Why Polyvore Employees Give Away Their Bonuses
If someone gave you $500 to spend on your colleagues, what would you buy them?At online shopping site Polyvore, that's not a hypothetical. To cultivate company culture, CEO Jess Lee instituted a simple...
View ArticleThis Photo Of The Obamas' Dog Can Legitimately Be Called Epic
Sunny Obama, the second Portuguese water dog the Obamas adopted in August, was part of a minor incident in which she caused a 2-year-old White House guest Ashtyn Gardner to fall over.Sunny jumped up on...
View ArticleThe First-Ever Christmas Tree At Rockefeller Center Was Pretty Pathetic [PHOTO]
The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree will be lit tonight with hundreds of thousands of spectators in attendance and performances by Ariana Grande, Leona Lewis, and Toni Braxton.The first Rockefeller...
View ArticleHow Bernie Madoff Cheated His Clients Even After They Died
Nothing dogs a good ponzi scheme like the death of a client. But for Bernie Madoff's henchman, all you had to was (allegedly) draw up a new account.Bloomberg's Erik Larson was on the scene for the...
View ArticleOne Major Screwup Could Get The Guardian In Trouble Over Snowden Leaks
Lately a lot of the Edward Snowden-inspired NSA spying revelations haven't really blown insiders away — after all, spies are paid to spy.Regardless of which camp you seem to fall into (Team Edward/Team...
View ArticleMalcolm Gladwell Explains Why He Never Roots For The Underdog
In his new bestseller, "David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants," Malcolm Gladwell looks at what happens when ordinary people confront powerful opponents.He starts the...
View ArticleMeet The World's Wealthiest Bachelors
The world's wealthiest men had to meet one important guideline to qualify for a new ranking of billionaires: they had to be single. Wealth intelligence firm Wealth-X analyzed the assets of the...
View ArticleAlleged Drug Dealer Said He Had Photos Of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Doing 'Heroin'
New court documents released Wednesday link Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who infamously admitted to smoking crack last month, to another hard drug — heroin, CTV news reports.The court documents detail...
View Article10 Competitive Jobs That Everyone Wants But Hardly Anyone Gets
One of the biggest job stresses is having to fight with competitors and coworkers for clients, commissions, and recognition.Rather than focusing on your own work, highly competitive fields force you to...
View ArticleCloud Computing Guru Marc Benioff Offered To Fix Healthcare.gov For Free And...
It's no secret that the White House called in a bunch of Internet gurus from big U.S. tech companies to help them fix the floundering HealthCare.gov website.But they could have gotten a lot more help...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: People Watch A Lot Of TV
Despite a lot of chatter about the coming death of TV, for now, it's quite healthy.In fact, new data from Nielsen, via All Things D, shows that we're watching more TV than ever.How we're watching is...
View ArticleHere's How The Fiscal Cliff Deal Screwed Over The Poor
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is out with a report today on the distribution of federal taxes and it shows how low-income Americans were hurt by last year's fiscal cliff deal.In 2010, the top...
View Article400,000-Year-Old Hominin DNA Throws Everything We Know About Human Evolution...
Four-hundred-thousand-year-old human remains found deep in the Pit of Bones— a cave 43 feet under the ground in northern Spain — could hold the secrets of our origin. For now, however, the first...
View ArticleTipping Less Than 20% Will Make You Seem Cheap
When it comes to tipping waiters, 15% no longer cuts it.That's according to a new study from data provider PayScale, which finds that the typical American leaves tips of more than 19% for wait staff....
View ArticleRe-Watch The Amazing Moment Nelson Mandela Gave His Famous Cape Town Speech
Former South African president Nelson Mandela died today at the age of 95.In 1990, the anti-apartheid activist and first black president of South Africa delivered this famous speech in Cape Town after...
View ArticleConnecticut Girl Finds 2-Inch Nail Baked Into Cookie From Panera Bread
A Connecticut mother was horrified to find a two-inch nail in her daughter's Panera Bread cookie. The seven-year-old girl bit into her pastry and felt something hard, police told NBC4. The culprit was...
View ArticleA 21-Year-Old College Student Is About To Become The Youngest Member Of The...
Tulane University senior Jeramey Anderson turns 22 on Friday — the same day he will be sworn into the Mississippi House of Representatives, making him the youngest member of the legislative body.The...
View ArticleWatch Nelson Mandela's 'I Am Prepared To Die' Speech, Which Put Him In Prison...
In June 1964, Nelson Mandela was convicted of sabotage for his role as an ANC activist against the former apartheid regime of South Africa, in which only white people were allowed to vote. Mandela had...
View ArticleHere's The Infamous 1962 Document Committing Mandela To Prison
Former South African president Nelson Mandela died today at the age of 95.Mandela led an incredible life, which included a 27-year incarceration.This is the document that committed Mandela to prison on...
View ArticleHow The CEO Of HubSpot Attracts And Retains Millennial Talent
At age 25, Brian Halligan moved to Hong Kong and started an Asian branch for the small startup he was working for.That business grew to around 400 employees incredibly fast, Halligan tells Adam Bryant...
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