A Classy Way To Admit Your Startup Is Dead
Chris Poole created the insanely popular and infamous message board site 4chan way back when he was only 15. Since then, he's launched a company called Canvas, which he pivoted into a drawing-based art...
View ArticleHere's A Chart Of Interest Rates Going Back To 3000 BC
The chart below, one of a number of excellent long-term charts put together by @Macro_Tourist, shows interest rates going back to 3000 BC.A PDF with more charts as well as the one below can be found...
View ArticleThis Heat Map Reveals The Secret To IKEA's Store Design
In our recent tour of IKEA's store in Brooklyn, we kept thinking back to a 2011 lecture from Alan Penn of the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.Penn and his assistants analyzed IKEA's layout by...
View ArticleBAD OMEN: Birds Attack Peace Doves Freed From Pope's Window
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two white doves that were released by children standing alongside Pope Francis as a peace gesture have been attacked by other birds.As tens of thousands of people watched in St....
View ArticleAlmost All Of Recent Economic History In One Chart
Here's a fantastic chart that basically explains all of economic history.It was tweeted out and annotated by James Plunkett and it's based on a chart from inequality economist Branko Milanovic.What it...
View ArticleThe Complete Guide To Using Quotation Marks Without Looking Like An Idiot
Our language needs quotation marks. Without them, we couldn't know who said what to whom or even what they meant.Unfortunately, using them can prove tricky. Quotations marks appear in both double and...
View ArticleEL-ERIAN: These Are The People And Institutions That Shaped The Way I Think
Mohamed El-Erian is resigning from his positions as CEO and Co-CIO of PIMCO, the California-based fund giant with over $1.9 trillion in assets under management.El-Erian, a Business Insider contributor,...
View ArticleFamed Tech Investor Says Yes, I Meant It When I Said Critics Of The Rich Are...
Tom Perkins, the founder of one of Silicon valley's most venerable venture capitalist funds, has again suggested that people who criticize the wealth inequality between those working in the tech...
View ArticleJoe's Crab Shack Made One Change That Turned Around Business
A few years ago, Joe's Crab Shack was in trouble. The chain had split off from parent company Landry's Restaurant Inc. and was closing under-performing stores. Today, Joe's Crab Shack has pulled off a...
View ArticleHere's Ray Dalio's Advice For Investing In The Market Cycle We're In Right Now
After speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ray Dalio joined the folks at CNBC this morning. In his interview, he explained where things stand in the global economy right now, and...
View ArticleThink Beijing's Famous Smog Is Bad? Delhi's Is Worse [PHOTOS]
China's smog — which routinely engulfs major cities like Beijing and Shanghai— is notorious, and it's recently reached "danger levels." But the the smog in New Delhi, The New York Times reports, is...
View ArticleBank Of America Is Reportedly Being Investigated For One Of The Oldest...
Regulators are investigating Bank of America for front running its clients' large trading orders, according to documents reviewed by Reuters reporters Karen Brettell and Aruna Viswanatha.Front running...
View ArticleSouth Korean Media: Kim Jong-un Ordered The Execution Of His Uncle's Entire...
South Korea's state news agency is reporting that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the execution of his uncle's entire family, including children."Extensive executions have been carried out...
View ArticleHow Warren Buffett's 29 Year-Old Lieutenant Made The Legendary Investor Her...
At Harvard Business School, Tracy Britt Cool wrote an essay about her career hopes: "My goal is to work with a great investor, who even more importantly is a wonderful teacher and mentor."She got her...
View ArticleChinese Consumers Are Even More Important Than Most People Realize
The market is growing furiously, but getting tougher for foreign firmsIn the heart of old Shanghai is a magnificent villa that serves as the workplace of Guo Jingming, a provocative young film-maker....
View ArticleExtreme Weather Photographer Reveals One Of The 'Wickedest' Storms He's Ever...
Storm chasing photographer Mike Hollingshead spends his days traveling up and down the Midwest in search of America’s biggest and baddest storms. He’s seen every kind of tornado, supercell, lightning,...
View ArticleInvestors Have Been Bailing Out Of The Emerging Markets For The Last 13...
Almost no currency was safe in last week's emerging market bloodbath.Investors appear to be increasingly concerned that the eventual normalization of monetary policy in the U.S. means higher interest...
View ArticleThe 25 Sexiest Celebrity Mug Shots
Getting arrested for the first time doesn't seem to faze Justin Bieber.After the 19-year-old singer was arrested Thursday for suspected DUI and drag racing, he came off all smiles in his...
View ArticleHere's A List Of All The Luxury Items Bob McDonnell May Have To Forfeit After...
The Justice Department on Tuesday indicted Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and his wife, Maureen, on 14 counts stemming from their acceptance of gifts, luxury vacations, and large loans from a...
View ArticleIt's Pretty Crazy How Different Pension Funds Look Around The World
U.S. pension funds were among the hardest hit investor classes when the financial crisis caused asset prices to plunge.They were also among the biggest beneficiaries of the monster bull market that...
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