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In between drinking some beer, playing pool with Colorado's governor and meeting some guy wearing a horse head mask, President Obama visited a bar in Denver and got asked an unusual question. "You want to hit this?" som...

Axelle Despiegelaere was just a 17-year-old from Belgium rooting for her country's soccer team two weeks ago at the World Cup in Brazil when someone took her photo in the stands and likely changed the course of her life...

Moments after the worst lost in his country's history, Brazil captain David Luiz did a TV interview on the field. Luiz, who was filling in for suspended captain Thiago Silva, has been one of the stars of the World Cup. A...

Without fail, anytime we put our iPhone earbuds in our pocket or bag they come out incredibly tangled. No matter how you lay them out or how neatly you wrap them. A couple weeks ago, Business Insider UK editor Jim Edward...

If you're looking to score an iPhone 5 on the cheap, head on over to eBay immediately. Apple's eBay store — which undercuts the prices on Apple's online store — appears to be back up, according to TechCrunch. The s...

This is a chart showing trading in a company called CYNK Technology since June 17. The stock is up nearly 25,000%. That's not a typo. The company's stock, which the folks at ZeroHedge first alerted us to, has gone from $...

Zack Brown's Kickstarter campaign to crowdfund a batch of potato salad has captured the attention—and the wallets—of the Internet. As of this writing, he's already raised $70,000 from more than 5,000 backers. The Kic...

The wealthy playboy behind American Apparel Inc.'s latest crisis isn't ousted Chief Executive Dov Charney. It's a London financier named Lyndon Lea.

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Satellite TV provider says merger would harm competition, especially in broadband.

USS America, the newest amphibious assault ship built at Ingalls Shipbuilding, is scheduled to leave Pascagoula on Thursday.

AbbVie said that it had increased its bid to acquire the Irish drug maker that had rejected its previous takeover offer. The new bid is about $51.6 billion.

After a court ruling, companies in the business of monitoring and managing online reputations have added a sideline of removing links from searches.

It's summer and hot, but Climate Central wants you to know that this summer is nothing compared to what awaits our warming world. They've created "1001 Blistering Future Summers," an interactive graphic showing how hot s...

Cloud storage startup Box announced that it snagged another huge customer on Wednesday. Toyota is choosing Box for its entire North America business units. Box didn't comment on how big this deal was financially, merely ...

The excerpt below comes from Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Technology Report’s recent full-length interview with Kegan Schouwenburg, co-founder and CEO of SOLS Systems. (Full disclosure: my venture firm Lux Capital is an equ...

In Ameriprise case, federal judge rules chief executive of the firm's mutual fund unit must hand over documents in lawsuit over retirement plan's use of proprietary funds.

Run a ruler over the 31 most economically significant business clusters in the United Kingdom and what do you find?

Thrillist co-founder Ben Lerer took a big risk by buying a company in a completely different industry.

Northwest Biotherapeutics, Inc.'s (NWBO) shares tanked after a private investor alluded to the fact that the company may have been running a questionable online campaign to promote its stock.

Parents and children disagree over when to sit down and discuss important financial matters          

China inflation eases slightly in June after hitting a four-month high in May