Carl Icahn Told Us His Take On Piketty — And Trust Us, It Isn't Like Anybody...
Everyone is talking about "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," the deep dive into inequality written by economist Thomas Piketty, using a seemingly endless parade of data from countries all over the...
View ArticlePeople Waited For Hours To Get Inside New York City's First Cat Café [PHOTOS]
New York's first "cat café" may have only stayed open for a weekend, but by all accounts it was a big success. The pop-up coffee shop in Manhattan's East Village hosted 21 adoptable cats alongside a...
View ArticleHere's The Supercar That Can Get From Chicago To LA On A Single Tank
Boutique British automaker Trident has just introduced its new 395 horsepower, $161,000 Iceni Magna supercar. On the surface, the figures for the Iceni seem fairly ho-hum for a supercar. However, they...
View ArticleHere's How Facebook's Programmatic Buying Technology FBX Works
Facebook Exchange (FBX), the first-ever social media real-time bidding exchange, allows Facebook to marry its targeting capabilities and incredible reach with first-party and third-party data on what...
View Article3 Things Managers Do That Make Their Employees Want To Quit
The best managers have a few things in common. They're confident; they possess great leadership skills; they're active listeners; and they respect others.And, as it turns out, there are some common...
View Article10 Reasons Chick-fil-A Is The Best Fast Food Chain In America
Chick-fil-A is the best fast food chain in America. The chicken joint won the "best overall" category in Business Insider's Fast Food Reader's Choice awards. Chick-fil-A, which is planning a massive...
View ArticleSupreme Court Hears Case That Could Open Up 'Every American's Life To The...
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a huge privacy case that will determine whether the cops can search the digital contents of your cellphone without a warrant.The case involves a San Diego...
View ArticleThe NBA World Reacts To Donald Sterling Getting Banned For Life
The NBA banned Donald Sterling for life for making racist comments during a taped phone conversation.People in and around the NBA were quick to react. Here's what some of the biggest names had to...
View ArticleThe Credit Myth That Just Won't Die
Raise your hand if you've heard that you shouldn't ever close your oldest credit card.The logic behind this piece of misguided advice seems sound at first: The average age of your credit lines affects...
View ArticleThis Is The Instagram Photo That Sparked Donald Sterling's Racist, Blow-up Fight
Clippers owner Donald Sterling just got banned from the NBA for racist remarks he made over a recorded conversation.The conversation, which was first published by TMZ, was captured by Sterling's...
View ArticleIncredible Heat Map Shows Where Tornadoes Strike The US Most Often
This insane heat map shows the areas of the U.S. where the weather is ripest for creating tornadoes. The data shows the average number of tornado watches per year between 1993 and 2012. The orange and...
View ArticleThis Software Can Write A Grade-A College Paper In Less Than A Second
If you've ever been stumped when trying to write the perfect college entrance essay, rest assured. Scientists have created software than can generate a near-perfect paper in less than a second.Les...
View ArticleThe Co-Founder Of Reddit Is Raising Money To Place A Net Neutrality Billboard...
Reddit co-founder and serial entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian is raising money to put up a billboard advocating for net neutrality in Washington, DC — "the FCC's backyard."Ohanian has used this approach in...
View ArticleAdam Silver Nailed It On The Donald Sterling Scandal
Two months after he took over as NBA commissioner, Adam Silver hit Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling with the most severe penalties ever given to an NBA owner.Coming into the day, everyone...
View ArticleHere's What You Should Know About The Young Actress Just Cast In 'Star Wars:...
You may not know Daisy Ridley's name now, but you will soon. The young British actress was just cast in a mystery role in "Star Wars: Episode VII."Disney and Lucasfilm announced the official cast for...
View ArticleFacebook Solved One Of The Biggest Problems With The Apps On Your Phone (FB)
Facebook announced a new developer product called App Links today that lets app developers easily link content between apps together.Think of it this way: A lot of times links within apps take you to...
View ArticleTrack From Sunday's Alabama Tornado Visible In Satellite Images
A violent tornado touched down in Arkansas on April 27, 2014, killing as many as 15 people. The top image, acquired on April 28 by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s...
View ArticleFacebook Launches Anonymous Logins (FB)
Facebook will soon let people log into third-party mobile apps anonymously, Mark Zuckerberg announced at F8 this afternoon. Right now when you log into an app with Facebook, the app developer collects...
View ArticleCome Hear The World's Largest Buyer Of Digital Ads At IGNITION: Future of...
Hear about the future of marketing from the man who oversees the world's largest digital media spend.Rob Norman, Chief Digital Officer at GroupM, will join us on Thursday, June 12, at the New York...
View ArticleHere's Why China Is About To Become The World's Biggest Economy — Even Though...
For as long as we can remember, economists have tried to project a time when China would overtake the U.S. to be the world's largest economy.In 2012, the OECD projected that Chinese GDP would overtake...
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