The Biggest Sporting Event On The Planet
Tweet Since the Champions League was rebranded and rebooted in 1992, it’s become the most watched, most lucrative sporting event in the world. It generates $2 billion in revenue, and more people will see Saturday’s final than watched this year’s Super Bowl. The monstrous soccer More...
In 1940, Hitler Thought America Was Just “Beauty Queens, Millionaires, Stupid Records And Hollywood”
Tweet “WHAT is America but beauty queens, millionaires, stupid records and Hollywood?” asked Adolf Hitler in 1940. With hindsight, this ranks as More...
Warren Buffett Trashes Higher Education, Says It’s ‘Not For Everyone’
Tweet Warren Buffett offered some dismissive words on higher education in a conversation with MBA students last month (notes provided by Market Folly). Here’s More...
The 33 Richest People In Advertising, Ranked By Income (OMC, IPG, WPPGY, HAVFP, AGSL, MDCA, PUB)
Tweet Who are the best-paid people in the advertising business? Sure, the usual suspects are here—WPP’s Martin Sorrell and Omnicom’s John More...
I Joined The Army And Went To War Because I Thought It Would Fix Me
Tweet The movie Top Gun is how I understood the military. No kidding. In my mind, I was weak and I believed war would make me complete. I had a life full More...
Out In Wisconsin, A Scott Walker Supporter Wants To Bomb Dems
Tweet The upcoming recall election for Scott Walker’s (R) seat in Wisconsin has some people on edge. Count William Diedrich among them. According to The More...
Amazon shops Kindle Fire home screen to advertisers
Tweet Amazon is reportedly meeting with advertisers to pitch the idea of welcome screen ads on its popular Kindle Fire tablet. The retail giant is asking $600,000 More...
UBS Explains Why The World’s Economic Indicators Are Unusually Out Of Sync
Tweet The economic dataflow has shown a “rare degree of divergence” recently, according to UBS analyst Andrew Cates. High regional correlations More...
If This Really Happened During The Facebook IPO, Buyers Should Be Mad As Hell… (FB)
Tweet Part way through the Facebook IPO roadshow, scattered reports appeared that Facebook had reduced the earnings guidance it was giving research analysts. This More...
This Is How Bicycles Were Made Back In The 1940s
Tweet Back in the mid 19th century, Britain was renown worldwide for its bicycle industry. In this vintage video by the British Council Film, you’ll More...