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I waited my whole life to go to Bali. Now I wish I had kept waiting.
Business Insider - 11 Jan 2020 18:43
Meagan Drillinger for Business Insider For years, I had a vision of Bali in my mind as a sparkling, pristine paradise with empty stretches of beach. I finally visited the Indonesian island last year, and it turned out th...
Wells Fargo Struggles With Aging Systems
Wall Street Journal - 11 Jan 2020 12:30
Banking giant Wells Fargo, known for its stagecoach logo, has struggled with modern technology, hampering important businesses and making it harder to satisfy regulators' demands.
Are You Worthy of $1 Billion?
Forbes - 11 Jan 2020 15:00
Imagine right now, that without changing anything, you receive $10 into your account every month for the rest of your life.
Embattled ex-Boeing CEO walks away with $62.2M
New York Post - 11 Jan 2020 05:24
The Boeing CEO who was ousted last month for the company's botched response to two crashes and the grounding of its best-selling plane will walk away with $62.2 million, the company disclosed Friday. Boeing said, however...
Google parent's top lawyer quits amid sexual misconduct probe
New York Post - 11 Jan 2020 04:51
Alphabet's top lawyer announced he is leaving the company he helped build amid an investigation into his relationships with other staffers. David Drummond, the 56-year-old chief legal officer of Google's parent company, ...
Google Ventures founder Bill Maris blasts outgoing chief legal officer David Drummond as 'the laziest man in America' (GOOG, GOOGL)
Business Insider - 11 Jan 2020 02:49
Google Ventures founder Bill Maris said David Drummond, Alphabet's outgoing chief legal officer, is the reason he left the company. "What people called him inside of Google was 'the laziest man in America,'" Maris told B...
Casper's Tough IPO Sell: Convincing Investors That It Owns Sleep
Forbes - 11 Jan 2020 01:48
Online mattress brand Casper has filed for an IPO. To win it needs to convince investors that it owns the sleep category, and that's a tough sell.
Iranians marched in fiery protests to demand Ayatollah Khamenei's resignation after officials shot down a commercial plane
Business Insider - 11 Jan 2020 22:36
Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images Thousands of protestors flooded the streets of Tehran to demand the resignation of the country's leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Demonstrators had first turned up for a vigil f...
Two empty-nesters bought an abandoned farm in Pennsylvania for $220,000. They've spent nearly 2 years and $150,000 renovating it -- here's what it looks like now.
Business Insider - 11 Jan 2020 16:37
DeWitt Paul In 2018, DeWitt and Jean Paul moved from their home in Las Vegas to an abandoned, 31-acre farm in Pennsylvania that they bought for $220,000. The property includes six structures: two small barns, a large bar...
Here's how Tesla went from Elon Musk's infamous $420 tweet to being worth almost $500 per share (TSLA)
Business Insider - 11 Jan 2020 16:28
AP Photo/Jae C. Hong In August 2018, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted that he had secured funding to take Tesla private, at $420 per share — a goofy reference to pot-smoking culture. The tweet prompted an SEC investigation ...
The wedding beauty trends every bride should know in 2020
Business Insider - 11 Jan 2020 16:05
Viktoriya Dikareva/Getty Images Wedding beauty trends differ from day-to-day styles, as most brides are going for a distinct look on their specialday. Insider spoke to Shelley Brown, a senior fashion and beauty expert at...
Market Snapshot: Should stock-market investors start worrying about inflation?
Market Watch - 11 Jan 2020 16:00
Wage growth has been trending downward, but analysts warn to stay vigilant toward inflation.
RANKED: The 21 cheapest holiday destinations in the world for 2020
Business Insider - 11 Jan 2020 14:32
FredP/Shutterstock Post Office Travel Money's annual Holiday Money report has been released, and it shows how far your money could go depending on where you travel this year. Based on data from national and regional tour...
2020: Our meatless, cashless, city-less future
Venture Beat - 11 Jan 2020 20:25
We're at the beginning of a decade that will redefine society -- our cities, our economies, how we eat, travel, and how we identify ourselves.
Jeffree Star announced his break up with longtime boyfriend Nathan Schwandt and revealed family tried to sell the story first
Business Insider - 11 Jan 2020 19:53
Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage Beauty mogul Jeffree Star dropped a bombshell YouTube video on Saturday confirming rumors that he and his longtime boyfriend Nathan Schwandt had broken up. Star had been absent on socia...
Carlos Ghosn Skipped Bail. This Man Was Left Behind.
The New York Times - 11 Jan 2020 19:03
The former Nissan executive remains in Tokyo, awaiting a trial on criminal charges that he helped Mr. Ghosn hide his compensation.
NewsWatch: The S&P 500 is now more overvalued than ever, per this measure
Market Watch - 11 Jan 2020 16:00
A less looked at measure of stock market valuation shows why the S&P 500 is pricier today than during the dot-com bubble.
The Trump administration is putting America's diplomats in serious danger
Business Insider - 11 Jan 2020 15:40
AP Photo/Alex Brandon The recent events at the US embassy in Iraq underline the danger faced by US diplomats abroad. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo applauded the US response after supporters of...
WWE Royal Rumble 2020: Stars Whose Careers Could Go To The Next Level After The Show
Forbes - 11 Jan 2020 13:00
The Royal Rumble is the first WWE pay-per-view event of the year, and it provides a platform that can elevate the chosen stars to a new level.
How This Former Elementary School Art Teacher Launched A Multi-million Dollar Startup
Forbes - 11 Jan 2020 19:35
Patty's journey from elementary art teacher to the CEO of a thriving online business is compelling
How Stern Pinball and Stranger Things are thriving on nostalgia
Venture Beat - 11 Jan 2020 18:45
Stern Pinball has built its whole pinball machine business on nostalgia, and so it's no surprise that its next pinball table is based on Stranger Things.
A Public Company CEO In The Making
Forbes - 11 Jan 2020 17:21
Evan Reiser is following a narrow path to a distant future as a public company CEO, with the help of the Silicon Valley machine.