some Teens Are Using Instead Of Snapchat And Instagram To Share...
I went home last week and did everything one normally does over the holidays: I got together with my family and, in the spirit of Christmas, grilled my teenage cousins about what apps they're using on...
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Crazy Stat Shows Just How Common Doping Was In Cycling When Lance Armstrong...
Even after Lance Armstrong finally came clean and was banned from cycling for life, many still defend the (unofficial) 7-time Tour de France champion.The biggest argument for Armstrong is the belief...
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10 Charts That Predict The State Of The World In 2015
The way people think about the world will undergo a radical change in 2015, as assumptions that have held steady for years are overturned. In the economy and technology, especially, the year will bring...
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2014 Was The Year Of The Truck
Most auto-industry analysts and observers predict that 2o14 will top out with around 17 million new vehicles sold.We'll find out next week when the automakers report their December sales.Many of the...
View ArticleLionel Messi Shows Off Ridiculous Ball Control On Japanese Game Show
Lionel Messi has long wowed soccer fans with his insane ball control, corralling passes from every angle and bringing them gently under control.A Japanese game show tried testing just how good Messi is...
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Gambian troops go door-to-door in search of failed coup plotters
Banjul (Gambia) (AFP) - Gambian security forces went door-to-door in the capital Banjul on Friday in search of participants in a failed coup against the west African country's strongman President Yahya...
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These Are The Most Disproportionately Common Names For People In 37 Jobs
When Verdant Labs' researchers developed the Nametrix app, a database of first names in the United States, it noticed that some names seemed tied to a profession.For example, out of the sample of two...
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'The Government Is Watching Every Citizen:' The BBC Just Reported From The...
Kashgar is one of the hardest places in China for foreign journalists to visit. The westernmost major city in China's Xinjiang Province is in the middle of a region where Beijing's internal oppression...
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The Burning Question Microsoft Needs To Answer This Year (MSFT)
Since Satya Nadella took the reins from Steve Ballmer at Microsoft last February, the company has made a lot of changes. The biggest change is that Microsoft is no longer the Windows-first company.In...
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After Trying $2 Billion Grocery Startup Instacart, I'd Rather Just Go To The...
Earlier this week, Re/code reported that Instacart, a startup that delivers groceries on demand, had raised $220 million at a nearly $2 billion valuation. Instacart hires shoppers to buy groceries at...
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The Demographics That Make LinkedIn's Audience So Valuable To Businesses
LinkedIn is perhaps the most overlooked social network. But overall it is actually more popular than Twitter, generally considered the number two social network in the U.S. The latest data shows a...
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A Project To Build A Satirical Kim Jong Un Video Game Has Raised $17,000
A plan to build a satirical video game that glorifies North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a WMD-wielding hero has attracted over $17,000 on Kickstarter. The game, satirically titled “Glorious Leader!”...
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