Markets In Asia Are Getting Shredded — Japan's Down 3%
Markets are open in Asia, and they are deep in the red.Japan's Nikkei is down 2.9%.Korea's Kospi is down 1.4%.Australia's S&P ASX is down 1.4%.This follows an ugly U.S. trading session where the...
View ArticleIn 2 Charts, Here's Why An Emerging Markets Crisis Would Be Worse Than Ever...
In recent weeks, we've seen a rout in emerging markets as investors have been pulling out of stocks, bonds, and currencies in these regions.Many EM countries rely heavily on external financing to...
View ArticleWe Went To An Exclusive Event For The Programmers Behind Wall Street's Top...
A couple years ago, Chris Bartlett— a partner at buyside quant shop/high frequency firm Nobilis Capital—started hosting parties to bring the quant community together. These semi-annual parties are...
View ArticleSamsung Is Holding A Big Event February 24 — And It Could Be For The New...
Samsung just sent the press invitations to an event on February 24 at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.We don't know for sure what Samsung will announce, but there's a very good chance it's...
View ArticleMaps Show How London Tube Service Will Be Shut Down By Workers' Strike
London is bracing for the impact of a major strike by transit workers that began this evening, and will shut down most of its metro system until Friday morning.Transport for London, which runs the...
View ArticleGMO: We're Stuck In 'Purgatory Of Low Returns'
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors.GMO's James Montier Says Investors Need Recognize That They're In "The Purgatory...
View Article5 Secrets To Building A Successful Startup Team
Entrepreneurs know that for every startup success story, there are thousands more that never make it out of the garage.Even startups that manage to raise millions in seed funding can crash and burn...
View ArticleYouTube Has A Music Industry Problem
Social Insider 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.YOUTUBE'S IN...
View ArticleNintendo Wants To Be Like Apple
Nintendo might not be bringing its games to iOS, but that certainly doesn't mean that it's not looking at Apple's operating system for some inspiration.In a Q&A session with investors, Nintendo...
View ArticleMAP: The States With The Most Olympic Gold Medals
California is the most athletic state in the country, Wisconsin punches above its weight, and Florida is slacking.That's what we discovered when we made these maps of Olympic gold medals by state.Using...
View ArticleFox News Beat Even ESPN In Ratings Last Week
The State of the Union and Super Bowl week proved fruitful to Fox News. For the first time since the week of the Boston Marathon bombings last April, the network finished No. 1 in all of cable among...
View ArticleIn A Record Year For Exonerations, This Bar Owner Has One Of The Most...
A report out Tuesday on America's record-high number of exonerations in 2013 includes a disturbing story of a bar owner who spent three years in prison for a "crime" that never happened.Joseph Awe,...
View ArticleHere's What JP Morgan Private Bank Is Telling Its Millionaire Clients As The...
2013 was an excellent year for U.S. stocks, but 2014 has already gotten off to a volatile start.Some warn of a correction while others say the stock market could still rise this year.More recently...
View ArticleThis Mythical Map Of The Internet Is Brilliant
Amateur graphic designer Martin Vargic creates anything but amateur-level work. We recently stumbled upon his incredible "Map of the Internet 1.0," a rendering of what the Internet might look like if...
View ArticleCalifornia Mom Shocked After Her Prisoner Son Was Secretly Transferred 800...
This past July, a nurse named Danielle Rigney left her house at 2 a.m. to drive several hours to visit her son, Solomon, in a Jamestown, Calif. prison, where visiting hours started at 6.Danielle and...
View ArticleSome Stock Markets Actually Rallied In January
January was a rough month as turmoil in the emerging economies appeared to cause world markets to come down.Stocks, bonds, currencies... it seemed like everything but U.S. Treasuries tumbled.But that's...
View ArticleMicrosoft's New CEO Satya Nadella Is Known Internally As The Guy Who Cuts...
The Microsoft rank and file are cheering the appointment of Satya Nadella as the new CEO, not because he's safe, but because he isn't, one former Microsoft employee who worked for Nadella told Business...
View ArticleThis Animated Weather Map Is The Coolest Thing You'll See Today
You've never seen a weather map quite like this before.This supercomputer-powered site, called simply "earth," takes global weather mapping to a whole new level. Software developer Cameron Beccario...
View ArticleRed Hot Chili Peppers Respond To Reports They Faked Their Super Bowl Performance
Sunday's Super Bowl halftime show featured a performance by Bruno Mars, who was later joined by the Red Hot Chili Peppers — but some ultra-observant fans noticed something a bit strange during the rock...
View ArticleHere's How To Watch Bill Nye's Debate With Creationist Ken Ham Tonight
The day is finally here! Bill Nye is debating creationist Ken Ham tonight at 7 p.m. EST. At 8:45 p.m. there will be a Q&A session with the debaters. You can watch the debate streamed live on...
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