The Finance Case Of The Decade Will Come Before The Supreme Court Tomorrow
In the name of $1.7 billion, a group of hedge funds has followed Argentina from Ghanaian ports to Belgian bank accounts and even into space.On Thursday, the group will make the final stop on its...
View ArticleCandidate Publicly Shaves His Mustache To Prove He's Nothing Like Rival
A candidate running for governor in Iowa decided there wasn't room for two mustachioed men in his race, so he shaved all his facial hair off in a campaign ad.Democrat Jack Hatch, who is hoping to...
View ArticleThe 10 Industries With The Most Depressed Workers
The United States is seriously depressed, with about 1 in 10 American adults reporting depression. Just as depression varies from state to state, and among the employed and unemployed, rates vary...
View ArticleThe Best Coffee Maker You Can Buy
Whether you find it too pricey to buy your cup of coffee outside the house every morning or you simply can't wait more than five minutes after hitting your alarm to get your caffeine fix, a great...
View ArticleBabysitters For New York's Wealthy Demand Car Service, Sushi, And Cash
If a new report in The New York Post is to be believed, the latest accessory for Manhattan’s wealthy is a babysitter.These days, New York City babysitters are “demanding” $20+ per hour wages, Nobu...
View ArticleThe Field That Will Host The Italy-England World Cup Game In 3 Days Looks Dead
The playing surface Arena Amazonia in Manaus is patchy and streaked with dead grass three days before it hosts a massive World Cup group stage game between England and Italy.The head groundsman at the...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Weighs In on Eric Cantor's Loss
Potential 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton gave her take on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s stunning loss in the Republican primary in his Virginia district during a conversation with...
View ArticleMeet The Big-Shot Residents Of 'Billionaire Lane' In The Hamptons
Owning a big apartment in New York City is great, but having a mansion in the Hamptons is a privilege only the 1% of the 1% can enjoy.Last year, then-Forbes reporter Morgan Brennan broke down the who's...
View ArticleExpedia Now Accepts Bitcoin For Your Hotel Reservations
Expedia has become the first major travel website to accept Bitcoin for hotel reservations. The company suggested its large internet footprint was responsible for the decision to accept the the digital...
View ArticleThe Wars In Iraq And Syria Have Merged Into A Single Conflict
After this week, it no longer makes sense to think of the civil conflicts in Iraq and Syria as separate events. They are now a single war, both in their operational details and in the broader forces...
View ArticleRetailers Are Abandoning Teenage Customers
Teen retailers are increasingly abandoning their core demographic for an older crowd. Urban Outfitters is redesigning its clothing amid fears it has too many 14-year-old customers. The Pink brand at...
View ArticleOne Simple Number Determines How Cool You Are On Instagram
According to teenagers, determining how cool you are on Instagram comes down to one number: Your "Cool Ratio."Introduced to us by a 12-year-old kid named Josh who was sitting next to the author of this...
View ArticleJ.C. Penney Has Turned Around Its Collapsing E-Commerce Business By Going...
The biggest buzzword in retail for the last few years has been "omnichannel," the idea that bricks-and-mortar retail chains should build sales through e-commerce, mobile apps or sites, as well as...
View ArticleStocks Are Falling (TSLA, LULU, TWTR)
Stocks are falling and are currently at session lows.The Dow is down 108 (0.6%), the S&P 500 is down 15 points (0.8%), and the Nasdaq is down 40 points (0.9%).Headlines out of Iraq, including a...
View Article6 Things You Learn From Arguing With Jeff Bezos
Amazon pulled in a whopping $19.7 billion in revenue last quarter.The company's on track to employ drones, build phones, stream music, and sell groceries. This presents us with a question: What kind of...
View ArticleNEYMAR: How Brazil's Newest Soccer Star Makes And Spends His Millions
Neymar is just 22-years-old, but he has the weight of an entire nation on his shoulders as he tries to lead Brazil to the World Cup finals in his native country.He has been compared to Pelé and some...
View ArticleThese Are The Top Industries That Will Be Transformed By Drones
There are still major safety, technological, and legislative hurdles to the deployment of drones for commercial purposes. Even so, it's a near certainty that drones will soon begin taking on a much...
View ArticleShark Researcher Gives The Most Likely Explanation Of What Happened To The...
The story of a mysterious super-predator that attacked a 9-foot great white shark went viral on Monday following the release of a clip from the Smithsonian documentary "Hunt for the Super...
View ArticleThe Real Reason Americans Call It 'Soccer' Is All England's Fault
While calling the world's most popular sport "soccer" is typically depicted as a symbol of American ignorance, the reason we don't call it "football" like the rest of the world is actually Britain's...
View ArticleNo One's Talking About The Amazing Chatbot That Passed The Turing Test 3...
The artificial intelligence world was largely abuzz this week upon the news that a computer program designed to simulate a text-based conversation with a 13-year-old Ukrainian child had passed the...
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