OBAMA: More Than Half A Million People Have Signed Up For Obamacare In December
President Barack Obama said in his end-of-year press conference Friday that more than 500,000 people had enrolled in health insurance plans on the federal health care website through the first three...
View ArticleIAC Has Responded To Its PR Director's Cringeworthy Tweet
Justine Sacco, the head of PR for IAC, the parent company of Vimeo, Tinder, and OkCupid, tweeted something really cringeworthy a few hours ago:Not good.We first saw the tweet on Valleywag. IAC just...
View ArticleAlex Rodriguez Is Selling His Condo In Miami For $3.2 Million
Alex Rodriguez is in a big fight with MLB right now but it's not keeping him from his favorite hobby: flipping houses.According to the Wall Street Journal, A-Rod is selling his condo in Miami he bought...
View ArticleI Just Watched 'Duck Dynasty' For The First Time And Now I Finally Get It
"Duck Dynasty" is a reality show on the A&E network that millions of people watch each week.It follows the story of the Robertson family, which runs a company called Duck Commander. Duck Commander...
View ArticleFederal Judge Strikes Down Utah's Same-Sex Marriage Ban As Unconstitutional
A federal judge in Utah has struck down Utah's same-sex marriage ban as unconstitutional, the Associated Press is tweeting."The state’s current laws deny its gay and lesbian citizens their fundamental...
View ArticleForeign Buyers Are Starting To Choose Brownstones Over Luxury Condos
As more and more super-pricey luxury condo buildings rise above New York City, international buyers are bucking the trend and purchasing historic townhouses instead. According The Wall Street Journal's...
View ArticleHallucinogenic Mushrooms Could Explain The Origins Of Santa Claus
The story of Santa and his flying reindeer can be traced to an unlikely source: hallucinogenic or "magic" mushrooms, according to one theory."Santa is a modern counterpart of a shaman, who consumed...
View ArticleFacebook Screwed Lots Of Online Retailers Just In Time For The Holidays (FB)
It has been a less profitable holiday season for many online retailers thanks to a small change Facebook made to how the site works.On December 2, Facebook published a post on its official blog...
View ArticleThe V10 Engine In The New Lamborghini Huracán Sounds Glorious
You just saw the reveal of Lamborghini’s Gallardo-replacing Huracán LP 610-4, and now hear its engine start in this new video.The video, posted on YouTube by our friends at AutoEmotionenTV, shows the...
View ArticleThe Future Is Going To Be Awesome, And Here’s Why
We live in difficult times. Financial crisis, sovereign debt crisis, euro crisis, Syrian conflict, global warming. We are bombarded nonstop with despairing news.In Europe, the mood is morose and the...
View ArticleNike Unveiled Oregon's Crazy Bowl Game Uniforms
Nike unveiled Oregon's new uniforms for their upcoming bowl game. The new unis are part of Nike's 2014 Pro Combat “Mach Speed” series. The Ducks are playing the Texas Longhorns on Monday, December 30th...
View ArticleManatee Death Toll Hits Record In Florida, 'Red Tide' Blamed
MIAMI (Reuters) - A record number of manatees died in Florida waters this year and the leading killer of the endangered mammals was a toxic algae bloom in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the state's...
View ArticleWhy You Should Hire People Who Are Smarter Than You
Spencer Rascoff, the CEO of online real estate site Zillow, says the biggest mistake he sees managers make is in hiring.All too often, inexperienced managers will avoid hiring people who are smarter...
View ArticleThe 25 Greatest Business Innovations Of All Time
Human beings have been selling stuff since, well, since there have been human beings. In the olden days, doing business meant swapping a flint ax for a bearskin coat. That would still define business...
View ArticleRumor: T-Mobile may offer to buy you out
Rumor: T-Mobile may offer to buy you out of your phone contract if you switch."An unnamed source tells TmoNews that T-Mobile is planning an initiative that would pay off subscribers’ early termination...
View ArticleFacebook's Mobile-First Moves Are Paying Off With Developers
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.MOBILE...
View ArticleHow A Promising Electric Car Battery Startup Completely Self-Destructed
The race to find battery technologies of the future is not one without casualties.The trail left behind Envia, one of the most promising battery startups in recent years, has left something more akin...
View ArticleA Group Of Students Smuggled Undocumented Immigrants Across The Border To...
A few weeks ago, the San Antonio Express-News published an incredibly interesting look into a group of college students who got caught making extra money by smuggling undocumented immigrants over the...
View ArticleTarget Is Giving A 10% Discount To All Customers Because Of The Credit Card Hack
Target's CEO openly apologized today for the hack that swiped data from about 40 million credit cards.He also said all Target customers will get a 10% discount on Saturday and Sunday. The deal is only...
View ArticleThe 5 Biggest PR Blunders Of 2013
With the massive popularity of social media, now when a company messes up it doesn't only have to deal with shouted questions from reporters, but also the collective disapproval of an entire customer...
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