The Rise And Fall Of Blackberry In One Chart (BBRY)
This chart of Blackberry's sales is a good reminder for all companies that things can change pretty quickly. Three years ago, things looked great. Today, not so much.Join the conversation about this...
View ArticleIAC PR Director Lands In South Africa After Racist Tweet, And It’s A Mess
After her offensive tweet about AIDS and race went viral while she was on a flight, people have been waiting for IAC PR director Justine Sacco to land, making "#HasJustineLandedYet" the most popular...
View ArticleFrom Cheap To Outrageous — Here Are 16 Gifts Every Investor Would Love
For many, the actual act of holiday shopping is the scourge of an otherwise cheerful season.A good gift is hard to find for anyone, but if you've got an investor in your life, it can prove especially...
View ArticleA Surprise Appointment By Angela Merkel Hints At Who May Succeed Her
TWELVE weeks after its election, followed by the longest coalition negotiations in its history, Germany has a new government at last. And although there was never any doubt that Angela Merkel would...
View ArticleObama Reveals The Dating Advice He Gives His Daughters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama says he's not worried about his daughters starting to date. After all, he's got some help keeping an eye on them. Malia, age 15, and Sasha, age...
View ArticleFrench Culture: Bleak Chic
ONE of the most perplexing questions of the early 21st century is this: how can the French, who invented joie de vivre, the three-tier cheese trolley and Dior's jaunty New Look, be so resolutely...
View ArticleTurkish PM Threatens To Expel Foreign Ambassadors As Corruption Scandal Widens
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Saturday warned some foreign ambassadors he might expel them over "provocative actions," amid mounting tensions over an anti-graft probe"Some ambassadors are...
View ArticleThis Amazing Natural Phenomena Makes Ice Look Like Cotton Candy
What looks like a lost Santa beard or fallen cotton candy in the forest in the images below is actually an amazing natural phenomenon called Frost Beard or Hair Ice. It occurs because of a bacteria...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman Painting Sold On eBay For More Than $100,000
Winning bid tops $100,000 on eBay for flag painting made and sold by George ZimmermanORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Bidding has closed on eBay for artwork created by George Zimmerman.The winning bid was...
View ArticleInside Florida's Beautiful And Strange Mermaid Theme Park [PHOTOS]
An hour’s drive from Tampa, Florida, there's a spring so deep that no one has ever found the bottom.And in that spring, beautiful women with intricate fishtails swim through the 74-degree water that...
View ArticleGenerals Are Passing Around This 'Motivating' Statement From A Marine Shot In...
An email is getting passed around the ranks of the Marine Corps — even reaching the highest level of Commandant Gen. James Amos — as a reminder that no matter how bad you think your day is, it's...
View ArticleDwayne Wayde Proposes To Actress Gabrielle Union With Huge Rock
After dating for nearly five years, Miami Heat star Dwayne Wayde put a ring on his girlfriend, actress Gabrielle Union. A big one.Wade, 31, and Union, 41, both posted pictures of the massive engagement...
View ArticlePaul McCartney Makes Surprise 'SNL' Appearance To Duet With Jimmy Fallon...
Jimmy Fallon opened his "Saturday Night Live" monologue by singing "Joy To The World" while doing impressions of David Bowie, Bob Dylan, and Paul McCartney.But Fallon was in for a surprise when...
View ArticleJimmy Fallon And Justin Timberlake Interview Megyn Kelly, Paul Ryan, And The...
"Saturday Night Live" host Jimmy Fallon and musical guest Justin Timberlake teamed up once again for "The Barry Gibb" show, interviewing Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly [Cecily Strong], Paul Ryan [Taran...
View ArticleTurkish Crisis Escalates: Prime Minister Is Decimating The Police Force In...
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish authorities have removed another 25 police chiefs from their posts, media reported, widening a crackdown on the force since it launched a corruption investigation that Prime...
View ArticleIsrael On NSA Spying: So What?
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli officials said on Saturday they were not surprised by allegations the United States and Britain had spied on the country's leaders and played down the importance of any...
View ArticleA Tale Of Two Rushes: There's Gold In Them There Wells
WHEN his neighbour discovered gold in a Californian river in 1848, Sam Brannan could have kept quiet about it. Instead, he filled a jar with gold dust and rushed around the streets of San Francisco...
View ArticleWall Street's Brightest Minds Reveal THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARTS OF THE YEAR...
Here they are: the most important charts of the year. We asked our favorite portfolio managers, strategists, analysts, and economists across the Street for the charts that they deem the most important...
View ArticleSchool Discipline: The Perils Of Peanut-Tossing
When pupils get in trouble for silly reasons, the results can be seriousEARLIER this autumn a school in Canon City, Colorado suspended Hunter Yelton for violating its sexual-harassment policy. His...
View ArticleA Century On, There Are Uncomfortable Parallels With The Era That Led To The...
AS NEW YEAR approached a century ago, most people in the West looked forward to 1914 with optimism. The hundred years since the Battle of Waterloo had not been entirely free of disaster--there had been...
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