Daylight-saving time is dumb and we should get rid of it
Steel yourself: It’s nearly time to turn our clocks forward an hour for the start of daylight-saving time (DST). This arcane and terrible ritual officially starts on March 13, 2016. At 1:59 a.m. on...
View ArticleThe Department of Justice just asked the ‘sheriff of Wall Street’ to resign...
Among the 46 US attorneys appointed by President Barack Obama asked to resign on Friday by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, one name seemed at least slightly curious: Preet Bharara, the US attorney for...
View ArticleA hedge fund with big-name backing has suffered another blow
Folger Hill Asset Management, a hedge fund backed by Leucadia, has suffered another blow. Rayne Gaisford, the director of risk management, left in recent weeks and plans to work in consulting,...
View ArticleAlphabet’s crazy balloon experiment has a new CEO after the last one only...
Project Loon, the high-flying internet-delivering balloon subsidiary of Alphabet’s X semi-secret skunkworks, has a new CEO after the previous one only lasted about six months, reports Bloomberg’s Mark...
View ArticleThe Army just opened an investigation into allegations of nude-photo-sharing...
The US Army has opened an investigation into allegations that some active-duty soldiers may be involved in the online sharing of nude photos of their colleagues, Business Insider has learned. The...
View ArticleUber employees are about to get their bonuses, and all eyes are on how many...
One of Uber’s biggest assets is about to face a stress test that will expose the extent of the damage the company has suffered after being shaken by a string of scandals. Uber will distribute annual...
View Article‘No foundation in fact’: Russian billionaire issues first response to...
Russian billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev “catergorically” denied through his adviser on Friday that he had ever met President Donald Trump, amid questions over why Rybolovlev had flown into cities where...
View ArticleThe man behind a bold new movie exposing Scientology was physically...
Since the release of Alex Gibney’s Emmy-winning documentary “Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief” and the A&E series “Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath,” fascination over...
View ArticleTop Trump confidante admits to speaking privately with Guccifer 2.0, an...
President Donald Trump’s former campaign adviser and longtime confidante Roger Stone said he exchanged private messages with a hacker implicated in a massive cyberattack that targeted the Democratic...
View ArticleDeze Rolls Royce Ghost is voorzien van bijna €100.000 aan leuke extra’s
Het bericht Deze Rolls Royce Ghost is voorzien van bijna €100.000 aan leuke extra’s verscheen eerst op Business Insider.
View ArticleAn intruder who claimed he is a ‘friend’ of Trump’s was arrested at the White...
An intruder carrying a backpack entered the White House grounds and was arrested by U.S. Secret Service agents at an entrance near the president’s residence, CNN reported on Saturday morning, citing...
View ArticlePENCE: ‘The Obamacare nightmare is about to end!’
Vice President Mike Pence delivered a strong endorsement Saturday morning of the GOP’s replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act, which was introduced earlier in the week by House Republican...
View ArticleThere’s a new ‘most dangerous’ man in global economics
On Monday, the head of the White House’s National Trade Council, Peter Navarro, laid out the objectives of his trade agenda in a speech before the National Association of Business Economists. The...
View ArticlePreet Bharara, the ‘Sheriff of Wall Street,’ is fired by Trump after refusing...
Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York – commonly known as the “sheriff of Wall Street” – was fired by President Donald Trump on Saturday after refusing to tender his...
View Article‘Like a block of cheese with holes in it’— How Mexican cartels will subvert...
“We will build a great wall along the southern border,” President Donald Trump said this summer, months prior to his election. Since he took office in January, Trump, along with his Homeland Security...
View ArticleThomas is De Mol van 2017, Sanne wint – de sterkste en zwakste Mollen op een rij
En de Mol van 2017 is…Thomas! De ontknoping van zaterdagavond was min of meer conform de verwachtingen. Op zaterdag stond de publieke teller op de website van Wie is de Mol in meerderheid op Thomas...
View ArticleEarly Uber investor Chris Sacca was upset after sexism claims against...
AUSTIN – Shark Tank judge and early Uber investor Chris Sacca took the stage at SXSW and started handing out beers. “We’re going to do this unlike Uber. The women get them first,” Sacca said as he...
View ArticleDonald Trump just fired Preet Bharara — here’s a look at the Sheriff of Wall...
Preet Bharara, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York and an Obama-era Justice Department appointee, was fired by President Donald Trump on Saturday after refusing to submit his...
View ArticleTrump’s pledge to ‘buy American’ is nothing new
In his inaugural address on January 20, President Donald Trump highlighted the goal to “buy American” as one of the central tenets of his administration. “Buy American” is not a new idea, however....
View Article‘How is that fair?’: ABC anchor grills top Trump official over Republicans’...
ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday grilled the new director of the Office of Management and Budget over Republicans’ plan to replace the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. In an...
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