You can’t understand the Fintech Revolution without this report
We’ve entered the most profound era of change for financial services companies since the 1970s brought us index mutual funds, discount brokers and ATMs.No firm is immune from the coming disruption and...
View ArticleChina is walking into a trap
China is in a hairy situation.Communist Party officials are upping the risks of a "middle-income trap" after enjoying decades of rapid growth. This kind of stagnation has ensnared many countries in...
View Article'Don't Breathe' easily wins the weekend box office for a second straight week
The Labor Day weekend isn't giving us any huge hit, but don't tell Sony that.The company's genre arm, Screen Gems, is currently riding high with the horror "Don't Breathe," which is number one at the...
View ArticleMESSAGING APPS FOR PUBLISHERS REPORT: Why chat apps are now crucial for...
The top four messaging apps — Facebook's Messenger, WhatsApp, WeChat, and Viber — now claim nearly 3 billion monthly active users combined, narrowly outnumbering the combined active users on the...
View ArticleThe Brazilian billionaire who bought Heinz and Burger King could soon be able...
Jorge Lemann is behind some of America's most iconic consumer brands.The Brazilian billionaire's investment company, 3G Capital, has backed takeovers of Kraft, Heinz, Burger King, and...
View ArticleHow making a bold comment to his boss helped this startup CEO land his first...
When Rob Wiesenthal — the cofounder and CEO of on-demand-helicopter startup Blade — was a young college student, he didn't have quite the same suave, business-savvy attitude that he has today.That...
View Article10 reasons why living with a supercar in a big city is not as great as you think
Few things are better than the visceral joy you get from driving a supercar.Most car enthusiasts would jump at the opportunity to get behind the wheel of one, enticed by the big, thunderous engines and...
View ArticleParents are saving more than ever for college — and it’s still not enough
College tuition continues to rise, putting increasing pressure on parents hoping to give their children a hand in paying for school. And more parents than ever are stepping up.According to Fidelity's...
View ArticleOne of the most powerful women on Wall Street is the second person in New...
Alexandra Lebenthal, the president and CEO of municipal bond company Lebenthal & Co., has lived with essential tremor since she was 3 years old. It's made daily tasks like taking a sip of coffee a...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs thinks everyone should read these 12 books this fall
Summer is drawing to a close.Although the mornings are getting chillier, the evenings darker, and the days shorter, there's something about September that seems to signify a fresh start.If you want to...
View ArticleAirlines are charging a hidden fee that's increasing your plane ticket — and...
Few spend time analyzing the breakdown of a plane ticket.Our modus operandi is to compare ticket prices, usually through a website like Expedia or Kayak, pick whichever deal we can manage to glean, and...
View ArticleWhy one of the most successful bald men in sports regrets not shaving his...
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View ArticleThe odd history of the EpiPen, a device developed by the military that turned...
The EpiPen is the latest drug facing drug-pricing pressure.But it wasn't always this way. The injectable delivers a dose of epinephrine, otherwise known as adrenaline, to treat extreme allergic...
View ArticleWhat you need to know about Margrethe Vestager, the politician going after Apple
Margrethe Vestager is a corporation's worst nightmare.The antitrust enforcer recently ordered Apple to pay up to 13 billion euros in taxes as part of a broader crackdown on tax avoidance in the...
View ArticleForget the Model 3, Tesla needs to hurry up and make the Model Y (TSLA)
Tesla is getting closer to its ultimate goal of producing its first mass market electric car, the Model 3. But there is one glaring problem: Consumers aren’t buying sedans, they’re buying crossovers...
View ArticleThe 'titans are going to clash' in the technology and media world
It's great to be a consumer of media these days.You get more access to content and have the ability to see it across different platforms at different times.It's not necessarily great to be a producer...
View Article'Nobody is ever going to tell you': 3 theories about who killed 'The King of...
On December 2, 1993, Pablo Escobar, the wealthiest drug kingpin the world has ever seen, attempted to flee from a hideout in his home base of Medellín, Colombia, by scrambling across a neighboring...
View ArticleA rare photo of one of history's wealthiest drug lords posing in front of the...
Standing in front of the White House with his son in this 1981 photo is infamous Medellín cartel boss Pablo Escobar, also known as the "king of cocaine," one of the wealthiest drug lords in history.The...
View ArticleThe poorest workers in America are getting great news about their paychecks
If you didn't know better, then it would appear that healthcare costs are skyrocketing.The amount that the US spends on healthcare passed $3 trillionfor the first time in 2014.Obamacare premiums are on...
View ArticleMeet the brother-and-sister team behind one of the first cannabis-focused...
When Morgan and Emily Paxhia lost their father to cancer in 1996, the world was a different place."It was a rough end-of-life, as with any cancer," Emily told Business Insider over the phone. Their...
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