16 Luxurious Train Trips That Will Make You Swear Off Cars Forever
Trains may not be the fastest mode of travel, but, they can be the most memorable. From their luxurious interiors to the breathtaking scenery going by outside the window, trains can transform any trip...
View ArticleMarriage Rates Are Near Their Lowest Levels In History — Here's Why
U.S. marriage rates have reached historic lows in recent years. Since 1970 — when about 74 marriages happened annually for every 1,000 unmarried women — the marriage rate declined by nearly 60%,...
View ArticleThe Way We Buy Stuff Is Totally Broken — And You Can Make A Fortune By Fixing...
There's a ton of new investment going into changing the way we do payments.We need it.Most of our transactions rely on eons-old technology. Even newer innovations are starting to show their age,...
View ArticleTake A Look Inside Boeing's Futuristic New Space Capsule
Boeing has released more interior renderings of its super swanky CST-100 space capsule. Initially designed only to ferry NASA astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station, Boeing has now...
View ArticleApple's Rumored 4.7-Inch iPhone 6 May Already Be In Production (AAPL)
Apple is still probably months away from releasing its next smartphone, but two new reports are suggesting that iPhone 6 production is well underway. A new report from Taiwan's Industrial and...
View ArticleEx-Drag Queen Wins 27% Of The Vote In A Very Conservative District
Anti-gay marriage Republican Steve Wiles had his past life as a drag queen revealed just days before voters headed to the polls in his North Carolina State Senate race Tuesday. Wiles, who believed the...
View ArticleCalifornia High School Cracks Down On Boys Using 'NFL-Style Draft' To Rate...
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A principal at a Southern California high school is cracking down on a student tradition called "prom draft" that involves male students ranking female students and then...
View ArticleThe Keystone Pipeline Is Quickly Becoming Obsolete
Canadian oil prices are now just $18 below the price of U.S. crude thanks to a series of new U.S. pipelines, the Wall Street Journal reported this morning.This means the Keystone XL Pipeline is...
View ArticleNominate The Most Impressive Kids Graduating From High School!
Call for nominations!Each year, Business Insider publishes a list of the most impressive kids graduating from high school.Most of these teens are barely 18 years old, and they're doing more than many...
View ArticleBeacons Explained: The Powerful New Technology That Is Transforming How...
Beacons are a low-cost piece of hardware — small enough to attach to a wall or countertop — that use battery-friendly, low-energy Bluetooth connections to transmit messages or prompts directly to a...
View ArticleHere's What 1,000 People Think About Bitcoin
SecondMarket, the company that plans to launch the first Bitcoin exchange network in the U.S., has polled 1,000 individuals VCs, Wall Streeters and Bitcoin enthusiasts about the state of the...
View ArticleThis Deleted 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' End-Credits Scene Gives A Huge Hint At...
Apparently, there are a lot of scenes that didn’t make it into "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."We know Shailene Woodley’s Mary Jane didn’t make the cut, but there was also supposed to be a scene that ran...
View Article10 Summer Camps Where Your Kid Will Actually Learn Something
Just because school's out doesn't mean kids can't keep learning during the summer.From an entrepreneur camp backed by Silicon Valley heavyweights to a whale-watching camp that teaches marine biology,...
View ArticleThe US Is Having An Anti-Piketty Moment
In his review of Thomas Piketty's "Capitalism in the 21st Century," MIT's Robert Solow frames the author's question to his readers like this:Would you rather live in a society in which the real wage...
View ArticleSolarCity Shares Are Screaming Higher (SCTY, FSLR, SPWR)
SolarCity shares were up as much as 20% Thursday after the solar services firm reported solid quarterly earnings and gave higher guidance for 2014.Following the close of Wednesday's trading session,...
View ArticleThe Cowboys Think Johnny Manziel Is The Best Player In The NFL Draft — And...
The rumor that Johnny Manziel could go to the Dallas Cowboys is gaining steam.As with any NFL Draft rumor, you should take this with a grain of salt. But there's actually a variety of factors at work...
View ArticleIf You Mixed All Of The Cocktails In The World Together, This Is What Would...
Visual data guru Seth Kadish has a new post up at his Vizual Statistix blog showing the data you'd get if you poured every drink in the world into one big glass.He used the 1,500 recipes in Paul...
View ArticleWin A Copy Of Josh Brown's New Book By Naming Every Pundit On This Awesome...
We'll keep this short and sweet.Money manager, pundit and author Joshua Brown (aka The Reformed Broker) has a new book coming out this month co-authored with Jeff Macke. It's called 'Clash of the...
View ArticleNow Tech Companies Are Trying To Bribe Journalists With Pre-IPO Stock....
Here's a startling story about the extent of the hubris in Silicon Valley these days, as well as the lengths tech companies are currently willing to go to win favor and buzz...A leading technology...
View ArticleApple And Samsung Have 106% Of The Smartphone Industry's Profits (AAPL, GOOG,...
Apple and Samsung's domination of the smartphone industry is truly breathtaking. According to the latest report from Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley, Samsung and Apple combined to take 106%...
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