You No Longer Have To Be A Millionaire To Flip Houses In San Francisco
You've probably heard all about how San Francisco's real estate market is insanely hot. Here are a quick few pieces of data to remind you.First, there's this flier listing apartment rents that SF-based...
View ArticleMicrosoft Did A Really Nice Thing And Replaced A Bunch Of Stolen PCs At SXSW
The poor folks who joined the StartupBus hackathon thought their South By Southwest adventure would be ruined when a thief stole their computers.The StartupBus is an annual invitation-only event where...
View ArticleGoogle Business Chief Nikesh Arora Is Getting A $3.5 Million Bonus (GOOG)
Google is giving three of its executives bonuses this week, according to a new SEC filing.Google SVP and Chief Business Officer Nikesh Arora got the biggest bonus of $3.5 million.Arora is the highly...
View Article3 Strategies For Getting A Promotion When You Work From Home
Working from home is a double-edged sword that may be good for work-life balance but can be bad for your wallet, according to a recent article in the New York Times.A study cited by the Times found...
View ArticleCHART: 3 MLB Teams Have Spent More Than $1 Billion On Players Since Last...
It has been 21 years since the Toronto Blue Jays last appeared in the playoffs. During that time period, the Jays have spent nearly $1.3 billion on player salaries.The Blue Jays are one of three teams...
View ArticleThe Biggest Changes That Just Came To Your iPhone
After nearly six months, Apple has finally released iOS 7.1, the first major update to the operating system designed by Jony Ive.The update brings a number of changes to iOS, from how things work...
View ArticleHere's The Route The Malaysian Military Thinks The Missing Boeing 777 Took
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been missing for four days with more than 200 people on board, and the country's military now thinks the Boeing 777 turned around over the Gulf of Thailand and flew at...
View ArticleCongress Is Going To War With The CIA
It started with a remarkable statement Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein's made from the Senate floor Tuesday morning, and it continued amid a barrage of angry statements from...
View ArticleChelsea Handler Rips Piers Morgan As 'Terrible Interviewer' On Live TV
Talk show hosts Piers Morgan and Chelsea Handler got into an epic blowout on “Piers Morgan Live” on Monday.After Morgan spent the commercial break tweeting from his phone, noticeably irritated guest...
View ArticleHere's What You Should Really Be Eating For A Snack
There's a perception that snacking is bad for us. A nibble here and a nosh there can quickly add up in calories and make us gain weight."We need to change our mindset," says Kim Larson, RDN, CD, CSSD,...
View ArticleThe 5 Best States For Women's Pay
While men consistently earn more than women, on average, the wage gap is narrower in certain states.According to data from personal finance site NerdWallet, women's earnings are more in line with men's...
View ArticleHere's How Far In Advance You Should Book A Flight
The airfare shopping site CheapAir.com monitored more than 4 million fares in 2013 to answer the age-old question: How far in advance should you book your plane ticket?For the average domestic flight,...
View ArticleFacebook's Sheryl Sandberg Having 'Conversations' About Becoming Disney CEO...
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg has had talks about becoming the new CEO of Disney, according to the New York Post:The 44-year-old Sandberg already sits on the Disney board and is said to have had...
View ArticleThere's Room For Companies To Start Cranking Up Dividend Payouts
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Why Investors Need To Consider Dividend Growth Stocks (The Alliance Bernstein...
View ArticleThe Fast Food Breakfast Wars Explained In One Chart
The fast food breakfast wars are intensifying. Within the last couple weeks, Taco Bell has introduced a Waffle Taco, Dunkin' Donuts has debuted an Eggs Benedict sandwich, and McDonald's started testing...
View ArticleGUNDLACH: Interest Rates Will Rise Slowly, Then Quickly
DoubleLine Funds' Jeffrey Gundlach just wrapped up his latest webcast for investors.Titled "What Hath QE Wrought?", Gundlach's presentation examined what has happened in the markets and the economy...
View ArticleNFL Draft Bust Blaine Gabbert Traded To The 49ers, Will Make Twice As Much...
In the most surprising move of NFL free agency so far, the Jaguars traded quarterback Blaine Gabbert to the 49ers for a 6th-round pick.Gabbert was picked 10th overall in 2011, but he has been a bust....
View ArticleRand Paul Dismisses Mitch McConnell's Threats Against The Tea Party
Senator Rand Paul is beloved by the Tea Party, but he doesn't seem to be worried about Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's prediction the GOP establishment will "crush" primary challengers...
View ArticleFacebook's Impact On The Media Is Overblown (FB, GOOG)
The current consensus is that Facebook has become a more important source of traffic to media companies than Google is.New data shows this consensus may be wrong.In February, tech news site Re/code...
View Article25 Books That Will Blow Your Mind
Sometimes a book is so good, it not only sticks with you long after you put it down, but it alters the way you view the world going forward.On a recent Reddit thread, readers commented on this very...
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