Another US Navy Officer Suspended Over Bribery Scandal Involving Prostitutes
The US Navy said Thursday it has suspended a captain in connection with a bribery scandal that has already ensnared several other officers on allegations of corruption.Captain David Haas, 45, was...
View ArticleKEN FISHER: The 'Naive' RIA World Is At Risk Of Being Exterminated By...
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.KEN FISHER: The Naive RIA World Is At Risk Of Being Taken Over By Broker-Dealers...
View ArticleRed Sox Players Are Auctioning Off Their Beards For Charity
Baseball fans in search of that special memento of the Boston Red Sox's 2013 World Series triumph can bid on David Ortiz and Shane Victorino's "Beard Balls" in an eBay auction for charity.Men's...
View ArticleGoogle Is Reeling In Android Developers To Create Google Glass Apps
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Google...
View ArticleThe Man Allegedly Behind The Silk Road Drug Site Is Also Accused Of Plotting...
Ross Ulbricht is the 29-year-old man arrested last month for allegedly running Silk Road, a website that sold everything from illegal drugs to guns.Last week, he was denied bail when the prosecutors...
View ArticleMAP: The Top College Destinations In America
The American Institute of Economic Research just released its College Destinations Index, which ranked the best college towns in the country based on their academic environment, quality of life, and...
View ArticleHow Teens Use Snapchat
When news broke that Snapchat decided to pass on a cool $3 billion from Facebook for acquisition of its here-and-gone photo app, we initially couldn't put our fingers on why.There was the idea that it...
View Article20-Year-Old Tweeted '2 Drunk 2 Care' Before Allegedly Causing Deadly Car...
A 20-year-old Florida woman apparently tweeted "2 drunk 2 care" just hours before allegedly causing a car crash that resulted in two deaths, Miami New Times reports.Kayla Maria Mendoza was driving the...
View Article$4 Billion Is The New $1 Billion In Startups
Music streaming company Spotify just raised $250 million at a $4 billion valuation. That sounds high, but $4 billion seems to be the magic number for today's biggest startups. Recent valuations have...
View ArticleWhy Dumping Wes Welker Was A Colossal Miscalculation For Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick's decision to let Wes Welker leave and replace him with the younger Danny Amendola was one of the most interesting personnel moves of the offseason.Since Belichick is such a genius...
View ArticleVANGUARD: Investor Behavior Is The Same As It Ever Was
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.Investor Behavior Is The Same As It Ever Was (Vanguard Advisors Blog)The...
View ArticleREPORTS: Katie Couric Is Leaving ABC For Yahoo After Being Personally Wooed...
Katie Couric is leaving ABC News for Yahoo after being personally wooed by Marissa Mayer, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Couric joined ABC News less than three years ago, taking a $40 million deal...
View ArticleInside The Spy Plane That Was At The Center Of Kennedy's Cuban Missile Crisis
At the time of the Cold War, Russia had nothing that could shoot the U2 out of the sky. Even their MiG jets had a ceiling 10,000 feet below the U2's gliding altitude.One pilot said they'd buzz around...
View ArticleAn Australian McDonald's Has Been Blasting Opera Music To Drive Away Teen...
A McDonald's restaurant in Australia is using opera music to repel loitering teens.The fast-food restaurant in Mount Annan, Sydney has been blasting opera and classical tunes on outside speakers during...
View ArticleWe Played The Xbox One And PlayStation 4 — Here's Which One We Liked Better
Click for sound:Please enable Javascript to watch this videoWe have the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One— the two next-gen consoles that everyone will be clamoring over this holiday season.So, which one...
View ArticleFacebook Ad Performance Is Up, But Direct Response Marketers Haven't Caught On
The performance of Facebook ads improved significantly over the past year, according to a study from Adobe that looked at 130 billion ad impressions and 400 million unique visitors on the social...
View ArticleTyson Foods Drops Pig Farm Over Video Of Alleged Animal Abuse
Tyson Foods has dropped its contract with an Oklahoma hog farm after an animal rights group said it videotaped alleged abuse at the farm.The graphic video, which activist group Mercy For Animals posted...
View ArticleAmazon, eBay, And Wal-Mart — The Big Three In Mobile Retail, And What They're...
KEY POINTSMobile has played a huge role in cementing the dominance of what we're describing in this report as the Big Three e-commerce retailers, Amazon, eBay and Wal-Mart. Mobile-only users account...
View ArticleHow Marissa Mayer Once Convinced This Exec To Work At Google
While finishing up her studies at Stanford, Jess Lee, now the CEO of fashion website Polyvore, received an engineering offer at Intuit that she was planning on taking.That is, before she got a call...
View ArticlePrince Harry Lands In Antarctica For Trek To The South Pole
Britain's Prince Harry arrived in Antarctica on Friday ahead of a gruelling trek to the South Pole with injured troops.The 29-year-old royal landed at Novo airbase, near the coast of the frozen...
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