A Group Of Students Smuggled Undocumented Immigrants Across The Border To...
A few weeks ago, the San Antonio Express-News published an incredibly interesting look into a group of college students who got caught making extra money by smuggling undocumented immigrants over the...
View ArticleTarget Is Giving A 10% Discount To All Customers Because Of The Credit Card Hack
Target's CEO openly apologized today for the hack that swiped data from about 40 million credit cards.He also said all Target customers will get a 10% discount on Saturday and Sunday. The deal is only...
View ArticleThe 5 Biggest PR Blunders Of 2013
With the massive popularity of social media, now when a company messes up it doesn't only have to deal with shouted questions from reporters, but also the collective disapproval of an entire customer...
View ArticleThe Fed's Unexpected Tapering Announcement May Be About Concerns Over QE
Wednesday’s move by the Fed to begin tapering was accompanied by a deliberately mixed bag of contradictory statements and forecasts designed to sooth the market without actually changing much of...
View ArticleThe 'Dogs Of The Dow' Investment Strategy Is Becoming Popular Again, But It...
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.The 'Dogs Of The Dow' Investment Strategy Is Becoming Popular Again, But It...
View ArticleOne Of The CEOs Involved With Publicis' $100 Million Google Ad Deal Explains...
Last month, Publicis Groupe digital agencies Razorfish and DigitasLBI agreed to purchase $100 million worth of advertising inventory from Google, a bundle that will include space on YouTube, Hangouts,...
View ArticleJudge Completely Trolls Justice Scalia In Striking Down Utah's Gay Marriage Ban
When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia handed down a scathing dissent in United States v. Windsor — the case in which the high court deemed the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional...
View ArticleThis Iconic Photo Of Earth Rising Over The Moon Almost Didn't Happen
On Dec. 24, 1968 — 45 years ago this Christmas eve — Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to leave Earth's orbit and circle the moon.The mission was...
View ArticleHarry Reid Released From Hospital
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was released from the hospital Friday evening, said his spokesman, Adam Jentleson.Reid went to the hospital early Friday morning as a precaution after he "was...
View ArticleThe British Library Is Putting Millions Of Amazing Images On Flickr That...
I really like the image above. To me, it looks like a man enjoying some kind of steam-punk device designed for using your iPad in bed. According to the British Library, however, it's a monograph from...
View ArticleHere's Why Instagram's Demographics Are So Attractive To Brands
Instagram is telling advertisers that early photo ads have generated great results, and that one client, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, reached 9.8 million people in the U.S. aged 18 to 35 in eight days....
View ArticleHow Corporate Data Centers Can Mine Bitcoins After Employees Leave For The Day
Here's an interesting idea: Maybe your company could be raising extra money by using its data center to mine for bitcoins at night.The thought was half seriously suggested by Jason Langone, director of...
View ArticleGoogle Bus Protests Get Uglier As Somebody Smashes A Window (GOOG)
Protesters who gathered around a private bus transporting Google employees from Oakland to Google's Mountain View, Calif. headquarters broke a bus window on Friday.The protestors actually stopped two...
View ArticleThe Republican Party: Ticking Off The Tea Party
Daylight emerges between Republicans in Congress and ideologues outside itAS WITH many other things that happened in the 1960s, the origin of the conflict between the governing wing and the ideological...
View ArticleThe Film Business: Even Now, Nobody Knows Anything
Business in Tinseltown is as unpredictable as it was 30 years agoIN 1983, when William Goldman, a star screenwriter, revealed the inner workings of the film-making business in "Adventures in the Screen...
View Article'Anchorman 2' Is Surprisingly Very Good
"Anchorman 2" is kind of a big deal.Let me just get that out of the way.Will Ferrell's return to theaters lives up to everything you want in a sequel and more — it's funny, is chock full of celebrity...
View ArticleNassim Taleb Has A Very Sensible Tip For Doing New Year's Resolutions And...
Author Nassim Taleb has a good suggestion for doing New Year's Resolutions.He posted this on his Facebook page:PLEASE SHARE VIA NEGATIVA RULES.I am quite certain that new year resolutions don't really...
View ArticleHere's What Happened When Cracker Barrel Briefly Decided To Get Rid Of 'Duck...
Here's a funny and instructive side story in the "Duck Dynasty" affair. Cracker Barrel, the popular roadside "home cooking" restaurant chain, announced today it would stop carrying Duck Dynasty...
View ArticleDuck Dynasty Fans Are Sending Me Ridiculous Hate Mail
Some people did not like my recent article about Phil Robertson, star of Duck Dynasty.In the article, I noted problems with Robertson's comments that go far beyond the idea that homosexuality is a sin....
View ArticleLAWYER: You Should Always Take A Breathalyzer — Even If You've Been Drinking
So you decide to drive home after a few drinks. All of a sudden, panic strikes when blue and red lights appear in your rearview mirror.Join the conversation about this story »
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