This One Stat Shows How Kale Has Exploded In The US
Kale consumption in the U.S. has skyrocketed in recent years.The number of farms harvesting the leafy green plant more than doubled from 954 in 2007 to 2,500 in 2012, according to Department of...
View ArticleThe US Just Can't Catch Up To Europe On This Important Measure
One of the most important measures of public health is also one of the most depressing to contemplate: the percentage of a country's children who die before reaching their fifth birthday.Reducing child...
View ArticleCHART: Browns Hope Johnny Manziel Will End Their Awful Quarterback Record
With the drafting of Johnny Manziel in the first round of the NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns are hoping to end the worst streak of starting quarterbacks in the league.Since 1999, 20 different...
View ArticleGitHub Women Miss The Founder Who Resigned After Explosive Harassment...
At an event Thursday honoring women in technology, we spoke to a half-dozen women who work for web-hosting service GitHub and asked them about the controversy embroiling their company.A little over two...
View ArticleThis Year Has Been Kind Of Boring For Markets, And That's Probably A Good Thing
Sign up here »FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. Sign up here » Nothing Is Happening (Josh Brown)Markets have been...
View ArticleFAA: US Airways Plane Nearly Collided With Drone
A U.S. Airways regional jet was nearly involved in a mid-air collision with a drone while flying over the Florida panhandle, The Wall Street Journal reports.According to the paper, an American Airlines...
View ArticleRemember When Computers Wore Dresses?
More than a century before "Her," computers with human voices wore dresses and had relationships with men.Yes, computers used to be people who computed or calculated complex mathematical processes. Men...
View ArticleNintendo Apologizes For 'Disappointing People,' Still Won't Include Same-Sex...
Nintendo issued an apology today about not including same-sex couples in its new life simulation game called "Tomodachi Life."But it will still launch the game in June without any changes, according to...
View ArticleRio's 2016 Olympic Preparations Are So Bad, The IOC Considered London Instead...
The preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are so far behind schedule that London was reportedly considered to re-host the games in the same venues used in 2012, according to the...
View ArticleFord And Chrysler Issue Recall For Total Of 1 Million+ Vehicles
US automakers Ford and Chrysler recalled on Friday hundreds of thousands of vehicles, most of them in North America, to fix faulty software and mechanical problems.The two companies, in separate recall...
View ArticleFacebook Is Killing Its Snapchat And Instagram Knockoffs
Today, Facebook finally made a move people have been expecting for some time.After nearly a year and a half in the App Store, the company finally killed off Facebook Poke, its failed attempt to cut off...
View ArticleThe Geekiest Tech Tweets Of All Time
Whether or not you think Twitter will ever be mainstream, it is still a hot forum for techies.A new startup goes public, and the Twitter world goes crazy. Apple leaks and Google acquisitions crowd the...
View ArticleUS Marine Harrier Jet Crashes In Arizona
A U.S. Marine Corps pilot escaped serious injury after his Harrier jet crashed south of Phoenix, Arizona, ABC 15 is reporting.The jet went down around 1:25 p.m. local time in an unpopulated area, The...
View ArticleJeff Bezos Gave A Rare Speech To A Bunch Of Elementary School Kids
Jeff Bezos is the founder and CEO of Amazon, but that's not his only job. Bezos is also a father. In an incredibly rare speaking engagement, Bezos went to the school of one of his children to give a...
View ArticleMeet The Family Of Four Who Lives Well On Just $14,000 Per Year
Danielle Wagasky, a stay-at-home wife and mother of two, has managed to stretch $14,000 a year to cover her family's needs for the past five years. That's less than a third of the $50,000 median...
View ArticleWe Uncovered The Mystery Behind The Pyramid That's On The Back Of Every...
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View ArticleApplebee's Is Making 3 Drastic Changes To Bring Back Customers
Applebee's is known for being generic. The restaurant's sales are down for the third consecutive quarter, reports Venessa Wong at Bloomberg Businessweek. Now, executives are "hitting the reset button"...
View ArticleHow Young People Can Get Rich Slowly
Today's young people can retire comfortably with $1 million in the bank. All it takes is starting early, spending 15 minutes a year rebalancing their portfolio, and avoiding financial professionals who...
View ArticleUber CEO Travis Kalanick Is So Competitive, He Once Ranked No. 7 In The...
Ten thousand London taxi drivers are planning a strike next month to protest the rise of Uber, the app that lets private drivers charge for rides, reports Bloomberg. Protests and controversies are...
View ArticleHere's Why One CEO Asks Job Candidates To Drive His Car During The Interview
Some hiring managers ask oddball questions during the interview; others may test your skills or knowledge on the spot. One CEO will go a step further and ask you to drive his car.The New York Times'...
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