The Fed Steps Up This Week Amid Emerging Market Turmoil — Here's Your...
Things got crazy last week with the global markets getting rocked as the emerging markets (EM) tumbled.While everyone is sure to keep an eye on the EMs this week, the Federal Reserve will take center...
View ArticleBeyoncé and Jay Z Owned The Grammy Stage Performing 'Drunk In Love'
Beyoncé and Jay Z opened the Grammys with a performance of "Drunk in Love" off the singer's new album.Beyoncé was stunning.Check out the performance below: Here are some shots from the...
View ArticleNassim Taleb Explains Why We Actually Benefit From Volatility
Please enable Javascript to watch this video Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan," spoke about volatility and disorder at the DLD conference. Here is an excerpt from his presentation where he...
View ArticleHere Are The States That Support Nearly Doubling The Minimum Wage
The recent debate over raising the minimum wage has been contentious, with revelations about fast food worker's struggles to survive on their wages striking a chord with many Americans. One of the...
View ArticleArmy General Scolded For Email Joking About Masturbating To 'Smoking Hot'...
Army Brigadier General Martin P. Schweitzer received a "memoranda of concern" following a lurid set of emails between him and another general, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post....
View ArticleFacebook Is Going After B2B Marketing Spending
Social Insider is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.FACEBOOK GOES...
View ArticleThis Is The Hedge In San Francisco That Separates The 1% From The 'Nazis'
Wealthy Silicon Valley venture capitalist Tom Perkins thinks that people who criticize the rich are acting like the Nazis did toward the Jews in World World II:Writing from the epicenter of progressive...
View ArticleEdward Snowden Fails 3 Elementary Tests For Justifying Whistleblowing
Economist senior editor Edward Lucas makes a strong argument against calling Edward Snowden a whistleblower in his new ebook, "The Snowden Operation."As Lucas points out, much of what Snowden disclosed...
View ArticleNew York Observer Says The NYT 'Bestseller' List Wildly Skews Sales Of New...
Gabriel Sherman's new book about Fox News chief Roger Ailes — "The Loudest Voice in the Room"— built up a huge buzz in the media world leading up to its release.So far, the book's sales haven't...
View ArticleAPPLE CEO: New Product Categories Are Coming This Year
Apple CEO Tim Cook said on today's earnings call that the company is still on track to release a new product category this year.Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster asked Cook if Apple still planned to...
View ArticleThe For-Profit Prison Boom In One Worrying Infographic
America has a prison problem: Over two million people in this country live behind bars, the highest number in the world.Some blame the failed "War on Drugs," while others worry about bad incentives,...
View ArticleChipotle Is Launching A Satirical Series About The Dark Side Of 'Big...
Chipotle is launching a satirical TV series on the dark side of industrial agriculture in the U.S.The four-part series, called "Farmed and Dangerous," will air on Hulu and Hulu Plus beginning Feb....
View ArticleHere Are The Four Things The Most Successful Advisors Have In Common
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Four Things The Most Successful Advisors Have In Common (Vanguard) In a...
View ArticleFamous VC Says The Rich 'Are Threatened' And Shows Off His Super-Expensive...
Legendary VC Tom Perkins on Monday explained, clarified, apologized for, and then stood by his controversial letter where he said that people who criticize the rich were behaving like the Nazis did...
View ArticleNew Payments Startups Face An Uphill Battle To Disrupt The Credit Card...
The credit card industry processes a massive volume of transactions — about $4 trillion this year in the U.S., according to BI Intelligence estimates. With so much money in play, it's no wonder that a...
View ArticleROSENBERG: There Are More Signs Of Wage Inflation Becoming A Reality
Gluskin Sheff's David Rosenberg has previously warned that 2014 could see a return to inflationary pressures.Take into account that income inequality is becoming a major concern — as evidenced at the...
View ArticleApple Suppliers Tank In Asian Trading
Apple fell hard today after whiffing on iPhone sales.Now in Asian trading, companies that supply parts (such as the screens) to Apple devices are tanking.Here's a few via CNBC world:Join the...
View ArticleHere's A Preview Of The Ads You'll See On Super Bowl Sunday
As anyone with a pulse is certainly aware, we are inching ever closer to one of the most sacred days on the American calendar: Super Bowl Sunday.See what advertisers have planned for the Super Bowl...
View ArticleThe Sell-Off In Stocks Is More About The US Than Emerging Markets
Last week was pretty ugly for global stock markets, and closed in the red again on Monday.The responsibility for that misery was placed squarely on the shoulders of emerging markets.Currencies in...
View ArticleAsia Markets Are Drifting Higher
After some heavy selling in Asia in recent trading sessions, markets are getting a reprieve.Japan's Nikkei is up 0.5%China's Shanghai Composite is up 0.6%Korea's KOSPI is up 0.2% Hong Kong's Hang Seng...
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