CHART OF THE DAY: One Analyst Surprisingly Argues That Businesses Are...
Five years after the darkest days of the financial crisis, America's corporations continue to sit on mountains of cash.For the most part, cash has been increasingly used to buy back stock and increase...
View ArticleYou Can Now Buy Tickets To Sacramento Kings Games With Bitcoin
US basketball outfit the Sacramento Kings said Thursday they would begin accepting Bitcoin, the first professional sports team to accept the virtual currency.Fans will be able to use Bitcoin for...
View ArticleIT'S OFFICIAL: Congress Has Avoided Another Shutdown
The Senate on Thursday easily passed the $1 trillion omnibus spending bill, avoiding a repeat federal government shutdown and keeping the government funded through the end of September.The Senate...
View ArticleIf The Fed Keeps Obsessing Over Labor Force Participation, It's Going To Fall...
The Federal Reserve has kept its benchmark interest rate pinned near zero for more than five years in an attempt to repair the damages to the labor market caused by the recession.Over the past two...
View ArticleMobile Is The Future Of Payments — Here's How Much Runway There Is For Growth
It's no longer a question of when and how mobile will emerge as a payments platform.The habit of paying for things on smartphones and tablets is already ingrained in modern consumer society,...
View ArticleThe Company At The Center Of The West Virginia Chemical Spill Has Filed For...
Freedom Industries filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a court in the southern district of West Virginia, just eight days after a dangerous chemical leak in the state.Up to 7,500 gallons of...
View ArticleDavid Brooks Is Wrong About Inequality
David Brooks has a column about inequality today and it's wrong. But it's wrong in a way that helps explain why conservatives have no idea how to talk about inequality.Brooks offers two theories of...
View ArticlePregnant Women Can Now 3D-Print Their Unborn Fetus For $600
If you've got a bun in the oven and $600 to spare, you can 3D-print the fetus of your little sweetheart. Send 3D Babies your ultrasound and a fat check, and the company will send you a custom,...
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...
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