Why Top Graduates Still Want To Work 90-Hour Weeks On Wall Street
A lot of people seem to think that Wall Street is losing its hold on top graduates.The thinking, outlined in a recent article in The New York Times, is that the falling prestige of Wall Street means...
View ArticleA Software Developer Sent Us This Really Cool Idea To Improve Amazon's Wish List
Amazon is an amazingly convenient way to shop for things. But it's not perfect. A California software developer came up with great idea to improve the site: add a crowdsourced funding option.The...
View Article33 Reasons Why Pike Place Is The Best Market In America
Seattle’s Pike Place Market may not be the oldest farmer’s market in America, but it is often rated as the best.First opened in 1907, Pike Place sits on the Puget Sound waterfront, in the heart of...
View ArticleYes, Google Really Is Working On Smart Contact Lenses That Can Monitor Your...
The latest fantastical project to come out the Google X lab is a smart contact lens, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.Word leaked last week that Google was talking to the FDA about a new...
View ArticleHonest Movie Posters For Oscar Nominated Films Of 2014
Sure, this year's Oscar-nominated films were critically acclaimed pieces of art starring Hollywood's top talent. But when it comes down to it, what will these movies really be remembered...
View ArticleA Female Student Was Allegedly Gang-Raped At An Alabama State University...
Alabama State University has confirmed they are investigating an alleged gang rape that took place at a campus dormitory two months ago, local news station WSFA 12 reports.According to WSFA, "a former...
View ArticleAmerican Eagle Abandons Photoshop For New Lingerie Campaign
American Eagle has ditched PhotoShop for its latest lingerie ad campaign. The latest ads for the Aerie line feature models without airbrushing—tattoos and all. "We left beauty marks, we left tattoos,...
View ArticleAmazon Has Patented A System For Shipping Your Stuff Before You Order It
Amazon patented a system in December that will reduce logistics costs and dissuade customers from ever entering a physical store again by shipping your stuff before you order it, reports the Wall...
View Article3 Signs Your Mentor Could Be Giving You Bad Advice
When Sheryl Sandberg was first offered a position as an executive at Google, her mentor advised her to turn it down. She took the job.Several years later, she was recruited by Mark Zuckerberg to become...
View ArticleHere's The Slew Of Chris Christie Officials Who Have Subpoenaed In Bridgegate
Eighteen associates of Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) have had their documents subpoenaed by the New Jersey State Assembly committee investigating "Bridgegate."The Assembly committee announced the...
View ArticleTarget Is Testing A Completely Different Type Of Store
Target is squeezing itself into a space that's a fraction of the size of one of its regular stores in a reach for urban shoppers.The first TargetExpress, as the store will be called, will be built at...
View ArticleHere's A Preview Of The Ads You Will See On Super Bowl Sunday
As anyone with a pulse is certainly aware, we are inching ever closer to one of the most sacred days on the American calendar: Super Bowl Sunday.And just as the NFL Playoffs are whittling down a field...
View ArticleSouthwest Pilots Who Landed At The Wrong Airport Explain What Went Wrong
The Southwest Airlines pilots who landed a 737 jet full of passengers at the wrong Missouri airport said they didn't realize their mistake until after they had touched down.The National Transportation...
View ArticleDropbox Lands A $250 Million Investment And Is Now Worth $10 Billion, Report...
Looks like Dropbox obtained the massive round of funding it was seeking, $250 million, and a truly jaw-dropping valuation: $10 billion, Douglas MacMillan at the Wall Street Journal is...
View Article15 Great Pieces Of Life Advice That Never Get Old
The great benefit of living with, working for, or being related to people who have experienced more of life than you have is picking their brain for advice.The most effective people learn from their...
View ArticleThree Things Advisors Should Know Before Working With Millennials
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Three Things You Should Know Before You Work With Generation Y Clients (The Wall...
View ArticleHere's Where All Those Teens Fleeing Facebook Are Going
Social Insights is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Editor's Note: Social Insights will not publish on Monday, Jan. 20, due to the Martin Luther King, Jr....
View Article3 Ways To Turn Your Unwanted Gift Cards Into Cold Hard Cash
If you found an old $20 bill in the back of a drawer, you'd probably fish it out and use it, right? How about $1 billion?That's how much money is floating around unused every year in wallets, closets,...
View ArticleIf Only America's Leaders Were More Like The French ...
THE citizens of the world's most powerful country have recently been distracted by a piece of meaningless tittle-tattle. The current issue of People magazine has revealed what le tout Washington knew...
View ArticleWhy Sochi Is By Far The Most Expensive Olympics Ever
The Winter Olympic Games that begin next month in Sochi, Russia, are very expensive. At a projected cost of around $50 billion, it's not just, by any measure, insanely expensive, it's also the most...
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