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Jay Yarow

Jay Yarow

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Ex-ESPN superstar Bill Simmons is partnering with publishing platform Medium for his new site

Simmons is an online pioneer. He started his own blog before people knew what blogging was in the l…

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This is an amazing 'Game of Thrones'-Donald Trump mash-up

We have no idea where this came from, but it's amazing. Or as Donald Trump might tweet, "Fun!"(Via …

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An Arab billionaire shares his explosive views on Obama, Iran, ISIS, and what falling oil prices will do to the Middle East

Anonymous Arab Investor: Ah, here we have to separate. Egypt benefits tremendously because Egypt im…

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Twitter shares are jumping on news that Marc Andreessen and Silver Lake thought about buying it out

I don't know if anything is active, and a spokespeople for Andreessen Horowitz and Silver Lake decl…

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A former conservative activist has a fascinating explanation for the Republican Party's implosion

Free market economics. The financial crisis, the Wall Street bailout and the auto bailout all happe…

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Apple is trying to change its story and it will not work

We started breaking out services, as you know, in the beginning of fiscal year 2015. And as that bu…

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LIVE: Apple earnings!

The numbers should hit at 4:30 PM east coast time, and the call starts at 5 PM. We will have the nu…

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HERE COMES THE BIG ONE: Apple reports its most important earnings in a long while

As long as Apple's revenue isn't worse than expected, the stock price should be OK. Plus, Apple man…

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This data point explains (in part) the conundrum of the global economy

In 1990, the top three automakers in Detroit had among them nominal revenues of $250 billion, a mar…

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Here's how your life changes when you win a Nobel Prize, according to a Nobel Prize winner

Anyway, after talking to him for a bit, I asked him what was the biggest thing that changed in his …

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'BLOOD IN THE WATER' - 90% of the billion dollar unicorn startups are in trouble

Those terms can be ok for entrepreneurs as long as the company continues to be a rocket ship. Faceb…

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RAY DALIO: There is no longer any engine to drive global growth

Traditionally, the United States was a world locomotive. In other words, when it began its growth t…

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Donald Trump is 'pure propaganda for groups like ISIS,' says the son of a terrorist involved in the 1993 World Trade Center attack

Last month, Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton stirred controversy when she claimed that the t…

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I just did a simulation of life as a refugee, and it was a terrifying experience

I did the simulation. It was not even 1% of what a refugee actually experiences, but it was enough …

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UNBOXED: The Davos swag bag!

This is is my first time attending, but as executive editor of Business Insider, I am a media leade…

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SPOTIFY: We had 'our fastest subscriber growth ever' in the second half of 2015

On the flip side: Apple announced early on that it had 11 million people trial Apple Music. And now…

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GE's head of marketing on why nearly all its TV ads run during live events, and the future of native advertising

Boff: I don't know that we've ever gotten to the point where we've greenlit something that isn't ab…

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You should love what you do, not do what you love

I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to fin…

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The $75 pillow from startup Casper is not worth the price

Macy's has pillows from $10 up to $200, giving you a wide array of options and pricing. But it feel…

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Apple is going to have a tough year

Relative to Apple's excellence at hardware, it is not good at software and services. Think about th…

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Why the Eagles fired Chip Kelly

Here's a somewhat goofy, but important thought experiment: If an Eagles fan were to go to a store t…

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Former stripper gives her theory on why Wall Street men go to strip clubs

"The reason why Wall Street guys party so hard is because they're not happy with their jobs," she e…

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Steve Jobs had a harsh but funny comeback when an engineer once asked why Apple paid so little

Doll just got his check from that settlement. He tweeted that his check works out to roughly $1,000…

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Here's how much money best-selling author David Sedaris makes each year

During the podcast, Sedaris talked about doing book signings. At his signings he gives people a lot…

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Awesome illustration shows how Elon Musk's SpaceX had the biggest launched and landed rocket in history

On Monday evening, Elon Musk's space exploration company SpaceX made history with orbital rocket la…