This Chart Makes A Joke Out Of The American Dream
One prominent feature of the American Dream is the ability of people to move up and down income groups. This is called economic mobility. In a society with perfectly equal opportunity, a person born in...
View ArticleChristmas Day Is Like Black Friday For App Developers
Mobile Insights is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Editor's note: We will not publish Insights on January 1. Happy holidays from the team at Business...
View ArticleSTOCKS RALLY, TWITTER SURGES: Here's What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY, SPX,...
Stocks continue to hit new record highs.First, the scoreboard:Dow: 16,479.8 (+122.3, +0.7%)S&P 500: 1,842.0 (+8.7, +0.4%)Nasdaq: 4,167.1 (+11.7, +0.2%)And now the top stories:There wasn't too much...
View ArticleThis is LINE, The Super Popular Messaging App That's Worth $11 Billion
LINE is a messaging app that lets users make free voice calls and send free text messages from anywhere in the world on desktops or smartphones. Like WeChat and WhatsApp, LINE is especially popular...
View ArticleHere's The Reason Why Startups Crash And Burn, According To Silicon Valley...
Startups fail all of the time, but what's the reason for that?Prolific investor Paul Graham recently shed some light on that in The Information, Jessica Lessin's new tech news site.His theory? People...
View ArticleHere's When The Economic Crisis Actually Ended
There's nothing going on today, so I'd like to quickly post something I've been meaning to post for well over a year but never had the moment. It's about when the economic crisis ended.The answer is...
View ArticleTwitter Crashed Hard (TWTR)
After a great run, Twitter is finally coming back to Earth.The stock fell 13.04% today. There was no real catalyst for the stock's run, so investors may be profit-taking as they say. (Ugh, we know.)...
View ArticleIn 2 Slides, Here's Why S&P 500 Profit Margins Will Stay Fatter For A Long Time
Profit margins for S&P 500 companies are near all-time highs. And experts agree that these margins are likely to pull back a bit, especially if demand shrinks and the economy goes into...
View Article'I Didn't Really Know How Screwed I Was Until I Was Almost Done With Law School'
A 2013 law school graduate who blogs about having to work in retail says it was "absolutely detrimental" when he didn't get a job offer from the corporate law firm where he worked as a summer...
View ArticleFull Police Investigation Into Sandy Hook Shooting Released
The State's Attorney of Danbury, Conn. has released its full report on the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook elementary school shooting.Authorities released a summary of their report last month that said...
View ArticleSocial Commerce Is About Inspiring Shoppers, Not About Getting Customers To...
Social commerce has been misunderstood as simply transactional — as a means of getting consumers to click and buy. But the failure of Facebook's Gift Shop proved that this was not going to be social's...
View ArticleA NYC Restaurant Created A Perfectly Wall Street Steak Special For New Years Eve
We've been looking around for New Year's Eve specials that will put a twinkle in a Wall Streeter's eye for a few weeks now, and we think we've found a solid winner for the banker/steak lover.The deal...
View ArticleEverything You Need To Make A Bomb Can Be Purchased AFTER Going Through...
Airport security is flawed and the TSA's rules are inconsistent, but wait until you see this.In this five-minute mini-documentary by Vice, it's revealed that the ingredients you need to build a bomb...
View ArticleOur Mobile Industry Predictions For 2014
We've reviewed a year's worth of coverage and data to put together this list of our favorite predictions for the forces that will shape mobile in 2014.Mobile is a sprawling ecosystem that intersects...
View ArticleGay Catholic School Vice Principal Claims He Was Fired After Marrying His...
A private Catholic high school vice principal who claims he was fired over his same-sex marriage said he was told that in order to keep his job, he would have to divorce his partner, King 5 News...
View Article5 Reasons Why Stanford Had A Better Year Than Any College In The Country
While many colleges achieved major accomplishments over the past year, Stanford University arguably had the best 2013. From athletics to Nobel Prizes, Stanford students, alumni, and faculty dominated...
View ArticleJOB OF THE WEEK: Product Marketing Director
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
View ArticleSTOCKS GO NOWHERE, TWITTER TANKS: Here's What You Need To Know (DIA, SPY,...
There was no economic data released today. The action in the stock markets was quiet. But interest rates hit a milestone.First, the scoreboard:Dow: 16,478.4 (-1.4, -0.0%)S&P 500: 1,841.4 (-0.6,...
View ArticleThese Eerie Photos Show Sandy Hook Elementary The Day Of Adam Lanza's Massacre
A report released by Connecticut state police on Friday includes photos of Sandy Hook elementary school from the day of the Dec. 14, 2012 shooting.The report contains thousands of pages of documents,...
View ArticleFINANCIAL ADVISOR INSIGHTS: Advisors Should Really Try And Stick To These...
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.5 New Year's Resolutions That Advisors Should Take On In The New Year...
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