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Simply Put, Smart People Don't Need An MBA
MOST people who knew Gabriel Hammond at Johns Hopkins in the late 1990s could have predicted he would rise quickly on Wall Street. As a freshman, he traded stocks from his dorm room, making a $1,000 bet on Caterpillar. Soon after, he abandoned his childhood dream of becoming a lawyer and, upon graduation, joined Goldman Sachs as a stock analyst.
Five Cool Things US Business Owners And Freelancers Get Free
Is Hef really having a better time at the Playboy Mansion than you are at home?
As a kid growing up among the vineyards and foothills of Cucamonga, I was haunted by the notion that everyone else knew things I would never be privy to.
Then I came across my first Playboy magazine... and I was suddenly offered proof there was a party going on that I wasn’t invited to.
This is a recurring topic when I talk with Gary Halbert. We both were mesmerized by Hugh Hefner’s lifestyle -- hanging out all day and night in your pajamas, surrounded by gorgeous young things who couldn’t seem to keep their own peejays on.
Too Strange To Be Made Up - Jerry Springer's Bodyguard Gets Talk Show
Steve Wilkos, a bodyguard who controlled guests and audience members on Jerry Springer's TV series, has launched his own talk show in the US.
He has promised to serve up "tough love" in The Steve Wilkos Show, which made its debut on NBC on Monday.
The first week will see Wilkos talking to a self-confessed paedophile.
Cop Arrests McDonnald Employee Because His Burger Was 'Too Salty'
UNION CITY, Ga. - A McDonald's employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges because a police officer's burger was too salty, so salty that he says it made him sick.
Kendra Bull was arrested Friday, charged with misdemeanor reckless conduct and freed on $1,000 bail.
Bull, 20, said she accidentally spilled salt on hamburger meat and told her supervisor and a co-worker, who "tried to thump the salt off."
Hedge Fund Managers' Higher SAT Scores Lead To Better Performance, Study Says
IF investors want a performance edge in their hedge funds, they may want to do a little background research on the managers: look for those who attended colleges with relatively high SAT scores.
Woops! State Biologists Have Been Saving The Wrong Fish Species For 20 Years!
Biologists called the finding a setback and a potential black eye but said there is still hope for restoring the greenback cutthroat trout because at least four pure populations of the fish have been identified.
Tiny 105-Pound Asian Chic Beats 12 Good Fat All-American White Trash Rednecks In Buffalo's Wing-Eating Contest
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - When it comes to wolfing wings, Sonya Thomas is a wiz.
The 105-pound competitive eater who goes by "The Black Widow" bested a dozen beefy rivals Saturday night, scarfing 173 wings in 12 minutes to win the wing-eating contest at the National Buffalo Wing Festival.
"That's 5.17 pounds of wings," said Brian Kahle, spokesman for the annual Labour Day weekend event in the city where Buffalo wings were born.
Odd Odds - Couple Wins Multimillion Dollar Jackpot Twice In Ten Years
NEW YORK - How lucky can you get?
Adeline and Eugene Angelo won $5 million Thursday after buying the winning ticket in last week's New York Lotto. In 1996, they won $2.5 million after splitting a $10 million jackpot with three other people.
Eugene Angelo, 81, said he and his wife would share their new fortune with their three sons and their families. Taking the lump-sum payment of $2.5 million, Eugene and Adeline and each of their sons will get about $513,000 before taxes.
100-year-old celebrates her birthday by smoking 170,000th cigarette
An iron-lunged pensioner has celebrated her 100th birthday by lighting up her 170,000th cigerette from a candle on her birthday cake.
Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the First World War broke out in June 1914 when she was just seven-years-old - and has got through five a day ever since.
She has no intention of quitting, even after the nationwide ban forced tobacco-lovers outside.
