Why Didn't Apple Buy Nest? A Feud Involving Jony Ive Could Have Something To...
Today's biggest news story: Google announced that it plans to pay $3.2 billion in cash for Nest, the smart thermostat company.Nest was co-founded by two former Apple executives — Matt Rogers and Tony...
View ArticleCharter Communications is offering to bu
Charter Communications is offering to buy Time Warner Cable for $61 billion, reports Bloomberg's Alex Sherman.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleNest Co-founder Matt Rogers: My Friends Told Me I Was Crazy To Leave Apple To...
Matt Rogers just became a very wealthy man with the news that Google bought his company, Nest Labs, for $3.2 billion.Rogers is the co-founder of Nest along with Tony Fadell. Fadell is known for being...
View Article15 Qualities Of A Successful Job Seeker
Are you the perfect job applicant? When recruiting, there are certain traits employers look for in the ideal job seeker. While we are not born with every desired trait, it is imperative we gain these...
View ArticleNow Is A Great Time To Be Rebalancing Your Portfolio
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Now Is A Great Time To Be Talking About Rebalancing Your Portfolio (The Wall...
View ArticleThe House Passed A HealthCare.gov 'Security' Bill Just To Make You Nervous
On Friday, the House passed the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, a one-sentence bill that, in the event of any security breach of HealthCare.gov, would require the government to notify...
View ArticleSex Might Actually Make You Smarter
Forget mindfulness meditation, computerized working-memory training, and learning a musical instrument; all methods recently shown by scientists to increase intelligence. There could be an easier...
View ArticleA 2,000-Year-Old Human Skeleton Was Just Unearthed In South Florida
In the process of installing a waterline in Davie, Fla., construction crews happened upon a 2,000-year-old, fully-intact skeleton. The bones are thought to be those of a Tequesta Indian woman and...
View ArticleI Spent 19 Days In A Psychiatric Hospital, And It Was Actually Amazing
Growing up with cultural representations of psychiatric hospitals as soul-crushing, prison-like institutions, my impression of such treatment centers was quite negative. Then I was a patient in...
View ArticleHere's KKR's Outlook For The Stock Market And Global Economy In 2014
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR) is out with its outlook for 2014."We believe that we are now entering the global synchronous phase of a long but bumpy recovery process that started in 2009,"...
View ArticleRetired Cop Arrested After Texting Led To A Deadly Shooting During 'Lone...
A retired Florida police officer allegedly opened fire on a couple in a movie theater after a dispute over texting during the war movie "Lone Survivor,"CNN reports.The former cop, 71-year-old Curtis...
View ArticleJapan's Nikkei is down 2.4% in early Tue
Japan's Nikkei is down 2.4% in early Tuesday trading. Markets were closed for a holiday on Monday.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleOverachiever Who Earned Highest GPA In Tulane Law History Fights Attempted...
A law clerk for a federal judge who was a standout student at Tulane Law is fighting charges that he tried to solicit sex with a 10-year-old boy using the gay hookup app Grindr, the New Orleans...
View ArticleCalifornia's State Budget Continues To Look Very Healthy
In November 2012, I was interviewed by Joe Weisenthal at Business Insider. One of my comments during our discussion on state and local governments was: I wouldn’t be surprised if we see all of a sudden...
View ArticleLarry Ellison's 27-Year-Old Daughter Is Responsible For Two More Hollywood Hits
At the Golden Globe awards on Sunday not one, but two, big winners thanked Larry Ellison's daughter Megan Ellison.Amy Adams included Ellison in her thank you's when she accepted a trophy for her...
View ArticleGM Announces First Dividend In Nearly Six Years (GM)
GM has announced a dividend of $0.30 a share.It's the automaker's first dividend since May 2008.Over the weekend, GM execs hinted the dividend was coming but did not specify a timetable.In 2009, the...
View ArticleGoogle's Chrome Web browser will now tel
Google's Chrome Web browser will now tell you when a tab is playing sound.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleSeveral Retailers Have Reported Horrible Numbers (LULU, JCP, SHLD, SSI, EXPR,...
Retail sales climbed 0.2% in December, and core retail sales ex-autos were up 0.6% on the month beating expectations.But everything retailers have said suggests otherwise. In fact, most of them seem to...
View ArticleScientists Discovered A Trench Larger Than The Grand Canyon Under Antarctica
Underneath Antarctica’s ancient, frozen landscape lies a hidden subglacial valley larger than the Grand Canyon.The recently discovered Antarctic trench, sculpted millions of years ago, is nearly two...
View ArticleThe Senate Just Blocked The Unemployment Insurance Extension
Republicans just blocked the three month unemployment insurance (UI) extension bill leaving little hope that benefits will be extended.Democrats and Republicans were unable to reach an agreement on a...
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