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Business Insider

# business-insider - Saturday 13 April, 2013

Maturity This post contains videos

# business-insider - Sunday 31 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Amazonazing This post contains images

Here are 10 things you never knew about the world’s largest online retailer

Not bad for a company that started out in its owners garage.

# business-insider - Sunday 17 February, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Birthday

How birth date affects future success

Researchers in the US have made further connections between when you are born within the academic year and the chances of dropping out of school.

# business-insider - Monday 8 October, 2012

From TheJournal.ie US 2012

Obama mocks his own debate fiasco

The US president took a shot at his own performance against Mitt Romney (in a very backhanded fashion).

# business-insider - Wednesday 22 August, 2012

From Business ETC Euro Crisis

Major French bank predicts next moves for Europe

Ahead of crunch talks between major country leaders and 6 September ECB meeting, Société Générale economist has some predictions: including possibly unlimited ECB bond-buying.

# business-insider - Wednesday 18 July, 2012

Committed This post contains videos

VIDEO: A day in the life of Lolo Jones

The American Olympian is the subject of a stylish little featurette.

# business-insider - Thursday 5 July, 2012

From Business ETC Gadgets This post contains images

21st Century Gadgets. Which are the most important so far?

Yeah, Apple features quite heavily.

# business-insider - Saturday 26 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Cyber Crime

Identity theft no longer top reported cyber crime in US

If you think you’re being emailed by the FBI… you’re probably not.

# business-insider - Saturday 19 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge Walled Off This post contains images

In pics: Part of the Great Wall of China most tourists never see

Two hikers share their trip on unrestored part of the Wall which has since been closed for safety reasons.

# business-insider - Sunday 13 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Fear Factor

10 tips on overcoming fear

Author Robert Greene has written books on how to gain power and keep it – this is how he thinks you can overcome fear…

# business-insider - Friday 11 May, 2012

From TheJournal.ie US

Bristol Palin slams Obama for listening to daughters on gay marriage

Sarah Palin’s daughter says US president took advice from teens who watched “one too many episodes of Glee”.

# business-insider - Saturday 5 May, 2012

From Business ETC Economy

MAP: How the world economy changed in one month

The Purchasing Managers Index watches the performance of services and manufacturing – and shows the eurozone and the US are still deep in recession…

# business-insider - Saturday 28 April, 2012

From Business ETC Productivity

Long before Google, the Soviets also had ’20 per cent time’

Productivity and employee motivation drove both ideas – but how come one worked better than the other?

# business-insider - Saturday 7 April, 2012

From The Daily Edge Liar Liar

Former detective reveals how to tell when suspects are lying

Stacy Dittrich, author and ex-US police detective, has a few pointers…

# business-insider - Tuesday 27 March, 2012

From Business ETC Gadgets

Well, it turns out that whole ‘iPad gets too hot’ thing was a bunch of crap

PCWorld tests show it’s no worse than Android tablets, and possibly not as hot as some laptops.

From Business ETC Muppets

VIDEO: FunnyOrDie’s peek into Goldman Sachs’ boardroom

Featuring some Muppets. Real Muppets.

# business-insider - Monday 5 March, 2012

From Business ETC Windows 8

Confused about the new version of Windows? Here’s everything you need to know

What’s new in Windows 8? And how come there’ll be two different types of OS for tablets? Business Insider explains.

# business-insider - Saturday 25 February, 2012

From Business ETC Time Out This post contains images

12 crazy activities these CEOs do in their spare time

Elephant-hunting? Jousting? Ukelele-twiddling? Maybe the stress is getting to them…

# business-insider - Sunday 22 January, 2012

From TheJournal.ie Sleep Tight

Infographic: Why you should get more sleep

Your health, your mood and your sex life are all affected if you don’t catch enough shut-eye.

# business-insider - Monday 2 January, 2012

From Business ETC Jobs This post contains images

11 things you should never put on your CV

Looking for a job in the new year? Then take our advice and make sure not to put these on it…

# business-insider - Friday 16 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie China This post contains videos

What happens when you try celebrating Christmas in a religious way in China (video)

Christmas is getting very popular in China – but the officials are not happy with ‘outdoors events of a religious nature’.

# business-insider - Sunday 11 December, 2011

From TheJournal.ie In The Frame This post contains images

Incredible images in National Geographic 2011 Photo of the Year contest

Over 20,000 photos are competing for the top prize of $10,000 for Photo of the Year.

# business-insider - Saturday 10 December, 2011

From Business ETC Opinion

Column: Why business execs shouldn’t read the Steve Jobs biography

Business Insider reporter Kim Bhasin on why the business world can look up to Steve Jobs – but shouldn’t necessarily want its top people to be emulate him.

# business-insider - Friday 9 December, 2011

From The Daily Edge Gaudy This post contains a poll

The tackiest car in the world: yours for €8.2m

It has a 14-carat gold interior and the wheel nuts are studded with rubies – would you be seen driving this?

# business-insider - Sunday 27 November, 2011

From The Daily Edge Iq Matters

11 uncomfortable facts about how your IQ affects your life

How does your IQ affect your life? From holidays to junk food, we take a look at the latest theories.

# business-insider - Wednesday 23 November, 2011

From Business ETC Belgium

Belgium: Things are getting worse by the minute

A Belgian reader emails his take on the latest worrying developments there – and what action the country’s political leaders need to take.

# business-insider - Thursday 22 September, 2011

From Business ETC Italy

What you need to know about proposed Italian copyright law

Silvio Berlusconi’s party wants anyone ACCUSED – by anyone – of breaking copyright to be banned from the internet…

# business-insider - Tuesday 28 June, 2011

From Business ETC Greece

Olli Rehn: There is no Plan B to avoid Greek default

EU Commissioner says Greece has to pass its austerity package because the future of Greece “and financial stability in Europe are at stake”.

# business-insider - Wednesday 22 June, 2011

From Business ETC IPhone

Can’t wait for the iPhone 5? Here are some early details

Also: here’s why the iPhone 5′s release was delayed until September…

# business-insider - Thursday 28 April, 2011

From Business ETC Amazon

Amazon’s cloud crash disaster permanently destroyed many customers’ data

Last week’s web services crash yet to be fully explained by the internet giant.

# business-insider - Friday 15 April, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Good News

The poorest countries in the developed world…

…Ireland is NOT in the list. Phew.

# business-insider - Tuesday 8 March, 2011

From Business ETC House Prices

The 12 most overpriced housing markets in the world

The Economist has compiled a list of the world’s most overvalued homes. And, yes, Ireland made it onto the list…

# business-insider - Monday 7 March, 2011

From Business ETC Business Insider

Business Insider comes clean about its business model

More hand-wringing is devoted to the future of news than just about any other problem in the world – including real ones. Business Insider’s Henry Blodget tries a bold and potentially dangerous experiment: he comes clean about the model behind his business.

# business-insider - Friday 4 March, 2011

From Business ETC Default

Ireland among 18 countries deemed ‘most likely’ to default

List compiled using data from Bloomberg and market analysts CMA Datavision features all the usual suspects – including Ireland.

# business-insider - Thursday 3 March, 2011

From Business ETC Oil

Here’s what happened last time ECB rates rose in an oil spike

Chart showing impact of rate increase in July 2008 might not inspire confidence in European banking body employing same tactic this year.

# business-insider - Wednesday 2 March, 2011

From Business ETC Oil

Ernst and Young warns of oil price rise impact on Ireland

Report also says if oil price hits $150 a barrel, at least one eurozone country will default and trigger a recession for the whole region.

# business-insider - Tuesday 22 February, 2011

From Business ETC World Markets

Political unrest takes toll on world markets

Markets fell in Asia and the euro took a hammering today amid market certainty about impact of continuing political unrest in Libya.

# business-insider - Wednesday 16 February, 2011

From Business ETC Madoff

Bernie Madoff gives first prison interview

Man sentenced to 150 years for major financial fraud for operating a massive Ponzi scheme claims banks knew what he was doing.

# business-insider - Monday 14 February, 2011

From TheJournal.ie Valentines

Four essential questions to spot a weirdo on the first date

The questions you should to ask to help you discover key information about your date.

# business-insider - Wednesday 26 January, 2011

From Business ETC Currency

Is the dollar poised for a crash?

US stock analyst Richard Russell claims the dollar has lost all stability and is about to crash.

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