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Why We Named Bitcoin Inventor 'Satoshi Nakamoto' The Most Impressive Person...

Satoshi Nakamoto, the person who created the digital currency Bitcoin, is our person of the year.  Don't laugh. Although to this day no one knows who Satoshi Nakamoto is (or are — for the latest...

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Snapchat Could Learn From The Explosive Growth In This Messaging App's...

Messaging app LINE has seen revenue grow explosively over the last year, providing a clue into how other mobile messaging apps, like Snapchat, might generate revenue. LINE's revenue was $157 million in...

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Crazy Invention Lets Gardeners Plant Seeds With A Shotgun

Good news for gun-lovers who have a green-thumb: There's a shotgun shell for that.Flower Shells are standard 12 gauge (0.729 in, 18.5 mm) shotgun ammunition loaded with one of twelve different seed...

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NFL POWER RANKINGS: Where Every Team Stands Going Into Week 16

The top three AFC teams in our power rankings all lost to teams in the bottom half of the league in Week 15.The playoffs are going to be a wonderful crapshoot.1. Seattle Seahawks (previously 2nd)Team...

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Victoria's Secret, JCPenney Make Google's List Of The Most-Searched Retail...

With 2013 coming to a close, Google has released its annual Google Trends lists showing the people, places, and things searched for most often by users around the world.Here are the 10 retail and...

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Soap Mistaken For Cocaine Lands 2 People In Prison For A Month

Two people spent a month behind bars after police pulled them over in Pennsylvania and found two plastic-wrapped packages of homemade soap in the trunk that troopers mistook for cocaine, The Morning...

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Jamie Dimon's Family Has An Amazing Holiday Card

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and his family (wife Judy, daughters Kara, Laura and Julia and son-in-law and family dog) have an awesome holiday card. It's a panoramic photo that captures the chaos and...

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The New AllThingsD Has Hired Ken Li As Managing Editor

And now, for a little inside baseball...Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg have hired Kenneth Li, formerly of Reuters, to be managing editor at their new tech focused website. Swisher and Mossberg are...

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The Best And Worst Things About 'The Wolf Of Wall Street'

Last night, The Wolf Of Wall Street premiered in New York City and Business Insider got to check it out.There's no question that it's an epic film in terms of scale, but at times it gets so lost in...

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Local-Mobile Marketing Is Helping Retailers Drive Foot Traffic And Sales At...

Location-based marketing blurs the line between the digital and physical world. To drive foot traffic and sales at bricks-and-mortar stores, marketers target shoppers on their devices.To do that...

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The Risk Of A Market-Moving Incident Out Of North Korea Has Increased

The execution of Kim Jong-un's uncle-in-law, Jang Song Thaek, has been seen as a "confirmation of an ongoing power struggle in Pyongyang," according to Alastair Newton, Nomura's senior political...

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A Supercharged Corvette Stingray Hit 200 MPH On A Texas Highway [VIDEO]

We weren't surprised this summer when Hennessey Performance Engineering, the Texas tuning house that makes awesome cars even more awesome, turned its attention to the new 2014 Corvette Stingray.And now...

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Here's What You Need To Know About The New Blood Pressure Medication Guidelines

If you have high blood pressure, your treatment may soon change.New medication guidelines published Dec. 18 in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggest that not everyone with high...

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CHART OF THE DAY: Hulu Revenue Hits $1 Billion

Hulu announced today that it's going to do $1 billion sales this year. That's up from $695 million, a year ago, which means its posting a 44% growth on a year-over-year basis. (For some context,...

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The Most Popular Holiday Toys Of The Last 5 Decades

Department stores are feeling the heat in the last week before Christmas. In honor of one of the biggest toy shopping seasons of the year, British department store House of Fraser looked at sales...

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This Tiny 'Dragonfly' Drone Can Dodge Obstacles Midair On Its Own

A small drone that resembles a robotic dragonfly is the first of its kind to be able to flap its wings and dodge obstacles midflight without a human operator at the controls.Engineers at Delft...

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9 People Who Shook Up The Defense Industry In 2013

The military landscape is evolving faster than ever, forcing the U.S. government to rely more and more on private military contractors. These companies support a wide range of military operations...

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11 Unusual Homes You Can Buy Right Now

The housing market may be on the mend, but that doesn't mean it hurts to have a house with a little something extra to sell. The owners of an all-purple house near London certainly got people talking....

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14-Year-Old Who Had 'Fascination' With Columbine Arrested For Allegedly...

Police arrested a Washington teenager after they allegedly found three guns, ammunition, possible gunpowder, and fireworks in his home, The Olympian reports.One of the weapons found at the home was...

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FED UNEXPECTEDLY TAPERS

The December FOMC decision is out.The Fed will taper asset purchases to a monthly rate of $75 billion from the current $85 billion pace. Half of the reduction is in Treasury purchases and half of the...

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