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Monet Painting That Belonged To Reclusive Heiress Sells For $27 Million
Earlier this week, Christie's spring art auctions sold $286 million worth of Impressionist and modern art — and most notably, Monet's "Nymphaes," part of the artist's water lilies series.A Christie’s...
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Nintendo Explains Why It Won't Allow Gay Relationships In Its New Simulator Game
Nintendo says that it won't allow players to choose gay relationships in "Tomodachi Life," an upcoming 3DS game that's similar to "The Sims" and "Animal Crossing." "Nintendo never intended to make any...
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Amazon Is Attacking A Potential Trillion-Dollar Industry And No One Ever...
For all the attention focused on Amazon's new TV-streaming device and expanding selection of Prime Instant TV and movies, the company's next big money-maker could be something scarcely talked about and...
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Watch Oprah Winfrey's First 1983 Audition Tape
Before Oprah Winfrey became the $2.9 billion media mogul she is today, the TV personality started her career in local news.Oprah recently explained her career trajectory, saying, "There have always...
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Military Personnel Reveal Amazing One-Liners From Drill Instructors
Members of the military are bonding over their service and taking time to reminisce about harsh words from their drill instructors in an entertaining new Reddit Military thread.The thread started with...
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Candy Crush Declines, King Goes Flat (KING)
King Digital, the company behind Candy Crush, had a rough day. The stock was down 13.4%, putting it at $16.25 per share. The stock was priced at $22.50 when it IPO'd. It started off as a relatively...
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CHART OF THE DAY: The History Of Quick 10-Year Treasury Yield Rallies
For the last 20 years, interest rates have been tumbling in what's been an epic bull market in bonds.But even on the way down, we experienced many short-term interest rate rallies."Since 1966, the 10yr...
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Air France's Awesome New 'La Premiere' Suites Come With Massage Seats And...
Air France's new "La Premiere" luxury suite is the latest contender in the ongoing battle for luxury supremacy in the skies.The new luxury suites will be available for the first time this September...
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Christie's Is Using YouTube And Instagram To Advertise For Its Next Big Art...
Christie's has a storied history of blockbuster art sales that date all the way back to the 18th century. But the auction house is taking a decidedly different direction with "If I Live I'll See You...
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There's A 'Game Of Thrones' Reference Hidden In John Oliver's HBO Show Set
The set for John Oliver's new HBO show "Last Week Tonight" contains famous landmarks from New York and Egypt to a ficitonal land from another HBO series.According to Slate, during a Q&A session...
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Tesla Will Probably Break Ground On Its First Gigafactory Next Month, But...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday evening he hopes to break ground on the company's first Gigafactory as early as next month, but that the company is still deciding where to do so.In the firm's Q1...
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LinkedIn Wants To Build Several Massive New Offices In Mountain View
LinkedIn has plans for some massive expansions.The social network teamed up with a developer to submit proposals to Mountain View, California, city officials for multiple office buildings that could...
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A Startup That Wants To Totally Reinvent Mobile Search Just Won TechCrunch...
After three days of startup demos at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, Vurb walked away with the Disrupt cup.Vurb's mission is to make mobile web browsing a whole lot easier by connecting and compiling relevant...
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The GOP's Latest Anti-Obamacare Talking Point Just Went Down In Flames
Last week, the Republican-led House Committee on Energy and Commerce released information claiming only 67% of enrollees in insurance exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act made their first...
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CHART: It Took The 49ers And Redskins A Lot Of Draft Picks To Find Their...
As usual, much of tonight's NFL Draft will focus on which teams will draft the top quarterbacks, such as Johnny Manziel, Blake Bortles, and Teddy Bridgewater.Based on recent history it appears that...
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Why Sister Cities Matter More Than You Think
On consulting firm A.T. Kearney's 2014 Global Cities Index, we were surprised to see that number of sister cities accounted for 2.55% of a city's total score — with Shanghai leading in this metric with...
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The Trick The NFL Uses To Make Sure Roger Goodell Doesn't Screw Up A Draft...
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will announce all 32 first-round picks in the NFL Draft tonight.It's an easy job. The only way to screw it up is by mispronouncing a player's name as he walks to the...
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The Internet Is Obsessed With Maps — Here's Why It's Gone Too Far
The internet is obsessed with maps. They're used to convey everything from prison populations to regional economies to every state's favorite college. But they aren't always the best way to explain...
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This 'Crazy House' In Germany Was Built Upside Down [PHOTOS]
This is one of the more unusual tourist attractions we've seen — a house that was built completely upside down in Affoldern, Germany.Reuters has photos of the house, which took six weeks to build and...
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You Can Bike To Work In This Awesome Suit
If you cycle to work, there are usually two options: walk in with a stretched-out and rumpled suit, or quickly sneak into a bathroom to change out of your Livestrong spandex.Now, there's a third...
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