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Fans Are Saying The New Wonder Woman Costume Looks A Lot Like Xena: Warrior Princess
Business Insider - 27 Jul 2014 02:35
Saturday, Warner Bros. debuted a first look at Wonder Woman in its hugely-anticipated "Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice" movie. So far, reactions over the costume are pretty mixed. However, fans were quick to notice ...
A Korean Baseball Team Is Filling Seats With Bizarre Robot Fans
Business Insider - 27 Jul 2014 14:27
The Hanwha Eagles in Korea are doubling down on an effort to fill their seats, and doing it with some very bizarre technology. The BBC reports that the team is installing robots in some of the stadium's rows that act as ...
New York Has A New 'Millionaire Lair' For The Hard-Partying Elite
Business Insider - 27 Jul 2014 18:45
The recently-opened restaurant/lounge/celebrity hangout place Beautique has been getting a lot of buzz lately. A New York Post article by Dana Schuster dubbed the West 58th street spot "New York’s newest millionaire l...
A Miracle Rice Could Save Millions Of Lives
Business Insider - 27 Jul 2014 17:03
One of the world's great humanitarian crises has a simple cause and, some researchers argue, a simple solution. But that's where the story gets complicated. Around the world, 250 million children are vitamin A-deficient,...
Pro-Russian Rebels Are Using Soviet WWII Posters To Recruit In East Ukraine
Business Insider - 27 Jul 2014 21:52
Pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine are turning to Soviet World War II posters to spread their message of fighting against Ukrainian "fascists" in a part of the world that was flattened by Nazi troops. "The Motherland Cal...
Obama Calls Offshore Deals 'Unpatriotic' Yet Funds, Investors, Boards Jump Aboard
Forbes - 27 Jul 2014 08:21
Despite President Obama's Claim That Going Offshore Is Unpatriotic, Inverison Deals Are the Talk of Boards, Investors and Funds.
Boeing CEO sorry for 'cowering' workers remark
USA Today - 27 Jul 2014 05:56
Union official calls the comment 'a new low' in the company's relationship with workers.
10 Things Americans Have Suddenly Stopped Buying
Time - 27 Jul 2014 04:54
America is just not the clean-shaven, gun-buying, soda-drinking, Chef Boyardee-eating place it used to be
Entrepreneurs Today Don't Need A Big Budget To Start
The Huffington Post - 27 Jul 2014 02:06
It wasn't so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollar...
Are Amusement Park Rides Safe? No One Knows
Boston - 27 Jul 2014 17:50
No one knows for certain whether the rides are getting safer or more dangerous. There is no single federal agency responsible for collecting data or enforcing standards.
Formula One Drivers Do Insanely Specific Exercises To Keep Death At Bay
Business Insider - 27 Jul 2014 16:46
Not all drivers are fat and lazy. Sure, many of us will opt to drive shorter and shorter distances. After all, gas is cheap, cars are fuel-efficient, and we all already have very busy schedules. Inevitably, some of will ...
How Disruptive Start-up Co-Founders Keep Their Businesses on Track
Forbes - 27 Jul 2014 15:37
There is something of a rock star status attached to being a ‘disruptive’ start-up founder.
The Fastest- And Slowest-Growing Retailers
Forbes - 27 Jul 2014 11:03
Sellers of discretionary items dominate a new list of retail industries with the fastest sales growth over the last 12 months, according to research from Sageworks, a financial information company. Electronics and applia...
Today, Imagination Is The Most Important Business Skill. Here's Why:
Forbes - 27 Jul 2014 05:34
To unlock creativity, we need to recognize that leadership is more important than authority. It is no longer enough to dictate the ?what,? we must learn to inspire the ?why.?
How brands are completely missing the point on anonymous social site Secret
Venture Beat - 27 Jul 2014 05:00
NOTE: GrowthBeat is less than 2 weeks out! VentureBeat is gathering the best and brightest in modern digital marketing to help declutter the landscape, simplify the functions, clarify the goals, and point the way to succ...
Table For One? Winners And Losers in the Cat Lady Economy
Forbes - 27 Jul 2014 03:38
More than one quarter of the U.S. population lives alone. Per the latest census, single-person households are now the single largest segment of the U.S. population. This is a first.
21 Stunning Photos Taken By A 15-Year-Old Instagram Photographer
Business Insider - 27 Jul 2014 00:48
Ryan Parillo is regarded as a prodigy when it comes to his work behind the camera lens. The 15-year-old (yep, born in 1998) first picked up a camera at age 7, taking photos of random things around his house. He didn't ...
Goldman Sachs Downgrades Stocks To Neutral From Overweight In Short Term
IBTimes - 27 Jul 2014 00:31
(Reuters) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) downgraded its global equities allocation to neutral on a short-term basis Friday, even though the brokerage remains overweight stocks for the longer term. The firm said in...
The Argument For Obama Working With Assad Against ISIS Just Got A Lot Weaker
Business Insider - 27 Jul 2014 23:16
In the three weeks since Josh Rogan of The Daily Beast reported that some in the Obama administration advocated "a de facto alliance" with the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to fight ISIS extremists, substan...
Gun makers' exodus benefits Tennessee
USA Today - 27 Jul 2014 23:15
Rise in gun-control laws, search for new markets have manufacturers on the move.
Gaza War Rages Despite Hamas, Israel Cease-Fire Pledges
TPM - 27 Jul 2014 23:12
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel and Hamas launched new attacks Sunday in the raging Gaza war, despite going back and forth over proposals for a temporary halt to nearly three weeks of fighting ahead of a major Musli...
Beyond the Bylaws: A Clarification of Nonprofit Board Responsibilities
The Huffington Post - 27 Jul 2014 23:07
A nonprofit director's duties may be much more difficult than those of a for-profit board member. Both types of directors have the same basic duties: fiduciary responsibilities; establishing, with staff input, mission vi...