OkCupid Asks Users To Boycott Firefox Because The Company's CEO Is Anti-Gay...
If you try to log on to OkCupid using Firefox, you'll get a message from the dating site urging you to use a different browser to protest the fact that Mozilla's new CEO doesn't support gay rights.This...
View ArticleHere's Why Conflict Is Actually Good For Business
Very few people embrace conflict. It makes us uncomfortable — so we dodge it whenever possible.But, as it turns out, conflict can be a good thing for your business. “It can even be great,” says Joel...
View ArticleBlackRock Identifies The Beneficiaries Of The Dying Momentum Trade
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Value Stocks May Be Coming Into Favor (BlackRock)The high-growth momentum stocks...
View ArticlePaul Ryan Is About To Become The Most Powerful Member Of The House Of...
Michigan Republican Rep. Dave Camp announced Monday he will not seek re-election this fall, paving the way for Rep. Paul Ryan, the 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee, to become perhaps the most...
View ArticleYahoo Is In Talks To Buy Online Video Service NDN For $300 Million
It seems like Facebook isn't the only one looking to expand lately.Yahoo is in talks to buy online-video service News Distribution Network (NDN), according to a report in The Wall Street Journal,...
View ArticleBack In The Day, Brokers Got Away With Murder In Trading Commissions
Active investors have never had it better. Turnkey desktop trading programs have lowered fees to as little as $7 a trade, and there's never been more cheap or free information available to anyone...
View ArticleThis Adorable Video From Google Shows When It Hands Over Your Personal Data
Earlier this week, Google uploaded a YouTube video breaking down exactly how its team surrenders your email information to courts that issue search warrants demanding it.The board-game-inspired video...
View ArticleMicrosoft's Default Windows XP Wallpaper Would Look Very Different If It Were...
If you've ever used a Windows XP computer, you'll recognize the default wallpaper.It's a blue sky with a few clouds on it. A rolling green hill.The guy who took the photo was on his way to see his...
View ArticleVaccination Rates At Some NYC Private Schools Are Worse Than Those Of...
Around the world, countries are trying to push up their vaccination rates to stamp out the threat of tragic, now-preventable diseases like measles.But there's a surprising corner of the globe where...
View ArticleOne Feature Makes Riding Shotgun In This $315,000 Ferrari A Huge Amount Of Fun
We recently spent the better part of a week with the F12berlinetta, one of the most powerful and expensive production cars ever to come out of Ferrari's workshop.Thanks to a naturally aspirated V12...
View ArticleManhattan U.S. Attorney's Office Warns 'A Significant Financial Institution'...
Is the office of U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara taunting Wall Street?On Monday, the office's official Twitter account posted the following message claiming a...
View ArticleNow You Can Be An Uber Driver Even If You Don't Own A Car
This little startup has some big ideas.It's called Breeze (it used to be called Zephyr), and it wants to make a name for itself in the ride-sharing world: It's renting out its 25 brand-new Toyota...
View ArticleChinese PMI Rises To 50.3
China's official manufacturing PMI for March is out at 9 p.m. ET.Economists polled by Bloomberg are looking for PMI to ease to 50.1, from 50.2. A reading below 50 indicates contraction.We've already...
View ArticleSmart TVs Are About To Overtake Streaming Devices In The US
Smart TVs and streaming devices — including the Roku, Apple TV, and Google's Chromecast — are reshaping what it means to watch TV.For now, streaming devices are still more common than smart TVs, but...
View ArticleThis Concept Private Plane Comes With 3 Cockpits To Give Passengers Amazing...
Boutique aircraft manufacturer Micronautix has unveiled plans to give passengers a new kind of view, by building a plane with three cockpits.The concept aircraft, known as the Triton,will have...
View ArticlePeter Jackson's Personal Jet Is Being Used In The Malaysia Airliner Search
The personal jet of Oscar-winning movie director Peter Jackson was reported Wednesday to have been called into assist with the search for the missing Malaysian airliner.Australian authorities...
View ArticleTool For Finding LinkedIn Email Addresses Taken Down, Company Says A 'Better...
Sell Hack has taken down its "Hack In" tool, which previously allowed LinkedIn users to obtain email addresses from the professional network's database. In a blog post on Tuesday, Sell Hack wrote that...
View ArticleFlorida's 'Vampire' Congressional Candidate Might Be The Future Of American...
This morning, a local politics site revealed Republican Florida congressional candidate Jake Rush has an extensive history of playing gothic and "vampire"-themed live action role-playing games. While...
View ArticleThe Prosecutor Who Sent Israeli Spy Jonathan Pollard To Jail Says His Release...
Joseph diGenova, the former U.S. Attorney who prosecuted Israeli spy and former U.S. intelligence agent Jonathan Pollard, said Tuesday his potential release under an emerging deal to extend...
View ArticleRussia Controls 40% Of This Critical Industrial Metal
Below is an interview with Frank Holmes, chief investment officer at U.S. Global Investors. This Q&A went out to subscribers of our "10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening Bell" newsletter...
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