CHART: Amount Spent On NFL And MLB Free Agents Is Not Nearly As Similar As It...
On the surface, it appears that the NFL and Major League Baseball spent nearly the same amount of money on free agents this off-season, with teams from both leagues dishing out contracts worth in...
View ArticleRANKED: The Best Airlines In The United States
U.S. airlines are performing better than they have in decades, and Virgin America and JetBlue are leading the way, according to a new ranking.The 24th annual Airline Quality Rating was produced by...
View ArticleWhy Starbucks Doesn't Recycle Cups
Starbucks sells 4 billion paper cups annually, and most of them are never recycled. "Recycling seems like a simple, straightforward initiative — but it’s actually quite challenging," the company said...
View ArticleDefense Stocks Have Done Spectacularly Well Since The Sequester (ITA)
Just over a year ago, there were a lot of folks raising concerns about sequestration budget cuts and about how it would destroy jobs and slam America's defense contractors.But in hindsight, all of...
View Article'Duck Dynasty'-Endorsed Congressman Apologizes After Video Showing Him...
Republican Louisiana Rep. Vance McAllister was previously best known for being endorsed by stars of A&E's "Duck Dynasty," but on Monday the married congressman made national headlines after the...
View ArticleWildly Colorful Infographics Show The Chemistry Behind Everyday Foods
Literally everything around us is made up of chemicals. That includes all foods. And the different kinds of chemicals they contain give the stuff we eat their flavors, colors, and smells.On the blog...
View Article11 Reasons Mosquitoes Are The Most Horrible Creatures On Earth
Mosquitoes aren't just annoying, they spread killer diseases, as well. They are often called one of the most dangerous animals on the planet. That's right: The most dangerous animals on the planet can...
View ArticleHow To Repair A Broken iPhone Screen
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View ArticleThe Micro 3D Printer Blew Way Past Its $50,000 Kickstarter Goal In 11 Minutes
One of the main things stopping people from purchasing a 3D printer for their homes is price. The MakerBot Replicator Mini, for example, is available for preorder for around $1,300. But if you have...
View ArticleHow Amazon's New Fire TV Stacks Up Against Apple TV, Roku, And Chromecast
Amazon unveiled its new streaming TV box last week, the Fire TV. This product is joining a very crowded market. Roku, Apple TV, and Google's Chromecast are all vying for your attention. Check out the...
View ArticleNYU Entrepreneurs Have A Simple Solution To The Problem Of Kids Skipping School
Given that attendance may be the greatest indicator of whether a kid will graduate, it's troubling that 15% of American students miss a month of school each year, a number that triples when you look at...
View ArticleROBERT SHILLER: This One Chart Shows Why The US Is Years Away From Recession
Nobel laureate and Yale University economist Robert Shiller is in the camp of experts who believe the odds of a recession are very low.He just tweeted the following about a post from White House...
View ArticleMeet Marissa Mayer, The Political Operative
Marissa Mayer is not the CEO of Yahoo.Mayer is a political operative from Connecticut, who is currently working with Democratic Senate candidate Shenna Bellows in Maine. When Bellows visited Business...
View ArticleSamsung's Profit Growth Is About To Slip Again
Samsung and Apple are the only two companies that make money in mobile. And both companies are facing similar problems as growth flattens in the space. For Samsung, it saw its profit growth go negative...
View ArticleYale Apologizes To 90-Pound Student After Allegedly Forcing Her To Gain Weight
Health officials at Yale University apologized to junior Frances Chan for the "months of anguish" they put her through in forcing her to gain weight. According to her story on Huffington Post, "Yale...
View ArticleA British Charity Is Raising Money For The Poor By Insulting Them
A new charity ad suggests that the only way to get people to pay attention to the poor is to insult them. In something of an unorthodox move, the United Kingdom's Pilion Trust sent a man into a busy...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: These 7 Tech Trends Are Changing The World
Goldman Sachs has a cool feature on its website titled "25 Ways We Saw The World Change," which comes from the bank's 2013 annual report.The list includes seven "concurrent revolutions within the...
View ArticleHere's What Amazon Didn't Tell You About The Fire TV's Voice Search
When Amazon unveiled its Fire TV last week, it claimed to have addressed a major annoyance when it comes to using streaming media services: the search experience.Rather than having to type each...
View ArticleHere Are The States With The Largest Pay Gaps Between Men And Women
President Obama has recently been pushing hard on the ongoing gap between how much men and women are paid. It turns out that this earnings gap varies across the country.This map, based on data from the...
View ArticleHere Is How Much It Costs To See All 30 MLB Teams In Person
Using data collected by Team Marketing during surveys of Major League Baseball teams we created the Adult Cost Index (ACI) which is how much it might cost one fan to attend a game.Similar to Team...
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