Why Polyvore Employees Give Away Their Bonuses
If someone gave you $500 to spend on your colleagues, what would you buy them?At online shopping site Polyvore, that's not a hypothetical. To cultivate company culture, CEO Jess Lee instituted a simple...
View ArticleThis Photo Of The Obamas' Dog Can Legitimately Be Called Epic
Sunny Obama, the second Portuguese water dog the Obamas adopted in August, was part of a minor incident in which she caused a 2-year-old White House guest Ashtyn Gardner to fall over.Sunny jumped up on...
View ArticleThe First-Ever Christmas Tree At Rockefeller Center Was Pretty Pathetic [PHOTO]
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will be lit tonight with hundreds of thousands of spectators in attendance and performances by Ariana Grande, Leona Lewis, and Toni Braxton.The first Rockefeller...
View ArticleHow Bernie Madoff Cheated His Clients Even After They Died
Nothing dogs a good ponzi scheme like the death of a client. But for Bernie Madoff's henchman, all you had to was (allegedly) draw up a new account.Bloomberg's Erik Larson was on the scene for the...
View ArticleOne Major Screwup Could Get The Guardian In Trouble Over Snowden Leaks
Lately a lot of the Edward Snowden-inspired NSA spying revelations haven't really blown insiders away — after all, spies are paid to spy.Regardless of which camp you seem to fall into (Team Edward/Team...
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell Explains Why He Never Roots For The Underdog
In his new bestseller, "David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants," Malcolm Gladwell looks at what happens when ordinary people confront powerful opponents.He starts the...
View ArticleMeet The World's Wealthiest Bachelors
The world's wealthiest men had to meet one important guideline to qualify for a new ranking of billionaires: they had to be single. Wealth intelligence firm Wealth-X analyzed the assets of the...
View ArticleAlleged Drug Dealer Said He Had Photos Of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Doing 'Heroin'
New court documents released Wednesday link Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who infamously admitted to smoking crack last month, to another hard drug — heroin, CTV news reports.The court documents detail...
View ArticleCloud Computing Guru Marc Benioff Offered To Fix Healthcare.gov For Free And...
It's no secret that the White House called in a bunch of Internet gurus from big U.S. tech companies to help them fix the floundering HealthCare.gov website.But they could have gotten a lot more help...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: People Watch A Lot Of TV
Despite a lot of chatter about the coming death of TV, for now, it's quite healthy.In fact, new data from Nielsen, via All Things D, shows that we're watching more TV than ever.How we're watching is...
View ArticleHere's How The Fiscal Cliff Deal Screwed Over The Poor
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is out with a report today on the distribution of federal taxes and it shows how low-income Americans were hurt by last year's fiscal cliff deal.In 2010, the top...
View Article400,000-Year-Old Hominin DNA Throws Everything We Know About Human Evolution...
Four-hundred-thousand-year-old human remains found deep in the Pit of Bones— a cave 43 feet under the ground in northern Spain — could hold the secrets of our origin. For now, however, the first...
View Article11 Moments That Made The Ford Mustang The Ultimate American Car
The all-new 2015 Ford Mustang is set to officially make its debut tomorrow morning, and while the photos have leaked, it's still going to be quite an event for the auto world.That's partly because the...
View ArticleChristmas Trees Are Selling At A Pace We Haven't Seen In Years
Apparently it's shaping up to be a great year for Christmas tree sales."It appears that while housing is still weakening consumer spending is strengthening on many fronts, from furniture sales to...
View Article10 Competitive Jobs That Everyone Wants But Hardly Anyone Gets
One of the biggest job stresses is having to fight with competitors and coworkers for clients, commissions, and recognition.Rather than focusing on your own work, highly competitive fields force you to...
View ArticleFrench Student Makes A Big Profit Selling Tins Of Air From His Village
Would you like to breathe the air of the picturesque French town of Montcuq? For just 5.50 euros (plus another five for shipping to the U.S.), a 250ml tin full of that air could be yours."Air de...
View ArticleEveryone Is Baffled By Alan Greenspan's Comment About Bitcoin
Earlier today, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan discussed Bitcoin with Bloomberg's Trish Regan.Regan got right to the point: "Is Bitcoin a bubble?" Regan asked."I guess so," Greenspan said, adding,...
View ArticleOne Criterion Trumps All Others When Advisors Pick Investments For Clients
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.One Criterion Trumps All Others When Advisors Pick Investments For Clients...
View ArticlePeople Are Loving This Picture Of Valley Tech Stars Hanging Out With 1990's...
Silicon Valley had a 1990's flashback, thanks to the musical and comedy tastes of Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff.Benioff tweeted this picture of 1990's superstars MC Hammer and Jerry Seinfeld hanging...
View ArticleA 21-Year-Old College Student Is About To Become The Youngest Member Of The...
Tulane University senior Jeramey Anderson turns 22 on Friday — the same day he will be sworn into the Mississippi House of Representatives, making him the youngest member of the legislative body.The...
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