SOCIAL INSIDER: Kickstarter Tops $1 Billion In Pledges — Facebook Drones —...
Social Insider is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers.KICKSTARTER TOPS $1 BILLION IN PLEDGES: Kickstarter, the hugely popular crowdfunding website, has...
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Bill Gross Has This Diagram Permanently Affixed To His Whiteboard
In his new monthly "Investment Outlook," bond king Bill Gross gives us a peak into how the investment process works at PIMCO."Almost permanently affixed on the whiteboard of PIMCO’s Investment...
View ArticlePAYMENTS INSIDER: The Latest On The eBay Proxy War — Inside Mt. Gox — Leaf's...
THE EBAY PROXY WAR CONTINUES.As we've reported, activist investor Carl Icahn wants eBay to spin off PayPal into a separate business. Part of Icahn's strategy to make this happen is to get his own...
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Paul Ryan Could Be The GOP's Secret Weapon In 2016 — If He Wants To Run
With polls showing New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's status as a potential frontrunner in the next presidential election slipping in the wake of his "Bridgegate" scandal, a familiar name is returning to...
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Apple's CFO Is Going To Retire This Year
Apple announced today that its CFO Peter Oppenheimer will retire this September. He will be replaced by Luca Maestri, Apple's VP of finance and corporate controller.The transition will start in...
View ArticleHow to Land A Plane In Case Of An Emergency
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> Here is what to do if you are on a commercial flight where a) both of your pilots become incapacitated and b) you are the one who...
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Oil Prices Have Been Remarkably Stable
North Sea Brent crude oil traded in the narrowest price range since 2006 last year, according to the EIA. Moreover daily fluctuations were the lowest in a decade. North Sea Brent is used as benchmark...
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US College Students Say They're Open To Brand Marketing On Snapchat
Snapchat could become the next go-to social media tool for brands to market to college students, according to a new Sumpto survey.Nearly three-quarters of the survey’s respondents — 1,650 U.S....
View ArticleBelgian Telecom BASE Made The Perfect TV Ads For People Who Want To Watch...
Good morning, AdLand. Here's what you need to know today:The Belgian telecom company BASE poked fun at competitors whose slow Internet service forces people to sit through buffering when they try to...
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CNBC Put In Awkward Position As Bloomberg Partners With One Of The Hedge Fund...
The Sohn Investment Conference is now teaming up with Bloomberg LINK, Bloomberg LLP's conference business, to produce its epic annual investment conference, leaving TV rivals like CNBC with some tough...
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EU Ready To Provide $15 Billion Of Financial Aid To Ukraine
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union is ready to provide 11 billion euros ($15 billion) of financial support to Ukraine over the next couple of years via a series of loans and grants, European...
View ArticleVIDEO INSIDER: Roku’s New Streaming Stick — More On Dish-Disney Internet TV...
Video Insider is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers.ROKU LAUNCHES NEW STREAMING STICK: Roku is launching a new HDMI streaming stick priced at $50. The device...
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ADP EMPLOYMENT MISSES EXPECTATIONS, BIG DOWNWARD REVISION
ADP's February National Employment Report is out.The report estimates 139,000 American workers were hired to private-sector payrolls in February, below economists' consensus forecast of 155,000.ADP's...
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Here's What The Chinese Bond Market Looks Like
A Chinese solar company just announced that it will miss an CNY89.9 million interest payment on a CNY1 billiion bonds. Currently $1.00 equals 6.13 Chinese Yuan (CNY).This marks the first major default...
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Actors With The Most Oscar Nominations Who Have Never Won
Leonardo DiCaprio didn't win an Oscar at the 86th Academy Awards for his performance in "The Wolf of Wall Street."The news didn't go over well online, as many realized the actor has never won an...
View ArticleWe Put A GoPro On The Train That Runs Through Bankrupt, Decrepit Detroit
<div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div> Previously, we showed you the love/hate relationship between the city of Detroit and the People Mover— a unique light rail system in...
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The US Accounts For Over Half Of Global Payment Card Fraud Losses
The U.S. accounted for 51% of global payment card fraud costs in 2013, according to BI Intelligence estimates. Here are the key points for 2013: The cost of global payment card fraud grew by 19% to...
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A Guy Wants To Make 'Average Looking' Barbie Dolls A Reality
Average is beautiful. That's what Nickolay Lamm believes.Lamm created a wildly-popular prototype of an "average" looking Barbie doll last year. Today he's launching a website and asking for monetary...
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OBAMA: 'We May Be Able To De-Escalate' The Ukrainian Crisis
President Barack Obama expressed hope Tuesday night that the crisis in Ukraine can be "de-escalated" after days of Russian aggression in the region of Crimea."We now have a situation in which the...
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High School Runner With Multiple Sclerosis Collapses At The End Of Every...
Kayla Montgomery, an 18-year-old senior at Mount Tabor High School in North Carolina, is one of the best teenage runners in the country despite being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.A remarkable New...
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