The 10 Greatest Empires In History
History's greatest empires covered a fifth of the world, ruled hundreds of millions of people, and lasted anywhere from 100 years to over a millennium.Empire, which comes from the Latin "imperare"...
View ArticleOscar Nominees Got All Dressed Up For The Academy Awards Luncheon [Photos]
Oscar nominees like Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman gathered at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles Monday for the 85th annual Academy Awards nominations luncheon.The lunch is one of the...
View ArticlePirate Ninja Gold Miners Are Going To War With Some Of The Biggest Companies...
Mongolia is arguably experiencing the biggest gold rush of the 21st century—yet large swaths of its population remain extremely poor.Unemployed herdsmen are among those who have turned to gold mining...
View ArticleThe Stupidest Reason In The World To Sell Your Stocks
Many commentators are freaking out about a new Barron's headline celebrating the arrival (actually return) of the Dow Jones Industrial Average passing 14,000.We'll refrain from singling any one out.But...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: Answer These 14 Questions To See What Kind Of Wall Streeter You...
Want to know where you're supposed to work at Goldman Sachs?There's an app for that. And a quiz, too.The investment banking giant has just released its recruiting iPhone app and new careers quiz to...
View ArticleIs It Just Me, Or Does This iPad Mini Keyboard Cover Look Ultra Sleek And...
Keyboard covers for iPads are nothing new.But something about this one from Logitech, for the iPad Mini, seems truly sleek and modern.Maybe it's just the constraints of the form factor – all those keys...
View ArticleIt's Pretty Stunning How Many Billion Dollar Startups There Are Now
Venture capitalists and investors are continuing to pour money into startups. In fact, there is a vast number of startups that are worth billions, The New York Times' Quentin Hardy reports."An...
View ArticleHow I Survived Five Months In South America With Just $2,500 In The Bank
Looking back at my career, the most important decision I've made so far –– the one that would set me up for practically every job I've held over the last five years –– was to turn down a job offer...
View ArticleWall Street Traders And A Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model Partied On A...
Hundreds of young professionals, including a bunch of Wall Street traders and a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, partied last night at a swanky rooftop hotel in downtown Manhattan.It was all for...
View ArticleCan You Remember What Super Bowl Ads These Huge Celebrities Starred In?
This Sunday, advertisers tried to pull out all the stops for their $4 million 30-second Super Bowl commercial slots. That often meant shelling out even more money to secure a huge celebrity to star in...
View ArticleSee The View From The Tops Of The World's Tallest Skyscrapers
It seems like every year architects and engineers push boundaries and shatter records to erect the new tallest building.The Burj Khalifa was named the tallest building in the world in 2010 at 2,717...
View ArticleThe Best Companies For Women Who Want To Get Promoted Quickly
Women make up half of the workforce, yet they're still hugely underrepresented on corporate boards. "There must be cohesiveness on the board to get the work moving forward," Carol Evans, CEO of the...
View ArticleMORGAN STANLEY: These Are The 7 Best Stocks In America
Morgan Stanley's Adam Parker is one of the most bearish strategist on Wall Street. He expects the S&P 500 to fall to 1,434 by the end of the year.But this is not to say the firm doesn't expect...
View Article40 Horrible Fast Food Fails
Fast food companies serve millions of Americans every day. With all the food that busy workers serve, stuff is bound to go wrong sometimes. We searched Reddit and other websites to find the most...
View ArticleThe 10 Most Expensive Cities In The World
Tokyo is back on top as the most expensive city in the world, according to new data from the Economist Intelligence Unit.In the company's new worldwide cost of living survey, the Japanese city has...
View ArticleThese Airlines Charge The Highest Fees In The Sky
Americans reportedly spent $6 billion on airline fees in 2012, and if this new report from Airfarewatchdog is any indication, we're only going to shell out more this year. From surcharges on...
View ArticleThe Only 4G Hotspot You Should Consider Using
Karma is a company offering a novel take on what a mobile hotspot should be.Karma's device costs $79 and offers a reasonably-priced pay-as-you-go 4G data connection with no subscription or...
View ArticleHere Are All The Changes We Hope Cadillac Makes In The Next Escalade
Last month, we spent a few days driving the Platinum version of the 2013 Escalade, the fully outfitted luxury SUV that starts at $83,540.It's a luxurious boat of a car, and was significantly more...
View ArticleAround The World People Are Preparing For Enormous Chinese New Year...
The Chinese New Year begins on February 10 and the Chinese have begun preparing for the festival at home and in Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and India. China has already begun to witness "chunyun" or...
View ArticleThe Future Of Social Commerce [SLIDE DECK]
We hosted our Social Commerce Summit on Feb. 6.To kick off the conference, our BI Intelligence team—Marcelo Ballvé, Alex Cocotas, and I—put together a deck on the current trends in e-commerce and...
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