The 9 Best Insights From The Smartest People In Finance
This week actually turned out to be a pretty busy one. It started off with China telling us it grew at a 7.4 percent rate in Q3, which reassured everyone that the world's second largest economy wasn't...
View ArticleThese Old Mountain Bunkers In China Are Stark Reminders Of Two Japanese...
As tensions between China and Japan in the China Sea make headlines, it's easy to believe all the fuss is from a couple little islands atop a big pile of petroleum reserves. Maybe it is, and maybe it...
View ArticleThe 'Magic Glove' And 8 Other Ridiculous Inventions Patented By Apple
It seems like Apple gets a new patent every few days. Just on Tuesday, it won patents for a 3D remote mechanism and for a technology that allows it to detect unauthorized use of your phone, according...
View ArticleThe World's Biggest Sinkholes
A sinkhole occurs when an area of ground collapses, creating holes that can swallow up swimming pools, roads, buildings and people. The United States Geological Survey describes three different...
View ArticlePresenting The 10 Most Outrageous Ski Homes Currently On The Market
Ski season is just around the corner, and if you can afford it, it's a lot more fun to sleep in your own luxury chalet than a hotel room. You can buy a grand ski house in Vermont for a (relatively)...
View ArticleThe 27 Best Cities For Doing Business [RANKED]
New York edged out London by one point for the top spot in the annual Cities of Opportunity report by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report measures a city's comprehensive potential for business across...
View Article12 Long-Dead Brands That Are Ripe For Resurrection
There's a difference between having a good brand and having a good business. Many a beloved household name —Tower Records,or Circuit City — has ended its life inside bankruptcy court. But bankruptcy...
View ArticleThe 8 Costliest Business Decisions Of All Time
In the long history of poor management decisions made at major American companies, only a few proved to be fatal. It is hard to ruin a company with a single decision. That is especially true when the...
View ArticleThe 13 Scariest Haunted Houses In America
Haunted Houses have been making America scream for nearly 40 years, and now Haunted Houses have gone global. The haunted house industry is an American export. 100 percent made in America as haunt...
View ArticleThe World's 20 Best Wine Country Hotels
At Oregon’s Allison Inn & Spa, you can wake up to a view of Willamette Valley from your terrace, spend the afternoon sampling Pinot Noirs at local wineries, then retreat to the hotel spa for a...
View Article20 Bizarre Foreign Titles For American Films
Film is perhaps America’s greatest cultural export. That said, not every American film title translates well into other languages. To bridge the gap, foreign marketers take some very intriguing...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Late Night Dining Spots In Los Angeles
Los Angeles is a late-night city, known for its clubs and bars that hop well into the night. But what are club goers to do when its 2am and they're hankering for a snack? Hit up one of L.A.'s awesome...
View ArticleThe REAL Eurozone Crisis Is About Much More Than Debt
Europe is in crisis, and it's not just about occasional flare-ups in peripheral sovereign debt markets anymore. In fact, it's really never been about that. The European continent has for decades since...
View ArticleWe Got An Inside Look At Prisoners Training Shelter Dogs For Their 'Forever...
Paws on Parole lets inmates at Florida's Gainesville Correctional Work Camp train shelter dogs so they're ready to be adopted by the public. And, according to its coordinator Hilary Hynes, the...
View ArticleThe 8 Worst Reasons To Go To Law School
The Supreme Court's very own chief justice said this week that many Americans go to law school for the wrong reasons. "I think there are a lot of people who go to law school because they're not good...
View ArticleHow To Watch Porn At Work (And Get Away With It)
Harris Interactive conducted a poll on employee's online video habits at work. While workers are consuming your standard news clips and viral videos, the poll found that 3% of people are watching porn...
View ArticleThe Long, Ugly Downfall Of Lance Armstrong
Nike terminated Lance Armstrong's contract in the face of "insurmountable evidence" that he used performance-enhancing drugs throughout his career. Even though it seems like Armstrong's world has only...
View ArticleThe Cost Of These Everyday Items Has Spiked Over The Last Decade
Tuesday’s presidential debate touched on some massive economic issues that are affecting all Americans. The immense increase in gas prices was a crucial part of the discussion, but have other everyday...
View ArticleCool Pictures Of The Orionid Meteor Shower
The Orionid meteor shower peaked on the morning of Sunday, Oct. 21 this year. The meteors come from bits of debris left behind by Halley's Comet when it last visited Earth in 1986. When pieces of...
View ArticleThe Evolution Of James Bond Movie Product Placement
Most people can't imagine James Bond drinking anything other than his signature vodka martini (shaken not stirred). But the international man of mystery is going to be sipping Heineken, again, in the...
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