Comedy Central's Nathan Fielder Is Behind 'Dumb Starbucks'
Comedy Central's Nathan Fielder is the man behind the Starbucks parody shop "Dumb Starbucks,"Deadline is reporting.“I’m proud to announce we’ll be opening our second Starbucks in Brooklyn NY soon,”...
View ArticleTwitter Is Facing An Identity Crisis As It Tries To Appeal To The Masses
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...
View Article6 Heartbreaking Images From An Abandoned Building In Spain That Now Houses...
Spain grew 0.3% in Q4 2013, but unemployment ticked higher to 26.03%, from 25.98% the previous quarter.Soaring unemployment and a housing bust have caused a surge in evictions as borrowers are unable...
View ArticleHere's The App Marc Andreessen Was Raving About On Twitter Yesterday
A new business app from one of the founders of Flickr is getting a ton of attention today, and for good reason.It's called Slack, and yesterday it got a major shoutout from Marc Andreessen, the...
View ArticleCHART: Failures In Snowboarding Halfpipe Are A Huge Blow To Overall US Medal...
Team USA was completely shut out in the men's snowboarding halfpipe, an event in which Shaun White was the two-time defending gold medalist and two other Americans were medal contenders.One of the...
View ArticleThousands Of Flights Cancelled As Yet Another Winter Storm Looms
More than 1,460 U.S. flights have been cancelled and another 1,280 have been delayed today, as yet another winter storm hits the Gulf Coast and Southeast.According to FlightAware.com, airports in...
View ArticleJohn Boehner Has Done A Masterful Job With The Debt Ceiling
Yes, I said it.John Boehner has done a terrific job leading his caucus and it will culminate with the House passing a clean debt ceiling bill later this evening.To understand Boehner's skill, you need...
View ArticleFinancial Advisors Need Benchmarks For Retirement Income
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Advisors Need Benchmarks For Retirement Income (The Wall Street Journal) While...
View ArticleThe Bitcoin Community Is Convinced Today's Attack Is A Huge Buying Opportunity
One of the bedrock arguments of Bitcoin evangelists is that whatever potential for misuse by Bitcoin itself, a widespread attack on Bitcoin services was not possible.Today, that tenet no longer holds...
View ArticleHOUSE NARROWLY PASSES CLEAN DEBT CEILING BILL
In a close vote, the House of Representatives has passed a "clean" suspension of the nation's debt limit through March 15, 2015. The final tally was 221-201, with Democrats carrying the vote....
View ArticleThese Are The Companies That Will Dominate The Post-Banner Advertising World...
Investment banker Terence Kawaja of LUMA Partners passed along his latest chart on the ad tech world.This chart looks at the world of native advertising, which is a hot topic right now. Over email,...
View ArticleThis 28-Year-Old High School Dropout Has Now Sold Two Startups For $190M
Last week, LinkedIn announced that it was acquiring a cool young startup called Bright.com for $120 million. As we previously reported, this sale was a two-in-a-row hit for one of its co-founders,...
View ArticleWednesday Is Going To Be Big For The Bank Of England
Markets are gearing up for Wenesday's inflation report from the Bank of England. Mark Carney, BoE governor, is expected to present modifications to the forward guidance framework used to guide monetary...
View ArticleThe Facebook-Publisher Dynamic Is Becoming Clearer
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.THE...
View ArticleWoody Allen Denies Sexual Abuse Claims In Revealing '60 Minutes' From 1992
Woody Allen's recent New York Times essay isn't the first time he's publicly gone on the record to deny daughter Dylan Farrow's allegations of sexual abuse.In 1992, at the height of the initial media...
View ArticleThese Maps Show Which Areas Of The Country Have The Biggest Carbon Footprints
It's no secret that the U.S. is one of the biggest carbon emitters around. Households in the U.S. alone are responsible for 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, even though they account for just over 4% of...
View ArticleRogue Signs To Simplify Subway Transfers Appear Around NYC, MTA Promises To...
New signs in New York City subway stations are making transferring between lines faster, but they're not the work of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which promises it will take them...
View ArticleA Former SEC Chair Is Selling His Gorgeous 218 Acre California Ranch For 15.9...
Former SEC Chair Harold Williams is selling his modern California ranch for $15.9 million according to the WSJ.It's designed by the architect who also designed the Getty Museum, Michael Palladino. They...
View ArticleHere's The MVP Guest List For Tonight's White House State Dinner
The White House has released the guest list for Wednesday night's State Dinner in honor of French President Francois Hollande. Per usual, the guest list has some big names. Here are some of the more...
View ArticleThese Afghan Child Refugee Photos Will Break Your Heart — And Maybe Just Give...
Associated Press photographer Muhammed Muheisen, 33, has spent three years capturing the daily lives of impoverished Afghans who dwell in an enormous refugee camp in Pakistan. Through portraits of...
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