Everyone Has The Hand Sanitizer Story Wrong
There seems to be some confusion out there over a strangely simple thing: hand sanitizer.A story last week on genius door-handle hand-sanitizer dispensers brought out the commentors, some of whom...
View ArticleA Perfectly Candid Moment Of Bryan Cranston Watching His Emmy-Winning...
Tuesday afternoon we headed over to a Tribeca Film Festival panel with "Breaking Bad" actor Bryan Cranston. Near the start of the discussion, a popular clip from the Emmy-winning show was played and...
View ArticleProductivity Has Been Stalling For A Decade, And No One Has A Good...
Editor's note: Below is a Q&A with Paul Ashworth, chief North American economist at Capital Economics. This Q&A went out to subscribers of our "10 Things You Need To Know Before The Opening...
View ArticleHow ‘Indiana Jones’ Forced Hollywood To Create The PG-13 Rating
This summer marks the 30th anniversary of the popular second installment of the Indiana Jones series, "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom."However, a more important anniversary is what "Temple of...
View Article5 Things Successful Public Speakers Never Say
"Words, of course, are the most powerful drug used by humanity." —Rudyard Kipling"As speakers and presenters in the business world, we use words every day to close deals, gain funding, earn trust, win...
View Article5 Psychology Tricks In Ads That Make You Buy More Products
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View Article9 Ways To Destroy Your Credit Score
There's one thing all of us know about our credit score: We don't want it to go down.Since lenders use these three digits to evaluate our creditworthiness and determine our interest rates, losing...
View ArticleBREMMER: Russia Is Looking For Any Excuse For Trouble In Ukraine
On Sunday, Pro-Russian separatists took over regional state television in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, marking the latest blow to the new government in Kiev.The masked "activists" operating...
View Article5 Brilliant Best Friends Are All Heading To MIT Together This Fall
A group of five best friends, known as "the MIT 5," from L.A.'s Polytechnic High School are heading to Massachusetts Institute for Technology together this fall. Los Angeles Unified School District...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Vegan Restaurants In LA
Veganism is catching on. So much so that Chipotle even started cashing in on the trendy diet with its tofu-based sofritas. Ever since celebrity endorsements started pouring out about...
View ArticleThis 5-Year-Old Trading Strategy Continues To Be A Money-Maker
Stocks are slightly in the red today. The S&P 500 is down 4 points or 0.2%.This follows a six-day win streak in the markets, which saw the S&P climb 3.5% during the period.This young trend of...
View ArticleRadiumOne CEO Has Been Fired
The board of RadiumOne has fired its CEO Gurbaksh Chahal, the company announced today.Kara Swisher of Re/code was the first to report that Chahal was out.Bill Lonergan, the COO, will be RadiumOne's new...
View ArticleThis Map Answers One Of The First Questions Asked Every Time Turmoil Hits The...
The countries in the Middle East are sitting on oceans of oil and gas. So, whenever there's any news about escalating tension or turmoil in the Middle East, we can't help but wonder what this could...
View ArticleHere's How Much Money Big Tech Companies Make In One Second
We all know the major tech companies have a ton of money. But just how much money do these companies bring in everyday? How about every second? WorldPayZinc is a website that visualizes this data,...
View ArticleMcDonald's Customer Traffic Nosedive In One Chart
McDonald's customer traffic problem is getting worse.Join the conversation about this story »
View ArticleHere's How Facebook's Executive Chef Feeds 6,000 Employees Around The Globe
With a workforce of more than 6,000 employees in 48 offices around the globe, providing daily meals for Facebook employees is no small feat.Executive chef Dean Spinks oversees the menus at Facebook's...
View ArticleAn iPhone App Instantly Doubled My Reading Speed
You have to check out a speedreading app called Fastr. After I got over the learning curve (which takes about 10 minutes of use or so), it has effectively doubled my reading speed.Fastr operates on the...
View ArticleAll Of The News Stories John Oliver Mocked In His HBO Show Premiere
Former "Daily Show" correspondent John Oliver premiered his new, weekly news recap show "Last Week Tonight" Sunday on HBO.In case you didn't catch the premiere episode, here's what you missed.There's a...
View ArticleThe 10 Best Spas In America
Summer is a time to relax on the beach, drink something fruity out of a coconut, and indulge in a massage. Or two, or three.But instead of squeezing in a measly back rub between your sunbathing, why...
View ArticleThe 100 Best Brunch Spots In The US
Anthony Bourdain may have slammed brunch in his tell-all "Kitchen Confidential," but the leisurely weekend meal is starting to hit a good stride in its evolution, according to OpenTable's chief dining...
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