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FARRAH ABRAHAM TO MOM You Can’t Kick Me Out … I’M LEAVING!!!
April 17, 2013 By
Farrah Abraham's sex tape has created a fiery rift between her and her mother -- whom she lives with -- and now, Farrah's packing up and moving out. You'll recall, Farrah's mom pretended to be blissfully ignorant of her 21-year-old daughter's porno -- telling us Farrah would never star in such a video ... let alone commission it ... protesting, "We have religious beliefs." Fact is Farrah did it ... and when it came out that she was the one who masterminded the sex tape (info courtesy of … [Read more...]
Thermo Fisher to buy Life Tech for $13.6 billion
April 15, 2013 By
(Reuters) - Genetic testing equipment maker Life Technologies Corp has accepted a $13.6 billion cash buyout proposal from scientific and laboratory instruments company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc in one of the year's biggest corporate takeovers. The deal, announced on Monday, values Life Tech at $76 per share and would catapult Thermo Fisher into the hot field of genetic sequencing, where researchers, drugmakers and doctors are uncovering the hereditary factors underpinning diseases … [Read more...]
Victoria’s Secret Manager: ‘Our Customers Are Getting Younger And Younger’
April 14, 2013 By
A Victoria's Secret store manager recently revealed that she gets frequent complaints that merchandise isn't small enough to fit young girls. "Our customers are getting younger and younger every year," the woman said in an Ask Me Anything on Reddit. "It's crazy to see 13-year-olds buying lacy underwear." [NOTE: While the woman's identity was verified by moderators on Reddit, Business Insider can't independently confirm her identity.] The manager said that customers frequently complain … [Read more...]
SLY STALLONE Settles Legal Beef With ‘Celeb’ Contractor
April 14, 2013 By
Sly Stallone has settled a nuclear battle he was having on the homefront ... TMZ has learned. Sly put an end to his $1.4 million lawsuit against contractor Mohamed Hadid, who allegedly had charged top-of-the-line prices for a job that would have been unbecoming in a double wide. We don't know how much money changed hands, but sources connected with the case tell TMZ, "Sly was smiling." The actor claimed Hadid -- who has appeared on "Shahs of Sunset" -- charged him a fortune for … [Read more...]
Matt Damon and Wife Luciana to Renew Their Vows
April 13, 2013 By
Actor Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso wed in a small ceremony in 2005 at New York’s City Hall, but they never had a big wedding. Eight years after their first ceremony, the couple will renew their vows this weekend on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, according to E! News. A source told E! News that Damon has rented out the entire Sugar Beach resort on Saint Lucia for their list of star guests. Damon and Barroso first met in 2003 at a bar in Miami, where the actor was shooting … [Read more...]
Exclusive: Daft Punk Reveal Secrets of New Album
April 13, 2013 By
In their first interview about 'Random Access Memories,' the dance duo explain the process and inspiration behind the LP Last night, at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in southern California, Daft Punk debuted a teaser trailer for their new album, Random Access Memories: Without warning, a nearly two-minute video popped up on jumbotron screens flanking the festival's various stages, in which Pharrell Williams, Nile Rodgers and the Daft Punk robots rock out in heavily sequined … [Read more...]
Entrepreneurial Excellence: Can 10,000 Hours Of Practice Make Perfect?
April 13, 2013 By
Editor’s note: Jon Auerbach is a partner at Charles River Ventures, a 42-year-old, early-stage venture firm based in Menlo Park and Cambridge, Mass., where he focuses on mobile technologies. Follow him on Twitter @jgauerbach. Research over the past two decades has identified a strong link between hours of practice and expertise in sports, chess and the performing arts. In the early 1990s, Anders Ericsson, a psychologist at Florida State University, spent months tracking violinists at … [Read more...]
Miley Cyrus’s sister Noah admits she STOLE Justin Bieber’s clothes when she met him
April 13, 2013 By
She told Teen Vogue she was so excited to be backstage with the Biebs, she took his stuff. That's the last time Miley will introduce her to her celeb mates then ... Noah Cyrus is only 13, so we can forgive her for being really, really excited to meet Justin Bieber. But instead of crying, or hugging him when they finally met, Miley Cyrus's sister admitted that she went a bit weird - and er, "kind of stole" his clothes. Talking to Teen Vogue, Noah said: "When I met Justin Bieber, I could … [Read more...]
From The Founder Of Pixable, Contactive Wants To Be The Caller ID For Our Web-Centric World
April 10, 2013 By
It was just seven months ago that intelligent photo aggregator app Pixable sold to SingTel, the Singaporean telecom giant, in a $26.5 million deal. It was a very nice exit for the startup, and it would be understandable for its founders to take a well-deserved breather afterward. But it turns out, Pixable’s co-founder and CEO Iñaki Berenguer isn’t one to rest and vest. In the time since then he’s worked 50 percent of his time on further developing Pixable, and also founded and led the … [Read more...]
