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· Laura Dang
Paris is Banning All Cars For One Day For The Best Reason Ever
All hail pedestrians and cyclists! Paris is closing its streets off to cars for a day to make a statement about its terrible air pollution. The no-car holiday, La Journee sans Voiture, will take place on Sunday, September 27 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Paris is expected to close…
· Editorial Staff
Here’s a Comparison of Amazon and Walmart Just in Time for ‘Prime Day’
Tomorrow, July 15, is “Prime Day,” Amazon’s one-day shopping event that’s been advertised as having “more deals than Black Friday.” To make things a little more interesting, Walmart has initiated a sale rivalry with Amazon, potentially making tomorrow one of the biggest shopping…
· Max Chang
Chinese Company to Spend $15 Million on Four-Day Paris Vacation For 6,400 Workers
If you thought your company perks were great, you thought absolutely wrong. Tiens Group, a large Chinese company with 12,000 employees is sending 6,400 workers on an epic four-day vacation to Paris, France, according a report by The Guardian.
· Editorial Staff
French Couple Spends Over $320,000 on Plastic Surgery to Look Like Barbie and Ken
French couple Anastasia Reskoss and Quentin Dehar have spent more than 200,000 pounds ($308,456) on over 15 cosmetic procedures to look like real-life versions of the Barbie and Ken dolls.
· Laura Dang
The ‘Kim Kardashian of China’ Just Had an Epic $30 Million Wedding
A celebrity considered to be the “Kim Kardashian of China” reportedly threw an extravagant $30 million wedding ceremony — double the amount of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s wedding in Florence, Italy, last year. The wedding, which took place in Shanghai, included a specially…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Man Who Tempted Death for 45 Minutes at the Top of the World Trade Center
Frenchman Philippe Petit is arguably the world’s best high-wire performer. He inspired and dazzled the world with his acts before the age of internet virality. In 1971 at the age of 21, he performed his first walk between the towers of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris,…
· Riley Schatzle
Angry Mob Tries to Strip Air France Execs Naked Because They Plan to Layoff 2,900 People
Yesterday, Air France executives were brutally mauled outside of Charles De Gaulle Airport after finishing a meeting that finalized a reconstruction plan that will result in 2,900 layoffs company-wide by the end of 2017. While Air France President Frédéric Gagey escaped…
· Laura Dang
Saying This One Word Can Ruin Your Credibility at Work
According to one former Google employee, saying one common word can ruin your credibility and put you in subordinate position. Former Googler and Apple employee Ellen Petry believes the use of the word “just” signifies subordination and takes away from one’s credibility. Petry…
· Editorial Staff
How a College Dropout Became the Youngest Self-Made Female Billionaire in the World
At 31 years old, Elizabeth Holmes is the world’s youngest female billionaire. She is very often compared in media profiles to her idol, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. On her company’s board of directors sits powerful political luminaries such as George Schultz, Henry Kissinger,…
· Editorial Staff
Homeless Man Sobs After His Puppy is Ripped From His Arms in Heartwrenching Video
A video of a French animal rights group wrestling away a puppy from a distraught homeless man in central Paris has outraged viewers. In the video, members of the Lilles-based Cause Animale Nord are seen forcibly taking the man’s dog away and then leaving. The homeless man is…
· Laura Dang
Dalai Lama: An Unattractive Female Dalai Lama Would Be ‘Not Much Use’
The Dalai Lama has recently been on a tour in the U.K. to speak on subjects such as compassion and how being more considerate can lead to happiness. He stopped by for an interview with the BBC’s Clive Myrie, which was posted yesterday, and made a rather interesting comment about…
· Riley Schatzle
Porsche Unveils Their Incredible Electric Car Set to Take On Tesla
Porsche plans on challenging Tesla with their new all-electric concept car called the Mission E unveiled today at the Frankfurt auto show. Although several years away from production, the four-door sports car has caught the attention of many because it seems that Porsche has…
· Laura Dang
How a 59-Year-Old Grandmother Is Still Killing It as a Successful Fashion Model
The 50s is proving it could be a new peak age for models. Yasmina Rossi, a 59-year-old French-born and highly sought-after model, is a testament to the belief that beauty only keeps growing with age. Standing at 5’8” with beautiful dark amber eyes and stunning long silver hair,…
· Riley Schatzle
This is the World’s Largest Air Purifier Which Uses Pollution to Create Jewelry
The largest air purifier ever built was unveiled last month, and it is transforming harmful dust particles into elegant gemstones. Daan Roosegaarde, artist and engineer, became frustrated with the amount of pollution floating around the planet so he created an enormous 23-foot…
· Editorial Staff
Here’s What Happened After Beijing Banned 5 Million Cars From Driving for Two Weeks
China has never been known as a country with the cleanest air. Their smog reportedly kills 4,000 people every day. But that all changed for a bit in Beijing on August 20, when 5 million cars were forced to drive on alternating days and restrictions were implemented on factories…
· Max Chang
Inside the Life of the World’s Highest Paid Asian Actress of 2015
Chinese actress Fan BingBing — familiar to U.S. moviegoers for her role as the mutant Blink in 2014’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past” — has been ranked fourth on the list of highest paid actresses in the world for 2015. According to Forbes, the 33-year-old actress pulled in a total…
· Jacob Wagner
How a Budding Startup that Raised $5 Million Imploded and Fired 400 Workers Overnight
Imagine putting years of your life into a job for a company that seems promising and reports that it’s doing well only to one day receive an email saying the company has shut down followed by an “Oops, sorry ‘bout it” message from the CEO days later. That’s what happened to…
· Max Chang
Unpaid United Nations Intern Had to Live in a Tent For Two Weeks Because He Was So Broke
New Zealander David Hyde, 22, publicly resigned from his United Nations internship this week after revealing he had to resort to living in a tent in the Swiss city of Geneva because housing was too expensive and the UN doesn’t offer any pay or support for their interns.
· Jacob Wagner
Apple Spends $700,000 a Year to Keep CEO Tim Cook Safe
Apple pays nearly $700,000 a year just to keep CEO Tim Cook free from harm. The “security expense,” discovered by Patently Apple, were included in Apple’s “Schedule 14A” report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
· Riley Schatzle
Here’s How 10 of the World’s Youngest Billionaires Made Their Fortune
Whether it’s through hard work, a once-in-a-lifetime business opportunity or simply being born into it, there are several ways to make a ton money early on in life. While earning a living is different for everyone, a few individuals have reached the rarefied status of becoming a…
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