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Brutal Exchange Between Dick Costolo And Wall Street Analysts Sums Up All...

Twitter's first ever earnings call was savaged by Wall Street as investors drove the stock down 17% or more when people saw how few new users had joined the social media platform.Twitter actually...

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7 Extreme Measures Egypt Is Taking To Crush Dissent

In the months following Mohamed Morsi's overthrow, the new Egyptian military government has taken to extreme measures to stay in power.While at first many heralded General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's coup...

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A Brand New Hybrid Bird Flu In China Has Scientists Worried

A new-to-humans flu virus killed a 73-year-old woman from the Jiangxi province in China, on Dec. 6.At the time, the doctors knew it was a H10N8 bird flu virus that killed her. But, they've just...

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Rock Band Claims They Sent A $660,000 Invoice To Pentagon

The story of Skinny Puppy is an odd one.Canadian CTV News reports that, after receiving some coaching on lawsuits, Skinny Puppy decided to bill the Pentagon $660,000 for allegedly using their music to...

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MAP: Here's Where Single Americans Have No Qualms About Revealing Pot Use On...

Online dating site AYI.com did a study of their users' profiles, and they found an interesting link between users' openness about drug use and drug laws.From AYI's blog post about the study, their...

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LEAKED MEMO: AOL CEO Tries To Explain Why He Blamed Pay Cut On Sick Babies (AOL)

AOL is changing the way it matches employee contributions to their 4o1(k)s. Instead of contributing through the year, AOL will now contribute a lump sum at the end of the year.This upset employees, who...

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Millennials Are Better At Having 'The Talk' Than Older Couples

The financial talk, that is.Millennials are better at discussing their finances with significant others than older people in relationships, according to a new study from NerdWallet. Young people...

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The Connected TV Landscape: Why Smart TVs And Streaming Gadgets Are...

Connected TVs are on pace to take over the television viewing experience. There will be more than 759 million televisions connected to the Internet worldwide by 2018, more than double 2013's number,...

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LEGENDARY INVESTOR: I Drove A Tesla And It Was The Greatest Car Experience...

GMO's Jeremy Grantham just put out his latest quarterly newsletter to GMO clients. And in it he has some high praise for Tesla. In a section titled "Fossil Fuels: Is Tesla a Tease or a Triumph?" he...

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LinkedIn Tanks After Q4 Earnings Report

LinkedIn announced its Q4 earnings. The stock is tanking in after-hours trading, and has been down as much as 10% due to weaker-than-expected outlook for Q1 of 2014. Here's what the company...

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Here's The Real Story Of The 'Cool Runnings' Bobsled Team That The Movie Got...

"Cool Runnings" is one of the most popular Olympics movies of the past few decades, and it's mostly made up. It's based on a true story, but a member of the unlikely Jamaican bobsled team that inspired...

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New Payments Startups Face An Uphill Battle To Disrupt The Credit Card...

The credit card industry processes a massive volume of transactions — about $4 trillion this year in the U.S., according to BI Intelligence estimates. With so much money in play, it's no wonder that a...

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More Mobile Dollars For Top Tech Companies

Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.MORE MOBILE...

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ANALYST: Here's Why It's A Terrible Idea To Buy Individual Bonds Over Bonds...

FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.The Fallacy Of Buying Individual Bonds Over Bond Funds (Morningstar) Many...

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GRANTHAM: The Great American Shale Boom Is A Dangerous Waste Of Time And Money

Jeremy Grantham, whose GMO LLC investment firm manages $117 billion in assets, says the Great American Shale Boom is a dangerous waste of time and money.Grantham, who started his career as an economist...

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What It's Like To Play 'League Of Legends,' The Game Where The Best Players...

The most-played PC game in the world isn't the Sims or SimCity or even World of Warcraft. It's League of Legends, and it's a lot of fun.Part of this game's success is that players can compete in...

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North Korea Is Almost Done Building A Giant Missile Launch Pad

New commercial satellite imagery hints that North Korea is almost done building a tower capable of launching  long-range missiles — probably, further than the ones they've already launched into space,...

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Twitter Is Becoming A Niche Social Network For Advertisers

Social Insider is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.TWITTER'S...

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Rich Tech Entrepreneurs Would Get Less Criticism If They Weren't Actively...

It would be easier to sympathize with rich tech entrepreneurs who don't want to be criticized simply because they are successful if they weren't also actively trying to make their workers poorer.I'm...

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Here's How Americans Stereotyped 16 Big Cities Around The Country

Reputation is everything. That's especially true in America, a country where tourists spend $166 billion annually, lured by the delight of the American lifestyle, according to The Atlantic. But what is...

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