12 Mind-Blowing Facts About Apple That Will Remind You Just How Gigantic The...
For a few years there, Apple was on an insane run.It defined the smartphone market with the iPhone, then reinvented personal computing with the iPad. Growth was off the charts as consumers bought these...
View ArticleThe Warriors Had An Incredible Plan To Boycott Game 5 If The NBA Didn't Ban...
The Golden State Warriors held a team meeting on Tuesday where they planned a boycott in the event that the NBA went easy on Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling, Marcus Thompson of the San Jose...
View Article11 Outrageous Things Billionaire Larry Ellison Has Taught The World (ORCL)
Larry Ellison is without a doubt one of the people who has influenced the tech industry the most. In fact, CNBC just named him No. 10 in its new list of the 25 business people who had the most profound...
View ArticleHow To Manage Your Time Wisely When You’re Running A Startup
When you're trying to start your own company, one of the biggest obstacles can be effective time management.Even if you've got the necessary business skills, a talented team and plenty of funding to...
View ArticleThe NBA Narrowly Avoided The Biggest Disaster In League History By Banning...
The NBA not only came down hard on Donald Sterling with a lifetime ban for racist comments, but they also avoided a situation in which at least three playoff games would have been cancelled in...
View ArticleThe United States' Latest Threat To Russia Makes Little Sense
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt held a press conference in Kiev on Tuesday, saying that Russian troop movements into Ukraine would constitute a serious escalation and, even further, the U.S....
View ArticleMarkets Are Heading Down
Good morning, and welcome to the final day of the month.Things are heading lower at the moment. US futures are all down to the tune of 0.2% or more.Germany is off 0.12%.We're in the calm before the...
View ArticleHere's A One-Sentence Preview Of What The Fed Will Do Today
"I expect the FOMC to announce a $10 billion decrease in asset purchases, to blame the early year weakness mostly on the weather, and to express some concern about housing and also concern that...
View ArticleFour Big Economic Events Are Happening Today
Quick heads up: Four big economic events are happening today.From Calculated Risk:• At 8:15 AM, the ADP Employment Report for April. This report is for private payrolls only (no government). The...
View ArticleFitch Downgrades New Jersey's Credit Rating
Fitch Ratings announced it downgraded New Jersey's credit rating from "AA-" to "A+" Thursday. The downgrade affects New Jersey's $2.4 billion in outstanding general obligation debt and about $32...
View ArticleHere's Benjamin Netanyahu's Epic Rant On Smartphone Generation 'Slaves'
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not understand the tech-obsessed generation. Before a television interview last week, Netanyahu lightheartedly went off on the inability of people to live...
View ArticleWikiLeaks Just Blew A Big Hole In The Snowden Narrative
"Germany blocks Snowden — why we advised Snowden to take Russia. Not safe elsewhere."—WikiLeaks on TwitterWikiLeaks just tore a huge hole in the narrative surrounding Snowden Snowden.Up to this point,...
View ArticleThe Internet Is Waiting Patiently For This Giant Whale To Explode
A few weeks ago a 80-foot-long blue whale carcass washed up in the tiny Newfoundland town of Trout River, after dying when heavy ice broke out in the seas.The whale is massively bloated — its currently...
View ArticleBricks-And-Mortar Retailers Are Chasing Millennial 'Reverse Showroomers'
Showrooming was once seen as an existential threat to bricks-and-mortar retailers, but it turns out the reverse dynamic is more popular. Reverse showrooming, where people browse online but buy in...
View Article14 Awesome Gifts To Buy For A New Baby
The season of celebrating parents is upon us with Mother's Day coming up in May and Father's Day in June.For the new parents in your life, a gift for the baby can be just as much a gift for...
View ArticleHere's A Totally Reasonable Explanation For Why The Personal Saving Rate Is...
Earlier today, we learned that personal spending jumped by 0.9% in March as personal income climbed by 0.5%.Because spending outpaced income, the personal saving rate slipped to 3.8% from 4.2%. The...
View ArticleThis Is The Most Insane Thing You Will Read About Billionaire Larry Ellison's...
When you're worth nearly $50 billion, like Oracle founder Larry Ellison, you can afford to do things that most people can't.For instance, you can put basketball courts on your yachts. Ellison has...
View ArticleESPN's Bill Simmons Sat Behind Donald Sterling On A Plane Once — And He...
Grantland's Bill Simmons, a Los Angeles Clippers season ticket holder, wrote a big column on the Donald Sterling racism scandal.The whole thing is worth reading, but the best part is when Simmons tells...
View Article10 Insane Things That Happen When A Diver Descends 400 Feet On A Single Breath
Competitive freediving is a sport in which humans hold their breath and see how deep they can swim.And when they do, strange things can happen, including losing color vision and becoming "drunk" off...
View ArticleThe Man Who Has Eaten At Every Michelin 3-Star Restaurant Says The 'Jiro...
Last week, President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had dinner at Sukiyabashi Jiro, considered by many to be one of the best sushi restaurants in Tokyo, if not the world.It's certainly...
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