A Brutal Heatwave Is About To Hit The Australian Open — 106 Degrees On Tuesday
A searing heatwave is set to disrupt the first week of the Australian Open in Melbourne.Temperatures will hit 106 degrees on Tuesday, according to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, and remain in...
View ArticleCHART: Here's How The Stock Market Has Been Correlated To Everything Else...
A diversified portfolio is one that consists of uncorrelated assets. In other words, these are assets that don't move hand-in-hand all of the time. Diversification reduces volatility.It's important...
View ArticleIntuit Founder Scott Cook Has A Brilliant Way Of Doing Reference Checks
To get the most valuable information out of reference checks, Intuit co-founder Scott Cook asks a very specific question. Cook knows that most people try to be nice, so they will give the candidate a...
View ArticleThe 15 US Cities That Are Driving The Future
The American economy is being reshaped along the booming industries of technology and energy, according to new rankings of America’s Best Performing Cities by the Milken Institute.In the 2013 rankings,...
View ArticleThis Week's Economic Calendar Is Totally Stacked — Here's Your Complete...
Economists and traders are still trying to unpack what happened with Friday's disappointing December jobs report.PIMCO's Mohamed El-Erian described it as "somewhere between puzzling and worrisome."The...
View ArticleCheck Out All The Things Google Has Bought Lately
Google just made a big, bold acquisition, scarfing up red-hot home-automation gadget company Nest for $3.2 billion.Nest was founded by the guy who designed Apple's iPod. Nest products look like Apple...
View ArticleASPIRING JOURNALISTS: Now Is The Time To Apply To Business Insider's Paid...
Business Insider is looking for paid interns to join our editorial team this spring!As an intern at Business Insider, there's no getting coffee, filing, or making copies.Our interns are an integral...
View ArticleOur 23-Minute Interview With Tony Fadell, The Man That Built The $3.2 Billion...
Please enable Javascript to watch this video Google just acquired Nest Labs for $3.2 billion.We interviewed Tony Fadell just in November at our Ignition conference where he talked about the Nest...
View ArticlePeople Are Freaking Out About Google Having Access To Their Whole House Now...
Google just bought Nest Labs for $3.2 billion in cash. Nest Labs is the company that makes smart thermostats for your house.Nest's beautifully designed thermostat sells for $250. It can be controlled...
View ArticleThe Sad Truth Is You Probably Won't Strike It Rich By Making A Mobile App
The news is full of stories about a mobile app turning its developers into millionaires: (Snapchat, Branch, Summly).And, yes, Apple says that people spent more than $10 billion in its App Store in 2013...
View ArticleOne-Third Of Marketers Generate A Return On Their Social Media Efforts
Social Media Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.SOCIAL...
View ArticleEx-Apple Employee Tony Fadell Explains Why He Sold His Company To Google For...
Tony Fadell, the CEO of smart thermostat and smoke detector company Nest, sold his company to Google today for $3.2 billion.Fadell is most famous for helping create the original iPod. He left Apple...
View ArticleNBC Won't Live Stream The Olympics Opening Ceremony, Will Broadcast It On An...
NBC will not offer a way for American viewers to watch the 2014 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony live.In an interview with Variety, NBC Sports Group chairman Mark Lazarus said that the Opening Ceremony...
View Article5 Things Every MBA Student Should Do Before Graduating
Whether you're looking to enhance your business savvy, increase your career flexibility, or just get a fatter paycheck, the benefits of obtaining an MBA are numerous.But it's not just having the degree...
View ArticleAd Execs Have Mixed Feelings About Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer's Big Adtech...
During her presentation last week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer announced the introduction of Yahoo Advertising, a consolidated advertising suite that brings...
View ArticleThe House Passed A HealthCare.gov 'Security' Bill That Helps No One And Fixes...
On Friday, the House passed the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act, a one-sentence bill that, in the event of any security breach of HealthCare.gov, would require the government to notify...
View ArticleToyota's New Sports Car Concept Has The Coolest Mirrors We've Ever Seen
Toyota started the Detroit Auto Show with a bang this morning, unveiling a concept sports car that's so far the craziest thing we've seen in 2014. Toyota says the new FT1 (for Future Toyota) represents...
View ArticleHere's The 'Twice-A-Day' Reason Google Paid $3.2 Billion For Nest (GOOG)
Google just bought Nest, a startup that sells Internet-connected thermostats and smoke detectors, for $3.2 billion.It's easy to imagine there is some secret reasoning behind this acquisition. Something...
View ArticleYou'd Be Surprised To Learn What Your Cat Thinks About You
Cats get a bad rap. They pretty much do what they want and are generally thought of as less friendly than dogs. But a new book,"Cat Sense," provides fresh insight into the relationship between cats and...
View ArticleIncredible Side-By-Side Video Footage Shows London 86 Years Ago And Today
During the 1920s, cinematographer and inventor Claude Friese-Greene traveled across the U.K., capturing stunning footage of life in London in 1927.He used his own process to create colored film, which...
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