The Most Interesting Man In The World Reveals Who Really Deserves The Title...
Jonathan Goldstein, better known as Dos Equis' Most Interesting Man in the World, answered questions in a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session last week in an effort to raise money for an organization that...
View ArticleApple's Passbook Ecosystem: How Retailers, Sports Teams, And Brands Have Made...
Apple's Passbook is already the fourth-most popular mobile commerce app among U.S. consumers. It ranks just behind giants like eBay, Amazon, and Groupon in terms of user adoption.One-fifth of iPhone...
View ArticleMeet One Brave Woman Who Has Signed Up For A One-Way Trip To Mars
Mars One, a Netherlands-based private spaceflight project, announced April 22 that it would begin accepting applications for a one-way mission to colonize Mars; three weeks later, 78,000 people had...
View ArticleIs Flying Nude The Only Response To New Al Qaeda 'Clothing Bomb'?
A new form of bomb-making allows for clothing to be dipped into a liquid which turns the clothing itself into a bomb "once dry,"reports Rhonda Schwartz and James Gordon Meek of ABC.The tactic, along...
View ArticleBill Gates And His Foundation: Employers Should Focus On Skills — NOT College...
The Gates Foundation is encouraging employers to do something called "skills-based hiring" as an alternative to hiring based on college degrees.By using a college degree as a requirement, employers are...
View ArticlePeople Are Boycotting Shark Week Because Of A Fake Documentary About A Giant...
A "mockumentary" about the ancient giant shark Megalodon, called Megalodon: The Monster Shark That Lives, has created an uproar by their viewers, and by the science and science-loving community.Science...
View ArticleA-Rod Arrives At First Game On One Of The Craziest Days In MLB History
In one of the crazier days in Major League Baseball history, Alex Rodriguez has been suspended for 211 games and will also play his first game of the year.After learning of his suspension, Rodriguez...
View ArticleScientists Have Figured Out A New Way To Predict Our Decisions
Economists are always trying to predict how people will react to new polices or choices by looking at decisions they've already made.However, researchers from CalTech and Stanford have taken an early...
View ArticleThe Latest Internet Meme, 'InTheWayGuy,' Is Ruining Precious Moments Everywhere
A man who attended Disney World made a last-minute decision to step in front of someone with a camera instead of walking around. And he's been catapulted into everlasting fame.He's known as...
View ArticleAn Incredible View Of What It's Like To Rocket Away From Earth [VIDEO]
This amazing video of Earth was taken by the Messenger spacecraft as it rocketed away from our home planet toward Mercury, never to return. We found it through NASA's Astronomy Picture Of The Day. They...
View ArticleFather Of Boston Bomber's Friend Will Sue The FBI To Find Out Why His Son Was...
The father of Ibragim Todashev, the 27-year-old friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev who was killed during an FBI interrogation in Florida, will sue the agency for wrongful death. That's according to a TIME...
View ArticleAlex Rodriguez Receives Loud Boos In Return To Action And Then Got A Base Hit
Alex Rodriguez had his first at bat of the season on Monday evening just hours after being suspended by Major League Baseball for 211 games.When A-Rod was introduced to the lead off the second inning...
View ArticleMeet The Next Hot Enterprise Tech IPO: FireEye Wants To Raise $175 million
One of the hottest companies in the enterprise security market, FireEye, is gearing up for its IPO. It filed its paperwork with the SEC on Friday.FireEye plans to raise up to $175 million although it...
View ArticleJeff Bezos' Shocking Washington Post Buy Was Not A Business Deal — It Was A...
The sale of the Washington Post to Amazon founder and multibillionaire Jeff Bezos for $250m – just under 1% of his wealth – reads like the coda of a Tom Wolfe novel. A great American institution is...
View ArticleIBM Furloughs U.S. Hardware Employees
IBM is making most of its U.S. hardware division employees take a week off with reduced pay as a cost-cutting measure, Bloomberg reports.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleThe Moscow Metro System Is Just Incredible
If you want to provide public transportation to a booming city of 12 million people, you better have quite a metro for them.Boasting 188 station stops and covering 195 miles of track, Moskcovsky...
View Article11 Books Startup Founders Should Read Before Pitching VCs For Money
When seeking out your first round of venture funding, preparation is key.And what better way to prepare than by hitting the books?We've asked around the Business Insider newsroom and scoured the Web,...
View ArticleHere's Why I Think Jeff Bezos Bought The Washington Post
Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider, so in the wake of news that he's buying the Washington Post, folks have been asking me two questions:What's it like being owned or invested in by Jeff...
View ArticleHollywood's 10 Biggest Political Donors
The next big national elections may not be for another year, but Hollywood types aren't sitting on their wallets until then -- Jeffrey Katzenberg, J.J. Abrams, Alan Horn, Tom Rothman and James L....
View ArticleMarkets Are Going Nowhere
It's a quiet morning in the markets as we enter the dog days of summer.Right now, U.S. stock and bond futures are flat.French, Spanish, and Italian stocks are up marginally, while London and Germany...
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