5 Other Brilliant Stunts By The Guy Behind 'Dumb Starbucks'
Americans were obsessed Monday with the sudden appearance of a store called "Dumb Starbucks" in Los Angeles this weekend. It turns out Nathan Fielder — the deadpan comic behind the wildly popular and...
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Here's The House GOP's New Debt Ceiling Plan
House Republicans late Monday night unveiled a new plan of action on raising the nation's debt ceiling, one that ties a hike in the debt limit to a restoration of full pension benefits for some...
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These Are The Companies That Will Dominate The Post-Banner Advertising World...
Investment banker Terence Kawaja of LUMA Partners passed along his latest chart on the ad tech world.This chart looks at the world of native advertising, which is a hot topic right now. Over email,...
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This 28-Year-Old High School Dropout Has Now Sold Two Startups For $190M
Last week, LinkedIn announced that it was acquiring a cool young startup called Bright.com for $120 million. As we previously reported, this sale was a two-in-a-row hit for one of its co-founders,...
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Wednesday Is Going To Be Big For The Bank Of England
Markets are gearing up for Wenesday's inflation report from the Bank of England. Mark Carney, BoE governor, is expected to present modifications to the forward guidance framework used to guide monetary...
View ArticleThe Facebook-Publisher Dynamic Is Becoming Clearer
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These Maps Show Which Areas Of The Country Have The Biggest Carbon Footprints
It's no secret that the U.S. is one of the biggest carbon emitters around. Households in the U.S. alone are responsible for 20% of greenhouse gas emissions, even though they account for just over 4% of...
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Woody Allen Denies Sexual Abuse Claims In Revealing '60 Minutes' From 1992
Woody Allen's recent New York Times essay isn't the first time he's publicly gone on the record to deny daughter Dylan Farrow's allegations of sexual abuse.In 1992, at the height of the initial media...
View ArticleRogue Signs To Simplify Subway Transfers Appear Around NYC, MTA Promises To...
New signs in New York City subway stations are making transferring between lines faster, but they're not the work of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which promises it will take them...
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A Former SEC Chair Is Selling His Gorgeous 218 Acre California Ranch For...
Former SEC Chair Harold Williams is selling his modern California ranch for $15.9 million according to the WSJ.It's designed by the architect who also designed the Getty Museum, Michael Palladino. They...
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Here's The MVP Guest List For Tonight's White House State Dinner
The White House has released the guest list for Wednesday night's State Dinner in honor of French President Francois Hollande. Per usual, the guest list has some big names. Here are some of the more...
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These Afghan Child Refugee Photos Will Break Your Heart — And Maybe Just Give...
Associated Press photographer Muhammed Muheisen, 33, has spent three years capturing the daily lives of impoverished Afghans who dwell in an enormous refugee camp in Pakistan. Through portraits of...
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Here Are All The Republicans Who Voted To Avoid A Potential Economic Calamity
The House of Representatives voted narrowly and in lopsided fashion to pass a "clean" suspension of the nation's debt ceiling on Tuesday.Only 28 Republicans joined all but two Democrats in supporting...
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Netflix Is 'Training' Its Recommendation System By Using Amazon's Cloud To...
Frequent Netflix users rejoice: Netflix is working on a new technology that should make its recommendation engine much better. The goal of the technology is to stop recommending movies based on what...
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AOL CEO Tim Armstrong Declines To Take Questions At Women's Conference
At the Makers Conference in Southern California on Tuesday, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong took the stage. But it wasn't to discuss any "distressed babies" that landed him in hot water recently.In fact, he...
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Bob Costas Tells Matt Lauer He Has To Take Over Because His Eyes Are So Bad...
Bob Costas called Matt Lauer this morning while he was on air to tell him he needed him to fill in for the primetime Olympics coverage tonight.Costas said that his eyes were so bad that he could barely...
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Want To Work For Dropbox? Try Answering Some Of These Tough And Quirky...
The hot cloud storage company Dropbox made headlines earlier this year when it landed a massive $250 million round at a $10 billion valuation.With jaw-dropping numbers like that and rumors of a cool...
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Microsoft Explains Why Bing Offered Oddly Limited Search Results To U.S....
Censorship watchdogs have grown concerned that Microsoft Bing could be filtering its Chinese-language search results for people in the U.S. in much the same way it censors the Internet inside of...
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Mercedes Reveals The Wildly Luxurious New Coupe That Takes Curves Like A Pro...
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the 2015 S-Class Coupe, and it's very exciting. On top of great looks inside and out, the two-door version of the German automaker's flagship sedan is chock full of...
View ArticleHere's The Funny Gay Rights Ad That Has Olympic Lugers Furious
A popular Canadian ad promoting gay rights at the Olympics has hit a nerve with some American lugers, reports the New York Times.Released last week by The Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion,...
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