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4 Years After PaidContent's $12.5 Million Acquisition, Rafat Ali Is Founding...
In 2008, Rafat Ali sold his tech media company, PaidContent, to the Guardian for about $12.5 million.Now he's behind the wheel of a new startup, Skift. This time he has a cofounder, Frommer.com's...
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George Clooney Is Selling Off His Rare 2008 Tesla Roadster For Charity
George Clooney, who owns one of Tesla's early edition Roadsters from 2008, will auction the car off for charity in August as part of Pebble Beach's Concours d’Elegance weekend showcase. The Academy...
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A Chinese Car Maker Is Reportedly Copying Volkswagen's Models And VW Can't Do...
Chinese piracy is nothing new. Chinese piracy of entire car engines is, however. In what's turning into a warning for all car companies hoping to capitalize on the Chinese market, China's First...
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Even More Massive Yachts Have Arrived In London For The Olympics
Update: Our friends at Boat International sent over a bunch of additional photos of superyachts docked in London for the Olympic games. We have added them to the slideshow. The real high-rollers...
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Colorado Couple Builds An Incredible Treehouse Village In Costa Rica
Erica and Matt Hogan never intended to walk away with 600 acres of wild rainforest when they went shopping for a little piece of Costa Rica to call their own in 2006. They happened upon a slice of...
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Do McCann And Goodby Have a Future With General Motors?
With General Motors' chief global marketing officer Joel Ewanick ousted from the company— perhaps due to a questionable sponsorship deal with Manchester United— it's time to ask where that leaves...
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It's Becoming Tougher To Be A Blind Person In New York City
It's not easy being a blind New Yorker. Recently, with the influx of both road and building construction, it's been even more difficult for blind pedestrians to use their other senses to navigate New...
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Someone Designed A Brilliant Food Cart That Doesn't Block Airplane Aisles
Designer Heather Dunne has come up with a brilliant concept that attempts to revolutionize food delivery on commercial airliners. It's a new food cart dubbed the Orbit. At just eight inches wide, it's...
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WATCH These Crazy Crashes Between Cyclists And Cars
Healthy, good for the environment, and often very convenient, bicycles are popular, and getting more so. In New York City alone commuter cycling doubled from 2007 to 2011. But it can be dangerous. In...
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THE JOEL EWANICK DISASTER TIMELINE: How GM's Top Marketer Was Ousted (GM)
In 2009, in the midst of a global recession and one of the worst periods in automotive history, Joel Ewanick was at the top of the world; yesterday, with sales back on track, he was ousted at General...
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Ryanair Has A New Cost-Saving Scheme: Bigger Doors
Ryanair, the self-styled “ultra low cost” carrier, has come up with a new scheme to save time and money: building a plane with wider doors. Michael O’Leary, the airline’s chief executive, is talking...
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The 15 Best Autos For Sale At This Year's Pebble Beach Classic Car Week
Between August 15 and 19, automobile collectors and enthusiasts will flock to the annual car week in Monterey, Calif. at the legendary Pebble Beach golf course. Thousands of people will partake in...
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Now Is The Time To Buy Private Jets For Cheap
Once considered a secure and reliable investment, used private jets are nosediving — and we don't mean literally. According to a New York Post article, used private jets' values have plummeted almost...
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A Reporter Tries A Bunch Of Cures For Jetlag
It may be that the best way to combat jet lag is preemptively: take a sleeping pill, stretch out in a lie-flat business-class seat, and fall asleep before the plane reaches altitude. I’ve never...
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Look At The Insane Damage A Bird Did To A United Airlines Plane
A bird smacked into the nose of a United Airlines plane as the jet descended into Denver International Airport, reports Marshall Zelinger at ABC 7. And look at the terrifying damage that bird did!...
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You Should Never Pay A Speeding Ticket Without Putting Up A Fight
It's a classic scenario: you're cruising along at 10 miles over the speed limit in an attempt to keep up with the rest of the cars on the road. You think you are simply going with the flow of traffic,...
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Finally There's A Better Way To Dispose Of Waste From An Airplane
Sewage is nasty work, but Namon Nassef has built his career on finding innovative ways to clean it up. The 64-year-old engineer is the inventor of the Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) system, a product...
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These U.S. Cities Have The Best And Worst Commutes [INFOGRAPHIC]
New Yorkers have the worst commute in the USA, with the average worker spending 38 minutes to get to the office. That's 20 minutes longer than commuters in Corpus Christi, Texas, who spend 16 minutes...
View ArticleSee How Dow Makes Train Travel Quieter And Smoother
Rattling trains and bumpy rides are, for millions who commute on them or live near them, a daily inconvenience and a reminder of the turbulence of life. We accept them as givens. Dow doesn't. Its most...
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MOVE OVER ROMAN ABRAMOVICH: The President Of The United Arab Emirates Is...
Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, is apparently the billionaire who commissioned Project Azzam—the mysterious code name for the world's new largest yacht. News...
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