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10 Business Execs Suspected of Murder

People say business is a cutthroat world, but some executives have been known to take this a bit…

Julian Crowley · July 8, 2011
Technology

15 Accidentally Awesome Inventions

Inventions often happen by accident when scientists, or sometimes even regular people, are looking for one thing and…

BP Editors · July 7, 2011
Business

14 of the Dumbest Identity Thieves

With today’s technology, crime can sometimes be complicated. Forget the old “club-a-guy-over-the-head-for-his-wallet” crime. Assuming you steal a guy’s…

BP Editors · July 1, 2011
Business

10 Most Momentous Strikes of the 20th Century

Strikes are renowned as the bane of governments and anybody who wants their garbage collected on time, and…

Julian Crowley · June 29, 2011
Technology

15 Everyday Products with WTF Origins

It’s tempting to assume that in the back of every Wal-Mart (and some of the seedier Targets) there’s…

BP Editors · June 23, 2011
Business

10 Ad Campaigns That Backfired Badly

Occasionally advertising executives fail to hit the mark; a joke that passed at the focus group stage ends…

Julian Crowley · June 20, 2011
Business

10 Expensive and Exploitative Beauty Pageant Strategies

You may have been born ugly, but your children are the future! Thanks to medical science, technology and…

BP Editors · June 17, 2011
Business

15 of the Most Weird and WTF Museums

Museums are normally full of dusty old bones and the belongings of rich people that somehow managed to…

BP Editors · June 9, 2011
Business

Philip Morris: Still More Malignant Than Cancer

In all likelihood, you’ve never heard of Altria Group, Inc., but you’re probably familiar with their former name:…

BP Editors · June 2, 2011
Business

10 Hottest Women in Online Business

The online world is made up of women, be it moms sharing tips, too-good-to-be true Russian brides or…

Julian Crowley · May 31, 2011
Politics

14 Public Apologies for Private Lives

We the people of the United States of America are a very fickle people. We like to worship…

BP Editors · May 26, 2011
Business

10 Kamikaze Tech Mergers of the 21st Century

For a time it seemed as if tech companies were the geese that not only laid golden eggs…

Julian Crowley · May 25, 2011
Business

10 Infuriatingly Greedy Charities

Not all charities are created equally; at least, not all of them spend equally. The ways in which…

BP Editors · May 19, 2011
Business

10 Celebrities Who Got Burned By Identity Thieves

The scariest thing about identity theft is how easy it can be for someone to be impersonated. A…

Julian Crowley · May 16, 2011
Business

15 Controversial Pulled Ads

Share Ads are often meant to provoke the viewer (think baby-faced Brooke Shields with nothing between her and…

BP Editors · May 12, 2011
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