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Bloomberg's Reputation As A Pragmatic Centrist Is Starting To Unravel
Even when New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg receives criticism, he is regarded as "a pragmatic, apolitical, solution-oriented centrist," as Joe Nocera once described him in The New York Times.But it...
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Samsung Profit Hits Record High As Apple's Collapses
Samsung sets record-high profit for 1Q as smartphone growth continues even before Galaxy S4SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Friday its first quarter profit jumped to a record high...
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Astronomy Study Once Again Proves Albert Einstein's Genius
A pair of stars orbiting each other nearly 7,000 light years from Earth have provided more evidence that Albert Einstein's theory of general relatively is correct.Astronomers measured bursts of energy...
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South Korea To Withdraw Remaining Workers From Factory In The North
SKorea decides to withdraw remaining SKorean workers at jointly run factory in North KoreaSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Seoul said Friday that it has decided to withdraw the roughly 175 South Koreans still...
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Businesses In This Cozy Berlin Neighborhood Are Going All-In On Bitcoin
Nadim Chebli remembers well the first of his customers who decided to pay for the records they bought with virtual currency rather than cash or credit cards."I'd only just agreed to accept Bitcoins,"...
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Four Things That Make You More Motivated, Happy, And Creative At Work
Harvard’s Teresa Amabile gave office workers something very simple: diaries.Then she reviewed their ups and downs and drew connections.What she learned was extraordinary.She described the study in her...
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Mobile Phones Are Booming In North Korea, Of All Places
North Korea’s only mobile operator, Koryolink, is about to hit 2 million subscribers, its CEO Ezzeldin Heikal told diplomats and NGO workers in Pyongyang this week. Koryolink launched services in North...
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Microsoft Slapped Google Around In Court, And It's Becoming Clear Google...
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp came out on top in the first of two patent trials versus Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit on Thursday, as a federal judge in Seattle ruled largely in its...
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Just Four Companies Will Produce The Microchips On Which The Global Economy...
Making advanced microchips has always been hard. But it’s now so difficult that the number of companies with the knowledge and cash to do it is about to shrink to precisely four.The factories in which...
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Boston Bombers’ Carjacking Victim Is A Chinese Entrepreneur Named 'Danny'
The man who was carjacked by alleged Boston Marathon bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and who made a daring escape that helped lead to their apprehension, is a 26-year-old Chinese immigrant...
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Sometimes Couples Are Better Of Leaving Their Finances Separate
Years ago, merging finances after marriage wasn’t something people had to put much thought into. It was assumed that a new husband and wife would open joint bank accounts, get a mortgage in both names,...
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JOB OF THE WEEK: Senior Systems Engineer
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
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6 Signs You're Ready To Retire Early
No. 1: You are emotionally ready to quit workingBoth the big picture and the fine details of your financial and emotional states are important to consider when assessing your readiness for early...
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Former Pakistani President Admits To A 'Secret Deal' To Allow The US Drone...
The drone war may have just taken out a high value target—former President of Pakistan and Bush Administration partner in the War on Terror, Pervez Musharraf.No, he didn’t get blown to bits by a...
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How To Stop Being A Pushover At Work
Have you been asked one too many times to perform work you didn’t feel comfortable with? How about working late or coming in on a weekend? Chances are you can remember something you didn’t have the...
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UK Man Admits To Threatening On Facebook To Kill 200 US Schoolchildren
A British man pleaded guilty on Friday to making Facebook threats to kill 200 people at a school in the United States, which sparked a major security alert that saw thousands of pupils kept at...
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Credit Card Debt Isn't Only A Poor People Problem
Rumors of the spendthrift American consumer may be slightly exaggerated.Bankrate's 2013 February Financial Security Index found that a majority of consumers -- by a narrow margin -- say they have more...
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Sam's Club Vs. Costco: Which Is The Best Wholesaler For Your Wallet?
I’ve been trying to decide whether I should renew my membership to my local discount warehouse club.Now that I no longer have kids in diapers (hallelujah!) and don’t have any plans to buy a flat-screen...
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At Least 10 Hurt After Freight Train Crashes Into Bus Carrying Senior Citizens
EVANS CITY, Pa. (AP) — A freight train and a rural transit bus carrying senior citizens and people with developmental disabilities crashed at an unmarked railroad crossing Friday morning, injuring at...
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Germany's Aggressive Hunt For Tax Evaders Is Paying Off
I have long advocated that the United States should follow Germany's example of aggressive pursuit of tax evasion, in particular its practice of paying informants for account information from secrecy...
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