These incredible images show how Wall Street traded before the Bloomberg...
These incredible images show how Wall Street traded before the Bloomberg terminal.Join the conversation about this story »NOW WATCH: Watch Yellen explain why the Federal Reserve decides to raise rates
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The fascinating life of Google founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page (GOOG, GOOGL)
Larry Page is one of the most powerful people in the world.The quirky, soft-spoken computer scientist cofounded Google and now runs its parent company, Alphabet. So how did he get to where he is today?...
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It might not have been an iceberg that sunk the Titanic after all
The INSIDER Summary:• A journalist who spent over 30 years researching the ship believes that criminal negligence was at play.• According to him, a fire was raging inside the ship's hull for weeks, and...
View ArticleAfter his presidency, George Washington became a whiskey tycoon and owned the...
After finishing his presidency and returning to his Mount Vernon estate, George Washington started a short-lived but extremely successful whiskey distillery. Follow BI Video: On TwitterJoin the...
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The rise, fall, and comeback of the Chinese economy over the past 800 years
China's economy led its European counterpart by leaps and bounds at the start of the Renaissance.China was so far ahead, in fact, that economic historian Eric L. Jones once argued that the Chinese...
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17 people who accomplished incredible things at a shockingly young age
Picture a wunderkind.The names of tech giants like Mark Zuckerberg, Evan Spiegel, Steve Jobs, and Bill Gates tend to come to mind when we're thinking about people who achieved extraordinary success at...
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17 photos of the stunning inaugural ball gowns worn by first ladies over the...
While we still don't know all the details of what's in store for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration day, it has been confirmed that there will be three official inaugural balls, along with the...
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The youngest pope in history was a tween who ruled 3 separate times in his life
The INSIDER Summary• The youngest pope ever was Benedict IX.• He likely became pope when he was 12.• The church was marked with political instability — he became pope three separate times.HBO's new...
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How video games became a $100 billion industry
Before the heroics of Super Mario and Lara Croft captured our imaginations, video games were primarily used on an academic basis.In the 1950s, scientists built the first video games as instructional...
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The 11 most scandalous popes in history
For centuries, the Catholic Church has elected a pope to don an intricate hat and lead the religion's 1.27 billion adherents across the globe. But not all of the church's 260-odd popes have been models...
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A visual history of Nintendo's video game consoles
Nintendo’s future is almost here. It’s called the Switch, and, true to its name, it blurs the line between home console and portable gaming machine.We can’t say how good it'll be just yet, but on...
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One of the most famous political writings of all time was really a fruitless...
The term "Machiavellian" isn't a compliment. That's largely thanks to Niccolò Machiavelli's famous 16th century political treatise "The Prince."The work looks at statecraft through a realpolitik lens,...
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The only thing certain about bitcoin is its volatility
Bitcoin (ticker: BTC) has been around since late 2008 but it only started making the news in early 2013. It is a crypto currency and a payment system; its main advantage being that transactions are...
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Lager made with the 133-year-old yeast that forever changed beer is...
For a long part of humanity's history, beer was more than an after-work or weekend beverage. In many years and in many cultures, going back to at least the construction of the pyramids of Egypt, daily...
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Amazing images of Tokyo before it was a city
Before Tokyo matured into the gleaming, dense city it is today, it was a small fishing village called Edo.Now home to over 13 million people, the Japanese capital has changed dramatically since its...
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The history of the Navy SEALs, America's most elite warriors
Of all the special operations forces within the US military, none are as famous as the Navy SEALs. Responsible for such historic actions as the killing of Osama bin Laden, the SEALs are one of the US's...
View ArticleScientists have linked the deaths of three US presidents to the same...
Many historians will tell you it was pneumonia that killed President William Henry Harrison. The popular belief is that he developed the infection after catching a cold while delivering his...
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4 rituals from the philosophy of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius that will make...
Grit. Resilience. Mental toughness. We hear a lot about them these days. But maybe we shouldn’t. Why?Because there have been good solutions to the underlying problem for about, oh, 2,000 years. The...
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The 9 biggest marches and protests in American history
On January 21, approximately 200,000 people will convene in Washington, DC to stand up for gender equality after Donald Trump's inauguration. The effort will extend internationally with sister marches...
View ArticleThere's a $10 million precious stone hidden in plain sight at Grand Central
Grand Central Terminal is one of the busiest train terminals on earth, with more than 700,000 people coming through the doors every day. Whether they're traveling or simply visiting the beautiful New...
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