Wharton Professor Adam Grant Explains Why The Most Successful People Are Givers
Last year Adam Grant released a book that changed the way we think about success.In the best-selling "Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success," which isĀ now in paperback, the Wharton...
View ArticleNew Digital Reconstruction Shows The Trail Left By A Predatory Dinosaur Like...
About a 107 million years ago a dinosaur from the family of the Tyrannosaurus Rex stalked or followed a long-necked herbivorous giant along what is now known as the Paluxy Riverbed, near Glen Rose,...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Wall Street's Stock Pickers Are More Bullish Than Wall...
Wall Street's research departments include both equity strategists and equity analysts.Strategists publish targets for stock markets as a whole from their big-picture analysis (i.e., top-down...
View ArticleA Huge Number Of Americans Now See Pot Legalization As Inevitable
Three out of four Americans believe marijuana will one day be legal to buy and use anywhere in the United States, according to a public opinion poll released Wednesday.Fifty-four percent of respondents...
View ArticleThe Government Is Rebooting The Loan Program That Helped Now-Bankrupt Fisker...
The Department of Energy is revamping the long dormant green car loan program that helped build Tesla Motors and Fisker Automotive, it announced today.The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing...
View ArticleNicole Kidman Is Barely Recognizable In This Heavily Photoshopped Jimmy Choo Ad
Jimmy Choo's latest print ad featuring Nicole Kidman bears the actress' name in the bottom left-hand corner. That's a good thing, because people might otherwise have trouble realizing it's her.For its...
View ArticleGARY SHILLING: Here Are My 9 Investment Picks For The Current Risk-On...
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.SHILLING: Here Are My 9 Investment Picks For A Risk On Environment (A Gary...
View ArticleBILL MAHER: The People Giving Money To This GOP Candidate Are 'Idiots'
Bill Maher, the stand-up comedian and host of HBO's "Real Time," said it was "pathetic" for Republican New York City Congressman Michael Grimm to attempt to use his show in a fundraising pitch.Ā "Itās...
View ArticleThe ECB Meets Tomorrow, But No One Is Expecting Much
On Thursday, the European Central Bank Governing Council will deliberate over whether or not to take additional action to ease monetary policy and announce its decision at 7:45 AM ET. ECB President...
View ArticleAt Least 1 Dead, 14 Injured After Shooting At Fort Hood Army Base
There are reports of an active shooter situation on the Fort Hood Army postĀ in Killeen, Texas, KCEN-TV is reporting.At least one person was killed, and 14 were injured, a senior defense official told...
View ArticleArizona Mom Claims US Border Patrol Threatened Her With A Knife And Taser
An Arizona woman says U.S. Border Patrol agents threatened her with a Taser and knife after she demanded to know why she was stopped, according to a new video from the ACLU.Clarisa Christiansen, a U.S....
View ArticlePresident Obama Didn't Know He Was Being Used By Samsung
President Barack Obama wasn't in on Samsung's efforts to use his "selfie" with Red Sox player David Ortiz to promote its phones.A White House official confirmed to Business Insider Tuesday that Obama...
View ArticleThese Goofy-Looking Reptiles Ruled The Skies For Millions Of Years
The first non-insect animal to evolve powered flight wasn't the bird, but a fuzzy reptile called the pterosaur. These animals ruled Mesozoic skies for 150 million years, soaring above the dinosaurs....
View ArticleMicrosoft Built A Human-Size Piano To Show Off A Brand-New Version Of Windows
Microsoft is working on a new version of Windows for the next big trend in computing, known as the Internet of Things, it announced Wednesday at its Build conference in San Francisco.The Internet of...
View ArticleAlmost 2 Tons Of Cocaine Seized Off Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN (Reuters) - A 1.8 ton cocaine shipment worth an estimated $50 million that was thought to be destined for the U.S. market was seized off the coast of Puerto Rico, federal authorities said on...
View ArticleYou Can Play More Than 100 Games On Amazon's Set-Top Box
Amazon's new set-top box, the Fire TV, is more than just a streaming-TV device.It will also play video games. Amazon has its own gaming studio that's developing games, but big companies, such as EA,...
View ArticleRetiring Vanguard Bond Guru: Rising Interest Rates Don't Have To Kill Bond...
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Rising Rates Aren't Necessarily Bad For Bond InvestorsĀ (Vanguard)With interest...
View ArticleThe Top 10 David Letterman Top 10 Lists [VIDEO]
David Letterman will announce his retirement from "The Late Show" after 20 years on tonight's taped episode.Perhaps Letterman's greatest late-night show legacy is his nightly Top 10 lists. In honor of...
View ArticleA Woman Was Allegedly Frozen Alive In A Morgue After Being Declared Dead, And...
Maria de Jesus Arroyo's case is the stuff of nightmares: Her family alleges the 80-year-old woman was still alive when she was put in a hospital morgue after suffering from a heart attack.A California...
View ArticlePeak Birth Month And Latitude Are Incredibly Closely Linked [CHART]
Humans think they are special: That we can just breed whenever we want and nine months later pop out a baby. But that doesn't seem to be completely true.Birth rate varies by the time of year with one...
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