15 Unusual Christmas Rituals From Around The World
Christmas is celebrated all over the world, but every community has developed its own unique holiday traditions.Some are sweet, but others strike us as downright strange.We've gathered up some of our...
View Article10 Private And Embarrassing Emails That Went Viral On College Campuses
Whenever you're questioning whether you should click send on that email that might be a little too mean or not really funny, here's some advice — don't send it. Whether intended for an internal list...
View Article12 Things Samsung's Galaxy S4 Can Do That The iPhone 5S Can't (GOOG, AAPL)
Samsung and Apple are the two most profitable smartphone companies in the world. Together, they make practically 100% of all profits in mobile computing.Right now the two giants each have a flagship...
View Article5 Business Travel Mistakes That Are Costing You Money
Are you leaving money on the table when you travel for work?There are plenty of hidden costs associated with traveling that rookie business travelers end up overpaying or having to pay out of pocket...
View ArticleHow To Pretend To Be A Wine Pro
Please enable Javascript to watch this video Some people get nervous when they have to taste a bottle of wine in a restaurant, or anywhere else for that matter.Stop the madness.Watch this 50-second...
View ArticleI Certainly Won't Be Surprised To See Stocks Crash Next Year (And You...
The stock market continues to set new highs, which is exciting and fun for those of us who own stocks.I own stocks, so I'm certainly enjoying it.I hope stocks continue to charge higher through 2014,...
View ArticleThree States In The US Are Contracting
The Philadelphia Fed has just released November data updating its monthly series of coincident indices for the 50 U.S. states.The data, visualized in the map below, show that only three states are...
View ArticleApple Has All The Pieces It Needs To Become A Powerful Force In Payments In 2014
Welcome to our new Payments Insights newsletter, a morning email with the top news and analysis on the digital payments industry, produced by BI Intelligence. Click here to sign up for Payment Insights...
View ArticleBillionaire Elon Musk's Mom Is An Incredibly Glamorous, Working Model
You know about Elon Musk's two companies: electric car-maker Tesla and rocket-launcher SpaceX.But do you know about his mom?She's Maye Musk, and she explains a lot about her son.She's been a model...
View ArticleThe Fascinating Story Behind The Most Famous Picture Of Earth Ever Taken
On Dec. 24, 1968 — 45 years ago this Christmas eve — Apollo 8 astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders became the first humans to leave Earth's orbit and circle the moon.The mission was...
View ArticleBoy Sends Question About Ninjas To Head Of US Joint Special Ops, Gets A Response
Is a Navy SEAL quieter than a ninja?Six-year-old Walker Greentree is a kid in a military family who was determined to find out, so he wrote to Admiral William McRaven.McRaven is head of U.S. Special...
View Article33 Ways To Be Happier
Humans have remarkable control over their own happiness.In her book, "The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want," psychology professor Sonja Lyubomirsky says a person's...
View ArticleRussia Drops Charges Against Greenpeace Activists
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday formally dropped criminal charges against Greenpeace activists arrested in a protest against Arctic oil drilling on Wednesday and was expected to shortly do the...
View Article9 CEOs Share Their Favorite Interview Question
If you could ask job candidates only one question, what would be most telling?As it turns out, many CEOs have one go-to interview question that they believe reveals everything they need to know about a...
View ArticleBrazilian Tycoon Eike Batista Reaches Deal With Creditors Over Oil Firm
Brazilian tycoon Eike Batista's debt-laden oil company, currently under bankruptcy protection, has agreed with foreign creditors to renegotiate $5.8 billion in debt into a 90 percent stake in the...
View ArticleThis 1,300-Year Old Chinese Fishing Method Has Been Destroyed By Modern Fishing
Cormorant fishing on China's Li River is all but dying out.Fisherman set out with domesticated cormorants, a seabird, on bamboo rafts before sunrise and often in the early evening. These birds prey on...
View ArticleAnother Dark Christmas For Iraq's Christians
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - It's Christmas in Baghdad, and once again Iraq's Christians are celebrating behind blast walls and barbed wire.At least 34 people died in bomb attacks in Christian areas on...
View ArticleThis Map Of Al Qaeda In Iraq Is Alarming
Al Qaeda militants are bombingstrategic targets in parts of western Iraq as they seek to wreak havoc on security, bent on establishing an Islamic emirate.The map below gives an indication of how...
View ArticleThis Kid Totally Freaked Out When He Got A Nintendo 64 For Christmas In 1996
The year was 1996.And the hottest holiday gift was Nintendo's new video game console at the time, the Nintendo 64. It's a tradition here at BI: Tech to post one of the best viral Christmas videos of...
View ArticleInside The Sleazy World Of Reputation Management, Where People Pay To Control...
There is an entire industry dedicated to making bad things on the Internet quietly disappear and making promotional, good things about a person or a company look totally legitimate, even when they're...
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