2 Charts That Have Economists Feeling Optimistic About Europe Again
Europe's new purchasing managers index (PMI) figures paint a rosier picture of the beleaguered continent's economy.With French manufacturing output reaching a two year high and German Flash PMI beating...
View ArticleChick-Fil-A Is Testing Three New Menu Items And They Look Awesome
We recently got word that Chick-fil-A was testing new breakfast items that included the likes of a “Maple Waffle” and a “Cinnamon Biscuit Roll.” Only a few select locations around the country are...
View ArticleWatch The New Range Rover Sport Go Off-Roading In A 747 Jet
To see just how capable the 2014 Range Rover Sport is off-road, Land Rover set up an impressive stunt: It built a custom obstacle course.In a 747 jet.Moving through the course following the off-road...
View Article10 Things You Should Know About Your Local Bartender
1. We’ll tell strangers anything.You’ll often feel trapped. At work, you live in a 20-foot-long space — there’s nowhere to hide.Unless you’re slammed, you’ll have no choice but to listen to every...
View ArticleEx-President George Bush Shaved His Head For A Little Boy With Leukemia
HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush has shaved his head to show solidarity for the sick child of a Secret Service agent.A statement issued by a Bush spokesman Wednesday says the...
View ArticleHOUSE OF THE DAY: Richard Gere Lists His Hamptons Mansion For An Insane $65...
Real estate blog Curbed Hamptons is reporting that Richard Gere has listed his North Haven home for a whopping $65 million.The 6.3-acre estate, known as Strongheart Manor ,was built in 1902, and comes...
View Article$1.5 Billion Worth Of Aston Martins Got Together For The Company's 100th...
Aston Martin is turning 100 this year, and it's having a whole lot of fun to mark the occasion.After releasing a fleet of special edition cars and a 100-car parade on the world's scariest racetrack,...
View ArticleAimee Mann's Lawsuit Exposes The Shadowy Underbelly Of Streaming Music
Those familiar with Spotify and its discontents, as well as the Pink Floyd-led backlash against Pandora, may be baffled by the name MediaNet, the media distribution company at the center of a major...
View ArticleThe Biggest Threat To National Security Is The Thumb Drive
How did we destroy Iranian nuclear facilities? With a thumb drive. And how did Snowden allegedly smuggle out the blueprints to the NSA? With a thumb drive.No, it wasn't by some ultra secretive means of...
View Article61 Tons Of Silver Recovered From A WWII Shipwreck On The Bottom Of The Sea
Setting a new record for the deepest and largest metal recovery from a shipwreck, treasure hunters aboard the Odyssey Marine Exploration have brought 61 tons of silver bullion to the surface.Delving...
View ArticleAsking About Religious Beliefs Can Be Uncomfortable, But It's Something...
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. For more visit Business Insider's new Wealth Advisor vertical.Tackling...
View ArticleMitch McConnell Will Now Face A Tea Party Challenger In 2014
(Reuters) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, already facing a stiff challenge from a Democrat in the 2014 Kentucky U.S. Senate election, on Wednesday found himself facing another foe supported...
View ArticleOrganisms Left The Oceans Lot Earlier Than We Thought
South African fossils push the rise of oxygen and life on land to hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought.Researchers at the University of Oregon have recently unearthed fossils...
View ArticleEMAIL: Ad Exec Demands Free Food For 90 People At A Going-Away Party
In anticipation of a goodbye party "1000000x crazier than any other going away party," a supervisor at media buying agency Zenith Media emailed a list of ad sellers asking/telling them to provide food...
View ArticleCaroline Kennedy Named Ambassador To Japan
President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated Caroline Kennedy to become US ambassador to Japan, in the biggest foray into public service for John F. Kennedy's sole surviving child.The former first...
View Article12 Ways To Spot If An Employee Is A High-Achiever
As part of my day job, I run a company that trains recruiters and hiring managers on how to attract, assess and hire top performers using Performance-based Hiring. To overcome the impact of first...
View ArticleThe 'Comet Of The Century' Is Ready To Put On A Spectacular Show
A comet that could put on a dazzling show when it zooms through the inner solar system later this year is already blasting out huge amounts of gas and dust, new observations by a NASA spacecraft...
View ArticleFormer Marine Faces Capital Murder Charges In Death Of Legendary Navy SEAL...
DALLAS (AP) — The North Texas man accused of killing former Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle and another man has been indicted.Eddie Ray Routh, a former Marine and Iraqi war veteran charged with killing...
View ArticleThe 'Amash Amendment' To Derail The NSA's Surveillance Powers Goes Down In...
The House of Representatives voted against an amendment that would have severely limited the National Security Agency's ability to collect data on telephone communications by a 205-217 vote.The...
View ArticleDon't Be Afraid To Ask Your Coworkers How Much They're Making
How do employees know how much they should be making?Rachel Sklar, founder of Change the Ratio and TheLi.st, said they should simply ask their colleagues about their salaries. And they shouldn't be...
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