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Stephen Colbert featured an interview with Florida's "vampire" role playing Republican congressional candidate Jake Rush on the "Colbert Report" Thursday. Colbert introduced the segment by referencing Business Insider's ...

On Sunday, New Yorkers will crowd onto a King Street in Tribeca and dance for hours in daylight to remember DJ Larry Levan, a former de facto leader of underground nightlife. The party is sponsored by Red Bull Music Acad...

Apple's iTunes service long dominated digital music sales, but the period of digital downloads is coming to an end and Apple is still without its own streaming music product. That's why it looks poised to buy one

Online videos ads are one one of the fastest-growing ad mediums, far outpacing growth in spending on television and other digital formats. Correspondingly, online video ad viewership exploded in 2013, reaching over 35 bi...

Thomas Piketty's new book, Capital in the 21st Century, which examines the nature and forecasts the consequences of wealth and income inequality has shot to the top of the best-seller's list since its release here in the...

    No matter how many times you have visited Walt Disney World for vacation, these Disney hacks for adults will make you forget about those long lines and overpriced food.  Leonard Kinsey has been visiting the park f...

Panic of 1792—Wall Street’s First Crash In late 1791, a former Treasury Department assistant and later speculator and businessman William Duer conspired to corner U.S. securities.  Duer and his co-conspirators borro...

The scope of Cannes Lions will grow this year with a wave of new participants from Silicon Valley, Hollywood and other sectors, says Philip Thomas, CEO of the Festival in this video interview with Beet.TV taped earlier t...

After Jadeveon Clowney was selected first overall by the Houston Texans in the draft, Michigan full back Joe Kerridge got a hilarious text from his mother. Kerridge's mother was quick to remind her son about Clowney's no...

With the American recovery gathering pace, South Korean stocks could be worth a look. The post South Korean stocks: a bet on global growth was first published on MoneyWeek.

The latest class of signatories to the Giving Pledge – the billionaires’ commitment, started by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, to give away half of their fortune during their life or upon their death – ...

McDonald's is adding a new twist to its french fries at select restaurants in Northern California and St. Louis, Missouri. The burger chain has begun offering seasoning packets in three flavors — Garlic Parmesan, Zest...

The profile of success in the real estate crowdfunding industry is accelerating. Realty Mogul, a leading player in the realty crowdfunding arena, was able to obtain $9 million in Series A funding in March 2014 to expand ...

Genetically modified foods have been around for years, but most Americans have no idea if they are eating them.

Colorado raked in nearly $22 million from marijuana taxes, licenses and fees in the first three months of recreational pot sales, according to state Department of Revenue data released Thursday. Sales of recreational mar...

When you’re sixteen, people want to help you, teach you and mentor you. But by the time you’re eighteen the world expects too much and offers too little, thinks David Fagan, the founder of a summer camp for teenage e...

BI Answers: How many days can a human survive without water? We can't live on air and sunshine alone. The human body needs food and water to survive.  A human can go for more than three weeks without food (Mahatma Gandh...

Ron Burkle does not want to lose to the Kalisman Kid -- twice. The billionaire investor's Yucaipa Cos., while barred from engaging in a proxy fight with Jason Taubman Kalisman's...

India's Mahindra comes up with a practical, Made-In-USA solution to urban congestion

The world's fair, Expo Milano, is already gearing up for its 2015 season. The theme of the upcoming fair, which is held every two to three years, is "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life," and the USA pavilion will focus ...

Public assistance recipients haven't gone without criticism. They've been compared to "wild animals" by political candidates, scrutinized for simply buying seafood -- as "The Daily Show" humorously pointed out -- and wou...

Uber has found another way to have more charges with child seats. Now, for $10, customers can bring along their kids.