Family Of Inmate Who Made 'Deep, Snorting Sounds' After Execution Sues Drugmaker
The family of an inmate who reportedly made "deep, snorting sounds" for roughly 10 minutes after getting a lethal injection has sued the company that made the drugs, the Associated Press reports.Dennis...
View ArticlePR Company Says It Was Demonized By The World's Biggest Internet Encyclopedia
A few months ago, Wikipedia's parent entity, The Wikimedia Foundation, set about "condemning the black hat practice of paid advocacy editing and sockpuppeting on Wikipedia,"it said in a press...
View Article14 Surprising Negotiating Tricks To Boost Your Salary
Negotiating your salary at a new job or with your current employer can be incredibly nerve-wracking, particularly for people who haven't done it before.It's a necessary activity, however, since...
View ArticleThis World Map Shows The Enormity Of America's Prison Problem
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View ArticleA Complete History Of Quantitative Easing In One Chart
This chart illustrates the complete history of the Federal Reserve's quantitative easing program, along with Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius's forecast for how "QE3" will be wound down."The...
View ArticleVC: Criticism Of The Super-Rich Is Like Nazis Going After The Jews
Tom Perkins, the founder of venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, wrote a letter to the editor in today's Wall Street Journal in which he compares criticism of the rich to the...
View Article11 Extremely Successful People Share Their Best Productivity Hacks
Most of us have had those days when we've come in to work, been confronted by a massive to-do list, and had no idea how to get it all accomplished.For people running large organizations, that can be...
View ArticleDRONES: Commercial Drones Are Becoming A Reality, With Huge Impacts For Many...
Not too long ago, when most people heard the word “drones,” they thought of unmanned military aircraft engaged in highly controversial clandestine operations. But when Jeff Bezos announced that Amazon...
View ArticleA Classy Way To Admit Your Startup Is Dead
Chris Poole created the insanely popular and infamous message board site 4chan way back when he was only 15. Since then, he's launched a company called Canvas, which he pivoted into a drawing-based art...
View ArticleHere's A Chart Of Interest Rates Going Back To 3000 BC
The chart below, one of a number of excellent long-term charts put together by @Macro_Tourist, shows interest rates going back to 3000 BC.A PDF with more charts as well as the one below can be found...
View ArticleThis Heat Map Reveals The Secret To IKEA's Store Design
In our recent tour of IKEA's store in Brooklyn, we kept thinking back to a 2011 lecture from Alan Penn of the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture.Penn and his assistants analyzed IKEA's layout by...
View ArticleAlmost All Of Recent Economic History In One Chart
Here's a fantastic chart that basically explains all of economic history.It was tweeted out and annotated by James Plunkett and it's based on a chart from inequality economist Branko Milanovic.What it...
View ArticleBAD OMEN: Birds Attack Peace Doves Freed From Pope's Window
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Two white doves that were released by children standing alongside Pope Francis as a peace gesture have been attacked by other birds.As tens of thousands of people watched in St....
View ArticleThe Complete Guide To Using Quotation Marks Without Looking Like An Idiot
Our language needs quotation marks. Without them, we couldn't know who said what to whom or even what they meant.Unfortunately, using them can prove tricky. Quotations marks appear in both double and...
View ArticleEL-ERIAN: These Are The People And Institutions That Shaped The Way I Think
Mohamed El-Erian is resigning from his positions as CEO and Co-CIO of PIMCO, the California-based fund giant with over $1.9 trillion in assets under management.El-Erian, a Business Insider contributor,...
View ArticleFamed Tech Investor Says Yes, I Meant It When I Said Critics Of The Rich Are...
Tom Perkins, the founder of one of Silicon valley's most venerable venture capitalist funds, has again suggested that people who criticize the wealth inequality between those working in the tech...
View ArticleJoe's Crab Shack Made One Change That Turned Around Business
A few years ago, Joe's Crab Shack was in trouble. The chain had split off from parent company Landry's Restaurant Inc. and was closing under-performing stores. Today, Joe's Crab Shack has pulled off a...
View ArticleHere's Ray Dalio's Advice For Investing In The Market Cycle We're In Right Now
After speaking on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ray Dalio joined the folks at CNBC this morning. In his interview, he explained where things stand in the global economy right now, and...
View ArticleThink Beijing's Famous Smog Is Bad? Delhi's Is Worse [PHOTOS]
China's smog — which routinely engulfs major cities like Beijing and Shanghai— is notorious, and it's recently reached "danger levels." But the the smog in New Delhi, The New York Times reports, is...
View ArticleBank Of America Is Reportedly Being Investigated For One Of The Oldest...
Regulators are investigating Bank of America for front running its clients' large trading orders, according to documents reviewed by Reuters reporters Karen Brettell and Aruna Viswanatha.Front running...
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